Should we try a different starting lineup? (Landry over Hayes)

I believe TMac will get his minutes when he's ready, however according to Ric he's not yet.
Back to the topic, I like his game when Carl comes off the bench. I wouldn't say he's not going to provide production when he starts, but just like DD said the problem with our starting lineup is Battier and Treva not producing enough, or to be more specific, Battier has been struggling all the time I don't even remember when it starts, and Treva has been inconsistent for a while. Chase would be an appropriate test to do, even JT probably should play. Above all there is nothing we can't lose this season. With this team setup and their hustle on the court I have nothing to complain. Just spend some time to grow the youngsters and hopefully next year they would be able to provide production consistently. Then we have a much more competitive team when we insert the stars in, no matter who it is.

 

Yes, lets change the starting lineup when all players who dont play the 4 missed just about everything they threw up, including wide open shots from everywhere.

Clearly experiencing blowouts in only 2 previous games(to the red hot shooting Mavs I might add) should not be taken into account. Just what happened against a team that had an extremely soft frontcourt in which that team also made contested jumper after contested jumper. Add that to the previously mentioned fact that the Rockets couldn't throw it in the ocean from the beach on a majority of wide open looks. Knee.....meet Jerk

 

At the beginning of season, I think the rockets assumed Hayes starting at C was a temporary thing. Andersen would take his starting spot after a couple months. Now, the problem is that Andersen haven't shown a sign that he could be a starter. I have to say this, the signing of Andersen may be a failure. Of course, if Andersen could prove I am wrong, I would be very happy.

 

His overall play has improved alot since the beginning of the season. Jury still out on DA.

 

I think the guards would be more consistent if CBud played more with AB and Lowry played more with Ariza. Budinger could take at least some of the dribbling and driving pressure off Brooks and playing with Lowry would allow Ariza to play to his strengths such as finishing on the break.

 

It is all about combinations. The starting combination is fine.
You would be taking away from the bench offensively if you start him...

 

theres no way budinger should start over ariza or battier, come on!

 

When has Landry played center? Guess it'd be moving Scola to center if Landry started. Numbers have shown they're a bad-to-horrible defensive combo together.

 

I think Budinger is overatted all over the league now. He's a streaky shooter. I've seen him miss wide open shots, next game make em. Never know what's next. But he definitely can improve his game if he plays more minutes. He can dribble the ball... right? :grin:

 

At this point there is no reason to change anything. A winning record and playoff spot are damned good for who we have missing.

 

I'd love to eventually see what a Cbud/Tmac (at least 80%) combo at the swing positions looks like. That would be potent.

 

Yeah, I kinda want to see that too, just have to hope Tmac looks for Chase and develop a chemistry between the 2. A Tmac/Chase combo is a complete 180 from the Battier/Ariza combo, offense wise. Actually, and unfortunately, it's potentially the same defense wise also.

 

An Ariza/Tmac combo would be very sick too. Ariza thrives off wing players like T-mac and Kobe. Getting annoyed at the organization's refusal to play T-mac though. We the fans are in the dark as to where T-mac is healthy wise.

 

We barely play D anyways, start Bud.

 

Totally agree with this post.

 

Carl usually gets 30 minutes a night off the bench and plays the final minutes of the 4th quarter. That is fine IMO.

Yes we do need better offense from the starting lineup, but I think that should not be achieved by sacraficing scoring from the bench. Landry off the bench has been our best weapon this season and we need to keep it that way. The offense from the starting lineup needs to come from the wing positions.

 

Barring a trade or the reinsertion of McGrady, I don't see a lineup change really helping the team.

Adelman would probably start Landry if he had one more big man to be a main offensive threat off the bench. Andersen is not near ready to be that guy. For now, it seems Adelman's compromise is to start Hayes but bring Landry into the game earlier whenever matchup allows it.

As for Budinger, I don't think he's ready to take on a starting role. He's obviously played well, but a lot of that has to do with playing off Lowry, who's been phenomenal at setting up the second unit guys. When Budinger's been asked/pressured to create for himself, it's been hit and miss so far.

IMO Adelman's been doing a great job developing the rookie, giving him a major role but not one too big to overwhelm him.

 

WHY? Landry's playing great off the bench, and he's getting plenty of minutes. Why lose that scoring punch off the bench? Why "fix" what's already working very well?

 

Landry needs to start, with Hayes coming in for defensive assignments, we lose a bit on the defensive side, but gain more on the other side of the court. Landry is certainly impressing, his fg% is amazing and his hustle is bar none. He's a keeper and is slowly becoming our best player IMO, more efficient than AB although they play different positions.