martin wrote:no coach can get away with playing 7.I think he indicated that C will be about matchups: JJ for lengthy, mobile C's, Sheldon for Bulk and Turiaf for energy. Prob play all 3 in some sort of mish-mash C rotation.
TD, AC, Shawne all def play. Walker if he gets hot and doesn't F up on the defensive end or make some sort of mental error.
I agree with this. I don't think D'Antoni will stick to a strict lineup, nor he should.
The starting lineup remains, though unless Landry starts playing Landry-esque, he will automatically bring more minutes for Douglas and make Walker have special appearances.
Defense and experience will probably push Carter into the playoff rotation. There are way more pros than cons when we play him, and we have no real backup PG after him.
Surefire bench players are Douglas and Shawne.
The center spot will be a revolving door determined by health (Turiaf), muscle (Sheldon) and lenght (Jeffries I guess :/) One of them can see no minutes in a game and play 20+ the next one.
I can see a llineup of:
Billups
Landry
Melo
Stat
Sheldon
Douglas
Shawne
Carter
Jeffries / Turiaf (If one plays, the other probably sits, same with Sheldon if he can't show it in the first quarter)
That would make it kinda 9. It will be pushed to 10 if D'Antoni sees he needs another option to Landry. This is why I can't stress it more that we need to get Landry straightened up before the playoffs begin.
's said his rotation will be max 9. We know that probably means 7. He isn't going to be switching his rotation between games or series.