Who starts at small forward?
There are just so many sexy options. Linas Kleiza, the free-agent signing who had a tremendous world championship playing for Lithuania, is perhaps the favourite. “It confirmed a lot of the things we were talking about,” Colangelo said of Kleiza’s performance in Turkey. “Linas was a guy that we targeted as someone that could add some toughness and certainly some scoring punch with this group.” Sonny Weems, last year’s surprise, and Julian Wright, acquired from New Orleans for Marco Belinelli, could vie for the starting spot with the help of impressive pre-seasons. OK, so sexy might not be the right word. But hey — at least Hedo Turkoglu is not in the bunch. Who starts at point guard? This question appeared to be answered in July. You remember: Jose Calderon was heading to Charlotte, and Boris Diaw and Tyson Chandler were on their way to Toronto. Then, Bobcats owner Michael Jordan took a look at Calderon’s contract and his health history (presumably), and that deal died a horrible death
