Heres a question for all of you to chew on...

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well, I'd take Bayless over Blake. Matthews over Webster. And Camby over Outlaw. Top 3 players from the bench on each team.

yup on all accounts

I like the top 8 of the current team much better and the deep bench is fine. Roy Matthews and Batum are a tremendous rotation at the wing spots... why posters overlook/blow off how much and how effective Brandon has been playing the 3 the last few years is just weird. Reports are that he's slimmed down so probably Matthews (who has the same reach/wingspan and more girth) guards the bigger player when they're paired.

Greg Camby and LA are possibly an even better rotation at the Big spots. Given health I see about the biggest challenge being getting used to playing with a true post player (GO) down on the low block on offense. Having him camped down low clogs the lane for the guard's slashes to the hoop, so like last year there may be a period of adjustment feeling things out. But their attack should be better for it in short order.

Miller is the best PG this club has had in forever and 3 years in Bayless should be fine in spot minutes at either guard spot. I'm expecting Jerryd's improvement from year 1 to 2 to continue... dude is all of 22.

Given some luck with health this team will be burying opponents.

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6 more wins than lineup B will, and to the playoffs.

Sweet!!! I cant wait for the ceremony where we get our rings!!!

 

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Which blazer roster would you rather have?????

Group A

PG - Miller/Blake
SG - Roy/Rudy/Bayless
SF - Batum/Webster/Cunningham
PF - La/Outlaw/Howard
C- Oden/Pryz/Pendy


OR... GROUP B


PG - Miller/?
SG - Roy/Wes/Rudy/Bayless
SF - Batum/Cunningham/Wes?
PF - LA/Camby (a bit mis leading since we have no idea about our centers)
C - Oden/Pryz/Pendy

Its not even close IMO. Group A running away. Infact its scary how ugly group B is. Looks like a team almost rebuilding.

Where the argument fails is simply that if you look close, Group B has a former DPOY on there and Group A doesn't. Irregardless of the remaining combinations you have and can say what works and what doesn't, you can't say Group A with a "basketball IQ retard" of Travis Outlaw on there is anywhere near Group with with a former Defensive Player of the Year.

This is like trying to list out a "could have been" roster for the Houston Rocket in the late 90's where you had one group with Drexler, Barkley and Shawn Bradley and some other roles players that filled in a good 2nd team roster, and saying that might be better than the current Drexler, Barkley and Olajuwon on there. Sure maybe some of the fillers might fit better in the group with Shawn Bradley, but do you realize you have Shawn Bradley in place of Olajuwon? Really? Sure, maybe a 35 year old Olajuwon in his 15th year, but still a former DPOY and multiple all-defensive team member.

You can have Group A with their depth, Group B is the title contender with the guys playing 28+ mpg.