After looking into some other statistics from a website called 82games.com I would like to get you(KNICKSWAG followers), to come up with the 1st unit the Knicks should use and why.
I will give you some statistics to maybe help you:
The 82game.com website shows the amount of points scored by each player in their respective position vs. the amount of points scored against them in each position. These statistics are per 48 minutes played.
I will give you each players breakdown of points averaged last season versus points scored against them last season, per 48 minutes. I must add, I have only done this study on the players that played in the NBA last year.
POINT GUARDS
Felton (17.3 – 20.0)
Kidd (10.9 – 20.1)
SHOOTING GUARDS
JR Smith (21.4 – 18.9)
Brewer (16.2 – 18.1)
Shumpert (15.0 – 21.9)
SMALL FORWARDS
Anthony (29.4 – 17.2)
Novak (22.9 – 18.2)
JR Smith (22.4 – 20.3)
Brewer (13.1 – 16.2)
POWER FORWARDS
Anthony (39.0 – 17.4)
Stoudemire (23.4 – 20.2)
Novak (22.6 – 17.8)
CENTERS
Stoudemire (31.8 – 16.6)
Chandler (16.2 – 14.7)
Camby (8.2 – 14.8)
Time now for you to tell Knickswag what you would do?
Leon Jacobsen – Knickswag Contributor
Felton (PG)
Brewer (2G)
Chandler (C)
Stat (PW)
Melo (SF)
That leaves us with a deep bench to rotate in and around starting 5.
Great Post. For me I would start with Felton, Brewer, Melo, Stat, and Chandler. Thats how my lineup would look like.
Felton (PG)
Shumpert (SG)
Anthony (SF)
Stat (PF)
Chandler (C)
A Mob Deep Bench to come in to relieve these guys and plenty of talent.
Kidd (PG)
JR Smith (SG)
Anthony (SF)
Stat (PF)
Chandler (C)
For me this is the best five starter… I don´t see Felton in his best level right now. But we will see.
Twitter: @LucasPocky
Interesting you have Kidd starting. I agree, Felton is not a great PG, but I think Kidd’s too old to rely on him to start games.
Nice article! Here’s my starting 5:
Felton (PG)
JR Smith (SG)
Anthony (SF)
Stoudemire (PF)
Chandler (C)
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Once Shump comes back, the Knicks have a perfect bench like last year! LETS GO KNICKS!!!