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Is durant going to become the PF ....

Who is going to start now or in the future @ center
petro.... potential back up.... good elbow shot... getting better at rebounding
swift.... DNK... injuried
Sene... ????

2009 draft .... centers
BJ Mullen 7-0.... ??? offensive player
Hasheem Thambeet 7-3... ??? defensive player

powerforwards
Blake griffen.. 6-9 PF

all three would help ... but who is the best player

Durant probably won't be a PF... SF most likely... I guess staying at SG is an outside possibility.

For now Collison, WIlcox, and Petro seems to be our main rotation with Green shifting over sometimes and then Sene, Swift, White, Joe Smith pitching in some as well.

I'd like to see how this season goes in the post, but yeah, obviously a big time post player in the draft is what just about every team dreams of.

So Green who is not a powerforward but a small forward then needs to be moved ...

We had a chance on Al Horford.... but we decided to let our small forward go and not grab a big man ...

big men in draft that take you to championships are rare... thus the reason for High payout
Still think Westbrook was the clear choice over Love...

We just need a BIGMAN

I hear ya sonic-ben... the guys that have traditionally brought championships via the draft have been bigs.

Westbrook over Love every time. Hopefully Westbrook over everyone behind him, but that remains to be seen.

.... 2010 beginning season

Westbrook 6-3
Durant 6-11
Green 6-9
Ibaka 6-10
Thabeet 7-3

Weaver... 6-5 defensive multi- positions
Petro... 7-0 reserve Bigman
DJ White.. 6-9 PF
Need another shooter.....

Durant will not be a big man, he is at best a SF.

what to do with Green

Sonics-ben, if that's your starting 2010 lineup then prepare for an even worse season than this one. There's so much inexperience with Ibaka and Thabeet it's not funny. Regardless of their height they would get torn to shreds. Gasol and Bynum, Shaq(even though he is going downhill) and Stoudamire, Bosh and O'neal, Brand and Dalembert, Garnett and Perkins, Kaman and Camby, Lewis and Howard, just to name a few.

You need to have some veteran toughness. That starting five may be athletic but they would get eaten alive by wily vets that know how to win. At some point Presti has to bring some highend experience onto the roster and spend the cap space if they're serious about winning.

sonic-ben wrote:
powerforwards
Blake griffen.. 6-9 PF

all three would help ... but who is the best player

Well Blake is already getting talked about as the #1 pick next draft. He is a hometown favorite and a great player. I could see us getting him like THAT. He would be an NBA ready player that would contribute immediately.

Downtown wrote:Sonics-ben, if that's your starting 2010 lineup then prepare for an even worse season than this one. There's so much inexperience with Ibaka and Thabeet it's not funny. Regardless of their height they would get torn to shreds. Gasol and Bynum, Shaq(even though he is going downhill) and Stoudamire, Bosh and O'neal, Brand and Dalembert, Garnett and Perkins, Kaman and Camby, Lewis and Howard, just to name a few.

You need to have some veteran toughness. That starting five may be athletic but they would get eaten alive by wily vets that know how to win. At some point Presti has to bring some highend experience onto the roster and spend the cap space if they're serious about winning.

long time downtown.....

They may get beaten down .... But if the team is losing... at least the younger players Get experience... would we need a quality vertern .. Yes is that Wilcox.. No

Maybe Wallace... champion experience ... nows how to win ... not afraid to open mouth
dumar... values him thou maybe after contract is over

Love losing and having vertern using a lot of min for leadership to lose... why

Durant will not be a big. He will be like Danny Granger, 6'9 G-F who can shoot the 3, 1 stl, 1 blk, 20ppg, 5+ rpg

CJ Giles