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42N8Bounce said:
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I doubt Vonleh starts. Perhaps if he plays well off the bench to start the year off he may be able to progress to that role. I'm guessing we'll start Leonard to begin the year at least.
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Wow. When you look at that picture it really hits you.

Drink up boys, it's going to be a long year.
 
blue9 said:
Dame
Henderson
Aminu
Davis
Leonard

Unless Vonleh impresses from the jump, in which case he starts instead of Davis.
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This. I see Dame, Henderson, and Davis as sure starters. Davis is maybe the #2 option on the team.
 
Denny Crane said:
This. I see Dame, Henderson, and Davis as sure starters. Davis is maybe the #2 option on the team.
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Toughest choice Stotts will face: do you go by merit (Plumlee and Davis) or by building for the future (Leonard and Vonleh). Barring injuries, one of those guys is going to get shorted on minutes.
 
I'd put money on Henderson not being here in October. I think he was just wes insurance in case LA returned.
 
Scalma said:
I'd put money on Henderson not being here in October. I think he was just wes insurance in case LA returned.
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If they trade him I hope it will be for a decent back up PG who can guard SG's. That way we would have Dame, CJ and Crabbe who all could replace his minutes.
 
oldmangrouch said:
Toughest choice Stotts will face: do you go by merit (Plumlee and Davis) or by building for the future (Leonard and Vonleh). Barring injuries, one of those guys is going to get shorted on minutes.
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Davis is 25. He has a future, and is ready now.

Henderson is a $6m expiring contract, but he's one of three guys on the roster proven to be a double digit scorer. He will get more opportunity with this Blazers roster.

Vonleh is 19 years old. He realistically gets 15-20 development minutes.

Davis gets 30 minutes.

Go from there, imo.
 
Lillard
Crabbe
Aminu
Leonard
Plumlee

Cj still ends up getting 30+ mins per game off the bench
 
Starting 5 at the end of next season (with players on the team right now)

Dame
CJ
Aminu
Vonleh
Plumlee

In October I think it's going to be Henderson and Davis with CJ as 6th.
 
fkrueger said:
Starting 5 at the end of next season (with players on the team right now)

Dame
CJ
Aminu
Vonleh
Plumlee

In October I think it's going to be Henderson and Davis with CJ as 6th.
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ehhh you can't start Davis and Plumlee together. You need at least 1 shooting big man in the starting group.
 
BonesJones said:
ehhh you can't start Davis and Plumlee together. You need at least 1 shooting big man in the starting group.
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Over here in Germany, I can do whatever I want, didn't know that was differnt in the US :smiley-hmm:

No honestly, you're right, so I correct myself: Henderson and Meyers will start at the beginning of the season.
 
Dame
Hendo
Aminu
Nards
Plums

Frazer
CJ
Crabbe
Von
Ed

the way I see it I would rather get a better backup pg but with what we have yea...
you go this route and with the starting line and second rotation, you have a guy at pf that can stretch the floor with the threat of a 3. and still have more of a banger chillin down low to feast on the put backs and hopefully lobs!

also see lots of drives and kicks to the corners, and ball swings to corners. (cause that's the only place hendo and aminu seem to hit from)

is it a bad idea to (outside of dame) try the platoon swap game plan this year? with how young most everyone is and how close the competition is why not? do that for like 20-30 games at least and see who stands out. then start dialing in who gets more min and where.
 
Created (most of) our team on whatifsports.com (using last year's version of each of our guys, except using rookie Sergio in place of Frazier who doesn't exist on that site), and they are actually not simulating all that poorly. Even got a sim-win against the '96 Bulls (on my 6th try). I'm tempted to run them through our last years' schedule just to see how they finish.
 
Sinobas said:
I don't think Vonleh will get playing time this year unless he really does well in pre-season. Also not sure about CJ at PG.
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unless stotts has a major change of heart by season's start, we'll be seeing cj at point. he's said so many times. vonleh will definitely see minutes this season. we don't have enough bodies for him not to.
 
PG: Damian Lillard
SG: Gerald Henderson
SF: Al-Faroque Aminu
PF: Noah Vonleh
C: Mason Plumlee
2 Unit:
PG: Tim Frazier
SG: CJ McCollum
SF: Allen Crabbe
PF: Ed Davis
C: Meyers Leonard
Others:
Chris Kaman
Maurice Harkless
Pat Connaughton
 
Damian
Henderson
Aminu
Leonard
Plumlee

Dame has to score 30 a night for us to be in the game.
 
dd def said:
unless stotts has a major change of heart by season's start, we'll be seeing cj at point. he's said so many times. vonleh will definitely see minutes this season. we don't have enough bodies for him not to.
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Not enough bodies? We have 13 players on the roster, and Stotts usually goes with a 9 man rotation.
 
Dame
Henderson
Aminu
Myers
Davis

But there will some great competition for playing time.
 
TBpup said:
Frazier
Crabbe
Harkless
Davis
Kaman

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I watch video on these new guys today and everyone believe that plumlee and Davis can't play together I say they can. Last year we had 3pt shooters but Lopez and LA was playing high post an low post most of the time. I am saying plumlee and Davis can do the same thing but we would have bigger threat at the high post. No we won't have LA mid range jumper but both of these guys might be better at the low post then LA.
 
Trackjack said:
I watch video on these new guys today and everyone believe that plumlee and Davis can't play together I say they can. Last year we had 3pt shooters but Lopez and LA was playing high post an low post most of the time. I am saying plumlee and Davis can do the same thing but we would have bigger threat at the high post. No we won't have LA mid range jumper but both of these guys might be better at the low post then LA.
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1) I agree. However, there is still the question of whether Aminu, Davis, and Plumlee can all play together.

2) Dame
CJ (been singled out by both NO and Stotts)
Aminu
Biebs
Plumlee

though Davis may certainly start over Biebs, but shooting would be a real issue.

3) I'm answering "opening night" lineup. I think the starting lineup will change throughout the year - even without injuries, similar to the bench lineup last year. #Stottsbebrewing

4) Another interesting question would be game ending lineup:
Dame
CJ
Crabbe
Aminu
Biebs (or Davis)

Very possible that we end games by going small with shooters and Aminu at the 4.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
1) I agree. However, there is still the question of whether Aminu, Davis, and Plumlee can all play together.

2) Dame
CJ (been singled out by both NO and Stotts)
Aminu
Biebs
Plumlee

though Davis may certainly start over Biebs, but shooting would be a real issue.

3) I'm answering "opening night" lineup. I think the starting lineup will change throughout the year - even without injuries, similar to the bench lineup last year. #Stottsbebrewing

4) Another interesting question would be game ending lineup:
Dame
CJ
Crabbe
Aminu
Biebs (or Davis)

Very possible that we end games by going small with shooters and Aminu at the 4.
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I was thinking the different for the end of games. Thinking we will probably have a lock down D in there instead of a primarily offensive lineup.
At this point in the roster, it seems our D should be a bit better than our O, and so I am thinking we might go with the D at the end.
 
Orion Bailey said:
I was thinking the different for the end of games. Thinking we will probably have a lock down D in there instead of a primarily offensive lineup.
At this point in the roster, it seems our D should be a bit better than our O, and so I am thinking we might go with the D at the end.
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I believe it will depends if we are leading or losing going in the 4qt.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
1) I agree. However, there is still the question of whether Aminu, Davis, and Plumlee can all play together.

2) Dame
CJ (been singled out by both NO and Stotts)
Aminu
Biebs
Plumlee

though Davis may certainly start over Biebs, but shooting would be a real issue.

3) I'm answering "opening night" lineup. I think the starting lineup will change throughout the year - even without injuries, similar to the bench lineup last year. #Stottsbebrewing

4) Another interesting question would be game ending lineup:
Dame
CJ
Crabbe
Aminu
Biebs (or Davis)

Very possible that we end games by going small with shooters and Aminu at the 4.
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It void end up like this:
Dame
Cj
Henderson
Aminu
Davis
 
Blazinaway said:
easy prediction: there will be many different starting lineups as Stotts experiments with all the new guys and who fits best with each other and who earns it
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I agree training camp will be pretty interesting for everyone.
 
ripcityboy said:
Damian
Henderson
Aminu
Leonard
Plumlee
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Agree, this would also be my "guess" for the starting 5 at the beginning of the season. Stotts starts the season with known proven players over higher potential project players. (Henderson over CJ, & Aminu over Crabbe)

There is going to be several interesting battles for playing time. How the minutes play out by the end of the season is anyone's guess.

The CJ /Henderson SG minutes battle will be fun to watch.
Now that Stotts has both Frazier and Pressey battling for BUPG minutes, CJ is probably going to lose his BUPG minutes, which puts more pressure on the CJ/Hendo battle.

I can not even begin to guess how the minutes battle will play out for the bigs.
 
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