bad teams are bad for a reason. they bench productive guys and start crappy youngsters with perceived "upside".
for example:
good teams like boston, LA, and san antonio. you can't argue with their starting lineup and rotations, but bad teams have a thing of benching productive players for lottery busts.
here are what the starting lineup and main backup SHOULD be for lottery teams
new jersey
pg-devin harris, rafer alston (6th man)
sg-chris douglas-roberts, keyon dooling
sf-bobby simmons, jarvis hayes
pf-tony battie (savvy veteran), eduardo najera
c-brook lopez, josh boone
minimal playing time: courtney lee, trenton hassell (defensive stoppers)
players who shouldn't play: yi jianlian (bust), sean williams (bust), terrence williams (till he proves himself)
toronto
pg-jose calderon, marcus banks
sg-jarrett jack, marco bellinelli
sf-hedo turkoglu, antoine wright (defensive stopper)
pf-chris bosh, reggie evans
c-andrea bargnani, rasho nesterovic
minimal playing time: demar derozan (till he earns his minutes), amir johnson (ditto)
shouldnt play: quincy douby (bust), sonny weems (joke). patrick o'bryant (bust)
new york
pg-nate robinson, chris duhon
sg-larry hughes, jared jeffries
sf-al harrington, wilson chandler (6th man)
pf-david lee
c-eddy curry, darko (the lack of depth is appalling)
shouldn't be playing: danilo gallinari (bust), toney douglas (till he proves himself), jordan hill (bust in the making), joe crawford (he sucks)
detroit
pg-ben gordon, chucky atkins
sg-rip hamilton, will bynum (6th man)
sf-tayshaun prince, charlie villanueva
pf-chris wilcox, jason maxiell
c-ben wallace, kwame brown
minimal playing time: rodney stuckey (major flop last year), dajuan summers (till he proves himself)
atlanta
pg-mike bibby, jeff teague
sg-jamal crawford, mo evans
sf-joe johnson, marvin williams (he sucks)
pf-josh smith, joe smith (6th man)
c-al horford, zaza pachulia
shouldn't play: randolph morris, jason collins (good teammate, not much else)
washington:
pg-gilbert arenas, mike james
sg-mike miller, randy foye (6th man)
sf-caron butler, nick young
pf-antawn jamison, michael patrick carroll new jerseydominic mcguire
c-brendan haywood, andray blatche
minimal playing time: deshawn stevenson (defensive stopper), javale mcgee
shouldn't be playing: javaris crittenton (bust), fabricio oberto
miami
pg-carlos arroyo, mario chalmers
sg-dwyane wade, dorell wright
sf-quentin richardson, james jones
pf-udonis haslem, michael beasley
c-jermaine o'neal, jamaal magloire (6th man)
shouldn't be playing: joel anthony (1 dimensional shot blocker), daequan cook (shooting percentage doesn't cut it for a pure shooter), yakhouba diawara (good defender, horrible offensively), chris quinn (soft), shavlik randolph
charlotte
pg-ray felton, dj augustin
sg-flip murray, raja bell (6th man)
sf-gerald wallace, vladimir radmanovic
pf-boris diaw, desagana diop
c-tyson chandler, nazr mohammed
minimal playing time: stephen graham (he isn't bad)
shouldn't be playing: alexis ajinca (bust), gerald henderson (until he proves himself)
dallas
pg-jason kidd, jason terry (6th man)
sg-josh howard, jose juan barea
sf-shawn marion, tim thomas
pf-dirk nowitzki, james singleton
c-drew gooden, erick dampier
minimal playing time: quinton ross (defensive stopper), matt carroll (shooter), kris humphries (big body), shawne williams (has upside, should be traded)
houston
pg-brent barry, aaron brooks
sg-tracy mcgrady, kyle lowry
sf-shane battier, trevor ariza (6th man)
pf-carl landry, chase budinger
c-luis scola, chuck hayes (this roster sucks)
shouldn't be playing: chuck hayes, joey dorsey (till he proves himself), brian cook (horrible for years now)
portland
pg-andre miller, steve blake
sg-brandon roy, rudy fernandez (6th man)
sf-travis outlaw, martell webster
pf-lamarcus aldridge, juwan howard
c-joel przybilla, greg oden
minimal playing time: ime udoka, nicolas batum (defensive stoppers)
shouldn't be playing: jerryd bayless (gotta earn his minutes), jarron collins, patty mills (earn the minutes)
minnesota
pg-jonny flynn (unproven but not a lot of choices), antonio daniels
sg-ramon sessions, sasha pavlovic
sf-ryan gomes, damien wilkins
pf-kevin love, brian cardinal
c-al jefferson, mark blount
shouldn't be playinmichael patrick carroll new jerseyg: corey brewer (bust), wayne ellington (earn your minutes, rook), jason hart (career backup), ryan hollins (hasn't proven anything), oleksiy pecherov (bust)
LA clippers
pg-baron davis, sebastian telfair
sg-eric gordon, rasual butler
sf-ricky davis, al thornton (6th man)
pf-marcus camby, craig smith
c-chris kaman, deandre jordan
minimal playing time: blake griffin (earn ur minutes, rook), steve novak (shooter), kareem rush (ditto), brian skinner (dirty work), mardy collins (has upside)
golden state
pg-monta ellis
sg-corey maggette
sf-stephen jackson
pf-anthony randolph
c-andris biedrins
6th man-azubuike
While I didn't see what your question was, I am giving you a star for your knowledge and/or research on these teams. Unless you are a fan of one of them (like me), how many people would dedicate the time to make this type of analysis of these teams? Impressive!
Just for my two cents, I agree with everything you said about my Timberwolves. Corey Brewer has to be one of the biggest busts around, and I do agree with starting Flynn. While you are right about not a lot of choices, I still will take an unproven rookie like him over Sebastian Telfair.
wow is that fantasy basketball or something?
MAN!! you know what!!!! this is just what i was thinking!!
I, like mntwolves is going to give you a big star for this one; as it's a very cool idea. I just think maybe next time you could even break it down by division per question, so everyone has a chance to access all of the teams easier. Maybe three at a time at most. But very good job here.
PS: I wouldn't have Q-Rich anywhere near anyone's starting lineup in the whole entire league! Let alone a playoff contender.
Jersey almost always had a good team but there coached bad. If you watched the Nets for the past 2 years, all they run is 1 on 1 plays and never runs plays for Brook Lopez who was shooting 55%.
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