Who's our fifth starter?

I like the idea of Winslow guarding Lebron or Kawhi, etc....he doesn't need to score with the other 4 starters needing shots..he needs to be a dog...rebound..double team..I like the idea the more I think about it...Grant can space the floor...

 

I still say Nas. He's gonna be a load for the opponent to keep in check. Put the onus on them. Nas is ready. His time to shine is NOW!

 

Why won’t he? Did he say something?

 

i think you are right, but i hope its nas.
Good problem to have though!

 

the spacing with winslow/grant/nurk is gonna be a bit tricky

 

Nas is going to start. As was pointed out in another thread he was running with the starters at practice.

 

I have a feeling it’s going to be Winslow. Defensive purposes.

 

I see him doing a lot of switching with Grant....Winslow is a better rebounder than Grant and Grant is a better 3 pt shooter than Winslow...I think we need Nas and Josh scoring with the bench mob and Payton does what Justice does as a lockdown guy

 

One clip of that doesn't mean much. Chauncey is probably testing the starting lineup with different players at the 3 in practice

 

True, but did we see anyone else running with the starters? Until we do, that's the evidence we have.

 

By the end of the season Hart will have the most starts. Little may be the starter early, but by the first of the year he will have sneezed and ruptured his spleen or something and be out for the year. Winslow just isn't that good.

The talent imbalance between the backcourt and the frontcourt makes the heavy use of a 3 guard line-up pretty much inevitable.

 

Were in trouble then. As much as I love Hart. He’s too small to guard 3’s consistently

 

Ideally your 2, 3 & 4 can adequately switch onto the other teams players who are playing the position bigger and smaller... so (for instance) you want your SF to be able to switch onto both the other teams SG & PF. If Portland is starting Ant at SG, Hart at SF & Grant at PF, they'll have 3 positions where they are giving up a lot of size when switched onto the bigger guy. I don't think that will be their best lineup.

Obviously there is a lot of mix and match that goes on within each game and the coaches will get to see whats working in the real world soon enough. My best guess is given health the starting lineup for the bulk of the season will be Dame Hart Nas Grant & Nurk with Ant as the 6th man and leading the team in MPG.

STOMP

 

Seems like we might be relying heavily on zone. Which in todays NBA can be a disaster.

I think we should start Winslow at the 3

 

Billups says he hasn’t decided yet. That’s the only evidence that matters.

 

Chauncey already said Ant was locked in as a starter and laughed at the notion that he'd be anything but starting.