Hinder looks fine. Just hope the Crocs keep his minutes down for a while so he doesn't put too much stress on his leg. He's past the point where he is a starter, and his slow feet make him miss a few defensive rotations every now and then, but hopefully he can contribute as a 15mpg player. When he doesn't try to do too much, and plays within his means, he is a good bench player and leader. Sometimes he just puts too much pressure on himself, loses focus, gets too hyped up and starts trying to do things he isn't capable of.

Abercrombie isn't 100%.. Jamar as far as i'm aware is healthy.

Abercrombie had surgery on his ankle in the off season and it hasn't healed as quickly as they would have liked so his rehab is taking a bit longer than expected. He has been training but not full contact, Breakers just being cautious with him. He may not play even the first few games of the season.

Steindl looks like ROTY material

Now you tell me....

Dan Jackson had an awesome preseason, just look what happens once he is given minutes..
ROTY Candidates: Steindl looks to be inconsistent. 22 points one game, 0 the next. Should get ROTY if he outnumbers quiet games with big games. For the season I expect 9ppg, 2rpg 0.5apg in about 20 mins
Gliddon played well without putting up massive numbers. Will likely improve as he is just back from injury. Season: 8ppg 3rpg 3apg in 18-20 mins
Tomlinson played just like he did in college. Not much in the box score but hit the open shot and ran the offense well. Season: 4-5ppg 1 rpg 4apg in 15-18 mins

Looking at the box scores Steindl looked inconsistent but hopefully he has a good year

Ben Allen has averaged nearly 15 points and 9 rebounds per contest through five pre-season games, all while shooting the ball at a nice clip.

I would be happy if he produced at even half that rate during the regular season. Huge improvement over his first two seasons, so far anyway.

Abercrombie had surgery on his ankle in the off season and it hasn't healed as quickly as they would have liked so his rehab is taking a bit longer than expected. He has been training but not full contact, Breakers just being cautious with him. He may not play even the first few games of the season.

Wookie, there's bound to be a drop-off, especially once some of the other guys find their feet.

Blanchfield was horrible in the pre-season, and will score more points eventually, as will both imports.

As long as Allen maintains his rebounding, positive attitude and effort, though, I will be stoked as a Crocs fan.

Hinder and Holmes don't have a post game so Allen will be the only go-to option inside other than Withers, so the looks should keep coming even if he's not hitting the same averages as he did in pre-season.

I think that's the reason Allen will continue to get his stats, even if the Crocs are off the pace as a team: they don't have strong alternatives. Not comparing the two, but Vasiljevic could put up 15 and 9 games if he was the primary big on a team.

Woolpert isn't the kind of coach to leave a player in just because his "basic boxscore" stats are looking good or because he is "his guy", though.

If Allen is having big games for a continued net negative team result (Allen is still yet to prove his defense has improved, 15 and 9 is nothing if the opposing bigs offset that), he wouldn't keep using him in extremely high volume.

In other words, he's not Marty Clarke ;)

In his first two seasons you would immediately notice the opposing team go on a run when he was holding down the middle...