re: Outside of the main Pels, who will have the biggest impact?

I'd wager that Stiemsma will have the biggest impact solely because he'll be expected to pick up the slack as a defensive center.

He'll get stuck with the dirty work on nights where we're playing teams with good bigs like Gasol and Randolph of Memphis.


The next biggest impact likely comes from Rivers or Morrow, as one or both will end up being an offensive sparkplug on the second unit. Considering how badly we played about one quarter per game last year, having a semi-competent set of shooters out there will help take the pressure off of the starters to be on the court all night.