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The 2008-09 NBA season for the Minnesota Timberwolves is a show-me year for all those who make the roster. Management knows how important it will be for those who play better with Jefferson and Foye and to see what a good performing rotation will amount to. That said lets run thru the roster and see where I think some bright spots will be and where the improvement will need to come from in the time to come.
The starting roster appears to be set with Randy Foye, Mike Miller, Ryan Gomes, Kevin Love, and Al Jefferson. Obviously; their are plenty of candidates to start on the Wolves bench who have really high potentials for varying reasons, most of which are outside of their own control. The early part of the season will be figuring out if Love and Jefferson provide enough defense to play them together for 28+ minutes per game. Randy Foye's playmaking ability is another huge factor in determining if Ryan Gomes remains in the starting roster. If Foye does struggle making an impact from the point, look for him to slide to the off-guard position and the team inserting Sebastian Telfair in the starting lineup.
There's a whole gaggle of mediocre players at the end of the roster who have the potential of being left off the 15-Man roster. Among them: Kevin Ollie, David Harrison, Rafael Araujo, Chris Richard, Calvin Booth, Brian Cardinal, and Blake Ahearn. 4 of the 7 need to walk. I expect Ollie, Harrison, and Cardinal to make the roster. Cardinal is a huge contract filler and might be too valuable for the Wolves to rid themselves of that contract. David Harrison is a lot younger and more talented than Richard, Araujo, and Booth. Booth does have the guaranteed contract, but it's expiring and he's a huge liability on the court for anything other than help defense.
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Al Jefferson- How can you not start with 1 of the 5 players who averaged 20 PPG and 10 RPG last season? Their was an early scare in camp when Big Al got his knee rolled up on, but he seems to be fine after a good performance in the first exhibition game for the Wolves. Can he improve his help defense while being the primary center? I think so.
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