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With all these new moves, (Kirlenko, Lopez, Shved, Stiemsma..etc) How does your depth chart look?

Rubio/Ridnour/Barea
Roy/Shved
Kirilenko/Williams
Love/Stiemsma
Pekovic/Lopez

I can't think of anyone else from the top of my head.. sorry.

2 things:

1. You're missing Budinger, Malcolm Lee, Cunningham, and (probably) Hummell
2. Lopez is going to New Orleans

Rubio/Ridnour/Barea - I expect that one of Barea or Ridnour will be moved
Roy/Shved/Lee
Kirilenko/Budinger/Hummell - Hummell might not make the team
Love/Williams/Cunningham - Cunningham might be on the way out already
Pekovic/Stiemsma - We could probably use a 3rd sting C

1) They will probably wait with Ridnour/Barea trade till Rubio is fully healthy.
2) Hummell is not making the team.
3) They will probably bring back Tolliver now.

I'd like to add someone like Fesenko or Haddadi. They still available?

Could always roll with Prestes as an emergency big as well.

Rubio / Ridnour / Barea / Conroy
Roy / Shved / Lee
Kirilenko / Budinger / Hummel
Love / Williams / Cunningham
Pekovic / Stiemsma

There's your 15 coming out of training camp.

Thanks, wow I forgot so many guys..and I don't know why I thought you guys got Lopez.. man brain fart.

Looking forward for the Warriors and Wolves getting into the playoffs!

Klomp wrote:Rubio / Ridnour / Barea / Conroy
Roy / Shved / Lee
Kirilenko / Budinger / Hummel
Love / Williams / Cunningham
Pekovic / Stiemsma

There's your 15 coming out of training camp.

That's the line up I would roll with,still might look at adding another center on this team instead of cheaping Conroy.That line up has a good starting line up if Roy and AK47 are anywhere close to what they once were and one of the top benches in the league.

Even if Rubio misses the first month or two of the season I still think were a playoff team.I am am willing to predict right hear in now(as long as Love doesn't get a serious injure this season) that the Wolves will be the 6th or 7th set out West and will win close to or 50 games this year.

Krapinsky wrote:I'd like to add someone like Fesenko or Haddadi. They still available?

Could always roll with Prestes as an emergency big as well.

Pay Prestes the minimum and just have an assistant coach chase him around the gym and hit him with a yardstick every time he reaches for cookies, until he loses like 20 lbs? Sounds okay.

Wolves21 wrote:
That's the line up I would roll with,still might look at adding another center on this team instead of cheaping Conroy.

Ideally yes, but I think we'd keep Conroy until Rubio is 100%, then cut him and sign a center

I don't think it's possible to consider Rubio a starter for this season. Maybe at the end of the year.

Also, I don't think you need to add Hummel to a line-up.

Klomp wrote:Rubio / Ridnour / Barea / Conroy
Roy / Shved / Lee
Kirilenko / Budinger / Hummel
Love / Williams / Cunningham
Pekovic / Stiemsma

There's your 15 coming out of training camp.

Wow. A pretty balanced roster, who would have thought?

Really doubt Hummel makes the roster. Need one more guy that can play center IMO.

With the way things are shaking out, I can see Tolliver coming back. He actually was ok last season until his shot went south following his wrist injury ... need guys that can identify roles, because Love, AK, Pek, and Rube are playing lots of minutes once we hit mid-season stride.

Schved/Budinger/AT/Cunningham/Steimsma will vastly improve our depth over last season. The trick here will be to lock down the SG spot, then #6 and #7 off the bench ... there will be 2-3 disappointed players no matter how you slice it.

Roy/Schved/Budinger/Lee/Williams/Ak47 >>> Ridnour/Lee/Ellington/Johnson/Webster/Beasley ... simply going to be better ball-handlers and more size as a whole.

I kind of want Tolliver back as last big just for the Timbertrolls material.

I dig this lineup

Rubio/Ridnour/Barea
Roy/Shved/Budinger
Kirilenko/Williams/Budinger
Love/Kirilenko/Cunningham
Pekovic/Stiemsma/Love


Ugh heard the Blazers are going to offer Pekovic a big contract next year(probably because lack of a C and especially the whole Batum contract), can we resign him before he becomes a FA?

They can't give him more than we can.

Dewey wrote:With the way things are shaking out, I can see Tolliver coming back.

Only if Cunningham leaves.

id go something like this

Rubio/Ridnour/JJ
Roy/Shved/Budinger
AK47/Williams/Budinger
Love/Williams/AK47/Cunningham
Pek/Steamer/Love

Saltine wrote:They can't give him more than we can.

They'll have ~$17 mil in cap-space if they choose to go that route and decline team options on Babbitt, Smith, Williams.

If Blazers want to make a big offer we may try and pull the Asik gambit and have him wait it out the entire free agency to sign the offer sheet, stalling the Blazers ability to make moves elsewhere. I think Pekovic really enjoys it here - we should be able to coach him up before free agency next year.

I like the look of that rotation. Good mix of shooters, defenders and passers. We've just got to hope Rubio, Roy and AK47 can all get/stay healthy.