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I was wondering if they'd be up with Etan gone?

Yup... He'll get most minutes at C, somewhere around the 28-32mpg range...

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Maybe more.

Most centers of his general body type, guys like Dalembert, Kaman, Bogut, Ilgauskas, etc., have played 33-34 minutes a game at some point in their careers. I see no reason why Haywood can't.

The only thing that held him back was Eddie Jordan. There's a good chance that things will change under Flip.

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Maybe more.


The only thing that held him back was Eddie Jordan. There's a good chance that things will change under Flip.

QFT.

Haywood is going to have his best year ever, I'm not saying anything about fantasy basketball, this is reality and BEASTWOOD is going to open a few eyes come contract time.

I think he'll get about 32. He could probably play up to 34. If he plays less than 30, this board won't be a fun place.

Anywhere from 30-35 is to be expected, and fine in my book.

I think he'll average less than 30 unless there's an injury.

Well, under most circumstances, yeah, 30-35. However, we have two young, developing bigs, both with star potentail, and both looking like they could break out this year. Blatche in particular will get about 20 mpg unless he regresses. This kind of means Haywood won't get 35 mpg on a conistent basis.

^^^ Agreed. When it comes down to the playoffs and even tough games, I can see Haywood getting as many as 32-34 mpg. However, in the regular season and back to backs, I don't think Haywood will see that many minutes . It is important that the Wizards develop quality depth behind Haywood especially in the postseason run.

It will be difficult for Haywood to stay out of foul trouble in all games given that he'll do most of dirt work down when he plays down low. There will be nights when Blatche or McGee have the hot hand. I also don't think Flip Saunders is immune to small ball; he certainly played his fair share when he was with the Pistons; a typical small ball lineup included Billups, Stuckey, Hamilton, Prince, and Wallace. Granted, Flip Saunders never really had that much length when he was the coach of the Pistons.

I think he will average about 32 minutes in most games but minutes go up with the level of competition