Memphis is a very good young team anchored by one of the best power forwards in the game, Pau Gasol. They got over on Houston last year by trading Shane Battier for Rudy Gay and Stromile Swift, both are starting for the Griz this year. I think they’ll surprise a lot of teams and they have a shot making the playoffs. The main reason I’ll say they are out of the playoffs is because of the division they are in.
Projected starting lineup with last year’s stats:
Stats follow this format – Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, FG percentage & Minutes
PG – Kyle Lowry
5.6 – 3.1 – 3.2 – 1.4 – 0.10 – 37% - 17 min
SG – Mike Miller
18.5 – 5.4 – 4.3 – 0.77 – 0.29 – 46% - 39 min
SF – Rudy Gay
10.8 – 4.5 – 1.3 – 0.91 – 0.95 – 42% - 27 min
PF – Pau Gasol
20.8 – 9.8 – 3.4 – 0.49 – 2.14 – 54% - 36 min
C – Stromile Swift
7.8 – 4.6 – 0.3 – 0.56 – 1.15 – 47% - 19 min
Key Bench Players
Darko Milicic
Hakim Warrick
Juan Carlos Nacarro
Mike Conley Jr.
Damon Stoudamire
I’ve loved Darko and defended him, even lost money on him, since he came into the league, well if he can’t beat out Stromile Swift for a starting spot, then the love stops here. He’s a scrub, don’t draft him. Period.
Rudy Gay is poised for a breakout year and he’ll do it. Mike Miller won’t average 18.5 points this year because Pau Gasol is healthy and Rudy Gay is emerging.
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