dk7th wrote:there should be a transparent competition during training camp and pre-season to see who should start at point guard.we need to have the best decision-maker/orchestrator out there to counterbalance the poor decision making of other erstwhile ballhogs.
udrich/prigioni/felton
shumpert has got to develop a jumpshot from not just the baseline or he is doomed offensively. still he must start.
artest at small forward on offense and switching to power forward on defense
anthony at power forward on offense and switching to small forward on defense
chandler at center
if woodson can properly recognize who the starting point guard should be then there is some hope for optimism.
the ideal would be a billups-like scenario circa 2008-9. billups could hit the 3 not great but acceptably, was a very efficient scorer nonetheless, and distributed the ball quite well for a guy who liked to score the ball. oh and billups was an underrated defender most of his career....
all in all we need an old-school player.
Billups aka BIG SHOT for a reason, while he might not be a traditional PG, his ability to hit the 3pt shot and play OFF THE BALL complimented Melo very well
However, as a Knick, Billups was just much slower and didn't have the overall talent on both offense and defense to be successful
Billups still doesn't like the idea of playing SG but I think that is the position he must play with his age and lack of speed
In Denver Billups was already declining but in Detroit, he was a very good PG that provided leadership, he hit many clutch shots some from DEEP range, and set up the team with an unselfish core and they were all high IQ players
Detroit initiated their offense mainly with RIP with his midrange game/using screens off the ball, Rasheed's post up abilities and his ability to spread the floor as a stretch 4/5, and Billups ability to hit LONG range shots
To a lesser extent as role players they utilized, Prince post up ability, with Delfino's ability to spread the floor, and along with Aaron Affalo scoring abilities
I think Woodson tries to mimic the philosophy of the success that Detroit had under Larry Brown's DEFENSE first philosophy with a TEAM/Balance concept on OFFENSE, mixed in with some of his own ISO philosophies in Atlanta with Joe Johnson
However, we were far from the talents/mobility/IQ/DEFENSE from that Detroit team
It worked because they were all veterans, were all unselfish with no ego issues, and on DEFENSE were all solid 1v1 DEFENDER's and then also very good TEAM defenders
Overall, I think most posters here appreciate more post's like this by you
I agree we should let Felton, Udrih, and Pablo all battle each other for the starting PG spot for healthy competition
It is up to Woodson to come up with a lineup/rotation that would compliment the rest of the players on the floor together, hopefully he figures it out and doesn't allow his stubbornness to affect his decisions for the better of the team
I also think we should add a 4th combo guard, on a 2 year TEAM OPTION, like Murry or Darius Morris for defensive purposes and the absorb some of Pablo's/Udrih's experience to mold/mentor them, to refine their PG/facilitating skills, much like Kidd was suppose to do for Lin
With Tyler here, I don't think we can afford to use a roster spot on CJ Leslie as development projects, and we need to add a legit Center for the size in the Eastern Conference now
If we keep CJ Leslie, we would only have 1 roster spot left, for either a Center or PG
I would sign CJ Leslie to the D League for at least 1 year, till his body bulks up, and hope he works hard on and off the court, without using a roster spot on him
