ramtour420 wrote:So I have looked through like 5 or 6 pages worth of posts and haven't found anything like this. If this is redundant pls lock it and I apologize.

Now that we know that we are picking 4th I think it's time to make some predictions.

NAME YOUR STARTING 5 for us next year:

PG -Shved
SG- D. Carrol
SF- Melo
PF- Monroe
C- WCS or Porzingis ( not ready to hang my ass out there on this one, perhaps someone else might be more sure about this one )

I think we can go to war with this setup. Nice mix of O and D. We would own the glass. We could cut to the basket or shoot. We would have an above average passing Triangle setup. All major components of the Triangle would be covered.

franco12 wrote:PG=Calderon
SG=Galloway
SF=Melo
PF=Monroe
C=Bargnani

Bench
Mudiay
Hardaway
Cole Aldrich
Amundson

33 wins or bust!

Ok, not bad. Couple of things I would like to address.
1. I like Monroe as at PF. But where is our price for being the laughing stock this season? Where is the pick that we need as a starter at # 4? Mudiay on the bench is no good. Better let Mudiay be the starter and let Calderon tutor him and shore up our bench PG duties. Maybe Calderon to start games and let Mudiay get most of the minutes and be de facto starter?
2. We have some great shooting with your starters, but very little D, only Galloway. And no spark in our second unit. Also Galloway as as backup gives us some resemblance of d in the backcourt.
3. We would have money left over from signing only Monroe. We need more d-fence in the starting line up.
My 2 cents

newyorker4ever wrote:PG--Calderon/Shved
SG--J.Winslow/Gallo
SF--Melo/T.Harris
PF--T.Harris/Melo
C--G.Monroe

Alright, first things first. Tobias Harris is an incredible find for the triangle. A great option to stretch the d. His 3p shooting has taken an insane lift over the last two years. And he is a good passer to boot. I really like him. The question is how is his D. With those starters only Winslow is a credible defender, I am afraid that woun't do. But that's an offensive lineup to behold. Very interesting.

ramtour420 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:PG--Calderon/Shved
SG--J.Winslow/Gallo
SF--Melo/T.Harris
PF--T.Harris/Melo
C--G.Monroe

Alright, first things first. Tobias Harris is an incredible find for the triangle. A great option to stretch the d. His 3p shooting has taken an insane lift over the last two years. And he is a good passer to boot. I really like him. The question is how is his D. With those starters only Winslow is a credible defender, I am afraid that woun't do. But that's an offensive lineup to behold. Very interesting.

I will like to add that unless Harris and Monroe take a pay cut this will not happen. They would have to take around $12M. While not a small line up the defense and shot blocking will be seriously below average unless Harris steps up(possible but I wouldn't predict it).

Personally, I'd rather have Koufos instead of Monroe.

FistOfOakley wrote:i think aldrich is fine... we don't have many options if we're going to max one player out in FA... if we choose monroe we're going to have to go with a 3-headed center rotation with monroe shifting over to C sometime...

the triangle in itself makes for a lot of creative options without having to put the ball on the floor too much which is one of it's greatest strengths.... cole aldrich... COLE ALDRICH had a 1.27 a/to last year.... which is a minor miracle...

it's going to rely heavily on melo, monroe and winslow for scoring... bargs, shved, crowder off the bench.. it's not the greatest lineup but people forget if we're bringing back shved and bargs and maxing out monroe... we don't have much left after all of that...

dacash wrote:PG:SHVED
SG:MONTA ELLIS
SF:MELO
PF:GREG MUNROE
c:ALDRICH

CrushAlot wrote:

dacash wrote:PG:SHVED
SG:MONTA ELLIS
SF:MELO
PF:GREG MUNROE
c:ALDRICH

Who would you have the Knicks get in the draft?

WELL I HONESTLY DONT KNOW, BUT HOW ABOUT WE GIVE THE CELTICS THE 4 PICK FOR THE 16 AND 28 PICKS AND MAYBE A 2ND ROUND PICK NEXT YEAR. THEN WET I DUNNO ROBERT UPSHAW AND JERIAN GRANT OR JORDAN MICKEY AND TERRY ROZIER LIKE THAT SHORE UP OUR BENCH.