Philadelphia 76ers: An Early Look at the Starting Five for 2010-11
August 12th, 2010 by Jeff College Leave a reply »While much of the national media seems to think the Sixers will be atrocious (again), I tend to believe that the team has a good chance of sneaking into the playoffs as a seven or eight seed.
With the additions of Evan Turner and Spencer Hawes, and the important deletion of Eddie Jordan, the Sixers should be much improved, with a young nucleus to build around for this year and beyond.
Starting 5
Lets start out with the easiest positions to predict: the backcourt. Jrue Holiday should be starting at the point, and Evan Turner should be starting at the shooting guard spot. Holiday showed last season that he is a promising young point guard, that has the potential to mature into one of the best point men in the league.
Remember, Jrue is barely 20, and barring some unforeseen occurrence, he should be in the league for a long time. As for Turner, the consensus college player of the year will likely be starting for the majority of the season.
There is a chance that someone like Lou Williams or Willie Green may start at the beginning of the season if Turner is slow to pick up the pro game, but I thi ...
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