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245091.54 in reply to 245091.52
Date: 8/7/2013 5:38:05 PM
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Your a big cava fan? Then tell me who will start over Bennett at the Forward spot. They have Thompson but he is a PF and Bennett will probably be playing SF. The only reason they wouldn't start him is if for some dumb reason they put Thompson at the SF spot, Varejao at the PF, and Bynum at the Center. Thompson can't hit a 3 though, so if that we're to happen I think Thompson would come off the bench.

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245091.55 in reply to 245091.53
Date: 8/7/2013 5:43:59 PM
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Anthony Bennett will be a 7th or 8th man off the bench this season. I doubt he will outplay Tristan at the 4 to get starter time. Jack is the 6th man and Varejao will be 7th. Clearly, Bennett will not be a career bench player, but it is a testament to the new found depth that a 1st pick will come off the bench.

We could really use a SF, though. Can't have Gee/Clark be the rotation and expect to get anywhere.

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245091.56 in reply to 245091.55
Date: 8/7/2013 6:12:25 PM
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*sigh* who do you think will start at SF then? Alonzo Gee? Bennet is debatably the best SF they have and they probably want to start him to develop him along with their other young players. The one other possibility is to put him as a backup forward behind Gee and Thompson, but I personally think he is more skilled than Gee. I see something like this:

Kyrie Irving (Jarrett Jack)
Dion Waiters (Daniel Gibson?)
Anthony Bennet (Alonzo Gee)
Tristan Thompson (Earl Clark)
Andrew Bynum (Anderson Varejao)

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245091.57 in reply to 245091.55
Date: 8/7/2013 6:12:26 PM
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*sigh* who do you think will start at SF then? Alonzo Gee? Bennet is debatably the best SF they have and they probably want to start him to develop him along with their other young players. The one other possibility is to put him as a backup forward behind Gee and Thompson, but I personally think he is more skilled than Gee. I see something like this:

Kyrie Irving (Jarrett Jack)
Dion Waiters (Daniel Gibson?)
Anthony Bennet (Alonzo Gee)
Tristan Thompson (Earl Clark)
Andrew Bynum (Anderson Varejao)

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245091.58 in reply to 245091.57
Date: 8/7/2013 10:32:24 PM
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No need to sigh. Chris Grant and Mike Brown have stated on multiple ocassions that they view Bennett as a 4 and he will receive minutes there exclusively his rookie year to lessen the learning curve.

Either Alonzo Gee or Earl Clark will start at the 3 this year. I have to imagine it will be Gee because Clark is an almost ideal running mate with Bennett in the second line. Clark is a defensive 3 and offensive 4 while Bennett projects opposite.

The lineup to start the season will most likely be:

Irving / Jack
Waiters / Miles
Gee / Clark
Thompson / Bennett
Varejao / Zeller

With Bynum bumping Varejao/Zeller when/if he is healthy. He still can't run the length of the court...hopefully he will be able to eventually.

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245091.59 in reply to 245091.58
Date: 8/7/2013 11:22:05 PM
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hmmm I've heard different things from random sources, but I'm not local to the area and don't follow them that closely, so I'll believe you ;) Thanks for the insight. +1

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245091.61 in reply to 245091.60
Date: 8/8/2013 1:33:02 AM
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Thompson and Zeller obviously. Zeller is more than capable of handling the Center spot i think.

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245091.63 in reply to 245091.62
Date: 8/8/2013 1:45:52 AM
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never bennett and Thompson


not quite sure what you were trying to say here...

But no I don't believe either of them could play Center against a lot of teams. That's why I said Zeller at the Center spot, because he is a Center who got some quality minutes last year and a couple of starts to go along with it.

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