re: Austin Rivers: 3 minutes, 0 points, 0 assists, 2 turnovers

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Lopez just doesn't rebound well enough for a starting C and gets lost at times

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If Davis rebounds the way he is expected to, he'll take a significant amount of that burden. Frankly, I'm not sold on Davis as a center. He just looks like the prototype of a new breed of PF to me.

Look at it like the Vasquez/Gordon pairing, they seem to be greater than the sum of the parts. Lopez' developing offensive game (inside-out) could pair well with Davis' game (more outside-in). If they could provide inside offense with Gordon/Vasquez giving outside scoring punch, a guy like Aminu can wreak havoc on the glass.

I think you may see an upgrade to Lopez at some point down the line, but then he could be a damn good scoring post player off the bench.