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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    aka Aaron Gray, to a one year deal, says Yahoo

    More or less confirms that Bargnani won't be playing any centre this year.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Calderon, Bayless
    DeRozan, Barbosa, Butler
    Johnson, Forbes, Kleiza
    Bargnani, Davis
    Johnson?, Magloire, Gray, Salami
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Seems like this schedule is necessitating that we have at least a 10-man team, rather than eight good rotation players and filler.

    We might actually rotate lineups when the schedule gets really insane.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Team Black

    Calderon
    DeRozan
    Johnson
    Bargnani
    Magloire


    Team Red

    Bayless
    Barbosa
    Forbes
    Johnson
    Gray


    Team Purple

    (TBD)
    Butler
    Kleiza
    Davis
    Alabi
     
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    Good signing. Low risk, low reward. Gray played pretty well with NOH at the end of last season. He's a good rebounder and solid position defender and an efficient, if unspectacular, scorer (at least he was with CP3 getting him the ball for some easy baskets).

    More or less confirms that Bargnani won't be playing any centre this year.[/QUOTE]

    This would be a good thing, and the best part of this signing, except where does this leave Bargnani? Do you move Bargs to the starting 4 and take away minutes from Amir Johnson and Ed Davis? Doesn't sound like a good plan to me. Unless Bargnani is traded (you wish), I suspect he'll still be your starting 5 with Gray backing him up.

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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    No fucking way. If Jamaal is anything more than your 3rd string center, you are fucked. As much as I rip on Bargs, he's a better center than Magloire at this point, and Aaron Gray does everything Magloire does, but does it better.

    I suspect your depth chart at center to be:
    Bargnani
    Gray
    Anyone with a pulse and a 10-day contract
    Magloire

    Amir and Ed Davis will split almost all of the minutes at the 4. Or, if you occasionally want to go big, white and goofy looking, a couple minutes here and there of Gray at the 5 and Bargs at the 4.

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    Agreed. Magloire is basically a gimmick. "first canadian to play for the raptors!!!"
     
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    And after you see him play, you may well wish he's the last!

    I've always thought it would be cool for Steve Nash to end his playing career with the Raps. Now that's one Canadian who can play ball - still!

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    Seems to me that if Bargs isn't playing centre it's either going to be Johnson or one of the new signings, and Johnson at centre isn't a good option, either.

    I can't see the other guys posts in this thread but that is my understanding.
     
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    I was always hoping Steve Nash would be the first Canadian.
     
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    I'm assuming Gray will play centre. It might be ok as he's a big body and can handle the bigger centres #positivespin
     
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