Toney Douglas will start at point guard and Landry Fields will start at shooting guard for the Knicks in tonight’s preseason finale against the Nets at Madison Square Garden. But Mike D’Antoni left open the possibility the starting lineup could change for Sunday’s season opener and left the door wide open that things could be altered after the season’s first few weeks.

Yes, use a pencil on the Douglas-Fields starting pairing. Neither looked good in the preseason opener Saturday against the Nets, and the backup pairing of impressive rookie combo guard Iman Shumpert and newly signed point guard Mike Bibby is looking sweet in scrimmages.

Meanwhile, Douglas is not deemed a true playmaker by the Knicks’ coaching staff, and Fields still can’t hit the broad side of the barn in scrimmages, picking up where he left off in the Boston playoff series.
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Start Shumpert-PG, Melo is bringing the ball up, Douglas defense is also weak against elite PGs. Both him and Fields confidence is still rattled from last yr.

sign DeShawn Stevenson for 1.4 mil

trade Douglas Fields 2.5 exception for Dragic & T.Williams even trade talent wise Rockets create more cap space for a trade to land them superstar down the road.

15 man roster
Shumpert-32 Stevenson-28 Melo-32 Stat-28 Chandler-28-S
Dragic-20 Williams-16 Novak-16 Jorts-20 Jeffries-20-B
11 & 12-Bibby Jordan
IR-Balkman Davis Walker

When Davis SHOULD be back is February/March and is HEALTHY!
15 man roster
Davis-28 Shumpert-32 Melo-32 Stat-32 Chandler-32-S
Dragic-16 Stevenson-20 Williams-16 Jorts-16 Jordan-16
11 & 12-Bibby Jeffries
IR-Balkman Walker Novak

At this point, I think a ban is coming

These points are irrelevant because Douglas and Fields will only start in the short-term. Davis takes over the PG as soon as he's healthy and next season he will continue to be the PG or will be replaced by Nash or someone else. Douglas will continue as the backup combo guard who will start only when injuries occur. Fields will eventually be replaced by Shumpert as Shumpert looks to be the long-term fit at SG in the mold of Igoudala who can initiate offense as well. Fields will become a solid 6th or 7th man between the SG and SF.