Mine would be.. Center- Yao Ming Power Forward - Scott Padgett Small Forward - Jim Jackson Shooting Guard - Tracy Mcgrady Point Guard - Bob Sura/Andre Barret What would yours be?
5 - Yao Ming, Mutombo 4 - Clarence Weatherspoon, Howard 3 - Jim Jackson, Padgett 2 - Tracy McGrady 1 - Bobby Sura, Barrett If I was the coach, that's the rotation I'd use. Spoon can't be any worse in the starting lineup than Howard and Taylor have been. We don't have a decent backup SG/SF who can hit an outside shot, so I'd use Padgett. If Sura continues to struggle offensively, I might start Barrett ahead of him.
Center- Yao Ming Power Forward - Dikembe Mutombo Small Forward - Jim Jackson Shooting Guard - Bob Sura Point Guard - Tracy McGrady I would really like to try this lineup. T-Mac as PG can make quick offensive plays, fastbreaks, coast to coasts, things that Sura is not able to do. Defensivly, Mo and Juwan are actually nothing, so why not Mutombo as PF? At least he can take rebounds and make a good amount of blocked shots. As always, forgive my english
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting DaRocket:</div><div class="quote_post">Center- Yao Ming Power Forward - Dikembe Mutombo Small Forward - Jim Jackson Shooting Guard - Bob Sura Point Guard - Tracy McGrady I would really like to try this lineup. T-Mac as PG can make quick offensive plays, fastbreaks, coast to coasts, things that Sura is not able to do. Defensivly, Mo and Juwan are actually nothing, so why not Mutombo as PF? At least he can take rebounds and make a good amount of blocked shots. As always, forgive my english </div> It would be an interesting lineup, but Van Gundy would never go for it. More and more, PFs are playing around the perimeter, and Mutombo would be very ineffective that far from the basket. Besides, if Mutombo is the starting PF, we wouldn't have a decent backup center.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting DaRocket:</div><div class="quote_post">Center- Yao Ming Power Forward - Dikembe Mutombo Small Forward - Jim Jackson Shooting Guard - Bob Sura Point Guard - Tracy McGrady I would really like to try this lineup. T-Mac as PG can make quick offensive plays, fastbreaks, coast to coasts, things that Sura is not able to do. Defensivly, Mo and Juwan are actually nothing, so why not Mutombo as PF? At least he can take rebounds and make a good amount of blocked shots. As always, forgive my english </div> I was actually gonna post a similar roster as this one . Like I said before on a different thread, why not shake some things up with some roster changes since we haven't been winning anyways.. Also, I'd like to try a more pure fastbreaking team like this: Center - Mutombo PF - Padgett SF - Jim Jackson/Nachbar(When he's not on IL) SG/PG - Tmac/Sura/Barrett Yao is too slow for a running fastbreaking team, that's why I inserted Mutombo in his place. Mutombo isn't a real offensive threat anyways, he's there just for rebounds and blocks. Padgett can run the floor as a PF, Jim Jackson might be the weakest link here because he's so inconsistent with his outside shooting, however, Nachbar would be a great spot up shooter if he's healthy enough. Nobody seems to notice that even though he hasn't been playing alot this season, he's shooting a deadly 47.6% from beyond the arc! We should definitely try to play him more once he gets healthy. And finally, at the guard's position we should try a lineup of Tmac, Sura and Barrett. Only thing is Barrett might be a liability on defense. Of course, I don't think this should be our starting lineup, however, it'd be an interesting 2nd unit.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting SupraJames:</div><div class="quote_post"> Also, I'd like to try a more pure fastbreaking team like this: Center - Mutombo PF - Padgett SF - Jim Jackson/Nachbar(When he's not on IL) SG/PG - Tmac/Sura/Barrett Yao is too slow for a running fastbreaking team, that's why I inserted Mutombo in his place. Mutombo isn't a real offensive threat anyways, he's there just for rebounds and blocks. Padgett can run the floor as a PF, Jim Jackson might be the weakest link here because he's so inconsistent with his outside shooting, however, Nachbar would be a great spot up shooter if he's healthy enough. Nobody seems to notice that even though he hasn't been playing alot this season, he's shooting a deadly 47.6% from beyond the arc! We should definitely try to play him more once he gets healthy. And finally, at the guard's position we should try a lineup of Tmac, Sura and Barrett. Only thing is Barrett might be a liability on defense. Of course, I don't think this should be our starting lineup, however, it'd be an interesting 2nd unit.</div> I like your idea for a fast-break unit. The best fast-breaking 5-man unit the rockets could put on the floor would be: 5 - Mutombo 4 - Padgett 3 - McGrady 2 - Sura 1 - Barrett A good fast-breaking team needs strong defensive rebounding and speed up and down the floor. Mutombo is our best rebounder, by far, and he's probably much more experienced than Yao at getting the board and throwing the quick outlet pass. Padgett and McGrady would provide much better rebounding at the forwards than Taylor/Howard and Jackson, plus they can push the ball up the floor themselves upon getting the rebound. Sura, of course, is one of the best rebounding guards in the league, and Barrett is a blur up and down the court. I'd definitely like to see this lineup on the court more often while Yao is resting. Van Gundy probably wouldn't use it, because in the half court he runs the standard, boring inside-outside offense, and there isn't much of a low-post presence with that lineup. Unless McGrady started to post up much more often a la Jordan with the Bulls ... hey, that doesn't sound like a bad idea.
5 - Yao Ming, Mutombo 4 - Clarence Weatherspoon, MOtay 3 - Jim Jackson, Padgett 2 - Tracy McGrady 1 - Bobby Sura, Barrett We would be much more efficient with my lineup. Scoot over jvg u scrub!!!! JVG still juggling his lineup playing /getting bowen, lue, gainies, ward, howard TOTAL SCRUBS!! and mixing minutes with them. I would just give most minutes to those who deserve it. I never seen sooooo much scrubs in ONE team..ranging from the coach to the pfs. Not playing spoon and playing howard is CRAZY. Trust me I watched the games!! He even calls timeouts and takes out players when they have momentum..and jvg is the only coach who berates his own team. What an idiot! He told the reporter b4 a match that he doesn't know if they'll score more than 50 the whole game? what type of joke is that? It's not funny..no coach would say this, especially abt their own team..i think jvg excels in trying to score the least and keep it the lowest scoring game..it gives him a rush that he's actually 1st in something
Don't go blasting Van Gundy here, I mean the man is stuggling with a bunch of horrible power forwards and backup point guards, what more can you ask of him? I would like to see some players that have energy to start, not ones that are sluggish and unwilling to start such as Howard, Taylor, Lue, or Ward. Rather, a lineup RIGHT NOW that can benefit both post up and fast break types would be somewhat like this: PG- Barrett/Lue SG-McGrady/Sura SF-Jackson/Nachbar PF-Padgett/Weatherspoon C- Yao/Mutumbo The first lineup would be a somewhat solid lineup considering how many holes in our roster we have right now. Barrett has been hot so far from the 3 point line, McGrady is the same and is usually effective with jumpers or driving, while Jackson is a great defender and role player. Padgett can also hit the jumper and brings energy to the court, while Yao is the obvious pick for the starting job. That lineup brings speed with Barrett, McGrady, Jackson (can rebound well), and Padgett (who can also post up). Yao brings an offensive and defensive anchor to the team for post up play which will cause the lineup to become more flexible on strategy.
Yao Weatherspoon JJ T-Mac Sura Bench: Mutombo, Padgett, Barret, Jwon, Ward Weatherspoon is a good defensive player and can help us out in that category.
A lot of fans have been scratching their heads wondering why JVG continues to play Howard and Taylor so many minutes, and what exactly is he looking for out of his PFs. Surely, it's not rebounding because Spoon would be much better fit. So, what is it? Check out this article in the Chronicle. In particular: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Van Gundy offers a long list of attributes he would like the Rockets' power forwards to possess, especially if they are to be effective playing alongside Yao. He said the power forwards need to protect Yao with good transition defense and pick-and-roll coverage. They also need to be able to guard opponents one-on-one, rebound, block shots, run and shoot consistently with range.</div> Of course, unelss we happened to have a Garnett or Duncan on the roster, we'll never get ALL of those things. But JVG would like players who are strong in 3 or 4 of those areas. Maybe he feels that Weatherspoon can't shoot consistently with range and run the floor as well as Mo Taylor. Clearly, he wants Taylor to be a guy who can give you 12-15 ppg on a nightly basis. And Taylor knows his defensive system as well as anyone on the team (even though he may not play like it, sometimes). Are we wrong to be giving up on him so quickly?
Well we JVG has started Taylor most of the season, and Taylor is yet to produce good numbers. Weatherspoon has hardly played any games, how can you criticise Spoon's game if he isn't given a chance?
I think that with a lot of new guys they might just be having trouble adjusting How abouta twintower combo of dikembe and yao, 2 guys 7 ft maybe a good inside out combo i know that wont happen. with ward and lue back it looks like ward and lue will be getting playing time again unfortunatly. I doubt gundy will change his mind about that. I like moving padgett to the three so that weatherspoon can get playuing time sincethat is the only way. 5 Yao Dikembe 4 Howard Mo Weatherspoon 3 JJ Padgett 2 Tmac Sura 1 Ward Barret Lue
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">How abouta twintower combo of dikembe and yao, 2 guys 7 ft maybe a good inside out combo </div> Your right, it wouldn't work, sadly. JVG already stressed the issue that he wants to PF to be able to run, shoot, grab the boards, and not clutter the lane. With Mutumbo in the PF position, it would mean the lanes will be very cluttered and Mutumbo doesn't exactly have that special shooting touch. However, I would like to see Weatherspoon start with Yao and it looked like it was pretty nice when Weatherspoon WAS in the game. I'm pretty much sure everyone here agrees with me on this one... to put either Weatherspoon or Padgett at the starting position for PF. It can't be much worse than it already is Im thinking. If anyone would argue that Howard or Taylor should start, I really would to see some reasons why.
