i didnt say brooks would start but brooks is the prototypical adelman PG, trust me you'll be seeing a lot of him.
Yao/Deke/Butler Haslem/Scola/Hayes/Novak Battier/Bonzi/Novak/Reed T-Mac/Francis/Bonzi/Head James/Francis/Brooks Of course I'm assuming that Skip and Sura will be gone for sure (Haslem?), along with JLIII, and maybe Head and/or Snyder. I know that Morey really wanted to include Reed in the Minny deal so I kept him on the final roster... The main idea would be to try to keep James and Francis from being on the floor at the same time... or until we play PHX.
What makes you think t-mac and bonzi will have the best chemistry on the floor? I don't remember wells even playing much last year.
because their games complement each other so well. we didnt see much of bonzi but the little time he was on the court with t-mac, t-mac was dishing him some sweet passes, kind of like he did with chuck hayes, except bonzi is a much better finisher and all around player. they're both smart players and good passers and trust me they'll have great chemistry. plus adelman said he was interested in playing t-mac and bonzi at the same time.
1st Team: PG - Rafer SG - McGrady SF - Battier PF - Scola C - Mutombo... just kidding. Yao I'm actually struggling with PG - we have 5 PGs on this team, and I don't really want any of the to start. I really envision Steve and Mike James coming off the bench... SO: 2nd Team: PG - James SG - Francis SF - Wells PF - Hayes C - Mutombo This said, I would really like to see them move Rafer, which I guess would slide Steve to the first team. Hope he starts honing some passing skills... You know he's not the 'Franchise', I know he's not the 'Franchise'... does he? Let's hope so.
Francis 30 McGrady 36 Battier 32 Scola 22 Yao Ming 36 James 22 Head (unless traded in a package for someone like Camby...) 18 Wells 16 Hayes 16 Mutombo 12 Brooks, Novak, Butler Not on the roster because of trades/cuts: Alston, Reed, Snyder, Sura, Harris
First Five Yao Hayes Shane TMac Alston Second Four Scola Wells James Stevie End of the Bench Butler Snyder Brooks Rotation I think we will end up going small ball most of the time outside of our starter. Alson, James and Stevie rotating in the PG/SG spots with TMac starting at the SG but spending most of his time rotating with Shane and Wells at the SF. Yao, Hayes and Scola will round out the bigs. Shane will spend some time at PF and if the bench is stretched a bit Butler will get in the game.
MJ/T-Mac/Battier/Scola/Yao Franchise/Bonzi/Hayes/Butler/Deke Big 2nd unit. Franchise and Bonzi make up for scoring liabilities Deke and Hayes. If Hayes doesn't return or if Butler ends up sucking, make that one AB/Franchise/Bonzi/Hayes or Butler/Deke.
PG: Alston SG: Francis SF: McGrady PF: Hayes C: Yao Second Unit: PG: James SG: Wells SF: Battier PF: Scola C: Deke Adelman has said that he doesn't want to play Wells at the 3 because he loses his size advantages. McGrady goes to the three due to the amount of players we have that can play the three and are deserving of minutes. Battier subsequently moves to the bench. Hayes starts as more of a stabilizer with Scola playing more minutes overall. Rafer gets the team in rhythm while Mike James gives us the boost. Francis at the two to keep an extra play-maker on the court at all times.
This is the line-up that makes me say: "****! We are loaded with talent!" Yao Bonzi Shane TMac SF3 That line-up just screams out mismatches!
it surprises me that scola is starting for like 90% of you. but i guess this is "favorite lineup", so about 70% of you last year probably put V-span or JL3 as your starting pg last year, which i guess isn't that bad though jl3 had a hot summer against scrubs basically. anyway mine-- PG steven francisco SG tracy mcgrady sf shane battier pf chuck hayes center yao ming i almost put bonzi in plays of hayes as sf#2, and haslem trumps hayes if we get him, as does foster
Using the present line up which includes Head & Alston (Who might get traded) Starting position followed by back ups: Alston, Brooks Francis, James Mac G, Wells Scola, Hayes Yao, Butler Role players- Mutombo, Battier, Head and Novac If Alston is traded for a versatile Power Forward then the Picture Changes:- Brooks James Back ups would be our small ball speedy team Wells Francis starters would be our Power team MacG Snyder Scola New Player Yao Butler Defensive Role players Battier & Hayes Reserves Harris, Novac & Landry
pg james sg tmac sf battier pf scola c yao i like franchise to come off the bench to spell for either james or tmac.
