amare is a bench player at this point -- one of the worst defensive players in the league who is redundant in the starting 5.

bench will be STAT, JR, kidd, novak. it would not surprise me if copeland is the last front court sub instead of camby or kurt thomas; copeland has shown a great motor and if he can hold his own defensively, he's better than both of those old fossils.

i know its only preseason but copeland and prig have both looked great. last year grunfeld found novak and lin off the scrap heap. this guy has an eye for talent.

misterearl wrote:It's NOT who starts...

by the time the playoffs roll around, Mike Woodson will shock the world and finish games with Prigioni (leadership) at point, Shumpert (defense), Carmelo (clutch scoring/ no fear), Camby (rebounding and astounding) and Tyson Chandler ("get that weak ish outta here").

Woodson's sixth man Is JR Smith (Starks). The Ray-Ray (tempo) shiftline includes a forward wall of Novak (outside scoring), Kurt (mid range scoring), and Sheed (at center with the old school defense)

In case of emergency, break our Jason Kidd. Chris Copeland provides comic relief. Amar'e is on IR.

i can get on board with this!

RE: the "its not who starts, its who finishes" that is a good point and i agree. i would imagine kidd will be playing a lot of crunch time minutes for this team. dude has been there before. melo will be out there as well. shump or brewer for D on the perimter, and chandler down low. insert the hot hand as the 5th man. #tooeasy