Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Theo Ratliff Mark Blount Mark Madsen No decent center, n mad dog is more of a PF, wish he wasnt injured, please trade blount, i hope theo has some left in his tank.. He looks good so thats a pluss

PF Al Jefferson Craig Smith Juwan Howard Big Al is awesome, n craig smith is too short to be a PF, but hes a good foward, n Juwan, excellent locker room presance good experience.

SF Ryan Gomes Corey Brewer I dont know much bout Gnomes, jurry is out on brew still..

SG Ricky Davis Gerald Green Rashad McCants Greg Buckner Ricky, we need him he is a very good scorer, PLEASE GET RID OF MCCANTS!!!!!!!! Green is the darkhorse, i believe.

PG Randy Foye Sebastian Telfair Marko Jaric - Jaric wants out but due to numbnuts we cant.. Foye is okay, n dont know much bout telfair, doesnt look good

over all-- im worried.

I like your lineup... in fact, it's the exact same as mine at this point other than Theo. I really, really doubt he'll be playing, let alone starting. Other than that, I'm glad you've got Gomes in there.

Should be interesting...

CW, while i tottaly respect you, i disagree. With mad dog sadly being hurt, n Blount being as good as a sloth at center, who do you think will play it? Theo or the D league dude. As of now Theo is healthy and is a good veteran and on a team of youngins they need someone like him. N i know nothing bout how well the d-league dude plays so idk... But if you ask me Theo will be getting playing time.

Mad_Dog04 wrote:

Maybe Theo will get *some* playing time, if he's healthy. However, there is no way he'll start and log major minutes. He'll break down in two games like he did last season for the Celtics. If Blount is still around when the season begins, he'll start. I'm definitely not saying that I agree with it... but we really don't have any other options.

College Wolf wrote:
Yeah, it's a tough situation down low. We just need someone to grab rebounds and play good defense next to Al. I agree with both of you that our options are limited...

whiskeydizzy wrote:
Maybe Richard will be able to step in a play a good 20-25 minutes per night? He's got experience and is a big body. That would be awesome if he, Theo, and Madsen could adequately hold down the Center position this year. Plus then, Blount wouldn't have to play. Win-Win.

I still wish for Blount to be traded, if not for all of his other faults than for his obvious lack of passion for the games.

Excursus: Speaking of \"lack of passion for the game\"...one of the only good moves or management has ever done was getting rid of Michael Olowokandi. On the other hand...signing him was a really BIG gamble in the beginning.End od excursus

Back to Blount: And although he is a defensive liability and seems to get eczemas from grabbing a rebound, he would be a really good second center to bring from the bench...if we had a decent starting one.

I still believe that Jefferson will benefit from playing along a center with such a reliable shot from mid-distance like Blount, pulling the opposing center away from the board and creating space on the low block for Jefferson to have his way with the opposing PF.

And since there is only backup quality on the center position with the Wolves (at least as far as I know so far), w do not have much choice than starting the backup center with the most upside. And considering how much he will probably fit with the teams strategy, this will be Blount.