Which rookies will start on their teams next season?

eathy · Post #1 » by **eathy** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:30 am

off the top of my head

Bulls - Rose / Sefolosha / Deng / Gooden / Noah
Heat - Williams / Wade / Beasley / Marion / Blount
T'Wolves - Foye / Mayo / Brewer / Gomes / Jefferson
Memphis - Conley / Miller / Rudy / Love / Darko
LAC - Knight / Gordon / Maggette / Brand / Kaman
76ers - Miller / Green / Iggy / Speights / Salembert

any others?

thegreatblaze · Post #2 » by **thegreatblaze** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:39 am

Blazers - Bayless / Roy / Webster / Aldridge / Oden

cb4_89 · Post #3 » by **cb4_89** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:08 am

westbrook
brook lopez

Post #4 » by **SOUL** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:09 am

Courtney Lee might.

Ghosten · Post #5 » by **Ghosten** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:14 am

OdenRoyLMA2 wrote:Blazers - Bayless / Roy / Webster / Aldridge / Oden

Bayless may be the starter by the end of the year, but Blake will be the starter at the beginning. Nate is not going to roll a rookie PG out as a starter at the start of the season, no way.

amcoolio · Post #6 » by **amcoolio** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:21 am

If the rumors about Felton leaving on July 1st are true then Augustin surely will start. He is basically Felton with better court vision. I thought for sure the Cats would take Bayless once he dropped (I knew they weren't taking Lopez, it seems like the media absolutely thinks we need a C and Okafor is a PF). The Augustin pick throws it all off balance.

mrfatwrecker · Post #7 » by **mrfatwrecker** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:21 am

Ghosten wrote:
OdenRoyLMA2 wrote:Blazers - Bayless / Roy / Webster / Aldridge / Oden

Bayless may be the starter by the end of the year, but Blake will be the starter at the beginning. Nate is not going to roll a rookie PG out as a starter at the start of the season, no way.

They're not exactly trying to win this year, another lotto pick wouldn't hurt anyways. This looks like the real core and I'm sure he wants them to gel from the beginning. I'd rather start Outlaw over Webster though. Bring Webster off the bench for some clutch 3 point scoring. Outlaw starts for defense and also hits clutch shots.

I'm an Arizona Senior by the way and am a big Bayless fan.

Bayless
Roy
Outlaw
Aldridge
Oden

$%&*

Post #8 » by **Rooster** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:22 am

Rush should start at SG on Indy. Whether he does remains to be seen.

kdot99 · Post #9 » by **kdot99** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:24 am

Rose, Beasley, Mayo, Love, Gordon, B Lopez

Maybes: Westbrook, Bayless (further on in the season), Rush, Speights, Augustine if Felton is gone.

Milkdud · Post #10 » by **Milkdud** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:25 am

It clearly depends on summer league and preseason but there is no doubt in my mind that if Bayless plays well he will earn the nod.

Harry Heinous · Post #11 » by **Harry Heinous** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:28 am

Chalmers / Wade / Marion / Beasley / Zo

ahartleyvu · Post #12 » by **ahartleyvu** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:28 am

Rooster wrote:Rush should start at SG on Indy. Whether he does remains to be seen.

Over MDJ? Basically our best player last season.

Please.

BROWN · Post #13 » by **BROWN** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:58 am

Rose, Beasley, Mayo are locks to start.

A.J. · Post #14 » by **A.J.** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:00 am

Raymond Felton is going to get traded, so I see D.J. Augustin starting.

Reks · Post #15 » by **Reks** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:10 am

I'm pretty sure Love won't start in Memphis.

jeff1624 · Post #16 » by **jeff1624** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:20 am

Brook Lopez isn't gonna start either, not the first few months anyways. Yi, Boone and Williams will eat up most of his minutes and It's also possible Krstic will be back, so there you go...

Roxflynorth · Post #17 » by **Roxflynorth** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:39 am

Correct me if I am wrong. Oden is no longer a rookie even he didn't play last year.

GuyverX · Post #18 » by **GuyverX** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:42 am

Oden would still be considered a rookie even though he's in the 2nd year of his contract. He'll also play on the rookies team during all-star saturday.

J~Rush · Post #19 » by **J~Rush** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:42 am

Roxflynorth wrote:Correct me if I am wrong. Oden is no longer a rookie even he didn't play last year.

You're wrong.

Ballings7 · Post #20 » by **Ballings7** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:35 am

Oden is still a rookie, even if he played in pre-season