So Since Everybody else is doing it We will Adress Our Team
PG: Andre Miller/Aaron Brooks/Eric Maynor
Andre Miller is without question one of the better point guards in the league. This is evident by the number of offers we have received on him from other teams. We really like his distribution and rebounding abilities, and his scoring is just a bonus. He will be running the team and will be pleasently surprised to have good scoring options around him after the past couple years in Philly.
Brooks really broke out in last years playoffs, carrying the Rockets at times. We believe that he will be great on the second unit as he is a slasher thats going to be surrounded by shooters in Belinelli, Finley, and Big Z. This will either open the lane up for his driving or it will be a drive and dish scenario.
Maynor: Not much to say about him since he likely will not receive much playing time this year, but his leadership and competitive play at VCU will make him a great fit. We envision him to be the heir to the PG within our organization since Brooks is more a scoring option. In their game against UCLA where he matched up head to head against Jrue, he put up 21 points 6 boards and 7 assists.
SG:
Obviously this is our weakest position but my hands were tied when it came to drafting because of the Arenas move. We drafted Brooks in the 5th round and then moved arenas and needed a 2 guard.
Afflalo:We decided that since the elite 2 guards were long gone we should focus on a young guy that plays good defense and shoots the three well. We feel that you can do alot worse than having a defensive specialist at your weakest position
Bellineli: We went after Bellinelli becuase the greatest criticism of our team at the time was a lack of scoring. We saw that Q-rich was available but decided that Ron was enough of a challenge and we didnt want to add another project guy in the lockerroom. Bellinelli has a great shooters touch and good size. It will be a challenge for him adapting from the European/Golden State zero defense styles but we are hopeful that with the strong defenders around him he will elavate his play
SF:
Artest: I think we all know the deal on this guy, elite defender, decent scorer and passer. One of the big criticisms we heard was that our problem would be when Ron trys to score too much himself. We believe that having great passers and facilitators at the PG and PF positions will benifit Ron greatly, he wont have to force to create his own shot and on most occasions it will be created for him.
Finley: This guy is the Wiley Vet on our team. He started 71 games for the spurs last year however we dont plan on wearing down the tires on him that much. He brings championship experience and solid team play. We love that he is going to come from the Spurs tough D system and think he will be a solid player for us as well as mentor too our shooting guards. He will be splitting time between the back up 2 and 3 this year for us where matchups permit.
More (PF and C) to come, my hands are tired.
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