Start Barry, Head, Swift

i wish jvg wouldn't be so stubborn and try lineups such as those.

 

It doesn't matter who start by Tmac and Yao. The thing that matters is to find a right solution of offense. Now this team depends too much on Tmac. It will tear him out and damage him soon.
Anyway, the Tmac only offense is nver the right way to get champion. Look at Jordan in the beginning of his career, Kobe last year, Iverson and LeBrron. How to make other guys get involved is a big problem now.
The sad thing is that JVG doesn't seem to have an answer.

 

It might be time for a lineup change. We're coming out of the gates WAY TOO SLOW, so slow that even our bench can't get into a rythm of things.

I really want to see Swift in with the 1st unit, JHo played great in the preseason but has just been awful. Alston and DA haven't been producing at all.

But none the less, no way we win if we shoot 38% from the field.

 

I'd like to see this line up:

Yao
Swift
Tmac
Head
Alston

I'd like to see Head play shooting guard instead of having to run the offense.

 

Any combo not including DA as a starter works for me. All DA does is take shots away from other players who are more likely to make them. He seems undersized, slow, unwilling to penetrate, uncomfortable in the offense, and unable to stop anybody. Yet, he still feels the need to take his share of shots. At least Wesley knows when he's struggling and focuses on other parts of the game.

I hope DA proves me wrong and comes around, but until then I think we should give some other guys some burn.

 

I had the feeling that DA thinks he will not be with the team for more than a year so he did not put 100% effort into the game. win or loss really does not matter to him. He is going to walk away next year cause we would not be able to give him the money he wanted. He signed for only one year and sometimes ago I remember he was saying that he was not sure about his future with Rockets ...

 

If he dosent put 100% into the game nobody is going to give him the money he wants.

 

I this this lineup produces more points, but the defense would be horrible...

swift is TOTALLY lost on defense... that late three that Horry hit last night was all swift, he sagged down to help on Duncan when Yao had him covered. The explicative that JVG yelled was proof enough that Swift did not play that right....

 

The future of this team is Yao, T-Mac, Head, Swift, and Alston - that needs to be your starting lineup. Those five guys need to learn to play together and trust each other. Barry, DA, Howard, Wesley, Mutumbo - these are all short-timers. No way any of those guys should get over 20 minutes a night unless they're hot or someone is in foul trouble.

 

Just because a player is part of the teams future should not give him more PT.

You got to put a combo out there that can win. Everything else is secondary. Do you take the losses night after night just so these guys can learn to lose together? i don't agree with that logic.

 

I think Head should start, but Jhow's overall play has been much better than Swift's so far this season.

 

I agree about Barry. I think I'd want to start him at SG. Defenses would HAVE to respect his outside shot.

Actually, start or not start, Barry needs to be on the floor with Yao more often. Period.

Same with Swift. He needs to be on the floor with Yao more often. I don't think I'd start Swift (yet), particularly because sometimes Howard's the only guy on the floor who can hit from outside the lane. But he needs more time on the court with Yao.

 

I agree, J-How. has been playing exceptionally well so far this season. I like his mid-range jumpers that he's been hittin. Swift is far more athletic and more fun to watch, but it's the intagibles that count. Howard is a great leader and team player.

 

Howard has no intangibles. He is below-average defensively, and doesn't provide a shotblocking presence. Many times his rotations are slow, exposing Yao. He steals rebounds from his own teammates, sometimes pulling it right out of their hands. He hesitates on every pass to the post. He is only good at the midrange shot. That's all he gives. Play Swift with Yao. Let them build a rapport and start shutting down the lane with their shotblocking. Swift's jumper has looked better, and he surprisingly has a decent knack for interior passing.

 

I like this line up. Head is a two guard not a PG and Alston has no confidence in his shot so let him penetrate and kick out to Head.