Likely Roster?

The 2 key players that could push their way inside our top 10 rotation are Sam Houser and Kabengele.  We need scoring off the bench (Sam) and we need an active big who can play above the rim (Kabengele)

Once Rob returns, the rotation of our bigs will change.  By then we will have a pretty good idea about how those minutes should be distributed.  Blake brings a ton of veteran experience to the mix and I expect to see him in some small ball lineups.  It's no fluke.  Kabengele provides a vertical presence.  Kornet?

I think one of our 2 open roster spots should go to Noah Vonleh.  Justin Jackson gives us some length at SF but he is not a very good shooter. Jake layman, another local kid can jump but he is not a very good shooter, rebounder or defender.  Thomas was on the team last year on a 2-way deal but he barely played.  I do not know if he can help us much at SG.  Really small sample size on him.

With Rob out for 3 months and with AH not getting any younger, the Celtics should be leaning towards keeping bigs.  We are going to need them.

bob

Vonleh has had a good opportunity to play quite a bit. The Celtics are taking a long look at him. I agree that he probably will make the team. I think he can rebound and score however his defense leaves much to be desired. He does not provide hardly any rim protection.

I am still not very high on Jackson. I think that his positive showing the other night is fool's gold. The good thing is that he would be an end of the bench guy with his share of DNP's outside of our 13 man active roster.