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Probably not a great sign that the Knicks are looking to “get lucky at SG” and there are nothing but veteran minimum guys left.

This is not exactly a guard rotation that is gonna have people quaking in their boots:

Knicks Guards, 2011-2012 TS%
Kidd .524
Smith .508
Felton .491
Shumpert .484
Brewer .465
Prigioni ????

Either some dudes step it WAY up or that is going to be one of the most inefficient backcourts in the NBA.

Oh, true, I don’t think that anyone expects the Knicks to be true competitors if Smith and Felton don’t rebound. I (and I imagine others, as well) think the chances are both will, though. But yeah, if Smith and Felton play in 2012-13 like they did in 2011-12, the Knicks are going to be…not screwed, exactly (as Melo can still win them games even with poor shooting from the backcourt, as seen last year), but they certainly won’t optimize their chances, that’s for sure.

This should make everybody happy.

Probably not a great sign that the Knicks are looking to “get lucky at SG” and there are nothing but veteran minimum guys left.

This is not exactly a guard rotation that is gonna have people quaking in their boots:

Knicks Guards, 2011-2012 TS%
Kidd .524
Smith .508
Felton .491
Shumpert .484
Brewer .465
Prigioni ????

Either some dudes step it WAY up or that is going to be one of the most inefficient backcourts in the NBA.

Zanzibar: #2 in 3pt shots taken but 22nd in 3pt%. Only Novak shot >=35%. Raja Bell (39%) is still out there reportedly interested in Miami. We should get in there and offer Bell the starting SG position and have him share the minutes with JR. Only give Shump spot minutes next season (Bell is a better overall defender than Shump at this stage and a much better shooter). Let’s hope Kidd can maintain his 35% clip and that Felton can match his career high of 38% in this regard. If Felton/Kidd cannot make the P&R work with Amare, we’re gonna be exclusively Melo and Amare ISOs with spread floor and 3pt shooting could make or break the season.

Why wouldn’t Felton and Amar’e work in the pnr as it did in ’10?

Jr Smith just needs to take more assisted spot-up 3s next year to get back in the high 30s/low 40s range again.

Mike Bibby (.318), Baron Davis (.306), Toney Douglas (.231), Landry Fields (.256) Shumpert (.306), Lin (.320), Walker (319), shot a combined 678 3s last year while Novak (.472) and Smith (.347) combined for 475.

Smith and Novak shot a 3pter every 4 minutes of game time.last year, they just played far fewer minutes….They should represent a far higher proportion of the team’s 3-pt shots next season…..

Second, those players have been replaced by superior 3pt shooters in Kidd and Felton at the pg position ( in comparison to Fields, Douglas, and the rest of the guards)…..

Brewer is a low volume 3pt shooter. And Melo is likely to at least get back to his spot numbers from ’10.

They won’t be the best 3pt shooting team in the NBA but they should be good, and much improved last year simply by the virtue of far more minutes for Novak and Smith.

Caleb: I don’t think Kurt Thomas will be seeing the floor unless we’re hit with a lot of injuries, and I don’t see Camby getting more than 20 mpg, when people are healthy. I think we’ll see a fair amount of Melo at the 4, which is great – his #s were way better there, I seem to remember, although I think I’m just remembering some Hollinger article.

So many cool lineups next year. One I’d love to see against more plodding frontcouts like Indiana — Amar’e, Melo, Novak, Jr/Kidd, Felton…

You could go twin towers against Miami to take advantage of their small ineup by using a zone defense—-Chandler, Camby, Melo, JR, Felton

How about shutting down Brooklyn late in the year with a Shump,Brewer, Smith, Melo, AMare…..

Two point guard 4 out offense — Kidd, Felton, Smith/Novak, Melo Amar’e.