There is a new movement in the NBA that's been getting more and more traction in the last few years and from what I've heard there is a serious push from medical personnel of the teams about it - limiting the minutes of your best players and not playing them into the ground - it assures both more freshness come playoff time and extending players' careers, also minimizes the risk of some types of injuries. For example, in 2002 there were 24 players that played more than 3000 minutes in the season, and that number has been steadily declining ever since and this is the first year where there is no player in the league that have played 3000 minutes. I think this trend will continue and we'll see players taking even lower load in the future. In general what that means is that teams will most likely need a regular rotation of at least 4 wings, at least 4 bigs, etc. and the times of giving all wing minutes to 3 players is over. The Spurs, like with many other things, have been the pioneers and have tried to keep their starters below 32MPG in the last several season. The Hawks are another team trying to do something similar... and as we know our coaching staff is from that Spurs/Hawks coaching tree, so I think they will probably try to do something similar in the following years. That, along with injuries, resting, etc. will probably require us to get a 4th wing to get regular(rather than spot) minutes, even if not many(say 10-12MPG).
