<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (furnace @ Feb 28 2008, 01:28 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I kind of agree with you.
What I would like to see is this:
PG - Marcus Williams
SG - Devin Harris (kinda like a better Kittles - fast, quick, defense, can finish)
SF - Richard Jefferson
PF - Sean Williams
C - Josh Boone
Bench
PG - Darrell Armstrong
SG - Vince Carter/Maurice Ager
SF - Bostjan Nachbar/Trenton Hassell
PF - Nenad Krstic/Stromile Swift
C - Dasagna Diop
The starters will still remain a relatively fast, movement without the ball oriented team The bench will be more of a Vince Carter ISO, half-court, type of team.
Yes, I know all you Vince fans will somehow be offended, etc. But this is not an attack on Vince. People here place too much emphasis on starting/not starting. As Dumpy has said time and again, it's all about player combinations. My proposal is based on style of play. And Vince has shown that he can still dominate other team's 2nd units.</div>
It's possible that you're right that Marcus and Devin could be effective together; we'll have to wait and see. The main complaint I have with your plan is that teams don't bring in their reserves as a unit; they mix and match--so it is inaccurate to describe the reserves as a Vince Carter team. Also, I still believe that Carter can dominate ANYONE--I still believe strongly that his problems this year were injury-related, and that is bourne out by the fact that Carter has been at his WORST on zero day's rest, but with proper rest he has generally been much more effective. Also, it seems as though his play has been more inspired recently, which again suggests that a lingering injury is just starting to improve. Remember, over the past two years Carter has been generally dominant offensively, and I'm not ready to write him off yet.
You may even be able to use Marcus and Devin together as part of a small lineup, with possibly RJ at the 4.
For next year, it looks like it'll be:
PG: Devin, Marcus, [FA]
SG/SF: Carter, RJ, Hassell, Ager?, [DRAFTEE][DRAFTEE]
PF/C: Boone, Sean, Krstic, Swift, Diop
Notes:
--the FA PG will probably be a veteran who doesn't have to be developed and won't complain if he doesn't play for long stretches. He'll only play if there's an injury or if Marcus continues to be terrible and/or inconsistent. Wouldn't mind having Darryl Armstrong back, if he doesn't retire.
--I have both first-round draft picks pencilled in as wings. Remember, the Nets have NEVER drafted two players in the same year at the same position, so one of them may well be more of a SF/PF, assuming they do use both picks and don't make a deal.
--The big rotation is missing a second big man that can shoot, and I wouldn't be surprised if either they let Diop go, or trade one of them to acquire a jump-shooting big. This seems to be important to the Nets' management for better or worse. Think about it, Scalabrine was supposed to be a big who could shoot, and he was followed by Cliffy, Mikki Moore, and Malik Allen. None of these guys could rebound. It seems like there was a concerted effort to have a guy with that sort of skill set on the roster every season. Really, two such guys--I'm not counting the starter, Krstic. If the Nets don't resign him, then they'll have a huge hole w/regard to that skill set.
--I could see the Nets dealing Ager. If they draft two wings, where would that leave Ager? You couldn't hope to develop all three of them simultaneously.
--Maybe you try to do something like Swift, Ager, and a pick for Mike Miller, I don't know.
