7 Games in, who's your 5th starter now?

[ball junkie 277]

Nice little poll from 3rd Quarter Collapse...I'd be interested in the thoughts of this board.

 

quote:

You have four givens: Anderson, Carter, Lewis, Jameer Nelson, and Dwight Howard, the team's recent All-Stars. The fifth spot, however, is up for grabs. The contenders are either Matt Barnes or Mickael Pietrus at small forward, J.J. Redick at shooting guard, and either Anderson or Brandon Bass at power forward. Here's how these lineups would look, respectively:

 

Nelson / Carter / Barnes / Lewis / Howard

 

Nelson / Carter / Pietrus / Lewis / Howard

 

Nelson / Redick / Carter / Lewis / Howard

 

Nelson / Carter / Lewis / Anderson / Howard

 

Nelson / Carter / Lewis / Bass / Howard

 

http://www.thirdquartercollaps...the-orlando#comments

[ball junkie 277]

Nice little poll from 3rd Quarter Collapse...I'd be interested in the thoughts of this board.

 

quote:

You have four givens: Anderson, Carter, Lewis, Jameer Nelson, and Dwight Howard, the team's recent All-Stars. The fifth spot, however, is up for grabs. The contenders are either Matt Barnes or Mickael Pietrus at small forward, J.J. Redick at shooting guard, and either Anderson or Brandon Bass at power forward. Here's how these lineups would look, respectively:

 

Nelson / Carter / Barnes / Lewis / Howard

 

Nelson / Carter / Pietrus / Lewis / Howard

 

Nelson / Redick / Carter / Lewis / Howard

 

Nelson / Carter / Lewis / Anderson / Howard

 

Nelson / Carter / Lewis / Bass / Howard

 

http://www.thirdquartercollaps...the-orlando#comments

[Penny Hardaway's Ghost 260]

definitely not Bass, I'm leaning toward Anderson or Barnes, but not sure how they will mesh with Shard...

[ThisIsTheYear 241]

quote:

Originally posted by ball junkie:

You have four givens: Anderson, Carter, Lewis, Jameer Nelson, and Dwight Howard

 

 

Honestly though, it'll be Pietrus, which is sad seeing as how Ryan and Brandon both need consistent minutes in order to contribute the way they're capable of. If it were up to me, I'd start Barnes at the SF spot and have Peaches come off the bench where he excels. Unless of course, we'd be planning on playing Anderson and Bass at SF/PF off the bench, respectively.

 

A Williams/Pietrus/Anderson/Bass/Gortat bench is just scary. Not sure where JJ would fall..

[Osprey 199]

I want Barnes. We need a glue, does everything, smart player for that 5th spot, someone who isn't constantly looking for their own shot and can run the floor and play defense.

 

Out of all the realistic options, Matt Barnes is the only one of those players who isn't looking for his shot on every catch.

[ball junkie 277]

Year, when I copied the text from TQC it had Ryan Anderson's name in but had it croseed out...sorry it didn't copy correctly.

 

You still can understand the poll I think.

[COLOMBIANO 118]

It's between Anderson and Barnes for me and I'd go with Barnes. He can rebound and plays defense.

 

Nelson-Carter-Barnes-Lewis-Howard.

[Sir Raven 12]

Barnes is a good defender

[GhostAnime 50]

Lewis should not start small forward at all. He will get owned by the quick forwards of the league.

[Captain Hindsight 50]

it will be barnes. or at least it should be

 

odd man out will be jj

[ThisIsTheYear 241]

quote:

Originally posted by GhostAnime:

Lewis should not start small forward at all. He will get owned by the quick forwards of the league.

 

You do realize he's defended Small Forwards since the beginning of his career, don't you? Rashard's deceptively quick. He would do fine, but either way, we know how important that stretch four is to this team.

[Penny Hardaway's Ghost 260]

quote:

Originally posted by ThisIsTheYear:

quote:

Originally posted by GhostAnime:

Lewis should not start small forward at all. He will get owned by the quick forwards of the league.

 

You do realize he's defended Small Forwards since the beginning of his career, don't you? Rashard's deceptively quick. He would do fine, but either way, we know how important that stretch four is to this team.

 

conversely you do realize that he's adapted his game to play more of the 4 position, including gaining weight, right?

 

yea, he's quick, how quick? ask Brad Miller...