PG depth chart

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Would it make sense to go into the season with a PG depth chart of:

Walker
Smart
Hayward
Waters (still on a two-way deal)
Langford
Edwards (emergency last resort)

i.e., to dump Wanamaker (hopefully through a benign trade or waiver process) so as to free up an extra roster slot for developmental guys at other positions?

A season-ending injury to any one of the top three guys at that list could make things pretty iffy, but if any of those three guys is lost, the Cs' already questionable postseason chances look pretty grim anyway.

[Parliament10]

Would it make sense to go into the season with a PG depth chart of:

Walker
Smart
Hayward
Waters (still on a two-way deal)
Langford
Edwards (emergency last resort)

i.e., to dump Wanamaker (hopefully through a benign trade or waiver process) so as to free up an extra roster slot for developmental guys at other positions?

A season-ending injury to any one of the top three guys at that list could make things pretty iffy, but if any of those three guys is lost, the Cs' already questionable postseason chances look pretty grim anyway.

It looks fairly OK. But it's a bit out of order; out of sequence.

Walker
Smart
Hayward
Edwards
Langford
Waters

[Mamba4Goat]

I see it as..

Kemba with typical starter minutes.
Smart with most of the back up minutes.
Wanamaker with the like 5 minutes left over.
Edwards taking whatever's left and eventually taking Wanamaker minutes and maybe more. (I love Edwards as an eventual 6th man type of guy)

Also, if they did dump Wanamaker I'm all about Waters being groomed into a change of pace type of role that Larkin had 2 years ago.

Hopefully Hayward never plays PG.

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Would it make sense to go into the season with a PG depth chart of:

Walker
Smart
Hayward
Waters (still on a two-way deal)
Langford
Edwards (emergency last resort)

i.e., to dump Wanamaker (hopefully through a benign trade or waiver process) so as to free up an extra roster slot for developmental guys at other positions?

A season-ending injury to any one of the top three guys at that list could make things pretty iffy, but if any of those three guys is lost, the Cs' already questionable postseason chances look pretty grim anyway.

It looks fairly OK. But it's a bit out of order; out of sequence.

Walker
Smart
Hayward
Edwards
Langford
Waters

Edwards does NOT seem to be an offensive PG at this time. His last college season he averaged over 35 mpg and fewer than 3 apg. So to me he's on the depth chart at another position.

Waters, by way of contrast, averaged twice as many assists on 3 fewer minutes last season, and only about 2/3 of Edwards' points. So he really does seem like a PG.

[ParticleMan]

a hayward-edwards pairing makes sense. i am thinking gordon works better off the bench along with guys like kanter and langford. i don't think of hayward as a pg though he will essentially run the offense, but really it will be about lots of motion and cutting. edwards is perfectly capable of dribbling up the floor and initiating the offense quickly.

meanwhile start smart to bring some energy and D to the first unit.

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edwards is perfectly capable of dribbling up the floor and initiating the offense quickly.

That's fair. While I emphatically don't think of him as a PG, he could bring the ball up the floor, hope the defense left him with a good shot, and dump the ball to a better half-court distributor (e.g. Smart or Hayward) if he doesn't take a quick shot.

[captain green]

Walker about 35+ minutes
Smart will get most the rest.
Wanamaker gets what's left or garbage time.
Edwarfs probably plays when one of these 3 are already on the court for 3 point plays or speed plays, although I don't expect it often.
I don't expect to see Langford at the 1 at all.
Waters if he is called up in break in case of injury.
That's it that's your rotation.
Trading Wanamaker make no sense and not going to fetch much anyway.

[PtruthP34]

I think Edwards deserves a closer look for getting mins at the 1. He seemed comfortable there today and made at least one great pass. Surround him with strong secondary playmakers like Smart, Hayward, and Langford. Waters also looks like a better play over Wannamaker already.

I would rather give Romeo any leftover minutes at the 2. Brad seems like the odd man out and here for injury insurance only.

They may decide to develop Waters more slowly and keep him in Maine more on the 2-way, we'll see.