You’ve probably noticed: Steve Kerr continues to toggle with every inch of his rotation, from the bottom of the totem pole — which 14th man does he deactivate? — to the top, with the most important question remaining: How exactly does he spread out rest for his two MVPs?



To start the season, Kerr staggered the bench time of Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry. At all relevant moments, at least one of the two was on the court. It’s a strategy most suggest.



But before this past road trip, Kerr flipped it around, lining up their pattern almost identically — play both the entire first and third quarters, rest around six minutes together to start the second and fourth, close both halves.



The discussion surrounding the whys of both plans typically delve strictly into basketball strategy, lineup data and new-age metrics. But coaches must also deal with the people, their preferences, egos and routines.



In three recent sit-downs...