Jay Triano has a LOT of "young" pieces in his roster. What will be the starting lineup?
The Toronto Raptors are really good. Umm.. kinda.
Well, Toronto has a deeper roster, better than some of the previous ones, which lights up a question.. “Who Should Start?”. Ultimately, it comes down on matchups, chemistry and the will to start or stay on the bench.
As of today, the roster is as follows:
PG – Jarrett Jack/Jose Calderon/Marcus Banks
SG – Leandro Barbosa/Demar DeRozan
SF – Linas Kleiza/Sonny Weems/Julian Wright
PF – Amir Johnson/Ed Davis/Reggie Evans/Joey Dorsey (?)
C – Andrea Bargnani/Solomon Alabi/ David Andersen
The lineup of Jack, Barbosa, Kleiza, Johnson and Bargnani is very good offensively, but defense could use some improvements (unless they do improve).
If my predictions are correct, the bench will look like Calderon, DeRozan (he could replace or not replace Barbosa in this starting job, but for now let’s keep him here), Weems, Ed Davis and Solomon Alabi. Very strong and young group (except for Jose), but none the less this is a great and strong, young bench. Watch out NBA, this team could be strong.
And of course, the pieces such as Julian Wright, Joey Dorsey, Marcus Banks, and more will be there to contribute good minutes as well.
Jay Triano has a lot of pieces in his hands, and if you know Bryan Colangelo, this 2010-2011 Toronto Raptors is NOT finished.
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