Players on the way in:
Mahmoud is the obvious big addition. He will likely move straight in as a starter unless Moran gets in shape. I think that if we could get both guys active then we'd have a shot at a pretty decent front line. For now it is just good to know that Blekinsop is back at backup where he's better suited.
Essa Abul-Kaleel is still at least 6-8 weeks from making his debut but I like where he's headed.
Momar Maja is going to be a best of an outside based PF but he is also probably a mid-season at best pick up.
S. Milot's owner (me) has still failed to get his JS up high enough to be useful. The easy way to explain it is that I wanted the hard one position stuff taken care of first and now he's ready to get some two position JS training. The minimum I expect of even a role playing inside PG would be sensation JS (and that's pushing it) so he won't even get a serious look until then. My end game for him is going to be Wonderous/Prolific JS/JR. I have no idea how long that'll take but he should be up to marvelous/colossal passing/OD within three weeks, so when he does get the call up he should be an interesting option.
Jerome Forest is a long shot to make it this season but he's a very well rounded PG option. Giles Beato might make it if he gets some training on his terrible outside skills. I wish we had a good SG option coming up but I don't think we really have an obvious one.
Speakerman could concievably make the team as a designated shooter, but that will require some more JS to go with his insane JR. It looks like that is his owner's current plans so we'll see how it goes.
All of that is to say that for the first six or so weeks I would expect the team to look much like it did late last season.
Going Forward:
It's almost impossible to predict wheat our consolation tournament schedule will look like right now, but our first two games (Norway and Cyprus) are super easy which should allow us to run a small roster and add players when I can see what GS looks like. Our goal is to get home court advantage for the next NT cycle.
Thoughts? Complaints? Suggestions?