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[QUOTE="moqui, post: 294448, member: 214"]
I think Rak is a true 4 and DC is a true 5 and that they more easily play together than did TRob and Mookie, for example.  I think Rak is going to make the typical sophomore leap and DC2 will be ready to contribute from Day 1 (although conditioning may be an issue, but BMK will get plenty of minutes at the 5 to keep him fresh)

I'm not going to pretend I know what JB is thinking, but I do know that, as far as "overall game" goes, the only edge that CJ has on Dirty is rebounding, and that mostly comes at the offensive end (which is to be expected when you are comparing an interior player to a perimeter player).  Dirty is both a better scorer and a better defender and, more to the point, he has the ability to be not just solid but a difference maker at both ends of the court
 
  He was absolutely money on his mid range jumper last year . . . if you mean you want to see him take more of them, I agree, but that is not the role that JB had for him last year.  I would expect to see him using him at the high post next year, where he was so effective in spots last year.

that was supposedly what he did all of last season . . . CJ will get plenty of minutes (there should be a three forward rotation of Rak/Dirty/CJ and their minutes will be roughly equal - all more than 24 and all less than 30).  I'm not short changing him and I don't mean to bag on him, but we don't do him any favors when we raise expectations beyond his demonstrated abilities.  He is a solid player and a valuable contributor, but he is not a primary scorer.   I will, of course, gladly eat crow if CJ suddenly turns himself into a versatile scorer and a true three, and I have certainly been wrong many times before.
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