Who do YOU WANT to start opening day next to Cade?

[flow]

Josh Jackson's improvements changes up the rotation a bit for me. Originally I thought we'd run a 9 man rotation, then possibly 10 if Lyles was good enough to get those PF backup minutes behind Grant... but now I'm thinking that Jackson might end up getting all the backup minutes at SG and SF and it could push Diallo right out of the rotation. It will certainly be interesting to see how it plays out. Josh Jackson is looking better than an 18 MPG backup SF though.... that much is certain.

My 9-man rotation before seeing the pre-season games.
C: Stew (31) / KO (17)
PF: Grant (34) / KO (14)
SF: Bey (31) / Josh Jackson (17)
SG: Cade (32) / Diallo (16)
PF: Hayes (24) / CoJo (24)

My 9-man rotation after seeing the pre-season games.
C: Stew (29) / KO (19)
PF: Grant (34) / Lyles (14)
SF: Bey (32) / Josh Jackson (16)
SG: Cade (32) / Josh Jackson (16)
PG: Lee (26) / Hayes (22)
Of course dropping Diallo and CoJo completely out of the rotation after paying them each what they got in FA isn't very likely.

I fear you might be getting slightly carried away with Jackson now. He had a few preseason & early regular season games last year where he looked great, too. This isn't new. And even so, Diallo isn't the guy who should lose minutes. Jackson & Diallo are the only slashers we've got. We need both to play. And Diallo is one of our best defenders.

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[Billl]

I expect this year to be devoted to player development. Killian doesn't really deserve to start right now, but he's obviously one of the core guys they are hoping to develop.

I'm a little concerned that Casey is going to end up playing a bunch of small ball though just to get guys minutes though. At least most of our guards have decent size now, but it's going to be ugly on the glass for us most nights.

[Tecmo]

Hayes, put the high pick out there with Cade and see what the youngsters can do.