re: What do you think Monty's plan is for AD?

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I think they are going to develop him as a face up PF early on and let him gain strength and mass slowly while sprinkling some post offensive in there somewhere. I am certain the team is trying to mold him slowly but surely. Davis at center would be a waste right now as his strengths are clearly at the PF position.

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Totally agree. The comparison I look to is Garnett as a rookie. He was just about as skinny as Davis. It was a slow build, but eventually he got to the point where he could compete down low.

I can remember watching that Saturday morning show, "NBA Inside Stuff" with Ahmad Rashad. They had Garnett on during his rookie year and Minnesota had him eating everything in sight. Rashad took him out for breakfast and he was literally force feeding himself everything on the menu.

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I don't find Davis and Anderson compliment each other well anymore now that teams have adjusted. Anderson is usually on the perimeter while Davis is always in the post. While it worked early in the season when Anderson was drawing out bigs in the post, teams have adjusted by rotating a wing on Anderson while Davis has to deal with all the bigs in the post.

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There was a really nice 3 team trade between NOLA, Minnesota, and the Lakers involving Gasol, Anderson and Pekovic that could've been great for all 3,imo.

I saw Marc Stein mention it a few times. I don't think the Hornets would've ever actually done it but with Gasol hurt it doesn't really matter now.