Rotation?

[illmatic99]

This is how I see it:

Dame/ Nolan/ Price
Wes/ EWill/ Pavlovic
Nic/ Vic/ Babs
LA/ Freeland
Hickson/ Leonard/ Jeffries

Doesn't look that bad, tbh.

 

[Mediocre Man]

This is how I see it:

Dame/ Nolan/ Price
Wes/ EWill/ Pavlovic
Nic/ Vic/ Babs
LA/ Freeland
Hickson/ Leonard/ Jeffries

Doesn't look that bad, tbh.

I think there is still one more deal, and Jeffries is in no way a 5

 

[illmatic99]

He played C on occasion in NY with D'Antoni. But I doubt he'll see any PT here, at any position.

 

[Sedatedfork]

This is how I see it:

Dame/ Nolan/ Price
Wes/ EWill/ Pavlovic
Nic/ Vic/ Babs
LA/ Freeland
Hickson/ Leonard/ Jeffries

Doesn't look that bad, tbh.

No Barton? I hope he gets some opportunities this season.

 

[illmatic99]

Hmm forgot Barton. I suppose he could take Pav's spot.

 

[illmatic99]

Actually, I'd trade Babs for a future 2nd rounder if any team wants him. Clear up room for Will that way. Luke will be out of the league soon anyway.

 

[Natebishop3]

The problem is that Nolan Smith isn't a point guard. I think he's proven that he's a combo guard that is better suited at scoring.

I think the starters will be

Lil
Matthews
Batum
Aldridge
Hickson

with these guys off the bench

Freeland
Claver
Smith
EWill

I don't see Jeffries, Babbitt, or Pavlovic getting any time. I'm hoping they find some minutes for Barton though.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Hmm forgot Barton. I suppose he could take Pav's spot.

Pav sucks.

 

[illmatic99]

The problem is that Nolan Smith isn't a point guard. I think he's proven that he's a combo guard that is better suited at scoring.

I think the starters will be

Lil
Matthews
Batum
Aldridge
Hickson

with these guys off the bench

Freeland
Claver
Smith
EWill

I don't see Jeffries, Babbitt, or Pavlovic getting any time. I'm hoping they find some minutes for Barton though.

Guessing you forgot Leonard. I want him playing at least 25mpg and using all 6 of his fouls this year. Even if it comes at the cost of wins.

The development of these guys is more important this year.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Pav sucks.

Looking at the list again, he is on there twice.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Looking at the list again, he is on there twice.

That just raises his suckatude

 

[Natebishop3]

Guessing you forgot Leonard. I want him playing at least 25mpg and using all 6 of his fouls this year. Even if it comes at the cost of wins.

The development of these guys is more important this year.

Yeah, I forgot him....it's early.... I think Freeland and Leonard will be the backup four/five. It will be interesting to see how the minutes at guard shake out though. Will EWill be healthy by camp? I think Nolan has earned some minutes at the two just to see if he can play that position. I also think it will be interesting to see Barton and Claver battle it out for the backup minutes at small forward.

Outside of Lillard, Nic, and Aldridge, I think there are a lot of spots up for grabs on this team.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Minues are more important to me. A lot of these guys are interchangable




Lillard 34
Matthews 25
Batum 35
Aldridge 35
Hickson 28

Smith 12
Williams 16
Claver 12
Freeland 14
Leonard 20


That leaves 9 minutes for Barton, or whoever

 

[Eastoff]

Lillard 34
Matthews 25
Batum 35
Aldridge 35
Hickson 28

Smith 12
Williams 16
Claver 12
Freeland 14
Leonard 20


That leaves 9 minutes for Barton, or whoever

Smith over Price?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Smith over Price?

Ya. My reasons are

Price is pretty horrible

Smith isn't very good either, but young and showed a lot in SL

This team needs to see which young guys can actually play

 

[Pinwheel1]

This is how I see it:

Dame/ Nolan/ Price
Wes/ EWill/ Pavlovic
Nic/ Vic/ Babs
LA/ Freeland
Hickson/ Leonard/ Jeffries

Doesn't look that bad, tbh.

If you are talking an actual 10 man rotation, based on the current roster I would guess this:

Dame /Nolan (I think Nolan will beat out Price)
Wes/ EWill/ (Barton will not get into the rotation unless there are injuries)
Nic/ Vic/ Wes (Babbitt will again be buried on the bench)
LA/ Hickson/Vic
Freeland/ Leonard/ LA

 

[Mediocre Man]

In a perfect world of course, we would run a 9 man rotation, but this isn't a perfect world, and we need to see if any of these guys can actually play. As long as there are no units

 

[Natebishop3]

Ya. My reasons are

Price is pretty horrible

Smith isn't very good either, but young and showed a lot in SL

This team needs to see which young guys can actually play

The problem is, Smith isn't a point guard.

Is Price actually a point guard?

 

[Pinwheel1]

I think for the regular season 10 is fine. If you want to get down to 9 I think it would vary who got left out from game to game depending on the match-up. I can see Victor being left out of some games while Wes got all the back up minutes at the SF.

 

[Sedatedfork]

The problem is, Smith isn't a point guard.

Is Price actually a point guard?

I don't think we really know with Smith just yet. The backup PG situation is not great right now, but let's see how Smith progresses this year. They may have to have a backup plan if neither Smith or Price can handle backup PG duties, like giving Batum an opportunity to initiate the half-court offense? It's probably going to be another season in the lottery, and the new coach should have a long leash right now. I wouldn't be opposed to trying to experiment with this at times if Smith and Price are underwhelming.

 

[Mediocre Man]

The problem is, Smith isn't a point guard.

Is Price actually a point guard?

Price is a PG.

 

[BBert]

We're not asking Smith to be a starting PG. I think he can handle backing up the PG position as well as anyone else on our team. The most important thing to me is to get our young players minutes, wins be damned.

 

[e_blazer]

We're not asking Smith to be a starting PG. I think he can handle backing up the PG position as well as anyone else on our team. The most important thing to me is to get our young players minutes, wins be damned.

LOL. Well, we have the Clippers' former GM, I guess it's only fitting that we take on the Clipper fan's former mantra.

I wonder if the marketing department is going with that for a slogan this year.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

The problem is, Smith isn't a point guard.

Is Price actually a point guard?

Price is no better at PG than Smith is, even if you think Smith's first position isn't point guard. And Smith is was a rookie last year and could easily improve enough at PG to be the backup. Price should not play, barring injury.

 

[BBert]

LOL. Well, we have the Clippers' former GM, I guess it's only fitting that we take on the Clipper fan's former mantra.

I wonder if the marketing department is going with that for a slogan this year.

Ha, Ha. You may have a point.

As an aside, didn't the Clips steal the Blazers' slogan a few years back. "Rise. With us." Or something?

 

[tlongII]

If the roster stays "as is" Leonard will start at center. I don't think there's any question about that.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Price is no better at PG than Smith is, even if you think Smith's first position isn't point guard. And Smith is was a rookie last year and could easily improve enough at PG to be the backup. Price should not play, barring injury.

Yep. Price is here to mentor Lillard. They are work out buddies, and he will bring a vet perspective to Lillard

 

[Mediocre Man]

If the roster stays "as is" Leonard will start at center. I don't think there's any question about that.

Day one?

Hickson and Freeland both have so much more experience

 

[Nikolokolus]

He played C on occasion in NY with D'Antoni. But I doubt he'll see any PT here, at any position.

Jeffries can defend and he's a veteran ... something tells me that because there aren't too many guys on the roster with a defensive skillset, he'll at least get spot minutes most games (probably something like 5-10).

 

[Nikolokolus]

The problem is, Smith isn't a point guard.

Is Price actually a point guard?

I don't think we really know with Smith just yet. The backup PG situation is not great right now, but let's see how Smith progresses this year. They may have to have a backup plan if neither Smith or Price can handle backup PG duties, like giving Batum an opportunity to initiate the half-court offense? It's probably going to be another season in the lottery, and the new coach should have a long leash right now. I wouldn't be opposed to trying to experiment with this at times if Smith and Price are underwhelming.

I think Smith can be more effective than he showed last year, but after four years at Duke and what we saw of him last year, play-making for others just isn't all that natural for him. He can handle the ball and run some simple stuff and can probably create a little bit for himself, but that doesn't make him a point guard.

If he can show himself to be an adequate off-the-bench "combo guard" then that's nothing for him to be ashamed of.