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Just wondering what you guys thought about the commentators saying that diaw should start instead of hill and bell? That he was a better facilitator. I kinda laughed at the thought but you guys know your fav team better than I do.

ha, shows what the commentators know. NO WAY we could afford to not start Bell because that leaves Nash as the only 3 point shooter to spread the floor with Shaq/Amare down low...not to mention Hill is also a strong passer - this Diaw nonsense has gone on long enough. NEVER has one player frustrated me so much in my life...he can look like Magic one play, and then a WNBA player the next...

Actually last night the commentators said Barbs shud start over Bell, which wuda maybe made sense for that game since the speed and ball movement of our first unit looked like like utter crap.

Yeah, if barbs starts in front of bell, we'd have the worst defensive starting 5 in the history of basketball!

We would get worked if barbs started. For some reason, to me, he has looked like crap as of late. I think when Diaw starts, he is more aggressive and plays better. But I don't know if that would make our team better if he started over hill.

Its not Dantoni's job to enble this type of lackluster play from Diaw and LB. Why dont they start acting like pros and start playing the game right? how hard is it to play the game right? If they commit themselves on getting better we wouldnt have this problem. LB is still TO prone and a 1-1 ball hog. Diaw, I already gave up on him so I really couldnt care less what the heck he does.

Hill's been arguable our 2nd best player for the past 2 weeks (after Amare). So, we reward that level of effort on both sides by benching him to help save Boris' fragile ego?

I'd be happy with cutting Diaw's 1st half minutes in favor of Skinner. He plays like crap until the 4th quarter anyway.

We can't start Bell or Barbs in favor of Bell because then there is ZERO perimeter defense. I think Diaw is the best passer, behind nash, on our team but he's so inconsistent on offense. If he would just look to score the majority of the time and not pass he'd be golden.

djericho wrote:Just wondering what you guys thought about the commentators saying that diaw should start instead of hill and bell? .

wow so diaw would replace 2 starters!!
the commentators were probably looking stat wise, where diaw has been far better as a starter this year

personally i prefer diaw starting over hill, hill is better, but diaw fits with the starters more

but this is not a good reason to bench hill, so keep hill starting

BUT, one move that might be okay to try at times is hill on the bench and barbs starting with bell at SF giving us 3 awesome shooters around amare and shaq and giving us a lightning quick lineup to get off on the fast break (tho hill isnt slow)

im sure we will get to see it if hill gets hurt again

touch wood it doesnt happen!

IMO Diaw may have been a good starter while Marion was here but not anymore. My reasoning behind this is that Diaw seems to play his best in the high post/low post option. Now you have Amare and also Shaq in there he doesn't seem to fit with the starters anymore.