Every player of this four that You've mentioned unfortunately loves to keep the ball in his hands (Zach, Crawford, Steph & Chandler) Together they will not play an run-and-gun basketball system, because they will dribble the ball too much and give unconsidered shots which honestly we don't need! I can agree that healthy Q-Rich can me more useful than Balkman or Chandler, but IT never gave Balkman any chance to prove that he can do alot more playing like 30 minutes in a game. What success do the Knicks had last season playing with Nate, Crawford, Q-Rich, Curry and Zach? None! Loss after loss! So don't tell me this is our best starting five, when they already played together, even with Marbury and that was just a big piece of crap!!! I can also agree that it's hard to tell anything about the Dan-G, but when they drafted him with nr 6 pick, they had to have some reasons! Lee is tough, so he can handle power forwards like Duncan, KG, Gasol etc. But when it comes to Howard, Shaq, Amare then You can play Curry and Lee at the court! Phoenix played with a small starting line too and they where in playoffs every year! Just look back and try to remember - Nash, Johnson, Q-Rich, Marion & Amare? Is Nash or Joe Johnson a muscle titan? Marion? He is just a run-and-gun player, who was running for the fast breaks that Nash created! Crawford can be a shooter like Joe Johnson, Balkman or Chandler can be someone like Marion and Lee just have to be himself. He was doing great job, playing as a bench player, adding 10 p.p.g & 10reb r.p.g!
Try something else before saying it won't work, Marbury can be our starting point if he plays smart, with head, if he listens to the coach and keep the tactics and system, but if not he'll just have to be a backup for Duhon or Crawford. Give young guys the opportunity to show themselves, give more minutes to Balkman, Chandler, Galli, Duhon, Lee, even Mardy or Roberson. They will show You what they've got!!! Your conception is a bullshit, it will give You the same result as if You'd play starting with Jerome, Malik, Jeffriess, F.Jones & Starburned! Get rid of overpaid players, keep the fresh, young talents, they'll play with heart to improve they are worth more than people think....
:gony: I JUST BELIEVE IN KNICKS