Rasheed Wallace, Bonzi Wells and Dale Davis will start, but the Blazers' other spots are up for grabs 10/04/03 JASON QUICK TUALATIN -- So here are the questions facing coach Maurice Cheeks as the Trail Blazers opened training camp on Friday: Does he start Zach Randolph at power forward, or keep the emerging offensive force as a reserve? If he starts Randolph, that pushes Rasheed Wallace to small forward. And that, in turn, pushes Bonzi Wells to shooting guard. That, in turn, pushes Derek Anderson to the bench . . . Or . . . does that push Anderson to point guard, pushing Damon Stoudamire or Jeff McInnis to the bench? Or . . . does he experiment with Wallace at center? . . . Or experiment with Qyntel Woods at point guard. . . . Or . . . "We have a lot of options there," Cheeks said Friday. "So I have to figure out who is going to be out there, and figure who is going to be getting the minutes, and see how they all play together." That, more than anything, will be the primary objective of training camp. Sure, the likes of Scott Padgett, Robert Pack and Tracy Murray are competing for the final two or three roster spots, but Cheeks admitted that his goal before the Oct. 29 opener at Utah is to quickly identify a starting lineup and begin to jell. "The biggest thing is not trying to figure out the bottom three, it's figuring out who is going to start, who is going to play this amount of minutes, and who has improved themselves over the summer," Cheeks said. "That's what this training camp is about." Cheeks said there are only three guarantees: Wallace, Wells and Dale Davis will be starters. The crux of Cheeks' predicament seems to be centered on Randolph. Cheeks desperately wants to play Randolph more than the 17 minutes he averaged last season, but if he starts Randolph, it sets in motion a domino effect that seemingly would push Anderson out of the lineup. "Zach Randolph, for example, is a guy I have to get on the floor, I have to get minutes for him," Cheeks said. "That might mean he and Rasheed and Dale are on the floor at the same time. I don't know. There are a lot of options I have to explore." One of the most curious options Cheeks said he will explore is having second-year player Qyntel Woods play point guard. Woods is 6-foot-8 and played all of his 53 games last season as a small forward. But after an exciting summer league performance in Salt Lake City, where Woods led all scorers with a 28-point average, Cheeks said he wants to see if Woods can be an up-and-coming Scottie Pippen, who at 6-8 was the Blazers' primary point guard last season. "I don't know right now if he can play point guard, I'm just exploring that option," Cheeks said. "Some of the things Qyntel brings -- his length, his height -- reminds me of Scottie, who was a pretty good one. So I just want to see it, and see if there is any merit to it." Cheeks also said he will experiment with Anderson at point guard, perhaps as a way to get him on the court if Wells does indeed move from small forward to shooting guard. Two seasons ago, Anderson accepted a reserve role when Wells played guard, and Cheeks knows Anderson is the Blazers' best soldier in terms of doing what's best for the team. Anderson said he is not against trying to play point guard at times, and that he again is ready to do what is best for the team. But at the same time, he is adamant that he can win the starting shooting guard spot. "(Bonzi and I) found that we had a better season last year playing together," Anderson said. "This year, who knows? We just have to find a way to win games, and if that is me and him competing against each other, or us playing together . . . there is no sense going back and forth with you guys. If the coach wants me to do something, he will tell me whatever position to play. It's up to the top guy." Whatever the final puzzle looks like, Cheeks is encouraged that the Blazers can jell early because there are no new faces to incorporate from trades or free agency. "These guys have been together, they know how to play with each other, and that's the key," Cheeks said. "We didn't make any moves, so we have the same guys and they know the system already so we should have the upper hand." Notes: Cheeks said he probably would fine Davis after the veteran center skipped the team's media day Thursday and was about two hours late for Friday's morning practice. Davis said he arrived in Portland at 5 p.m. Thursday and needed a physical exam Friday before he could work out. "Late for what?" Davis asked. "I'm here." Davis missed Game 7 of last season's first-round playoff series against Dallas because of a strained groin muscle and a strained abdominal muscle suffered earlier in the series. Davis said Friday that he rested the injury for more than three months and started working out within the past six weeks. "Those injuries take a while to heal," Davis said. "I'm not in bad shape. I still can get up and down the court, but I just didn't want to push it too much. I definitely have to strengthen that thing so I'll be ready for the long haul." -- 我实在搞不懂... 有人那麽白目还可以当版主... --

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