MS wrote:Would be nice to try to flip Frank or DSJR with Randle and a Dallas first for Victor. Need to open up minutes for Knox, Toppin and get another shot creator in the mix.

Oladipo is done and has a bad contract.

TPercy wrote:Are we sure Mitch is ready to start...

If you start Toppin you have to also start both Mitch and Frank

You can have a great offensive player be a liability on defense if you put defenders around him on the court. That’s how we won 54 games in 2013 by having Melo on the court with defenders like Tyson Chandler and Jason Kidd

Nalod wrote:

dwiley20 wrote:Kurt thomas jumpshot was way better than Oak lol

Philc1 wrote:

martin wrote:

blkexec wrote:And Toppin needs to develop a Charles Oakley jumper, playing next to Mitch.

This confuses me... doesn’t he already have a jumper?

Toppin is already a better shooter than Oak and I love Oak. I met him at the Shop Rite in Palisades Park, NJ he couldn’t have been a nicer guy

Kurt not caught dead in a ShopRite Store!!!

He shops at Publix like Jameis Winston

TLover wrote:Pg: Barrett
Sg: Quickly
Sf: Knox
Pf: Toppin
C : Robinson

I put Knox in bc we hear he’s going to make a major jump.. if not I would insert Ntlinkina at the 3.

C Mitch
PF Obi
SF Barrett
SG Burks
PG Rivers

It’s the best attempt at surrounding RJ and Mitch with shooting and playmaking which was my original goal.

HOF19 wrote:

TLover wrote:Pg: Barrett
Sg: Quickly
Sf: Knox
Pf: Toppin
C : Robinson

Did we move Randle ?????

6th man

dwiley20 wrote:PG Payton
SG Rivers
SF Barrett
PF Randle
C Robinson

ramtour420 wrote:

dwiley20 wrote:PG Payton
SG Rivers
SF Barrett
PF Randle
C Robinson

Yep, that looks just about right for opening night. What about starters 3 months into the season?

I got the same to start the season.
3 months in...
PG Frank
SG Burcs
SF Barrett
PF Obi
C Robinson
with Burcs, Rivers, Randle Noah coming of the bench… Im rooting for DSJ but just cant get hyped on all the preseason chatter on his improved shot anymore.

jazz74 wrote:start of season:

pg- payton- this is almost by default because our other guards are not ready to start. could change but doubt it

sg- rivers- he is better off the bench but that would mean starting burke and he is a better scorer there

sf- barrett- i still think he is better suited as a sg but he will do well here for now. hope he improves.

pf- randle- until he is traded, which i think he will be, he is our starting pf.

c- robinson- right now he is arguably our best player and he cant come off the bench period.

eventual starters ( goal with current roster):

pg- payton

sg- frank n

sf- barrett

pf- toppin

c- robinson

we cant foul up another lottery pick like we did the others.

that is a TANK line up, I can see them losing 10 to 12 games in a row.

payton, frank, Mitch and barrett..lol, just pack the paint and watch them build a house of bricks

HofstraBBall wrote:

jazz74 wrote:start of season:

pg- payton- this is almost by default because our other guards are not ready to start. could change but doubt it

sg- rivers- he is better off the bench but that would mean starting burke and he is a better scorer there

sf- barrett- i still think he is better suited as a sg but he will do well here for now. hope he improves.

pf- randle- until he is traded, which i think he will be, he is our starting pf.

c- robinson- right now he is arguably our best player and he cant come off the bench period.

eventual starters ( goal with current roster):

pg- payton

sg- frank n

sf- barrett

pf- toppin

c- robinson

we cant foul up another lottery pick like we did the others.

Reality is:

PG Payton
SG Barrett or Rivers
SF Bullock or Burks
PF Randle
C Noel

Contrary to Knicks fandom thinking, this will not be another year of "Just let the kids play". The kids need to prove they are better than the more experienced players or get accomstomed to sitting until they are.

Looks like Barrett at SF may be Thibs preference?