Posted by RonRon:


You think Allan Houston or Spewell could be sharing the pg duties? A player like clarence weatherspoon/doleac/anderson can fill the 3 spot. Im assuming this might happen if ward gets traded for a center. If the knicks cant get additional pg, eisley and frank williams can play the bench roles. Just think about it, defensively we might not be that bad afterall.



Player Guarded

Houston/frank williams/eisley / PG
Spree/anderson / SG
Doleac/weatherspoon/ SF
Mcdyess/ thomas /PF
? James/Nesterovic/James/Dampier/Clark?

It looks like the knicks wouldnt be undersized anymore? However, they look a lot slower? What do you guys think of a lineup like this? Can it possibly work out?
Doleac could provide some shot blocking and help defense at SF. He also has a sweet jumper to create room for sprewell, houston, mcdyess. I know spree didnt have much sucess running poing guard in the knicks but with a different lineup, new coach, and new fast paced game make any difference?

Why I believe it might happen...

Spree/houston sharing PG...
Layden might be planning this out the whole time. It doesnt seem like the knicks will try to acquire another pg with exception to Dre and Davis however its almost possible the deal wouldnt go through. It is also obvious they are going to trade ward or eisley if they can. Is eisley or ward starting material pg? On top of that is rookie, Frank Williams really ready to accept the roles of a NBA backup pg? Will Dolan, Chaney, Layden really take that chance?

...also with spree and houston playing the 1 and 2, clarence weatherspoon or another player can be put to use, instead of on the bench. Remember weatherspoon played as a SF in cleveland when he averaged a 10/10.

Doleac at SF...
I dont really see Doleac as real material for a center? I dont believe he addresses the team needs on for rebounding, toughness, shotblocking, or defense, as a center even for the east. But Layden still seems a little intrigued by him. Possible Doleac can be similiar to kirilinko's role in utah?

I would like to listen to all opinions on my view...

Its not happening, the knicks have already tried it, houston is terrible when pressured and sprewell's game suffers because he has to concentrate so much on handling the ball, neither of them are quick enough to guard point guards, so the defense suffers there....on the offensive end, theres a clear size advantage, but sprewell and houston both like to shoot from the outside, they wont back it in, and that ruins your offense anyway, guys just stand around on the perimeter watching, remember how it was with jackson posting up, alot of good that did us....no they explored this option, they are tired of having people play out of position and are trying to correct that, even if it means trading sprewell.