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Originally Posted by octothorp
Yeah, I would expect so. Approximate depth chart is:
PG: Calderon / Bayless / Carter
SG: DeRozan / Barbosa / Butler
SF: J Johnson / Kleiza (injured) / Forbes
PF: Bargnani / Davis / A Johnson
C: Grey / Magloire / Alabi
Bayless and Calderon I expect to be 1A and 1B; wouldn't shock me to see Bayless as the starter and Calderon as the finisher.
I've said before, I think Barbosa is trade bait, and keeping him fresh and healthy yet showcasing his talents will be key. As long as Kleiza is out, Butler and Forbes probably both get solid minutes at SF; position is still J Johnson's, though.
As for bigs, I think there will be a lot of times when we'll see two of their so-called PFs on the floor and no true C. Grey has never played more than about 12 minutes a game, Magloire has been at about 10 for the last couple years, and Alabi averaged about five minutes in the 12 games he played for the Raptors last year. I'd expect to see roughly similar numbers for those three. Meaning that for about 18 minutes a game, one of the PFs will be at C. Baring injuries, minutes are still going to be hard to find for all three of them, since each could handle 30+ minutes a game.
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Casey said today that Jose will be the starter. I'm thinking that will just be in name only as in 24 for Jose, 20 for Bayless and 4 for Carter.
I think Alabi will spend most of his time wearing a suit.
They could do the Rasho thing and have Magloire play the first five minutes and then sit. But Johnson is going to get the most minutes there unless they give up on the AB experiment at 4.
With the insane schedule methinks dang near the whole roster is going to get some minutes. So I think we will see plenty of Butler, Forbes and Gray.
For a laugh I was trying to think of what would Casey's all defense five be. Not Jose or Bargnani or Demar or Barbosa. Bayless? Hmm don't think so.
So I guess Carter, Butler, Johnson, Davis and Johnson. Man I don't envy Casey -- he gets this bunch up into the middle of the pack defensively he should be Coach of the Year.