Position Preview PF: Miles Bridges' return to form and Tidjane Salaun's playing time

What are the big questions surrounding the power forward position this year? Walker and Doug discuss what they expect from Miles Bridges after having a full offseason with the new regime and hopefully a healthy LaMelo Ball. Will Tidjane Salaun spend most of his time in Greensboro? The guys end the show with fun lineup stats.

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[calvinlewis]

My starting 5 is LaMelo, B Mill, Miles, Grant & Mark Williams.

[lloydfarmer]

Miles is going to cook on O as an off ball option.
My hope is that this allows him to focus on improving his focus on D.

[PillCosby-_-]

Salaun should play in the preseason and see where he’s at then go from there. I’d rather see curry in the lineup than Martin.

[sunnyle]

Idk if anyone else has been thinkin this but I feel like if Miles can play a role similar to aaron gordon in Denver that would be the perfect way to complement Ball and Miller. speaking of Denver, Bonus if Tidjane can turn into something like pre spine injury MPJ, big and tall forward that stretches the floor and attack the glass and play versatile D

[rhoward]

Great show as always. Tidjaun - I don’t think the hornets should feel the pressure of playing him purely because of his pick number and I’m sure they won’t. The public should not expect it either in my opinion, it’s a false pick position with people behind him better right now but we are banking on the future. Gotta think about him as a 15-20 pick then we don’t have to worry about it. Potential tho.

[CasualHindu]

Whenever you say, "he (miles) is not coming back" I immediately think to the episode where you guys shouted stuff like "OLD MILES IS NOT COMING THROUGH THAT DOOR" lol

[Phantom]

Miles will be a 3rd scoring option if not mark will eat and dang we gotta keep grant just because he going a defensive mind and high iq like draymond green this is literally the new golden state warriors

[rfkemp]

Tidjane is going to hit Stamey's BBQ in Greensboro, gain several hundred pounds, and never play basketball again.

[wesanderson]

Salaun is worth the wait and see in IMO. Will be fun to see him sneak in and get a few minutes from time to time.

[lloydfarmer]

Salaun is going to have plenty of high (and low) lights at Greensboro, this year.

Dude is not ready for NBA minutes.

[lozzzzy]

Well in order for TJ to get the best opportunity we gotta be patient

[jrh]

Full Sicko Mode, start TJ at the 4 to begin the season. Even if it's just 4-6 minutes per half. Go big!

[amberbhowmick]

With the expectations of this upcoming season, how much leeway should we give for players to “work on stuff” vs “play to their strengths”. Will we be ok with Mark Williams shooting more, Brandon going stronger to the hoop, or Miles working on more mid-range shots? Congrats on the 7k subs!