Rexhawk Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Who’s the man in the middle? By Sekou Smith | Monday, September 19, 2005, 03:50 PM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Barring a major move prior to the start of training camp in a couple of weeks, the Hawks will begin this season with Zaza Pachulia, Jason Collier and John Edwards as the main competitors for the starting position at center. Until Esteban Batista’s height and weight can be verified (he’s been listed everywhere from 6-8 to 6-10 and from 240 to 270 pounds), we’re leaving him off the list. But I doubt anyone fears the vision of Pachulia, Collier or Edwards in the middle of an otherwise promising lineup. Pachulia would appear to the leader for the starting job, mostly because he has the best combination of athleticism and experience. Collier’s the safe pick, a reliable veteran you know you can depend on in a pinch but not necessarily the long-term answer. Edwards is the wild card, the guy some people believe has loads of potential. But he’s still untested. Technically he’s a second-year player but he’s basically a rookie, after having played sparingly in Indiana last season. Ultimately, Hawks coach Mike Woodson will have to decide which guy fits best in his system, which guys best complements the rest of his starters and which guy he can count on to rebound and defend consistently against more talented competition. Should he take a chance on one of the young guys or play it safe with the veteran? It appears that we will start the season with ZaZa and Edwards as the center. It will be a center by committe (ZaZa, Edwards, Collier). All in all this is an improvement from last season because we had no one playing the center position. Two power forwards in Willis and Collier. At least Edwards is a legitimate center as far as size, weight, and reach. The only thing the hawks need from the position is rebounds and blocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholasp27 Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 this tells us no new info unless a trade occurs we are starting the training camp with the current lineup of bigs? really? this is what we've already known...we've used up our roster spots, and there are no big men of note left in FAcy anyway, so unless we make a trade (which mullin said we were working on), we are getting no more big men... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragitoff Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Of course, I know not all of these players will make the roster, and some non-roster invitee(baseball term) might make it, but how's everyone's rosters looking? C-Pachulia/Edwards/Collier F-Harrington/J. Smith/Williams/Batista/D.Smith G-Johnson/Childress/Lue/Delk/Stoudamire/Ivey/Akynol (sp?) That's 15 players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholasp27 Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 don't include cenk, as he's overseas not taking up a roster spot ivey/donta u include, even if they go nbdl...same with edwards/batista the guard from nc state may make the team...don't know yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragitoff Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Batista may not make the "big club", but I think Edwards is in if nothing else due to his size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholasp27 Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 doesn't matter batista is signed, so he's a roster space our nbdl players still take up roster space the nc state guard, on the other hand, is not signed, so he doesn't take up space right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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