memgrizzlies wrote:Grizzlies. How can you say no to this lineup:
PG - Mike Conley
SG - OJ Mayo
SF - Rudy Gay
PF - Darrel Arthur
C - Marc Gasol
Looks very dominating to me.
Conley and Gay are great players, but the other 3 have yet to show what they can do in the NBA. On paper that looks like a great line up, Arthur is pretty quick for his size and should be a decent scorer.
Marc is a lot tougher than his older sister, I see him getting 1-2 blocks and 8-10 rebounds a game easy, but I don't know much about his offensive game but from what I've heard it's nothing spectacular. Not that it's bad but just that you wouldn't consider him a great scorer. Still, he's got a better body than Pau and he's still young and could develop quickly in the NBA. 10/9/1.5 are the numbers I would expect for him early on, he could improve a lot down the road. It all depends on if his game translates into the NBA well enough. I think best case you get a 15/12/2 player out of him, which isn't bad by any means.
As for Mayo I think he's going to be an all-star, not quite considered a franchise player but one of those guys you want on your team. In other words he won't be a Lebron, Kobe, Howard, Paul or Wade type player but more of a part of a "big 3". 20ppg shouldn't be a stretch for him.
The problem with the team is lack of depth. Even if you have an impressive starting line up you need depth. Look what happened to the Lakers in the finals because their bench is relatively weak.
This is why a lot of people will choose the Blazers, besides their young stud All-star, once in a decade prospect and up and coming big time power forward they have some of the best depth in the league, not just among young teams.
