Does Monroe become a starter this year?

[Csfan1984]

Baynes, and Theis have gotten banged up a few times so sure he will eventually get a few starts.

[KGs Knee]

I think I'd rather have him come off the bench, but who knows if he was promised a starting role as a condition of signing here.

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[nickagneta]

Until he gets used to the system, he comes off the bench. Once he is familiar with everything, you have to start him and try to get off to quick starts every game. Then once into the game after 5 minutes, stagger the rotation so you always have two starters on the floor at the same time. No need to have these all bench unit 5 man groups on the floor at the same time. Those units have killed the Celtics this year.

[blink]

I think there should be a 3rd option:  Will start some games.

I think Brad will use him in a rotation of bigs with Morris, Baynes, Monroe.  There might be games when any one of those 3 gives us the best matchup.  In general I think he will be a bigger asset off the bench to help with bench scoring.  He will have a lot of mismatches off the bench.

[saltlover]

I think I'd rather have him come off the bench, but who knows if he was promised a starting role as a condition of signing here.

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Reportedly he wasn't promised any specific role or playing time. 

[KGs Knee]

I think there should be a 3rd option:  Will start some games.

I think Brad will use him in a rotation of bigs with Morris, Baynes, Monroe.  There might be games when any one of those 3 gives us the best matchup.  In general I think he will be a bigger asset off the bench to help with bench scoring.  He will have a lot of mismatches off the bench.

In a way, I think post scoring, slower bigs like Monroe are becoming a lot like under-sized combo guards. Great as sixth men off the bench, but limited as starters.

[Celtics4ever]

I think he will if he comes to play.

[Chief]

I think you run the 2nd unit offense through him.

[Phantom255x]

I actually like the idea of having Monroe start alongside Horford, and having Baynes and Theis as backups.

Baynes could still come handy off the bench and in spurts against the Robin Lopez or Marcin Gortat types we struggled with last year in the playoffs, and Theis could have some advantages in certain match ups as well.

[Chris22]

Baynes starts, Monroe backs up.

[Diggles]

I think he comes of the bench for a while.  But baynes and him won’t play together. That’s for sure. Brads got options. 

[Th3M2n]

As long as  he continues to stand around on defense and watch guys drive to the basket without even attempting to challenge them, like he's done during his career so far, there is no way CBS starts him....never mind him even getting a ton of playing time, until he shows effort on the defensive side.

[hodgy03038]

As long as  he continues to stand around on defense and watch guys drive to the basket without even attempting to challenge them, like he's done during his career so far, there is no way CBS starts him....never mind him even getting a ton of playing time, until he shows effort on the defensive side.

Brad, or the culture forces guys to play defense. I mean look at Kyrie playing defense.

[KGBirdBias]

Personally, I'd like to see a lineup of

Kyrie
Tatum
Morris
Horford
Monroe

Moving Tatum to the SG at times because his handle is better than Brown's will really add more scoring to this offense. 

[Ogaju]

I voted yes because I imagine he will start a few times, particularly against certain matchups or if Horford misses any time. But generally, he probably won't start. Defensively, I don't particularly like the Horford/Monroe pairing. They're going to be pretty slow and Monroe, as I understand it, isn't a guy who can switch onto wings that well. I imagine we'll see them separate a lot, and Monroe being utilized as a facilitator (Al's role) more than he has in the past.

This answer is a good example why the poll question is a bad question. Most of the answers like the one quoted voted yes because they think Monroe will start some games, but in reality that was not the question. The question was does he become a starter....this means does he win a starting job, not does he fill in as a starter for an injured player. I voted no because I do not think he becomes a starter if the question had been will he start any games this year..I would have voted yes like many of the yes voters.