The rotation:
1: Fox/Hill/Temple
2: Hield/Bogdanovic/Temple
3: Jackson/Carter/Temple
4: Labissiere/Cauley-Stein
5: Cauley-Stein/Koufos/Papagiannis
I know Fox and Jackson may not be the starters on day 1. But I expect them to be the starters by Christmas.
Giles and Mason should get most of their PT in Reno, at least the first half of the season. Easy-goes-it with Giles. Please. So much upside, but I think his strength and conditioning will be more important than his playing time in year 1.
I believe in Malachi's potential, but he's a question mark until he proves he's over the hammy and can play efficiently.
Clearly our big weakness (beside relying on several rookies) is at PF. Skal didn't play well in the summer, but he's going to be our starting PF until he shows he's regressed. Hopefully that doesn't happen. Randolph had a great opportunity here, but now has legal problems and an uncertain future with the Kings. Papa played poorly this summer, which suggests that we still need Koufos (and can't trade him to shore up our big PF weakness).
I know we've got Cooley and Sampson on those 2-way deals, but I think it's wishful thinking to even mention them in this discussion.
Seems like Randolph is the big question mark as far as whether we have a big weakness or not. Believe me, I don't expect us to win many games this year, but I want us to be as competitive as we can be.
1: Fox/Hill/Temple
2: Hield/Bogdanovic/Temple
3: Jackson/Carter/Temple
4: Labissiere/Cauley-Stein
5: Cauley-Stein/Koufos/Papagiannis
I know Fox and Jackson may not be the starters on day 1. But I expect them to be the starters by Christmas.
Giles and Mason should get most of their PT in Reno, at least the first half of the season. Easy-goes-it with Giles. Please. So much upside, but I think his strength and conditioning will be more important than his playing time in year 1.
I believe in Malachi's potential, but he's a question mark until he proves he's over the hammy and can play efficiently.
Clearly our big weakness (beside relying on several rookies) is at PF. Skal didn't play well in the summer, but he's going to be our starting PF until he shows he's regressed. Hopefully that doesn't happen. Randolph had a great opportunity here, but now has legal problems and an uncertain future with the Kings. Papa played poorly this summer, which suggests that we still need Koufos (and can't trade him to shore up our big PF weakness).
I know we've got Cooley and Sampson on those 2-way deals, but I think it's wishful thinking to even mention them in this discussion.
Seems like Randolph is the big question mark as far as whether we have a big weakness or not. Believe me, I don't expect us to win many games this year, but I want us to be as competitive as we can be.