while were at it, why don't we have yao and tmac on the bench too! that way, our bench will come off with huge fire power, intensity, and energy!!! yah?
This is exactly what I said a few weeks ago. I still like a starting five of Yao Hayes Battier T-Mac Alston I like Ron and Scola off the bench. Two sixth men. This will make other teams scramble against matchup problems. Note this starting line-up won 57 games 2 years ago. True we got beat in the first round....thinking again, wow this team can go 10 or 11 guys deep, even in the playoffs. Wow. I can't wait for this year!
Well said , i believe that he pretty much said it all except i can provide a good logical argument or 2 .... artest wont be a bad start simply because we are a very slow starting team . His attitude more than his offensive ability is a good way to energize our offensive system into a good start so we dont have to play catch up most of the time. 1) no you dont bench scola. 2) you see what works best, if we take battier to the bench, we dont have the firepower factor but there is something i dont get, why do people sit here and assume we are going to have a 10 man ratation or in some peoples case they think it will be a 12 man rotation... our bench is quality enough to provide what we need of them and having a 8 to 10 is the max rotation we will need. ok thats all i have to say about this subject and come crunch time our lineup will be and should be T-mac at 1 ron , shane , scola, yao. but no you dont start T-mac at 1 for the whole game , thats stupid .
I like but I would wouldnt place landry at center or PG Rafer SG Tmac SF/PF artest and landry C Scola for now wait to see how Dorsey develops
depending your definition of crunch time meaning how much time left in the game? I don't like Tmac at the 1 in crunch time for reasons of I havent seen the recent tmac take his man off the dribble with consistency also it takes your team out of rhythm and would be the only decent ball handler on the court, which can be a mistake. Depending on Tmacs health his 4th quarter performance aren't always the best to have the ball in his hands instead of rafer but this is a different team but I believe it was to him not having his legs under him this past year. Keep Rafer in the game in crunch time like it or not. Crunch time you NEED your best ball-handler in the game. Deciding who plays in crunch time really depends on the players performance of that game and matchups but most likely I see us benching Scola just because Shane and Artest can guard power forwards for that amount of time. But its a good problem we have this year so I'm not complaining just ready for the season.
Ron is at his best as small forward. Scola isn't a liability so Ron doesn't need to take over many minutes at PF. If we re-sign Landry, the Scola/Landry combo is pretty efficient at PF. Rafer Tmac Ron Scola Yao or Rafer Tmac Battier Scola Yao these will be the only two options at starting lineup.
see again i disagree, its irrelevant to argue weather t-mac can take his man off the dribble (i think he can) you think he cant. nonetheless, artest can handle the ball just fine as well so t-mac isnt the only one. people leave rafer and double t-mac. i prefer the latter, also you dont bench scola at crunch time because it brings out our BIGGEST WEAKNESS even more . and ive said it b4 and say it again that weakness is rebounding. not a point guard. so we need to go BIG not small in crunch time. putting T-mac at the one gives us a huge size advantage accross the board which will hopefully make up for our rebounding disadvantage against great PF's in the west. T-mac is our best playmaker and hes the best at executing the offense, the only problem is doing it for long periods of time burns him out because as soon as other teams see him with the ball at the half court , they throw doubles and tripples and traps at him.... and he has to use toooo much energy to get away and pass out of them because our PG and wing shooters are too pathetic to make other teams pay. Coaches wont do that this year. they wont leave artest and and battier wide open because hopefully they will make them pay for doing so
I didn't say he couldn't take his man off the dribble I said he isn't doing it with consistency. I agree are weakness is rebounding but mainly because of toughness. A good rebounder is usually the one that plays tougher like scola if ron is around the paint playing the 4 instead of roaming as the 3 I believe you will have the same production. So what i'm saying is your not losing the edge on rebounding. Rebounding is about getting and holding position and knowing where the ball is. I agree you put the ball in your playmaker hands but doesnt mean he's the best ball handler which are 2 different issues.
if this situation goes.it will soon prove a mistake.luis and yao can do a lot than others of rockets in the paint.sf is the best position for artest.of course,sg and pf can be tried.
I could see it working with Scola coming off the bench... but I think I'd prefer Artest as a 6th man. But I agree that we need one major offensive spark off there (maybe two if Stevie comes back healthy *crosses fingers*). We just have so damn many options, though. Will be interesting to see what Carlisle does.
We need scola to start because it stops yao from getting double teamed, this worked when we versed GS remember oh harrington sagged off scola and scola kept hitting, yao ended up getting 36 points
Why? Landry and Dorsey are better scorers then defenders. Having a great defender in the starting line up while YnT scores is a good thing. Then when YnT gets a rest, rest Hayes as well for Scola and Dorsey/Landry and you have a pretty decent scoring option in the paint for the bench. but realistically I don't want to see Scola coming off the bench.
