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Jennings made the game look like child's play during brief flashes last season. Let's see if he can work some consistency into his game this year. (Under Armour, Inc.)

Depth chart:
PG: Brandon Jennings, Keyon Dooling, Earl Boykins
SG: John Salmons, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Carlos Delfino, Michael Redd
SF: Corey Maggette, Ersan Ilyasova, Darington Hobson
PF: Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Larry Sanders, Tiny Gallon*
C: Drew Gooden, Jon Brockman, Andrew Bogut

Relevant fantasy players and projected draft positions/per-game stats:
John Salmons – G/F (Rd. 5-7): 16 Pts, 1.5 threes, 3.5 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stl
Brandon Jennings – PG (Rd. 6-8): 16 Pts, 2 threes, 3.5 Reb, 6.5 Ast, 1.5 Stl
Andrew Bogut – C (Rd. 4-8): 14 Pts, 8.5 Reb, 2 Blk
Corey Maggette – F (Rd. 7-9): 15.5 Pts, 5 Reb, 1 Stl
Drew Gooden – F/C (Rd. 8-10): 11 Pts, 8 Reb, 1 Blk
Chris Douglas-Roberts – G/F (Rd. 11+): 8 Pts, 3 Reb, 3 Ast
Carlos Delfino – G/F (Rd. 13+): 7 Pts, 1.5 threes, 4 Reb, 1 Stl
Ersan Ilyasova – F (Rd. 13+): 7 Pts, 1 three, 5.5 Reb

Sleeper:
Douglas-Roberts

Most likely to surprise:
Gooden

Most likely to disappoint:
Salmons

Category specialists:

• Threes: Jennings
• Blocks: Bogut

Things to watch:

• how Bogut makes his way back from his serious arm injury
• how Jennings progresses
• if anyone can emerge at SG/SF behind Salmons and Maggette

Team’s statistical NBA ranks from 2009-10:

• Pts: T22nd
• FGM: 20th
• FGA: 2nd
• FG%: 29th
• FT%: 17th
• 3PTM: 6th
• Reb: T6th
• Ast: 14th
• TO: T4th
• Stl: T16th
• Blk: 20th

Fantasy-friendliness for 2010-11: C-

* non-guaranteed contract