If I were Lue, come playoff time I'd just sit Rose altogether and limit IT (if he's healthy by then) to 15-18 mpg as a bench sparkplug. A seven-man core rotation of LeBron, JR, Wade, Korver, Crowder, Love and TT is still pretty formidable.And the non-existent defense. Can you imagine the playoffs when IT is also back? That's going to be ugly.
Honestly, if I were the Cavs I might just cut Rose now, as he's basically 100% redundant to Wade, only worse; and unlike Calderon and Felder, he's a prima donna who's likely to grumble and squawk if his minutes are heavily curtailed. I kinda feel like their chances of winning the East and bothering the WC Champ are inversely proportional to how many minutes Lue sees fit to give Rose.