We have 16 player. Caunighton and Montero switch between the NBDL and the IR with Kaman. Which leaves us with this 13-player rotation: DLill, Frazier, Pressey CJ, Crabbe Aminu, Henderson, Harkless Davis, Meyers, Alexander Vonleh, Plumlee I think this can work, I think it's a better team than many would anticipate and we still have the 30mil to use when the right opportunity comes along.
Then need scoring off the bench you bring Pressey, you also have CJ in the starting lineup with Dame, you're not severly lacking in scoring. If you play Frazier with either Dame or CJ you have great scoring and playmaking.
That's why I think Henderson or crabbe start at the two. Cj can give us scoring off the bench. But yeah, we will be terrible
All of the bigs can put up points and rebounds in different ways, they give you different looks, different options. Some are better defenders than others, Meyers gives you a very good option as stretch 4.
Our weakest position is maybe SF but even there you have 3 good role-players to choose from. Harkless could be like Barton at the 3, Aminu I haven't really seen much but he's supposedly good and Gerald Henderson gives you toughness and experience.
Thats my biggest concern if we want to put the most competitive team on the floor. I'm not sure thats Neil's immediate plan though. But if it is we need another guard or wing who can create his own shot for himself or others. I think Neil might be content with having that void of a scoring role so there is plenty of opportunities for a young player to grow that aspect of their game. We could always add an Evan Turner type of player for next to nothing during the season if it becomes a major issue.
PG Lillard, Pressey, Frazier SG Henderson, McCollum SF Aminu, Crabbe, Harkless PF Vonleh, Davis, Alexander C Plumlee, Leonard
The final piece could be to trade Henderson for Hedo Turkugolu. Lillard, Pressey, Frazier CJ, Crabbe Hedo, Aminu, Harkless Vonleh, Meyers, Alexander Davis, Plumlee
Lillard is the only lock as a starter. All other positions could have 1 of any 3 or 4 players starting. I wouldn't be surprised if we have 4 different starters from November to February; then a entirely different group from those first two around Lillard at the end in April. Completely different from the last 4 years where our starters have been set before training camp. PG Lillard SG CJ, Hendo, Pat, (Crabbe) SF Aminu, Crabbe, (Hendo), (Pat) PF Meyers, Vonleh, (Aminu) C Plumlee, Davis, (Meyers) Frazier, Pressey, Harkless and Kaman would be the only shocking players to start; although all have started NBA games. Some might consider Pat a shock to start; but he's a 4 years college guy, Hendo is recovering from surgery, CJ might be more important on the second unit, who knows. We have no idea where the holes are on this roster. We are still in talent acquisition mode of rebuilding. I like the idea of flipping cap space for picks.
Minutes: DLIll 36, Frazier 15, Pressey 6 CJ 31, Crabbe 8 Hendo 15, Aminu 18, Harkless 15 Vonleh 25, Meyers 20, Alexander 10 Davis 20, Plumlee 21 A very deep rotation
There has never been an NBA team with a 13 man rotation. Some of those last couple guys might get minutes with injuries or different looks game to game but in a single game the above isn't possible.
PG: Dame, Frazier, Pressey SG: Hendo, CJ, Crabbe SF: Aminu, Crabbe, Harkless PF: Leonard, Vonleh, Davis C: Pumlee, Davis, Kaman Left Field/towel waver: Pat D or E league stash: Montero, Alexander,
