I am not knocking or saying Allan Houston has too much pride. This is just a matter of questioning.

With his recent injury last season, would it be fair to say Allan Houston should just volunteer his services to come off the bench? Especially early on in the season? Or should he start and just settle for less playing time? I am a little concern with him reinjuring his knees. Now this is assuming he isn't 100%

Posted by Bizzy211:

I am not knocking or saying Allan Houston has too much pride. This is just a matter of questioning.

With his recent injury last season, would it be fair to say Allan Houston should just volunteer his services to come off the bench? Especially early on in the season? Or should he start and just settle for less playing time? I am a little concern with him reinjuring his knees. Now this is assuming he isn't 100%

Yes, he should volunteer to come off the bench, but my guess is it's just a matter of time until he's forced into that role anyway

Posted by gunsnewing:

start and get less playing time. Like 25-30min per game. I like Crawford as sixth man as a spark off the bench much like Spree in 99. Houston i think will never get accustomed to coming off the bench.

[Edited by - gunsnewing on 09/07/2004 14:25:38]

Actually, I think Houston could provide an awesome offensive spark off the bench like Dell Curry. If Jamal is our SG of the future, then as soon as *he* is ready, he should be starting (not as soon as Houston is ready to come off the bench).

[Edited by - Bonn1997 on 09/07/2004 14:29:09]

I think I favor Allan Houston starting w/ less playing time. I think Allan can help open the game up for our big men because he is a proven shooter (shooter is Allan, and a scorer is Jamal). Until Jamal improves on his shooting, or shows us that he can shoot then Allan should start, but with limited and carefully watched playing time.

Posted by Bonn1997:

Posted by gunsnewing:

start and get less playing time. Like 25-30min per game. I like Crawford as sixth man as a spark off the bench much like Spree in 99. Houston i think will never get accustomed to coming off the bench.

[Edited by - gunsnewing on 09/07/2004 14:25:38]

Actually, I think Houston could provide an awesome offensive spark off the bench like Dell Curry. If Jamal is our SG of the future, then as soon as *he* is ready, he should be starting (not as soon as Houston is ready to come off the bench).

[Edited by - Bonn1997 on 09/07/2004 14:29:09]

Isiah never called Jamal a shooting guard. He called him a combo guard who could play both positions. Starting Jamal at SG wastes his ability to backup Marbs.

I said this is another strand and I'll say it again: There is no way Houston doesn't start is he isn't injured. He's a co-captain. He's the leading scorer on the team. This is ridiculous. This is like when the harpies decided Ewing wasn't good anymore. Look where that got us, harpies.

If allen is heathy he starts. Otherwise we deal with it as we go a long.

YOu don't pay healthy people 20mil a year to be a sparkplug.

Posted by TheSage:

Houston, if healthy starts, period end of story. JC can come in for either Houston or Steph so why even consider putting H2O on bench when he can only come in for JC. It works with a 3 man rotation. Penny backs up the other three and TT at the 3 (just keep Anderson polishing shoes, dusting the bench or runnning off to get Accelerade for the team.

Let me guess, u must be Isaiah Thomas. There is no end of story to a debate. Now, ur comment on the 3 man rotation was a very good one. It does work out better starting Allan. And u are once again right my friend.... Shandon should be polishing Ariza's shoes and warming up the bench for the starters which means he'll have to rotate seats every 5 minutes to keep them all warm.

P.S

Does anyone remember that song with John Starks.... Basketball Jones?
"I got a basketball Jones...Gimme tha ball"

I hope so.

Posted by MaTT4281:

Posted by TheSage:

Houston, if healthy starts, period end of story. JC can come in for either Houston or Steph so why even consider putting H2O on bench when he can only come in for JC. It works with a 3 man rotation. Penny backs up the other three and TT at the 3 (just keep Anderson polishing shoes, dusting the bench or runnning off to get Accelerade for the team.

Just to clarify, since it would be a 3 guard rotation, Allan could come in for either Jamal or Steph. If he comes in for Steph, Jamal just slides down to the 1 with Allan playing the 2.

Dammit' Why didn't I think of that? Can I take credit for it?

Posted by djsunyc:

if houston is healthy - he's 10X better than jamal crawford right now. he's a better shooter and has the ability to carry a team, as exhibited as recent as 2 season's ago. last year was a wash b/c chaney played him 45 mins a night coming off of knee surgery to save his job. since h20's game is not based on athleticism, i think he can come back and not miss a beat. therefore, he should start and like many have said, should play in the 20-25 min range building strength for the playoffs.

If Houston knew how to play defense well, then I would go as far as saying he can carry a team because you have to do it on both ends of the floor. The knicks hopefully will be able to make those timely stops this year on the defensive end.

Posted by MaTT4281:

Posted by TheSage:

Houston, if healthy starts, period end of story. JC can come in for either Houston or Steph so why even consider putting H2O on bench when he can only come in for JC. It works with a 3 man rotation. Penny backs up the other three and TT at the 3 (just keep Anderson polishing shoes, dusting the bench or runnning off to get Accelerade for the team.

Just to clarify, since it would be a 3 guard rotation, Allan could come in for either Jamal or Steph. If he comes in for Steph, Jamal just slides down to the 1 with Allan playing the 2.

Exactly; you simply don't understand how a 3 guard rotation works if you make a comment like 'Houston can come in only for JC'