Knicks · Baker should be our starter for a long time (page 2)

nyknickzingis wrote:Since Melo is planning on retiring a Knick, I would just move forward with building the team for next year around KP/Melo.
Fast forward a little.

Porzingis
Melo
Kuz
Holiday
Baker

Kuz, Holiday and Baker all can shoot the 3, and play hard. Let Melo play point forward as a 4 man,

At worst, you're putting players in positions they need to be in longterm. Melo should move to 4, and KP is probably a 5 in the longrun anyway. KP would get beaten up inside a little, have foul trouble. You'd have some bad games from him, because of foul trouble. Many great games as well, and he would learn how to play the 5.

If Melo isn't going anywhere, you must move him to 4, and make him a point forward and let KP be the 5. Get players in at 3, 2 and 1 who can handle the ball a little, shoot the 3, and defend hard.

What it means for Rose, Noah, Lee is that they're bench guys. If they pout, so be it. Not like we are winning with them starting anyway.

My rotation would be

Porzingis/O'Quinn/Noah
Melo/Hernangomez
Kuz/Lee
Holiday/Rose
Baker/Jennings

Don't care if Rose/Lee/Noah pout. We've gone from 14-10 to 18-24. 4-14 in last 18. Eff the vets if they can't see they're not getting the job done as starters. Let new players develop around KP/Melo. Maybe you learn some things about next season.

I think you could easily get a taker for Lee, and Rose/Jennings are expiring contracts anyway.

My thoughts exactly. We would also be adding our 1st round pick to the mix, and probably a quality free agent, maybe someone like PJ Tucker. Get rid of Rose though.

Not sure he will be a starter in the future...but you can't be sure.

His ball handling has improved a great deal since we first saw him in the summer. He is a good passer, and will be even better with more time. That behind the back pass he made to Rose was pretty amazing, even though Rose screwed it up, if I remember correctly.

They had him as more of a 2 yesterday, but I would like to see him direct the offense more and be a distributor, sometimes.

Whatever happens moving on, I think he needs to get at least 15MPG the rest of the season. Not sure what this will mean for the rotation, but he seems to do good things on the court when he plays.