Why does it matter? 3s and 4s are the same. All that matters is who they (the 3/4) decide to guard on the other end. Look at the rest of the western conference, who are the starting 3/4s? LeBron/AD Kawhi/Morris MPJ/Millsap/Barton? Bogdonavic/O'Neale Wiggins/Oubre Bridges/Crowder/Johnson? Outside of AD, who is really a center, who are they struggling against? All those guys are switchable wings.
I don't think he knows. It's Terry's rotation. We know Terry Stotts. He's going to do one of two things: Start Melo to see if it's a game where Melo is going to go off. Start RoCo at PF because of his defense and he fits the Aminu role that Terry seemed to love so much. I really don't think they know right now though.
Does't matter they are interchangeable. Reminiscent of Moe and Chief. Kinda shocking Jones would start.
Still..... I would be surprised if the starting lineup on opening night isn't: Dame CJ RoCo Melo Nurk
Damn looks like Melo is coming off the bench. Neil Mentioned how he can be more of a focal point with the second unit. I love that. I just assumed he would start.
So I see the rotation now as : Dame / Ant CJ / Trent Jones / Hood RoCo / Melo Nurk / Kanter / Giles Guessing Zach replaces Enes once he comes back into the rotation.
Thinking about it more, I'm actually starting to think DJJ/Cov starting makes a lot of sense. Teams aren't going to expend a ton of energy at the beginning of games trapping Dame and CJ, so the lack of shooting is not as important as it is in crunch time. And it really is more about who ends the game. I'm sure whichever one of Hood/GT/Melo has it going that night are going to end games over DJJ.
Neil made it sound like Giles will also have a role. Mentioned how they struggled with more mobile big men. Assume Collins will be the guy once he returns in January but Giles can fill that role in the meantime.
I bet he doesn't. I think Kanter is going to prove much too valuable on the second unit to replace. His offensive rebounding an scoring makes him a great backup big. I really think Zach is the odd man out, especially since he's in his final year. I don't think he has earned the contract he's going to want.
He only played 17 mpg on a team in Boston last year that started Daniel Theis, and had over 10 DNP-CDs. Might play more than that here initially, but I don't think he's part of the 9 or 10 man rotation while healthy. Who do you play him over?
