The way I see it now, best thing to do is just minimise wear on the main guys.
Working on the assumption that Zion will be back before New Years, but not for at least another 3 weeks, what's the point in playing JV and BI 38 minutes in games we're going to get slammed in anyway?
Cap BI, JV, and Devonte's minutes at 30 per game, and just play NAW/JAX/Trey/Kira/Herb/Naji a ton.
Yeah, we'll probably lose, but we're losing anyway. At least that way we get the maximum sample size for the young guys, we get them as much experience as possible, and if they're going to prove themselves for their extensions or whatever, they get the maximum possible chance to do so. If we're going to lose a million games at least do it in a way that gives us some information. We already know JV can hang 20/15 on anyone, we already know BI can score 30 on any night, they don't need to get injured or overworked playing 38 minutes a night in losing efforts.