Howard, Asik, Garcia, Harden, Beverley or Howard, Asik, Casspi, Harden, Beverley Seems to be better starting line up for our 3 pointers floor plan.
If Parsons shot continues to disappear, this has potential Lin and Parsons off the bench would be sick
I know it's a bit sick but our starting line up will powerful and the bench will be powerful as well. It's like having two starting line up.
Parsons averaging 13 does not warrant a bench spot...... He does more than Garcia and he is better than Casspi
The Day McHale benches Parsons is the day " Royce White" flies. Not going to happen. He loves Chandler.
McHale has plenty of time to experiment with his lineups. I don't think Casspi cares if he starts or not. That's certainly not a pressure McHale needs to deal with. Let the guy play and contribute. There is no need to deal with this kind of stuff right now. It's very early in the season. There may be trades and there may be injuries. Time will show how the starting lineup stabilizes.
i'm actually thinking Howard/Parsons/Garcia/Harden/Lin since Harden defense isn't improvement we should have Garcia in the starting lineup to guard opponent better offense SF/SG
Sell high on Parsons! ; ) (You'd be selling low at this point though.) Folks coming back down to earth on Parsons. Now maybe they'll take that untradeable sticker off him too. ; )
Maybe you were referring to last season. So far this season, Among the rotational players, Parsons is only better than Asik offensively based on per 36. Casspi is better than Parsons in every single offensive category except 2P%. Stats per 36 from basketball-reference : Code: [SIZE='1'] Player FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST TOV PTS James Harden 7.9 15.5 .512 1.7 6.4 .265 6.2 9.0 .688 6.2 7.5 .825 0.8 3.0 3.8 4.0 4.5 23.7 Dwight Howard 6.4 11.6 .556 0.0 0.0 6.4 11.6 .556 5.8 10.3 .563 4.1 11.6 15.6 1.1 3.6 18.6 Jeremy Lin 5.5 10.3 .533 1.4 3.2 .429 4.1 7.1 .581 5.0 6.4 .786 0.2 2.1 2.3 5.0 3.4 17.4 Francisco Garcia 6.1 12.2 .500 4.1 8.7 .467 2.0 3.5 .583 0.9 1.2 .750 0.6 1.5 2.0 1.2 0.6 17.1 [B]Omri Casspi 5.4 11.5 .467 2.3 5.0 .462 3.1 6.5 .471 3.1 4.2 .727 1.9 6.9 8.8 5.0 2.3 16.1[/B] Patrick Beverley 6.5 12.0 .538 1.8 5.5 .333 4.6 6.5 .714 0.9 0.9 1.000 4.6 0.0 4.6 1.8 1.8 15.7 [B]Chandler Parsons 4.8 11.0 .439 0.6 3.5 .167 4.3 7.5 .564 2.5 3.7 .684 0.8 5.4 6.2 3.1 2.1 12.8[/B] Omer Asik 2.8 5.9 .474 0.0 0.0 2.8 5.9 .474 3.1 4.4 .714 3.4 11.3 14.7 0.3 2.8 8.8 [/SIZE] If Parsons can't hit open 3's or passes up open shots, he is useless on offense. We are basically one man short on offense with Asik already. If he keeps this up and starters have problem scoring, McHale needs to replace him. To optimize the TT lineup, you can't have Parsons playing like the way he has been playing.
I think Parsons should be given the opportunity to start. However, if either Garcia or Casspi gets on a streak, keep them in. When we sub Lin and Asik out at the 6 minute mark, take Parsons out too.
