Post#27 » by girlygirl » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:43 am
Well, no one can blame Hinrich for tonight's disaster...
Bench Wallace and Duhon. Please!!!! They should sit Wallace's butt down for the next few games and not even THINK of playing him. Duhon should lose most of his minutes to Thabo and should play only if one of Hinrich/Gordon/Sefolosha is hurt or if they get in major foul trouble.
Play Tyrus, Noah and Thabo 20+ MPG every game the rest of the season. Gray should also getting PT, although his may have to be more on a game-to-game basis, since his offensive skills are more or less balanced by his defensive shortcomings. If he can get 10-15 MPG, cool.
Either go back to the Hinrich/Gordon backcourt, or -- if the coaches/management are determined to leave BG as the 6th man -- then go to a Hinrich/Sefolosha backcourt, with Gordon still getting 30+ MPG. Either way can't HELP but be better than Duhon/Sefolosha or Duhon/Hinrich (or, for that matter, Duhon, Gordon)
Pair Deng & Smith in the starting frontcourt with either Noah or Thomas. I'd probably go with Deng/Smith/Noah, with Tyrus backing Joe up at PF (but getting AT LEAST 20 MPG). Have Nocioni play almost exclusively at SF.
Make sure there are at least 3 decent scoring options on the floor as much as possible. I know that isn't always possible, since there's only 4 or 5 legit scorers on the team, but barring injury or foul trouble they should be able to keep 3 of Gordon/Deng/Smith/Nocioni/Hinrich on the floor at the same time.