I would actually start Psycho-T. Not because he's better than Amir but because Amir can actually play both the 4 and 5 spots. If you start Amir, your first center off the bench is Gray (Camby likely will be gone) which is awful.
I like this idea, and I love the idea of getting Hansbrough going early to just annoy the opposing team, you know what you're going to get with Amir and id love that off the bench and keep him out of Foul Trouble to play in crunch time. Should also be noted Gay will be playing minutes at the 4 this season as well.
The thing is not many teams have that great of back up centers that you need to hold Amir in reserve. All you do is bring Tyler in for whatever big is in foul trouble first.
The thing is not many teams have that great of back up centers that you need to hold Amir in reserve. All you do is bring Tyler in for whatever big is in foul trouble first.
Me I would start tyler cause I feel like amir would be a big help to the bench as a 6man and I like ross novak amir combo maybe tyler can impress as a starter if u start amir we have no proven value off the bench
I'd start Amir at first but make it clear to both guys that Tyler can take the spot if he plays better. I don't think there is too much doubt about how the line up would look if we started tomorrow:
Lowry
DD
Gay
Amir
Jonas
Hansbrough is the first big off the bench and then I guess Fields or Ross, depending on who is playing better.
I think our bench is weaker this year than it was to start last year. Remember that at the beginning of last year we had Jose and Amir coming off he bench with spot minuts from Ed Davis. I'd say those three are better than Hansbrough, Novak, and Ross.
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The thing is not many teams have that great of back up centers that you need to hold Amir in reserve. All you do is bring Tyler in for whatever big is in foul trouble first.
That's pretty much where I'm at, though not just in relation to foul trouble. As you say, few teams have much quality at #2 C, so most are using a PF/c on the 2nd unit, which Amir can handle quite well while Jonas gets a breather. No question in my mind that Amir should start over Hansbrough.
You can still start amir and just make it so that he splits his minutes between PF and C. 23 mins at PF, 15 at C, let hansbrough play the rest at PF and JV will play the bulk of the minutes at C
As of today if the roster stay put who's in your staring five ? More precisly do you start tyler or amir ???
Lowry, DD, Gay, Hansborough, JV.
I think ill put Hansborough in there to dictate the defense early and hopefully also get the other guys psyched up to defend aggressively. Plus, seems that Amir plays better when he's on the 2nd unit.
I want to see when they play small ball with the 2nd unit - Stone, DD, Novak, Hansborough and Amir.
I think ill put Hansborough in there to dictate the defense early and hopefully also get the other guys psyched up to defend aggressively. Plus, seems that Amir plays better when he's on the 2nd unit.
Amir was part of all our best defensive lineups last year and I get the feeling that Hansborough is most effective as an energy guy, in shorter bursts. I'd rather bring his energy/rebounding in with the young/inexperienced 2nd unit.
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