In the approximately 20 minutes that Elson and Fesenko have played together up to Novermber 18, they have a +/- of -1. Not shabby, but not really promising (or helpful), either.
Meanwhile, Elson alongside Millsap and Elson alongside Jefferson have been good most of the time.
https://www.82games.com/1011/10UTA12.HTM#5man
So has Fesenko alongside almost everyone--except Elson and sometimes Kirilenko.
https://www.82games.com/1011/10UTA13.HTM#5man
Williams-Miles-Kirilenko-Millsap-Fesenko has a +/- of more than 1 per
minute, as do two or three other comprehensible lineups.
Such analysis seems so basic from a coaching standpoint. It is puzzling and damaging that the coaching staff doesn't even make such simple connections--not to mention ignoring the fundamental principle of rewarding good performance and reducing deficient performance.
This is a very small sample size, so the results can change with time. But these are the same trends that we saw with Fesenko last year: there were multiple combinations where he was a positive option.
P.S. Both AK's PF lineups with Fes and Elson and Kiri's own by-position analysis show that the PF experiment simply isn't working (yet).
https://www.82games.com/1011/10UTA8.HTM#bypos
With the greater need at the wing anyway, I don't want to see a lot of Kiri at the 4 anymore.