FoeDiddy wrote:Anji wrote:Mray20 wrote:Knicksfan wrote:Yes. Brewer has earned a one way ticket to the bench.
JR should start over Brewer until Shump is ready to start Brewer is giving the Knicks absolutely nothing , Knicks are playing 4 against 4 at the start of the 1st quarter and 3rd quarter when he starts and his defense has not been good either.
JR Smith should start period. When Amare comes back put JR in for Kidd.
Kidd and Shump is a great backcourt off bench..talk about defense.
Maybe not at the beginning when he comes back, but when he's good to go Shump should start.
I'd like to see:
C - Chandler
PF - Melo
SF - Shumpert
SG - Kidd
PG - Felton
Bench: Wallace, Camby, Thomas (atleast 1 of them presumably out), Amare, Copeland, Novak, Brewer, Smith, White, Prigioni.
or:
C - Chandler
PF - Wallace
SF - Melo
SG - Shumpert
PG - Felton
Bench: Camby, Thomas, Amare, Copeland, Novak, Brewer, Smith, White, Kidd, Prigioni.
until Amare eventualy is healthy enough to really get going and hit his stride and start games at the PF position again (presumably under Woodson they could make it work).
On a sidenote: I'd love it if JR got to start, and he deserves to, but the main and only reason he's not is because a team needs a solid scorer off the bench, especially with Amare with still out I don't see it happening, even though Brewer doesn't deserve to start based on his last couple of performances.
The only way I could see that working is if you switched Copeland's minutes with Brewer's and made him (Copeland) the designated scorer off the bench, for some reason though Woodson seems reluctant to rely on Copeland much, even though he's playing well.