PF Kyle Oquinn

SF Carmelo Anthony

SG Aaron Affalo

PG Jose Calderon

2nd team

C Kevin Seraphin

PF Kristaps Porzingis

SF Derrick Wiliams

SG Langston Galloway(this is probably why they want JC as there are no proven scorers here)

PG Jerian Grant

3rd team

c/PF Lou Admunson

SF Lance Thomas

G Sasha Vucevic

Not dressed
C Early
G T A

There's also the chance that Jerian beats out Jose as the Starting PG and they use Jose as more of a SG off the bench. This would make the SL better defensively and offensively. Jose is more of a SG now anyway.

Hope Grant replaces Calderon at some point, but we obviously benefit if Calderon is playing well enough to keep Grant on the bench.

Gallo was a 2 in college, and is better as an off guard. He was a pretty effective shooter at St. Joseph- I thought he burned out last year and lost his legs. Give him 25 MPG, not as much ball handling responsibility, and some open looks, and he will surprise folks, IMO.

Not sure we want Anthony shooting 22 shots/game- it will be a sign that the offense is breaking down, especially if we are seeing a lot of 8/22 games, IMO. I'm looking at his assists- if he gives us 4/4.5 APG that will be a good sign for me, and tell me that he is buying into things.

WaltLongmire wrote:Going to stick with KP starting, but O'Quinn getting more minutes as the "backup."

Hope Grant replaces Calderon at some point, but we obviously benefit if Calderon is playing well enough to keep Grant on the bench.

Gallo was a 2 in college, and is better as an off guard. He was a pretty effective shooter at St. Joseph- I thought he burned out last year and lost his legs. Give him 25 MPG, not as much ball handling responsibility, and some open looks, and he will surprise folks, IMO.

Not sure we want Anthony shooting 22 shots/game- it will be a sign that the offense is breaking down, especially if we are seeing a lot of 8/22 games, IMO. I'm looking at his assists- if he gives us 4/4.5 APG that will be a good sign for me, and tell me that he is buying into things.

I dont want to rush KP into starting line up at 19 even for 20 minutes. He needs development both in his body and his game--he cant guard guys like Blake Griffin et al so stick to unit 2. Oquinn is the upside guy on our team this year. What we "mightve" gotten from Monroe--my hope and the hope of what should be everyone else is Oquinn can give 35 minutes and avg 13-10-2.1.7 53%. Our team upside rests with Affalo and Oquinn.

Edit: Parker and Giannis(suspended) might not play so maybe so maybe O'Quinn does start

ChuckBuck wrote:Way off BRIGGS!

You know he's starting after this tweet...

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NICE!

SupremeCommander wrote:I am hoping that

PG - Calderon
SG - Afflalo
SF - Derrick Williams
PF - Melo
C - Lopez

is the way it shakes out... Melo was so much better as a PF than a SF last year

1) Derrick Williams should never ever start until he proves himself
2) Derrick Williams is a 4, he is way too slow to be a 3

gunsnewing wrote:C Lopez/O'Quinn/Serafin
PF KP/Serafin/DW/Amundson
SF MELO/DW/Thomas/Early
SG Affalo/LG/Sasha
PG Grant/Calderon/LG

This is pretty much what I would do. O Quinn is better as a center and should come off the bench for Lopezsince he is a reliable rim protector.

crzymdups wrote:

TPercy wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:C Lopez/O'Quinn/Serafin
PF KP/Serafin/DW/Amundson
SF MELO/DW/Thomas/Early
SG Affalo/LG/Sasha
PG Grant/Calderon/LG

This is pretty much what I would do. O Quinn is better as a center and should come off the bench for Lopezsince he is a reliable rim protector.

Agree with this.

O'Quinn is not that good at PF and above average at C.

I like the rim protection with Lopez / Oquinn and KP / Serafin.

But I don't like the offense...Think it could be too slow. No easy fast buckets. Harder to dig ourselves out of a hole, if we are down by a lot.....Fish is the key!

BRIGGS wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:Going to stick with KP starting, but O'Quinn getting more minutes as the "backup."

Hope Grant replaces Calderon at some point, but we obviously benefit if Calderon is playing well enough to keep Grant on the bench.

Gallo was a 2 in college, and is better as an off guard. He was a pretty effective shooter at St. Joseph- I thought he burned out last year and lost his legs. Give him 25 MPG, not as much ball handling responsibility, and some open looks, and he will surprise folks, IMO.

Not sure we want Anthony shooting 22 shots/game- it will be a sign that the offense is breaking down, especially if we are seeing a lot of 8/22 games, IMO. I'm looking at his assists- if he gives us 4/4.5 APG that will be a good sign for me, and tell me that he is buying into things.

I dont want to rush KP into starting line up at 19 even for 20 minutes. He needs development both in his body and his game--he cant guard guys like Blake Griffin et al so stick to unit 2. Oquinn is the upside guy on our team this year. What we "mightve" gotten from Monroe--my hope and the hope of what should be everyone else is Oquinn can give 35 minutes and avg 13-10-2.1.7 53%. Our team upside rests with Affalo and Oquinn.

The pressure isn't in starting - it's in finishing/closing out the game.

I think the bigger issue for KP6 is having him play the majority of his minutes with the right group. I'd rather him situated in-between Melo/Lopez with Calderon/AA also on the floor than potentially getting lost at the offensive end or getting in foul trouble playing with 2 non-passers / non-defenders in Seraphin/Williams off the bench.

Let the kid get warmed up and go right into the game. Let him play with our best player --- give 8-10 minutes of first half action and then let him play whatever minutes he earns down the stretch in the 2nd half.