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...is a WHOLE LOT better than last season:

1st unit:
PF - Blake Griffin
SF - Rasual Butler
C - Chris Kaman
SG - Eric Gordon
PG - Baron Davis

2nd unit:
PF - Craig Smith
SF - Al Thornton
C - Marcus Camby
SG - Kareem Rush
PG - Sebastian Telfair

3rd Unit:
PF - Brian Skinner
SF - Steve Novak
C - DeAndre Jordan
SG - Ricky Davis
PG - Mardy Collins

Remember, our 3rd unit were starters for quite a few games last season. This has to be the deepest team since the Odom/EB/Miles/QRich/Maggs era. Let's go!!!!

I like our depth this season

I really hope Bricky D stays in our 3rd unit.

I'm loving it. I hate to see our players go down with any sort of injury, but Thornton and Camby missing time may have helped us get the starting lineup that many of us have hoped for.

I was wondering if Blake was going to play the 3, but in this lineup Rasual will stay out of his way so it doesn't matter what happens on offense. Do you think you guys will be able to D up against top wings with Butler and Gordon out there? That's the only hole I see.

Cassius wrote:I was wondering if Blake was going to play the 3, but in this lineup Rasual will stay out of his way so it doesn't matter what happens on offense. Do you think you guys will be able to D up against top wings with Butler and Gordon out there? That's the only hole I see.

Gordon was our top perimeter defender last year and is improving. Butler is an upgrade over Thornton. Yes, we could definitely use a guy like Battier or Prince, but we're just gonna go with what we have and hope for the best. In any event, it'll be much better than last year.

I'm not worried about Gordon and butler playing D. Baron is the one I'm worried about. Hour got killed by second tier PGs last year. He's played better this preseason so hopefully he can keep it up.

Finally, some depth! Our 2nd unit last season was basically a D-League team. Now we have legit starting caliber players for our 2nd unit!

Is Butler going to be starting?

Has Camby played much in the preseason? If so, how did he look? It is a contract year for him, so he is going to crash the boards and block shots like a maniac this year if can stay healthy.

el loco wrote:Has Camby played much in the preseason? If so, how did he look? It is a contract year for him, so he is going to crash the boards and block shots like a maniac this year if can stay healthy.

He's only played in 2 preseason games. Only one was televised, and that was against the Warriors. He looked slow to me in that game, but they play at "ludicrous speed". He put up solid numbers in both (10pts, 9 rebs, 5 assts, 2 stls in 21 mins against the Dubs, and 11pts, 7rebs & 2 assts in 22 mins against Portland). He'll likely see reduced minutes with all of the depth at the 4/5 positions, but hopefully that will translate into better health.

Camby wont play opening night I heard.

Thanks for answering. Limiting his minutes keeps him from earning his incentives that were placed in his contract, so that should make your owner happy. I wouldn't mind seeing him have a solid and healthy season. I picked you guys to jump into the playoffs this year, but I did it last year as well. If Dunleavy can't get this team to play/win, then he needs to be shown the door imo.

Even if Camby isn't healthy for the year, come the trade deadline he will be a huge asset to have with that fairly big expiring deal.