Forget about benching Curry. He's a shoe in whether anyone likes it or not.
First thing's first, Francis gets caught with a hooker, cocaine and stolen money from Vegas, all in the trunk of his car so that leaves this. The rest of the team. Unfortunately, I have a feeling we are going to be seeing more of the same of last year, in terms of starting lineups, b/c Isiah said himself that minutes go to the people that are playing better and earned them. And since every player is so damn inconsistent, or was at least last year, guess what.
So I'll go with a starting lineup with guys that can shoot, rebound, play a little D, can run a little, but not really great at anything.
Marbury
Crawford
Quentin
Lee
Curry
Q established himself as a solid defender last season, when healthy, and is also a good rebounder. He can also shoot that 3 so that, along with Marbury and Crawfords scoring, can spread things out nicely. Lee also helps out on the boards and can score nice garbage points. Wont have bloated role here, so he'll succeed even more.
Of course, this is also assuming that Crawford can build off of how well he did at the end of last season and doesn't get "Confused" by whatever role he might hold.
Coming off the bench, you got Frye as the first big man as well as Jefferies, so that provides both instant offense and defense. Rose can come off the bench to score and Nate can be the spark. The rebounding will suffer severely if you use all those guys at once. D Lee would probably have to stay in.
I think Quentin is going to have a larger role than we think this coming season, if he stays healthy.
“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
7/31/2006 9:37 PM
