Fun With Lineups!

by Seth on Jul 24, 2007 6:05 PM EDT in Miscellaneous

With two former starters departing in the Zach Randolph deal, Isiah Thomas will have to assemble a new starting five this season. While Z-Bo is an obvious candidate to take Channing Frye's spot at the 4, Steve Francis' physical absence (as opposed to spiritual) leaves a bit of room for question at the 2 and 3 spots. Should Quentin Richardson play the shooting guard or the small forward? Is Jared Jeffries starting material? Balkman? Crawford? I'll sort through some potential lineups:

First, the Official P&T Recommended Starting Lineup for 2007-2008:

S. Marbury
J. Crawford
Q. Richardson
Z. Randolph
E. Curry

And now some other possibilities...

The Run 'n' Gun Lineup

N. Robinson
F. Jones
W. Chandler
R. Balkman
D. Lee

The Roll 'n' Loll Lineup

M. Collins
Q. Richardson
Z. Randolph
E. Curry
J. James

The Newborn Knicks Lineup

M. Collins
W. Chandler
D. Nichols
R. Balkman
R. Morris

The Brian Greene Memorial Three-Point Lineup

N. Robinson
J. Crawford
Q. Richardson
D. Nichols
Z. Randolph

The Los Angeles D-Fenders Tribute Defensive Lineup

M. Collins
Q. Richardson
R. Balkman
J. Jeffries
K. Cato

The Malik Rose and Four Assistant Coaches Lineup

M. Rose
G. Glymph
B. Suhr
M. Aguirre
H. Williams

The Guys Who May or May Not Still Be Getting Paid By the Knicks Lineup

S. Francis
A. Houston
J. Rose
S. Anderson
J. Williams

The Nate Robinson Gets to Choose His Teammates Lineup

N. Robinson
C. Boyardee
T. Tiger
C. Chocula
S. Doo

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lol

s. doo

by riise on Jul 24, 2007 7:52 PM EDT reply actions

My favorite...

Malik Rose and Four Assistant Coaches Linuep. Very nicely done.

The Roll Trees and Get Lifted Crew:

Brian Greene
Renaldo Balkman
Sean Williams
Marcus Camby
Herb Williams (what, his name is "herb")

by stopmikelupica on Jul 24, 2007 11:49 PM EDT reply actions

hmm

The "I'm so high right now" lineup:
PG: Stephon
SG: Nate
SF: Balkman
PF: Morris
C: Jerome (why do you think he's always snacking on ice cream and cake and cake during timeouts?)

The Anucha Browne Sanders Tribute lineup of Isiah lovers:
PG: Jamal
SG: Fred
SF: Jeffries
PF: Eddy
C: Jerome

The Old-Knick Nostalgia Poor Man's lineup:
PG: Mardy (John Starks)
SG: Nichols (Houston)
SF: Balkman (LJ)
PF: Lee (Oakley)
C: Curry (Matt Fish)

The Larry Brown Tribute "Put all the players in a hat and choose randomly to determine players" lineup:
PG: Malik Rose
SG: Jared Jeffries
SF: David Lee
PF: Dan Dickau
C: Fred Jones
(note: I actually did use this process to determine the lineup, that's how committed I am to P&T)

The "Hey, that team is playing better than us! The nerve of them! Go rough them up" lineup:

PG: Mardy
SG: Nate
SF: Jared
PF: Zach Randolph
C: Jerome

by Arichmix on Jul 24, 2007 11:54 PM EDT reply actions