Starting 5 for the t wolves

[casey]

Dreaming

Huffing

[Vindicater]

As always, people defend Telfair when he has not proven anything or deserve to be defended.

He is a sccess story of sorts becase he does have his career back up and running. But he still gets killed on the defensive end. Still cant shoot to save his life and is still too light to make a difference in the key.

He is a career backp, his quickness and ability to push the ball in transistion make him a nice prospect as a change of pace point guard off the bench. That is all.

[Tekkenlaw]

Umm, no one on the wolves has proved anything outside of Al Jefferson and Mike Miller, for all we know Carney could end up starting.

[Vindicater]

I seriouslly doubt it... and if he is then I guarantee we will have a top 4 pick (in other words finish with the worst record)

[Tirion]

Wolves rotation to start the season should be:

C - Kevin Love - Or label him as PF if you like, doesn't matter. Collin's injury all but guarantees him starting spot. Just say NO to a friggin' small-ball. Big Al and Love are both very thick, can rebound, block shots and post-up. I say it works *very* nicely on offense. On defense it's better than Big Al - Gomes frontline from last season. I can settle for that. It's not like we have a choice now anyway.

PF - Al Jefferson - He's our best player. 'Nuff said.

SF - Ryan Gomes - Look, he was arguably the second best player on the roster last season. I say he should start. He earned it. And besides his size is a big mismatch at a small forward position, where he can post-up smaller guys and score over them. He's still young and improving. He can defend and knock an open three. What's not to like here?

SG - Mike Miller - He's our second best player, versatile offensive weapon and a sharpshooter. He's tall for a SG and a good rebounder, so he and Gomes should compensate for our undersized frontcourt a little.

PG - Randy Foye - He's the only PG on the roster not named Telfair. That automatically makes him a starter. He's not a natural point and he never will be, but with passing big like Love in the line-up Wolves can survive that.

Second unit - Telfair, McCants, Brewer, Smith - Telfair and McCants play together well and a nice combo to have off the bench. Shaddy will be the main scorer on the 2nd unit, which is a good role for him. Brewer will be the defensive stopper off the bench. Smith is there for his offence to compensate for Telfair and Brewer's shortcomings in this area and to bully people around the basket.

Garbage minutes - Carney, Richard, Snyder, etc.

Of course this is gonna change with Collins returning, Carney possibly earning minutes over Brewer, possible Livingston signing, etc. But this is how I see it right now.

[Vindicater]

Nicely writtin and I agree with what you have to say

[Money Changer]

yeah i would expect Collins to start as well, partly for balance reasons.

Foye/Miller/Gomes/Jefferson/Collins

Telfair/McCants/Brewer/Smith/Love/Carney/Cardinal

solid but they wont win much games this year.

[Vindicater]

I think the wolves will win 28-35 games this season

[Dandy]

C: Jefferson
PF: Smith
SF: Brewer
SG: McCants
PG: Foye

I know this is a little different than the others but I think this line-up can get out and run and we will see what these young guys are made of. Miller, Telfair, Love and Gomes are all solid off the bench and all have the chance to earn a starting spot.

[karch34]

I have a feeling that the lineup to begin the season will be:

Foye, Brewer, Miller, Gomes, Jefferson

I think they'll want Shad off the bench and figure the shooting of the Foye, Miller, and Gomes will make up for any shortcomings by Brewer.