I think its time to start booing Dudu, and chan "WAIVE CRIS DUDU TA TA TA-TA-TA", at every home game when he comes in. Maybe MDA will finally get it!!!

 	 	  	 	 	          REBOUNDS	  
 Player	          G	GS	  MPG	  FG%	  3p%	  FT%	 OFF	 DEF	TOT	APG	 SPG	 BPG	 TO	 PF	 PPG
 Al Harrington	 14	 2	 31.1	 .443	 .282	 .855	 1.10	 4.80	 5.90	 1.4	 1.21	 .36	 2.36	 3.30	 19.1
 David Lee	 14	 14	 32.6	 .530	 .000	 .734	 2.30	 7.40	 9.70	 2.6	 1.21	 .43	 2.43	 3.40	 17.2
 Danilo Gallinari14	 12	 29.2	 .455	 .447	 .857	 .60	 3.60	 4.20	 1.5	 .79	 .64	 1.36	 2.20	 14.0
 Larry Hughes	 12	 9	 33.5	 .419	 .283	 .789	 .80	 3.30	 4.10	 4.1	 2.08	 .67	 1.67	 2.50	 12.6
 Wilson Chandler 14	 14	 33.0	 .395	 .217	 .893	 1.60	 4.00	 5.60	 1.7	 .50	 1.21	 1.71	 3.60	 12.2
 Nate Robinson	 8	 0	 21.5	 .366	 .333	 .636	 .60	 1.30	 1.90	 3.3	 .75	 .38	 1.63	 2.40	 8.9
 Toney Douglas	 13	 2	 14.6	 .512	 .379	 .833	 .20	 .80	 1.10	 .6	 .38	 .00	 .85	 1.50	 8.0
 Chris Duhon	 14	 14	 34.5	 .241	 .200	 .813	 .30	 2.90	 3.20	 6.2	 1.21	 .07	 1.93	 1.40	 6.4
 Eddy Curry	 4	 0	 11.5	 .389	 .000	 .538	 1.00	 1.50	 2.50	 .0	 .00	 .00	 2.75	 2.00	 5.3
 Jordan Hill	 7	 0	 7.7	 .636	 .000	 .800	 1.10	 .60	 1.70	 .3	 .43	 .43	 .71	 1.60	 4.6
 Jared Jeffries	 13	 3	 19.7	 .410	 .300	 .556	 1.20	 1.70	 2.80	 1.4	 .54	 .77	 1.15	 2.20	 3.1
 Marcus Landry	 4	 0	 5.5	 .500	 .250	 .000	 .50	 .50	 1.00	 .0	 .00	 .00	 .00	 .80	 2.3
 Darko Milicic	 8	 0	 8.9	 .471	 .000	 .000	 .60	 1.60	 2.30	 .5	 .50	 .13	 .25	 .90	 2.0
Team Averages	 14	 0	 247.1	 .433	 .312	 .789	 9.6	 30.4	 40.0	 21.1	 8.5	 4.5	 15.5	 22.9	 100.6
Opponents	 14	 0	 247.1	 .486	 .332	 .765	 10.9	 36.9	 47.9	 21.0	 7.4	 4.6	 17.8	 20.4	 107.4

Sorry about the Stat layout, but it got all discombobulated when it posted. i guess its a newbie mistake. my bad...

Ok its fixed now.

Regarding Douglas, I am all for giving him minutes but I think he has a problem distributing the ball. He is averaging like one assist per outing, so you are way off in comparing his assist numbers to Duhons. Douglas creates for himself pretty good but in fairness his assist numbers should be better as people aren't hitting their shots.

I don't get why D'Antoni doesn't order Douglas to just drive and if there is no shot, to kick it out, as he can get by people where as Duhon, for the most part, can't.

With A.I., he is notoriously bad when it comes to feeding centers. That is all I can figure, well that and his attitude. Before I bring him in I'd give Douglas the minutes. What is scary is that had we drafted Jennings, we probably wouldn't be seeing what he can do...

Nate should be getting the start over Duhon as well.

What do we have to lose be letting Douglas play 20 to 35 minutes a game from here onout and TO START IN PLACE OF DUHON?

earthmansurfer wrote:Playing Duhon is the one enigma we can't figure out. We figure that Hill isn't playing cause we want to play Jeffries and Curry to dump their contracts.

Regarding Douglas, I am all for giving him minutes but I think he has a problem distributing the ball. He is averaging like one assist per outing, so you are way off in comparing his assist numbers to Duhons. Douglas creates for himself pretty good but in fairness his assist numbers should be better as people aren't hitting their shots.

I don't get why D'Antoni doesn't order Douglas to just drive and if there is no shot, to kick it out, as he can get by people where as Duhon, for the most part, can't.

With A.I., he is notoriously bad when it comes to feeding centers. That is all I can figure, well that and his attitude. Before I bring him in I'd give Douglas the minutes. What is scary is that had we drafted Jennings, we probably wouldn't be seeing what he can do...

Nate should be getting the start over Duhon as well.

What do we have to lose be letting Douglas play 20 to 35 minutes a game from here onout and TO START IN PLACE OF DUHON?

The Catch-22 of all this is that by giving certain players enough playing time to showcase their "abilities" for a possible trade, their poor play may be hindering our chances of getting rid of them, as well as retarding the growth of some of our younger guys. The only player on our team with an expiring contract who has enhanced his value to another team is Hughes, IMO.

By deciding to go with the young guys through hell or high water, we are actually saying that yes, we might conceivably do better with the vets playing more, but we have decided that it is time to evaluate our young players, and are willing to put up with their inconsistencies, win or lose.

Jeffries, Harrington, Nate, Duhon, and even Lee have well known talents/defects by this time in their careers. Trying to play them so other teams see their value makes little sense to me. Curry may be a different story, but we have to wait and see with him.

Playing Lee at center is simply idiotic at this point, and forces us to play a zone to cover up his weakness as an interior defender and Duhon's weakness as a perimeter defender.

I would give these guys 30-35 MPG guaranteed:
Douglas
Gallo (at SF AND PF)
Chandler (at SG and SF)
Hill

I would give Landry 20-25MPG for a 20 game span to see if he is more than a 12th man, and increase or decrease his minutes according to how he has played after those 20 games.

I don't care how the other minutes are handed out. You have 240 MPG to use in a game. Give the guys above their minimum minutes (30x4 +20) and you have 100 minutes to spread out to the others. Give them their max minutes (35x 4 + 25) and you have 75MPG to divide among Hughes, Lee, Nate, Curry, etc. If Landry does not show promise, reduce his minutes and you have even more minutes for the vets.

It simply makes no sense to continue playing the rotation we are now putting out on the floor.

Jordan Hill	 7	 0	 7.7	 .636	 .000	 .800	 1.10	 .60	 1.70	 .3	 .43	 .43	 .71	 1.60	 4.6
 Jared Jeffries	 13	 3	 19.7	 .410	 .300	 .556	 1.20	 1.70	 2.80	 1.4	 .54	 .77	 1.15	 2.20	 3.1