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My biggest take away from this game was Malik Monk tossing his name into the starting SG spot conversation. Everything else was pretty typical first preseason game stuff.
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Malik certainly made a good case to start at the two. I think it will be either him or Wayne winning that job. Frank seems to be set on one of the two players to fill out the starting lineup will be a pure shooter and one a defender who can shoot.
Not so sure that’s the best way to go. I might opt for two shooters to start the game and two defenders who can shoot to close the game. Monk and Ellington to start and Ariza and Bazemore to close games might be a better use of our talent.
I think one thing I want to avoid is falling behind at the start of games, which seemed to be a constant failure last season. That’s why I think it might be smart to have to legitimate volume 3-point shooters in the starting lineup to insure we get off to a hot start.
I also like the idea of a ‘switch everything’ closing lineup, which would mean Ariza and Bazemore joining LeBron, AD, and Russ to close games. Starting with offense and closing with defense seems to make more common sense to me than trying to balance the shooting and defense, which results in not getting the best of either when it comes down to it.