Thinking Outside the Box Starting five

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  1. Irish Trader

    Irish Trader Erin go Braugh

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    Five players you would like to see start just to see if it works better. Many of the good teams right now are going with two bigs. Look at the top of the standings in the west. My fantasy starting five outside the box of the coach.

    Starters

    Simons
    Sharpe
    Avdija
    Ayton
    Clingan



    First off the bench
    Grant
    Camara
    Henderson
    Williams If ever completely healthy
    Walker
     
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    Scoot
    Sharpe
    Avdija
    Camara
    Clingan

    With

    Simons
    Banton
    Thybulle
    Grant
    Ayton/Williams
     
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    This would be thinking out of the box for our coach:

    Scoot
    Shae
    Toumani
    Walker
    Clingan

    Deni
    Banton
    Murray
    Rupert
    RW3

    Made up injuries for Ant/Grant/Ayton
     
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    Ayton can not guard modern NBA PF's. Him trying to guard Lebron or Tatum or Giannis or Durant or Zion or Banchero would be a joke
     
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    Henderson
    Sharpe
    Murray
    Walker
    Clingan

    With

    Banton
    Cissoko
    Rupert
    Minaya
    Reath
    [​IMG]
     
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    Irish Trader Erin go Braugh

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    Agreed hard cover of him on these players but along with DC we would kill them on the boards. Those players you named their teams are poor rebounding teams which are some of the worse defensive teams in the league.
     
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    Irish Trader Erin go Braugh

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    I could see this lineup working
     
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    only when they missed
     
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    Camara?
     
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    Scoot
    Sharpe
    Avdija
    Camara
    Clingan


    No other option makes any sense
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    This is solid
     
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    Thanks man, when I read your post I felt understood.
     
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    Thanks for sticking up for me but I think most people including @e_blazer were picking up what I was putting down.
     
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    Scoot
    Shaedon
    Toumani
    Deni
    Clingan

    this would be my preferred core as currently constructed and if we committed to the youth movement.

    for vets as currently constructed you probably start
    Simons
    Banton
    Grant
    Timelord
    Ayton
     
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