Depth charts - Please help!

[SportsFan215]

Los Angeles Clippers

PG: B. Davis (32)/Teflair (16)
SG: Gordon (32)/Butler (10)/R. Davis (6)
SF: Butler (16)/Thornton (26)/Novak (6)- assuming he resigns
PF: Griffin (30)/C. Smith (10)/Camby (8)
C: Camby (20)/Kaman (24)/Jordan (4)

Minor Player:
PG: Collins


Question Marks:
Will the Clips make another deal to get more depth?
Will they end up signing Sessions?
How will the big man/center rotation work out, so each player gets enough playing time?
Will the Clips move further toward freeing up cap space for next offseason?

[TheNewEra]

I believe Kaman starts because he is our long term player while Camby only has one year left. I would also believe Smith will get 12 mintues takes 2 mintues away from Camby.

[Guy986]

Rox

PG: Brooks (25)/ Lowry (23)
SG: Ariza (30)/Brooks (7)/Taylor (11)
SF: Battier (32)/Budinger (16)
PF: Scola (25)/Landry (23)
C: Andersen (26)/Scola (10)/Hayes (12)

Minor Players:
James White, Joey Dorsey, Brent Barry

*I highly expect Dorsey to replace Hayes in the rotation sometime in the middle of the season*

Tmac or no Tmac? That is the question.
Who will carry the bulk of the scoring?
Will the Great Wall of Australia(Andersen) be able to replace Yao Ming?

[Vindicater]

Rox

PG: Brooks (25)/ Lowry (23)
SG: Ariza (30)/Brooks (7)/Taylor (11)
SF: Battier (32)/Budinger (16)
PF: Scola (25)/Landry (23)
C: Andersen (26)/Scola (10)/Hayes (12)

Minor Players:
James White, Joey Dorsey, Brent Barry

Who will carry the bulk of the scoring?

Seriouslly... that teams best scorers are Brooks and Ariza... OUCH

[thomchatt3rton]

Milwaukee Bucks
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PG: Luke Ridnour (13), Brandon Jennings (3), Roko Ukic (1)
SG: Michael Redd (22), Charlie Bell (42), Jodie Meeks (20)
SF: Joe Alexander (11), Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (12) Carlos Delfino (30)
PF: Hakim Warrick (21), Kurt Thomas (40), Ersan Illaysova (19)
C: Andrew Bogut (6), Dan Gadzuric (50)

???????????????????????
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PG: Ramon Sessions
F: Walter Sharpe
C: Francisco Elson
I'm not sure whats going to happen with elson- somebody else on our board will have a much better idea/more details. Nobody knows whats going to happen with sessions .
Did I miss anybody, anything? I defer to the more in-the-know members of my board. thanks!

[nashrambler13]

Phoenix Suns
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PG: Steve Nash (32), Goran Dragic (16)
SG: Jason Richardson (28), Leandro Barbosa (20)
SF: Grant Hill (30), Jared Dudley (18)
PF: Amare Stoudemire (36), Channing Frye (12)
C: Channing Frye (20), Lou Amundson (18), Robin Lopez (10)

Minor players
PG:
SG: Alando Tucker
SF: Taylor Griffin
PF: Earl Clark
C:

To be Cut/ traded: SG Sasha Pavlovic ($4.95M expiring/ $1.5M guaranteed)

Question marks

Amare: How will he rebound from season-ending eye surgery? How will he perform playing in a contract year? How will he respond o the departure of Shaq?

Front court depth: After Amare, the front court is essentially a wasteland; barren, desolate and desperately devoid of life. It remains to be seen how much the addition of Frye helps this situation but even though he is projected as a starter, many believe he doesn't provide the grit and toughness necessary to go to war alongside Stoudemire.

Dragic: Touted to be the answer to the backup point guard issues that have plagued the team for years, it remains to be seen if Dragic can provide quality minutes off the bench, but more importantly spell Steve Nash and keep his fresh for the postseason (should the suns get there this year). Goran didn't do himself any favours by failing to wow doubters during Summer League play.

Predictions

The Suns will likely rely offensively on the one-two punch of Amare and Jason Richardson, which is just about as dangerous as you will find - especially with Nash setting them up. Expect these guys to put up big/ huge numbers; at the other end though, the defense seems to be as shaky as ever, with no notable defenders to replace the Marions/ Bells/ Thomases of years gone by.

The Pavlovic card could be used as a trade chip to bolster the front court rotation but most believe the Suns will most likely buy him out themselves.

Youngsters Dragic/ Dudley/ Lopez and Clark will not only be given minutes this year to improve under Alvin Gentry, but also be relied upon to provide quality spells for the veterans - this forcefeeding of minutes may accelerate the development of the young'uns.. or it could turn out to be the wobbly leg that causes the team to collapse.

If by the Allstar break the Suns ar going nowhere, but Stat and JRich are putting up big numbers, expect a JRich trade for and expiring (if this happens, pick up Barbosa in your fantasy league ASAP..)

Barring injury though, I predict a 5-8 seeding in the Western conference this year, with a second round exit.

dang thats impressive... how much time did this take you??

i would give barbs some more minutes, but only b/c gentry likes him more. also, whats up with no minutes for Clark?? hes definitly not a "minor player" and i think it was david thorpe (?) who saud it would be nearly impossible to limit clarks minutes this season.

also,i think goran was solid during summer league. do you not?

[locus7]

Wizards
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PG: Arenas (34), Foye (14)
SG: Miller (18), Foye (20), Young (10)
SF: Butler (35), Miller (10)
PF: Jamison (30), Blatche (18)
C: Haywood (30), Blatche (10)

Minor Players
PG: Crittendon
SG:
SF: McGuire
PF: McGuire
C: McGee

Much will obviously depend on injuries. Arenas is an obvious concern - if his knee goes that's the end of the Wizards this year, but Butler's had regular breakdowns and Jamison's not getting younger. They do have plenty of depth though except for at PG.

I think Foye's being groomed as the backup PG, hence he won't start. Miller's not a great defender, but his playmaking ability will take a lot of pressure off Arenas. If Foye does start, Miller's minutes go down and Crittendon and Young probably get more PT. At the end of a close game I'd expect to see both Arenas and 4th quarter Foye on the court.

[Guy986]

Rox

PG: Brooks (25)/ Lowry (23)
SG: Ariza (30)/Brooks (7)/Taylor (11)
SF: Battier (32)/Budinger (16)
PF: Scola (25)/Landry (23)
C: Andersen (26)/Scola (10)/Hayes (12)

Minor Players:
James White, Joey Dorsey, Brent Barry

Who will carry the bulk of the scoring?

Seriouslly... that teams best scorers are Brooks and Ariza... OUCH

Brooks, Scola, Andersen and maybe even Budinger are better scorers than Ariza.

[T-Spot]

LOL. That and the fact that this one is WAY more probable and accurate than the one on page 1.

I fail to see how putting a raw rookie who's more suited to playing the three as the starting shooting guard is more probably and accurate than putting in a veteran player who's entire purpose of being in the league is as a defender onto a defensively anemic starting 5.

[B Calrissian]

Timberwolves (As it stands right now)

PG: Johnny Flynn (32), Chucky Atkins (12), Bobby Brown (4))
SG: Corey Brewer (24), Wayne Ellington (24)
SF: Ryan Gomes (32), Damien Wilkins (16)
PF: Kevin Love (32), Darius Songaila (12), Oleksiy Pechorov (4), Brian Skinner (0)
C: Al Jefferson (36), Ryan Hollins (8), Mark Blount (4)

[KM44]

These are my projections on the Sacramento Kings on average.

PG: Evans-30/Beno-10/Sergio-8
SG: Martin-38/Garcia-7/Evans-3
SF: Nocioni-28/Garcia-14/Greene-4/Casspi-2
PF: Thompson-26/May-12/Greene-6/Brockman-4
C: Hawes-35/Thompson-10/Brockman-3

Brockman has yet to be signed, but I suspect that he will purely because we're understaffed WITH him in the lineup.

[5DOM]

LOL. That and the fact that this one is WAY more probable and accurate than the one on page 1.

I fail to see how putting a raw rookie who's more suited to playing the three as the starting shooting guard is more probably and accurate than putting in a veteran player who's entire purpose of being in the league is as a defender onto a defensively anemic starting 5.

The reason why it's more probable and accurate is because all the reports suggest so.
Obviously things might change during the training camp, but from what we've heard, the starting SG spot is DeRozan's to lose

[d-train]

I love it how so many people are demoting Outlaw while the Blazers have added nobody that can take his minutes. Webster never has and never will take minutes from Outlaw. The only debatable issue is how Nate will divide about 26 minutes between Batum, Przybilla, and Webster. I think he will go with a 9-man rotation so 1 of those 3 is out. Any one of them could get as many as 20 or as few as 0 minutes. Przybilla has an edge because the Blazers are starved for size.

LOL

Funny for you to write that when you demoted Pryz to 3rd string center behind Aldridge. I don't remember that happening once last season.

You don't remember Aldridge playing center. Who do you think is our center in 4th quarters the last couple of years? Przybilla is on the bench most of the time, so he isn't our center. I said since the Blazers are shorthanded on big men Przybilla might get minutes but that’s much less likely if Oden shows up this year ready to play. Frankly, I'm hoping Oden can play and Nate doesn't have to play Przybilla out of desperation.

[DC2]

Indiana Pacers
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PG: TJ Ford (29), Earl Watson (19)
SG: Brandon Rush (24), Mike Dunleavy (10), Dahntay Jones (14)
SF: Danny Granger (32), Mike Dunleavy (16)
PF: Troy Murphy (34), Tyler Hansbrough (14)
C: Roy Hibbert (24), Jeff Foster (14), Josh McRoberts (10)

Minor players
PG: Travis Diener
SG: None
SF: None
PF: Solomon Jones
C: None

Question marks
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Will Dunleavy stay healthy?
What do we do if a wing player gets injured?
Will TJ Ford improve and run the offense like we hope he can?
Can Roy Hibbert stay out of foul trouble so he can play major minutes?

Predictions
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We will probably do our annual fight for the lower seeds of the playoffs, but there is also a slim chance that we will either be a Cinderella team that plays much better than we are supposed to. We could also be hit by injuries and be a bottom feeder, though.

[That Nicka]

Fisher 24/Farmar 14/Brown 10
Bryant 36/Vujacic 8/Brown 4
Artest 32/Walton 16
Gasol 18/Odom 30
Bynum 32/Gasol 18

Powell
Morrison
Mbenga


Morrison (exp) could be dealt and Farmar may get shipped out if Brown outplays him... I'm sure the Lakers would love to get rid of Sasha but no one would take on his contract

[JRMelo15]

C: Nene (32) / Birdman (16)
PF: KMart (32) / Balkman (10) / Birdman (6)
SF: Melo (37) / Balkman (11)
SG: Afflalo (18) / JR (30)
PG: Billups (33) / Lawson (15)

Question marks
Ty Lawson vs. Anthony Carter. Obviously Lawson is the one that SHOULD be Billups backup PG... but like every1 knows... Karl and the whole Nuggets FO love AC. IN FACT, I wouldn't be surprised if Lawson does get his backup PG minutes, but Afflalo gets no minutes, and with JR starting, Carter is the one that actually backs him up at the 2.

Predictions
Even though Karl hinted last season that JR will start... unless the Nuggets add a capable scorer to the roster, we need an offensive spark off the bench in the worst possible way. Afflalo should be good to replace Dahntay Jones minutes, and JR should average around 30 off the bench in the Ginobili/Terry role. Here's hoping we get Novak though.

After the DUI you can forget about Balkman playing those 21 minutes you said. He'll be a "minor player". If we can sign Szczerbiak or Novak, they will get the 21 minutes along with Carter playing the 3 in Karl's newest version - The 3 PG system.

PG - Chauncey
SG - Ty
SF - Carter

[sca]

LOL. That and the fact that this one is WAY more probable and accurate than the one on page 1.

I fail to see how putting a raw rookie who's more suited to playing the three as the starting shooting guard is more probably and accurate than putting in a veteran player who's entire purpose of being in the league is as a defender onto a defensively anemic starting 5.

Do you really think that Evans will see no court action while Johnson will get about 16 mpg? Also, everybody says DeRozan is a SG. Where is Weems in your chart? When did we resign Graham?

[mojomarc]

I love it how so many people are demoting Outlaw while the Blazers have added nobody that can take his minutes. Webster never has and never will take minutes from Outlaw. The only debatable issue is how Nate will divide about 26 minutes between Batum, Przybilla, and Webster. I think he will go with a 9-man rotation so 1 of those 3 is out. Any one of them could get as many as 20 or as few as 0 minutes. Przybilla has an edge because the Blazers are starved for size.

LOL

Funny for you to write that when you demoted Pryz to 3rd string center behind Aldridge. I don't remember that happening once last season.

You don't remember Aldridge playing center. Who do you think is our center in 4th quarters the last couple of years? Przybilla is on the bench most of the time, so he isn't our center. I said since the Blazers are shorthanded on big men Przybilla might get minutes but that’s much less likely if Oden shows up this year ready to play. Frankly, I'm hoping Oden can play and Nate doesn't have to play Przybilla out of desperation.

Is it desperation because Joel didn't play well? Or desparation because last year you predicted there wouldn't be a role for Joel at all on the team, but somehow Joel was still played a bunch?

[asheron]

Memphis Grizzlies

As of right now

PG: Conley / M. Williams
SG: Mayo / Young
SF: Gay / Carroll
PF: Randolph / Arthur
C: Gasol / Thabeet / Haddadi / Hunter

Question marks?

-Zach Randolph's addition to the team and his willingness to be a team player
-Thabeet's spot in the rotation,should he start? Did he deserve to be drafted # 2?
-Inexperienced bench with lack of scoring

Prediction:

This will be either a make or break season,seeing as Randolph is high risk and possibly high reward.
Now that we have a legit 20-10 PF cracking 35-40 wins should be possible and would be a vast improvement.

[Gremz]

Indiana Pacers
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PG: TJ Ford (29), Earl Watson (19)
SG: Brandon Rush (24), Mike Dunleavy (10), Dahntay Jones (14)
SF: Danny Granger (32), Mike Dunleavy (16)
PF: Troy Murphy (34), Tyler Hansbrough (14)
C: Roy Hibbert (24), Jeff Foster (14), Josh McRoberts (10)

Minor players
PG: Travis Diener
SG: None
SF: None
PF: Solomon Jones
C: None

Question marks
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Will Dunleavy stay healthy?
What do we do if a wing player gets injured?
Will TJ Ford improve and run the offense like we hope he can?
Can Roy Hibbert stay out of foul trouble so he can play major minutes?

Predictions
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We will probably do our annual fight for the lower seeds of the playoffs, but there is also a slim chance that we will either be a Cinderella team that plays much better than we are supposed to. We could also be hit by injuries and be a bottom feeder, though.

I'd be very surprised if we pay Jeff Foster 6m to play only 14mpg. He's far too useful.