JNice

Looks like we'll have some roster spots to fill. We picked up Rashard Lewis and we will be without Grant Hill, Darko, Outlaw, and Diener. 3 roster spots open.

I suppose Marcin Gortat is an option. No idea who else.

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Did Diener sign somewhere else? I thought we picked up the option on him.

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i really just hope that kevin kruger does not find his way onto the 15 man roster, that would be embarrasing.

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they haven't been signed with anyone...

MickyEyez

i'd like to see us make a push for Kurt Thomas and Blake with the money we have left... if anything i'd like to see gortat moved to the roster, pick up thomas... and we should try to move hedo, arroyo, garrity to get a 1 and/or 2.

MickyEyez

any word on teams interested in turk besides sac?

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We`re gonna end up with some pretty bad players on our 15 man. We don`t have the talent/cap room to do anything else.

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We'll sign Gortat and one more guy for sure. Kruger and Steven Smith have earned camp invites, and we might go after Darius Rice too. I can see us leaving a roster spot open to pick someone up later in the season.

Other than that, I think Otis is going to stick with this roster until at least the trade deadline. Right now it seems like he wants to start this lineup:

Nelson
Redick
Lewis
Battie
Howard

Starting Nelson and Redick together really scares me. If I was running things I'd split the minutes like this:

PG- Nelson 30, Dooling 20
SG- Ariza 30, Redick 20
SF- Lewis 18, Turkoglu 30
PF- Battie 10, Lewis 18, Gortat 12, Augustine 8
C- Howard 38, Battie 10

Scrub minutes: Arroyo, Bogans, Garrity, and others

We'd start with a more defensive minded team to help keep Dwight out of foul trouble. I'd pair Nelson with Ariza and Dooling with Redick to make up for defensive deficiencies. With this lineup we can go small and we can put a lot of shooters out there.

Guys would have to step up and fill roles, but I think with good coaching this team could make noise in the East.

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I heard a rumor of Hedo for Przybilla, and I also heard we might be able to acquire Blake

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Blake got signed by Portland.

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Although OrlandoSentinel says he will be gone, I think I'd rather have Diener at backup PG than Arroyo.

Shoot, put Diener, Redick, Lewis, and Garrity out on the court with Dwight and see who has the balls to double team him. Of course, that lineup would need a little luck to stop anyone but it would be fun.

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MickyEyez

haha

i could already imagine that... howard underneath the rim with all four of them spread out around the 3 point line, then they could just play a game of catch and let the defenders run around until there is an open look...

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Yeah man, Pat Garrity was above serviceable until he got injured, ever since he's lost his touch.

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Damian Necronamous

So what exactly is Orlando's depth chart looking like right now? Any chance of Lewis and Turkoglu starting at the forward positions together?

PG: Jameer Nelson...Carlos Arroyo...Travis Diener
SG: J.J. Redick...Keyon Dooling...Keith Bogans
SF: Rashard Lewis...Hedo Turkoglu...Trevor Ariza
PF: Tony Battie...James Augustine...Pat Garrity
C: Dwight Howard...Marcin Gortat

They're fine at 1-2-3, but good God, are they thin up front. Even with Darko, they wouldn't have much to work with there around Dwight. They've got to be looking at adding someone like Chris Mihm, Michael Sweetney, Alexander Johnson or Melvin Ely. Hell, even a guy like Marc Jackson, Danny Fortson, Dale Davis or Brian Skinner would be better than what they have.

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