Tracy McGrady will start tonight.
by Seth on Feb 20, 2010 11:47 AM EST
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PrintTracy McGrady will be in the starting lineup in his New York Knicks debut on Saturday night against Oklahoma City.
Coach Mike D'Antoni says he doesn't know what the complete lineup will be, but it will include McGrady. The Knicks acquired the seven-time All-Star on Thursday in a three-team deal with Houston and Sacramento.
The departing Jared Jeffries leaves a vacant spot in the rotation. With McGrady starting, will Danilo Gallinari or Wilson Chandler move into the "power forward" position? That's a very undersized, very defensively inept lineup compared to what it was with Jeffries. This should be interesting. If you click that last link, you'll see that Tommy's of the opinion that Sergio Rodriguez should start as well. I see no reason why not, and you really never know. I'm looking forward to tonight. It's always exciting to see new Knicks in their crisp new uniforms, and we'll have a bunch of P&T contest winners in the house for the occasion, which is neat.
Are you in favor of McGrady starting right off the bat? How would you like to see the rest of the rotation managed? Share in the comments.
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If there's any night to slide one of them over to the 4, It's tonight.
Jeff Green ain’t no power forward either, but he did stay at a Holiday Inn express last night.
I feel like Wilson Chandler could check Green, but I also think he borderline HAS to guard Durant.
Hypothetical: What if T-Mac starts and hold Kevin Durant to something like 6-23 shooting?
Can't see why not.
McGrady is basically the only 2 guard on the team. WillChan is really not a 2 guard.
I don’t have much problem with Gallo or CHan at PF. Cuz who else? AL harrington? For real? He’s a worse defender then those guys, he’s just listed as a PF/SF, so it looks good.
I would absolutely love to see Sergio start at PG. But I think it looks like a this
Duhon
T-Mac
Gallo
Chan
Lee.
with unfortunately Harrington still on the bench as the 6th man, but hopefully Sergio gets a lot of time.
I wish Dudu would get completely phased out and just let TD DWTDD.
I wonder if Giddens, House and Walker get some run? The Knicks are awfully small man..really small.
I wonder if it was possible to get Sheldon Williams in that Celtics deal? I mean, I know Donne probably could give a shit about the team that’s on the floor right now…but I mean, this is gonna get embarrassing.
Jeffries was Jeffries, but at least he was a 6"11 dude with a pulse.
…that is, unless Sergio is the Spanish Nash.
Why not brah?
Season’s over might as well have fun watching new players instead of watching Du or Al brick shots over and over again.
yeah they are small
but looks like we might be doing a lot of running. Could be exciting to watch. We are small up front, but McGrady can crash boards, so can Chandler.
Is it bad to root for an injury to Duhon….you know…one that has him sidelined a month?
"you're the Rod Thorn in my Chris Bosh side."
by Chris Child's Fist on Feb 20, 2010 12:24 PM EST reply actions
i have a feeling that's not necessary
du will start tonight, but i think he’ll be moved to the bench shortly. and you know what? he might do very well there.
duhon is a great 9th or so guy on the bench
of a good team. i’d rather dunothin than say jordan farmar’s ugly self.
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by stingy d on Feb 20, 2010 2:23 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
better than before
The Knicks might not be any good but they will be interesting to watch for the next few games. They were not good to watch before but now at least people will want to see what happens, especially what Tmac might be able to do.
wow
we are really thin up front now. something like
pg: duhon/ s-rod
sg: t-mac/ house
sf: gallo/ t-mac
pf: chandler/harrington
c: lee/harrington
is what i expect.
by latrell chokewell on Feb 20, 2010 12:47 PM EST reply actions
gallo has the height
sergio-pg (although duhon will probably start, considering he’s having an affair with dantoni)
tmac-sg
wil-sf
gallo-pf
lee-c
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Dont forgey Mcgrady is huge for a 2 guard
hes like 6"8
But is lee the tallest guy on our team now?
JETS
gallo is probably taller than lee
i expect we’ll see bender tonight.
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by stingy d on Feb 20, 2010 2:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
this lineup would make me love dantoni
pg-s-rod
sg-tmac
sf-will
pf-gallo
c-lee
rest of rotation: harrington,douglas,bender,house ,maybe walker
im interested
in minutes played by dwtdd and house
Heard Will gets the PF tonight
but that will probably change throughout the night depending on how it goes down, also duhon will be benched by the end of next week if serg plays well. we should all start up a waive duhon petition and bombard the Dantoni brothers with emails.
also
am i the only one who thinks JR Giddens was a very nice pickup in the nate deal, everyone talks about house, this guy has a lot more upside
maybe...
Giddens has a lot of physical talent, but he’s a bit of a knucklehead.
Him and Walker have as much athleticism as anyone in the game (for realz).
They got Eddie House and a couple projects. They both got no run with the Celtics cuz..well, they have guys like P_P , Ray Ray and Marquis Daniels, so they really have no spot there.
Hopefully we get a good look.
As was the case wtih Jordan Hill…I doubt that either get enough minutes to get a good look unless there’s injuries (well…we got McGrady!)
by FreeBradshaw on Feb 20, 2010 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
id like
sergio
tmac
gallo
chandler(with gallo chcking durant on D)
lee
the the 8 man rotation shouldnt be in effect with the amount of young players we have and the amount of games we have to analyze them..so house/douglas/walker/ bender… harrington as last resort..in front of duhon tho
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