I know this has been touched on, but I want to re-visit an old topic...that is of putting Brandon at point guard. I haven't liked that idea until the addition of Matthews. Here's why.

Brandon could start at point. He works best when he has the ball in his hands. Matthews could start at shooting guard. He works well off the ball. What about defense? We all know Roy isn't going to keep up with the Parkers or Pauls of the world. But he wouldn't have to. Simply have Matthews defend the point and Roy the shooting guard. True, Matthews isn't as quick as some of those guys either, but he IS fundamentally sound on defense and should be able to do a pretty good job, especially with a little help from time to time. And the matchup problems it would impose on the other team would more than offset any liabilities. 

So you would have:

PG - Brandon Roy
SG - Wesley Matthews
SF - Nicolas Batum
PF - Lamarcus Aldridge
C - Greg Oden (possibly Marcus Canby)

Bench - Miller, Canby, Przy, Cunningham (or Pendergraph) and Bayless/Fernandez (depending on what shakes out) -- I still say one trade is going to narrow this down though. It's just too much.

That's a solid rotation and guys are playing more of their natural position. You could sub Miller or Bayless in for either Roy or Matthews. If for Matthews, Roy would slide back to the 2. Canby could back up Aldridge or Oden. 

Defensively you would be - solid. With Roy, Matthews and Batum on the perimeter, Oden and Przy are much less likely to get into foul trouble. Sub in Miller and Przy/Canby at the same time and save Oden from picking up those ticky tack fouls he is prone to get against slashing guards. On paper it seems to make a lot of sense to me. Of course, it is still very possible that we see 2 or more of these guys involved in a trade...but I'm looking at what we have right now.

What do you think? Honestly, I'd like to know, whether or not you agree with me.