Thursday, November 20, 2008

Ty Zeller--gone for the season

OK, looks like our biggest obstacle will be our health. Going into the season I was more worried about chemistry, but injuries sometimes will mitigate the threat of bad chemistry. I hate that Zeller broke his wrist for the obvious reasons: you don't want someone to be knocked out early in the season, and you want your players to be available for each game. I know Psycho T will be fine, but I don't want him to play more than 30 minutes a game. With Zeller out, he may have to play 32-36 minutes a game. After stating the obvious, we still have 3 very capable big men in Davis, Psycho T, and Thompson. I expect that Davis will develop faster now because of this injury. Going into the season, I thought that Zeller would play about 20 minutes a game, and Davis would play around 12. Now I think Davis will play at least 20 minutes/game, and Thompson and Psycho T's minutes will increase.

My other concern is at the point. Lawson is awesome, but he can't play 40 minutes/game at his pace. We need Drew to develop to relieve Lawson for about 12 minutes each game. Not to knock Frasor, who is quite capable, but I rather have Frasor back up Ellington at the 2 spot.

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