Best lineup after seeing yesterday's game...

Okur starting gives us no interior toughness. With the way he plays plus his injuries, he would probably be better coming off the bench for us given his style of play.

There is no way that you can start Marshon at the 3. There is no chance he can defensively handle the SFs in this league – at least not yet. Damion James is a very good defensive SF – and remember, he only played about 20 games last year. He is going to continue to improve.

What makes the most sense is to start Marshon at the 2, with Morrow coming off the bench as a specialized gunner as a 6th man. Marshon and Morrow on the floor together means you literally have zero perimeter D (DWill does not play much D either) and our bigs would get murdered in the paint with guards penetrating at will.

By Game 5 (Cleveland on New Years Day) I expect to see DWill, Brooks, James, Hump and either Petro or Shelden Williams.

It would be tough having Marshon or Morrow guard the 3 position your right. I just hope James can take care of the ball and be more productive on the offensive end if he is going to start, then see Morrow come in off the bench for him. We would be small but I think we would have threats at every position basically.

Its Marshon.

between okur shelden and petro: with shelden and petro, you know they’re not good. at least with okur, there’s a track record – we should give him minutes and a chance to prove he can get back to form, before burying him. maybe he’s in a funk, not old and slow: or maybe he’s old and slow…but let’s give him 10 games to show which is true

although he can shoot, I’d like to see him attack the rim more instead of settling for jumpers. And when he’s on a fastbreak, he should definitely dunk that ball to bring life to the team.

Through two games already it is clearly obvious that we don’t have shooters. We do not have one shooter who can knock a shot down consistently. We could have had Vince again, there was Baron Davis, and now there are two out there that can help of Gilbert Arenas, and Nate Robinson, they would be upgrades compared to the shooters we have on the roster currently. I know teams have bad shooting games but last night was absolutely horrific! I was embarrassed while watching it with my friends. I finally got smart and turned to the Celtic game. However, the true blue Nets fan that I’am had me returning to the game for more punishment.
St. Anthony’s high school would have beat them last night.

Deron and Hump start – no brainer. Brooks should start over Morrow. Brooks, hard to believe, is already a better and more willing defender than Ammo. Brooks is also a much, much better ball handler. And unless Ammo finds his shot real soon, he’s useless when he’s on the floor. It’s like playing a pickup games and daring a guy you know can’t shoot to throw it up. That’s Ammo. He doesn’t command a double team because unless it’s a catch-and-shoot, defenders know he’s not driving it to the rim.

James starts at SF for now, but if Stevenson gets himself together, I’d go with him.

The Center position gives me heartburn. Petrocious makes me ill. But Sheldon is no better. And O-fer looks sad, miserable and confused on the floor. I wouldn’t name a starting center. Just have the three of them do rocks-scissors-paper before the game and live with the consequences.

We can’t start Marshon because we need him off the bench to provide scoring off the bench. We have no one on the bench that can score consistently besides him. Morrow can’t play with that unit because he can’t make his own shot, he’s better off getting looks from deron with the first team.

Nets can’t panic and redo entire starting lineup, but I’d leave Petro in for now(he plays flat-footed instead of on his toes – it’s why he plays poor defense and can’t rebound) until Shawne Williams or Okur learn the offense – then put Petro waaayyy at end of the bench.

Brooks has to start because you can’t start 4 guys who can’t create a shot for themselves. Only Brooks or DWill have ability to make a move which can stop other team’s run. Morrow will play better coming off the bench (less pressure) and James will play better (less pressure to create a shot) at SF with 2nd scorer in lineup. Humphries will continue to get his in the usual way.

Also, Brooks won’t get all the nickel and dime calls he gets now coming off the bench. Refs will let him play a little more, if he’s a starter.

Finally, offense will become more uptempo with Brooks at SG – He is able and willing to run the court – Morrow, like Vince Carter, does not run the floor. Plus, Brooks can finish at the rim.

Athleticism. When you’re less talented, you have to be able to make up for it with speed, length, hustle, defense, etc. We have no real athletic freaks on the roster, either because they never were or because they’re currently out of game shape. That being said, we need to put our most athletic lineup out there. We were killed by the Hawks, because they’re far more athletic than we are. That’s also the formula they used to knock off the slower, methodical Magic in the playoffs.

Our most athletic lineup is probably DWill-Brooks-James-Hump-Crap Center, and that’s the lineup I’d go with. Try to play pressure defense & run a little. It’s probably our only hope.