3 Guard Lineup?

[rainmaker]

Just wondering, how does everyone feel about the idea of starting Beno/Thornton/Tyreke together? I've always hated the idea of playing Tyreke at the 3, but he, Beno, and Thornton seem to play well together in the limited minutes we've seen.

I also thought that lineup would be too small. But if we start those three along our twin towers of Cousins/Dally, it somewhat makes up for the lack of size. Tyreke is a good rebounder, and so is Thornton, especially for his size.

Tyreke will be getting more minutes within a game or two, and I'm curious as to who you guys want to go to the bench. Before deciding to bring Beno or Thornton off the bench, should we try playing all 3 together, and send Cisco to the bench instead?

 

[Vlade4GM]

I don't think there's anything to lose in experimenting a bit.

 

[Spike]

For 5 minutes a game because the situation dictates it since you're not getting any SF production and run it a little? Sure.

As an ethos? Hells, no. Why would we give up the ability to go Evans/Thornton/Greene/Cousins/Dalembert? Didn't we just get 50 rebounds the last game? We ain't Nellie-ballin' up here.

 

[DesertFox]

I wouldn't start them, just because the depth isn't there. But in the final 3 minutes of games, definitely.

I have more confidence in Tyreke guarding 3's than Cisco anyway.

 

[PurpleHaze]

Sure, not a problem in certain game-time and matchup situations. I also would not mine seeing huge height advantage lineup in situtations of say Reke, Thornton, Cousins, Daly and Donte (or Whiteside).

 

[Bricklayer]

Just wondering, how does everyone feel about the idea of starting Beno/Thornton/Tyreke together? I've always hated the idea of playing Tyreke at the 3, but he, Beno, and Thornton seem to play well together in the limited minutes we've seen.

I also thought that lineup would be too small. But if we start those three along our twin towers of Cousins/Dally, it somewhat makes up for the lack of size. Tyreke is a good rebounder, and so is Thornton, especially for his size.

Tyreke will be getting more minutes within a game or two, and I'm curious as to who you guys want to go to the bench. Before deciding to bring Beno or Thornton off the bench, should we try playing all 3 together, and send Cisco to the bench instead?

Absolutely not.

Now used in spots, or even to clsoe out games against teams without big Sfs? Sure. Starting? No.

Fact is that we have begun to find a formula that works, and a healthy chunk of it is size and length at as many positions as we can get, and now wiht eliminating all the shaky scrub minutes from our backcourt by divying all the time up amongst three taletned guards. Going smallball all of a sudden would damage all of that and put our guys in perpetual matchup hell. there are 96 baccourt minutes. That's 32 per each of Beno/Rek/Thronton (or more likely 36, 36, and 24, + a few minutes of the 3 guard making it 38, 38 and 28 or some such. Its enough.

 

[Prince_XY]

I also thought that lineup would be too small. But if we start those three along our twin towers of Cousins/Dally, it somewhat makes up for the lack of size. Tyreke is a good rebounder, and so is Thornton, especially for his size.

Those twin towers cannot start together. The all-knowing basketball gurus in this board already decided that before. Cousins is a center. Period. And Dalembert is a center. Period. Neither ( Cousins or Dalembert ) is a natural power forward and they'll get beat by the much quicker PFs in this league. Besides, the outside-shooting BIGs of the other teams will force them out of the paint in defense making them ineffective. I am just kidding of course, because I am one of the early proponents of using both as starters and at the same time.

Seriously, I think what you are proposing can work against teams with smaller front court line-ups. But against taller teams with "full-size" SFs, we will be in the disadvantage. But as always, there is no harm in experimenting especially that our team is still in the process of developing and the team is not gunning for playoffs yet.

 

[pshn80]

Saw it last night. Looked good. We'll probably see more of it under the right conditions.

 

[Superman]

It seems like the OP is asking whether I want to see a three guard lineup starting, to which my answer is No. I like the lineup situationally, but not as a starting lineup.