I just came home from work went to see the scores, saw that the Sixers and Heat both lost, and realized that while on a 2 game loosing streak the Knicks went a full 1 game ahead in the race for the 8th spot. That is funny and said at the same time.

I think we have to make some changes to the starting lineup. After watching the past few games I noticed that the bench is playing much better then the starting five. Also, while the bench does outplay the opposition, mainly due to playing better D, they struggle on the offense. The starting unit on the other hand struggles on the defense. How about fixing that? Move either Van Horn or Houston to the bench as the six man, start Penny and also switch Doleac and Deke. The starting lineup still has enough scoring, the bench is even better on the D but has that big scorer to fuel its offense. Deke can't play more then 20 min a game anyways cause he is old and Houston and Van Horn are both hobbles and need to be rested aka play less minutes.

Just think bout before jumping of the cliff lol.
Starting lineup of Doleac Thomas Penny Starbury and Van Horn is very well balanced.
Bench of Deke, OH, Houston, FW and Anderson is also well balanced.
Some egos might be hurt, but hey, it’s either you.
sacrifice for the team or you are gone under Thomas.

i like the lineup changes but i know houston will never be benched....no matter what.

It always helps when hurting players are benched. Trying to work around their half-assed play usually does more harm than good.

The Knicks have a nice deep team right now, at least 2 deep at every position. There's no need for guys to play like "warriors"...

Posted by simrud:

I just came home from work went to see the scores, saw that the Sixers and Heat both lost, and realized that while on a 2 game loosing streak the Knicks went a full 1 game ahead in the race for the 8th spot. That is funny and said at the same time.

I think we have to make some changes to the starting lineup. After watching the past few games I noticed that the bench is playing much better then the starting five. Also, while the bench does outplay the opposition, mainly due to playing better D, they struggle on the offense. The starting unit on the other hand struggles on the defense. How about fixing that? Move either Van Horn or Houston to the bench as the six man, start Penny and also switch Doleac and Deke. The starting lineup still has enough scoring, the bench is even better on the D but has that big scorer to fuel its offense. Deke can't play more then 20 min a game anyways cause he is old and Houston and Van Horn are both hobbles and need to be rested aka play less minutes.

Just think bout before jumping of the cliff lol.
Starting lineup of Doleac Thomas Penny Starbury and Van Horn is very well balanced.
Bench of Deke, OH, Houston, FW and Anderson is also well balanced.
Some egos might be hurt, but hey, it’s either you.
sacrifice for the team or you are gone under Thomas.

no way should penny start. if he starts, we have absolutely no type of scoring off the bench - this should be the rotation:

starbury - frank
shandon - penny
kvh, kurt, deke start and you have a rotation of them and doleac

frank should be EXCLUSIVELY the backup PG
penny should be EXCLUSIVELY the backup SG

shandon plays better when he starts and complements marbury well but alas, it's for not since shandon is going to be serving EXTREME bench duty now (if not waived)

this wilkens hire looks worse and worse by the day
i know, let's give it some time, sure, i buy that...but i still don't buy the fact that he was the first choice - it was a panic move, and i don't think he'll take us to the next step. especially with so many coaches available, the best course of action would've been to fire chaney, let malone coach the rest of the year and then look for a legit coach after the season. maybe the wilkens thing works out and we win, but i'm not buying it...