re: Zach Lowe on the Hornets rest of the year

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Not necessarily, imo. Anderson as a sharpshooter off the bench is still really valuable. Just means they problem won't be playing 35+ minutes together.

They could also get away with it against teams without a true center. When they played Dallas a few weeks ago I thought Davis/Anderson played well together because Dallas was playing Dirk at center.

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Like I was saying in the Vasquez thread, Anderson just doesn't fit well next to Davis, so we have to minimize their minutes together. As Davis' minutes grow, Anderson's minutes will have to drop unless one of them wakes up as a Center or SF one day, which I don't expect.

I think Davis' real value is as a PF going forward. He may log some minutes at C, but guarding bangers all game long will wear him down. For that reason, I think Anderson is, as much as I'd hate to see him go, our best trade asset. Not only is his value steadily climbing, but he is a redundancy. Sucks, but that value could be used better elsewhere.

I do think Davis can bulk up some, and I like the core of Vasquez/Davis/Anderson. I really think we need to keep those three around through the All Star Break next year to see how things shake out. We should have a better idea of Davis' future then.