Who Should Start For The Bobcats This Season ?

[Let's Go Cats 218]

PG - Sessions
SG - Gordon
SF - MKG
PF - Biyombo
C - Haywood

I don't love the idea of not starting Hendo or Kemba... but I think Sessions and Gordon are better right now. We want to win, right? I know Kemba and Hendo are our future, but let them learn from some seasoned pros first.

[spectre]

It's really hard for me to decide whether or not I want Mully or Haywood to start alongside Bismack. I'll probably have a more concrete answer closer to the start of the season but as of now, if I was the coach, I'd trot out this unit as the starters:

Kemba
Hendo
MKG
Mully
Bismack

Before SL I would have had the same problem, but after seeing how Mully has responded to our new system and the coach it's a no brainer for me right now.

And before anyone comes out with the "it's just summer league" line it's different for Mully. Sure he scored which can be an outlier; what brought me on board was the energy on both sides of the ball that he was displaying.

[spectre]

We want to win, right?

We don't want to get our asses handed to us like last season...but winning actual games this upcoming year isn't our main priority IMO. Still desperately need a star...and by going for that higher draft pick you also get the added benefit of getting your youth playing time.

Of course our FO won't say that.

That being said I won't have (too big of) a conniption if Sessions starts. With the way Dunlap seems to be focusing on D tho I'd be shocked if Gordon is put ahead of Hendo. Stranger things have happened tho.

[dav7z]

We don't want to get our asses handed to us like last season...but winning actual games this upcoming year isn't our main priority IMO. Still desperately need a star...and by going for that higher draft pick you also get the added benefit of getting your youth playing time.

Of course our FO won't say that.

That being said I won't have (too big of) a conniption if Sessions starts. With the way Dunlap seems to be focusing on D tho I'd be shocked if Gordon is put ahead of Hendo. Stranger things have happened tho.

No way Gordon starts over Hendo. Hendo plays both sides of the ball . Hendo all so has a much better midrange game and attacks the basket more. Now i could see us going small quite a bit . Walker , Gordon , Hendo who can guard most threes. MKG, and SMACK.

[dav7z]

sessions -14pts, 3.5 rebs, 7.2 ast, 1.0 stl
henderson- 21 pts, 5.1reb, 3.8as,t 1.0 stl, 1 blk
mkg-13pts 6.5 reb, 2.5 ast, 1.3 stls, 1 blk
thomas-15.5, 7.8 rebs, 1.5 ast, 1.5 stl, 2.2 blks
biz-9 pts, 8.5 rebs, 0.8 ast, blks 2.8

gordon-15pts, 2 rebs,2 ast,0.7stl

i like sessions because he's still young, big, fast, smart,and can shoot. sessions doesn't do nothing great but he's does everything well,and if he can start for the lakers(and they wanted him back starting but he opt out) he can definitely start for the bobcats. i dnt trust kemba as a point guard , i think his style is too erratic ,he cant shoot and he has bad court vision. walkers summer lg was ok ,not great and that was against sub-par talent ,thats enough to show me he isnt ready yet.and its crazy how many ppl are ready to throw a season away just for him to start , kemba at this point isn't a starting nba palyer rite now , i consider him to be a bust cause his game hasn't improve.he may never find his nitch just like johnnie flynn, jared bayless,telfair,and soon jimmer.please he's not a scorer he has a scorers mentality,but i do give him credit that i think he's the fastest,and quickest guard i've seen next to rose.

henderson is going to be all-star player canidate . hendo lost like 5 pounds and is more leaner and fit. hendo may have one of the best mid range games in the lg , also he is an aggressive paint attacker ,and there isn't many players in the lg who can do both . i cant stand when ppl say he's not a good three point shooter, he doesn't need an 3 point shot. d-wade and lebron had their best shooting year without taking 3's this year , so that goes to show . how many good/great scorers shot good from 3?or how many all stars(aside from paul pierce,nash,paul)every year were there that shot good from 3? most 3 point shooters are role players or specialist, and hendo is neither . aside, from scoring hendo is an aggressive defender ,a good rebounder for his position and can get you blocked shots. since hendo will be our scorer and like most scorers they are the primary ball-handlers, his assist numbers will only go up(except melo). gordon is in the role of a tweener , something like terry ,lou williams, or mayo . tweeners are usually situational players not starters because alot of them dnt rebound ,not big enough to guard the avg 2, and don't have court vision . they usually need their own units(play wit other bench players) to be effective.

i see mkg in more of a iggy type player . iggy is a better shooter now but in his early years he was horrid but that wasn't his game , iggy is a player who makes his team better. and i can see mkg scoring off transition but will never avg over 17 points.we don't need mkg to be a scorer ,we need him to add defense,speed,and rebounding.since mkg is a rookie i dnt see our offense going thru him but mkg will be a stat stuffing wing who i can see flirting around a triple-double every game in the future.

thomas gained about 20 pounds on top of a 40 inch vertical which i can see going down to like 37. blake has a 35 inch so i don't see tyrus game slowing down or becoming sluggish.with tyrus gaining weight i can see him being more durable and playing more offensively in the paint . tyrus needs to not rely on his jumper anymore and not to be driving from the 3 point line like a 2-guard. i think tyrus realize that he will have to change his mindset and play bigger so he gained more weight. and one thing about tyrus i dnt think ppl realize is that tyrus is a high volume free throw shooter because he drives alot and the occasional flops. defensively tyrus always played great d and played the passing lanes unlike most bigs, so he will be fine this year . mullens could be our starter but im not sure about him because he is great enough to score 40 pts and grab 12 rebs but bad enough to shoot 3-14 and grab 6 rebounds.

i like biz game and that he knows his role as the enforcer . biz is a great shot-blocker and moves his feet really fast , ive seen him switch on a two-guard and stayed in front of him the whole time. my only problem with biz is he isn't a good rebounder but that can improve but usually rebounding always translate to the nba whether ur paying div-1, juco, or oversees , so he may never be good rebounder. i don't see our bigs averaging big rebound numbers anyway because we have good rebounders at every position .haywood may start but i dnt trust haywoods freethrows but depending how much haywood has left in the tank he could be a game changer.

up side is the word all ways put in frunt of TTs name . He has never put up those kind of numbers and i don't expect him to now . IF he comes in with a good mind set and IF he busts his ass for the coach. And IF he truely works IN A TEAM CONCEPT . He has the athletic abilitys 2 become a starter. But its a lot of IFS he has 2 over come.

[CatNation1]

I'll go with

Kemba
Hendo
Mkg
Mully
Biz

Mully might not be better than Haywood but its all about the fit. Starters need mullys offense...bench with sessions Gordon Reggie etc need haywoods defense more. With Taylor Tyrus and Haywood all our lineups should at least be decent on defense

[CampNightmare8]

Kemba Walker
Gerald Henderson
MKG
Bismack Biyombo
Brendan Haywood


If we run with that line-up our front court is going to be LOCKDOWN! I've loved that we've traditionally have been a defensively oriented team. Mullens shouldn't start b/c last year seemed like he was better when he came off the bench.

Kemba
Hendo
MKG
Mully
Bismack/Haywood

Wouldn't be a bad lineup either. I could see Haywood getting 10 & 10 a game for us.

[adam187]

like many people on here, i'd like to see:

kemba
hendo
mkg
mully
smack

run them into the ground and get plenty of burn for sessions, gordon, haywood, taylor, tyrus, and the forgotten reggie williams. but i never get what i want, so i won't be surprised to see some lineup i'm ambivalent about.

meanwhile, the NBA2k misguided attempt at our starting lineup:

sessions
gordon
mkg
smack
haywood

[SJackson1]

Mullens can be a solid Power Foward in this league, he's 7 feet tall and has got a great jump shot.

[CampNightmare8]

Just looked more in depth with this..
I love this line-up:

Kemba
Hendo
MKG
Mully
Bismack

7'0 PF. Could see this working out well for us.. Surprised I don't see more line-up's including Haywood in them.