NBA Training Camp Primer: Central Division

Central Division Detroit Joe Dumars shopped the entire starting lineup over the offseason, particularly Chauncey Billups and Tayshaun Prince, but no good deals came his way. Hence this year's bad boys will look like last year's, except for perhaps some minutes played. The power forward position is up for grabs, which means that either Amir Johnson or Jason Maxiell will earn a promotion. Johnson appears the favorite heading into camp. The Pistons second unit was very impressive last year with future all-star Rodney Stuckey on display. Expect him to get more minutes cutting into the production of Billups and Hamilton.   Cleveland The thing to be excited about is JJ Hickson. He looked very good during the summer; he has an NBA body and post moves already. It’s not out of the question that he wins the starting power forward position from Ben Wallace during the preseason.   The Cavs need an infusion of young talent in a major way. It also looks like the Cavs will be ... (link)