TMS wrote:1 thing about Walker is that he plays horrible defense... Williams at least puts forth some kind of effort, & he's got better size to guard guys in the post than Walker does... i like both of their ability to shoot the 3's... i think Williams would probably get the nod over Walker for me.

Yep, Walker isn't as good defensively. I'd play them depending on whether the game is at home or away, but that's not your question. I'll say Walker because in the last month he is putting up roughly the same numbers as Williams in about 6 minutes less per game and shooting a higher pct from 3.

TMS wrote:

gr33d wrote:Walker; unless Amare is in foul trouble.

Mainly because he can play the 2&3, which would mean less minutes for Douglas at SG.

Dude is bad enough at the point, now I have to watch him brick open jumpers and not finish at the rim. He can have his 10 minutes behind Felton and learn something. Maybe it's the shoulder, I dunno...

that's a good point too... with Gallo back in the rotation it may well make more sense to keep Walker to have more depth at the SG.

Yup. Give Walker some of TD's minutes.

Paladin55 wrote:Not so long ago I would have said Williams, no question, but he has shown some cracks in his game recently, especially some inconsistency in his shot.

Walker is a pretty confident player on O, but plays little D, while Williams shows the desire to guard an opponent, even if he makes mental mistakes now and then. On D I respect effort, and expect consistency in decision making to come later.

Given the fact that Walker can play the 2/3, and Williams the 3/4, it seems like they can coexist.

If push comes to shove I lean toward Williams because of his defensive ability.

if MDA goes to a 10 man rotation then we can accomodate another big & both the W boys in the current rotation... but if he goes to a 9 man, which has been his max so far from what i've seen, we have to remove 1 of those guys

C - Turiaf or other big
PF - Amare
SF - Gallo
SG - Fields
PG - Felton
6 - Wilson
7 - Douglas
8 - Turiaf or other big
9 - Walker or Williams

u could always go with GustavBahler's idea & play one or the other (or the other big) depending on matchups & away/home splits too

TMS wrote:1 thing about Walker is that he plays horrible defense... Williams at least puts forth some kind of effort, & he's got better size to guard guys in the post than Walker does... i like both of their ability to shoot the 3's... i think Williams would probably get the nod over Walker for me.

tough call, but I pretty much agree with what you said...

MSG3 wrote:I think Walker doesn't get enough credit for how he rebounds. Guy has been boxing out and coming down with the ball. I guess his defense is pretty bad though.

his rebound avg pro-rates to 6.5 reb per 48... Williams is actually a better rebounder