Just summarizing my thoughts on the roster as it stands right now. As I was away from Blazerland for a month, I am just catching up to the happenings this week-- so excuse me if you guys already did this. Play makers: Dre, Roy, Jerryd (to an extent) Perimeter Scorers: Roy,Dre, Jerryd Shooters: Nic, Wes, Rudy (???) Perimeter Defenders: Nic, Wes, Jerryd (???) Post scorers: Aldridge, Oden (???) Post defenders/ rebounders: Oden, Camby, Aldridge, Joel (???) Am I missing any of these? Biggest holes seem to be at post scoring and play-making. Someone who can score in the paint, and be satisfied with about 10-15 mpg would suffice. And I'm not convinced Dre and Roy can handle all the load. If Nic has improved enough this summer, maybe he can assume some of the responsibility there, but I still think we need a PG to back up Dre. I read that Johnson can handle some PG. As I didn't watch him in SL, can anyone give some insight into that proposition? What about Dante and backup PF?
I have alreay posted this at least a couple of times, but here goes again, barring any further trades and presuming full health the big minutes will go to these players: Miller, Roy, Batum, LA, Oden - starters Bayless, Matthews, Camby - big minutes off the bench Cunningham part of the rotation and I should now add that Pryz will also be part of the rotation if he is indeed fully healthy. The rest will get scraps and injury minutes.
I would say that Camby is the starter for the first half of the season, and maybe all, depending on Greg's recovery. Major subs: Oden Matthews A point guard to be named later Mopup minutes: Dante Armon Johnson Starrin' in the D-League Babbitt E-Will Traded (to get that PG we want) Rudy Bayless Possibly Prz. Playing in Europe Patty Glued to the bench Pendergraph Mystery: Przybilla. Either traded or slowly worked back in to the rotation, possibly replacing Greg Oden because his leg fell off.
