question about phoenix

[wargreymon54321]

ok when stoudamire's bac, who will be starter center? him or kurt thomas? stoudamire is supposed to be a forward, but he was center last year, and he's taller and heavier than kurt thomas.so what do u guys think when amare's bac from injury?

[Wormy10]

I'd put money on it that Amare is the starter...

[Gator]

I'd say put Amare on F so that Kurt will have more playing time..

[Rab]

Amare will play the 4, Thomas at the 5, and Marion moves back to the 3.

[volsey]

who do they hav starting now at 3??

[Malfa]

who do they hav starting now at 3??

Maybe if you read..you would know.

This also has nothing to do with NBA Live.

[Wormy10]

Well it really has nothing to do with reading this thread, no where in it does it saying anything about the 3 man

[Malfa]

right above his post

[Wormy10]

I conceived Rab's post as that is what he is wanting to happen, not that it was in fact Marion playing the 3 spot, because Marion played the 4 last year

[Malfa]

You conceived? rofl

and also if any of you had common sense and knew anything about basketball you would know Kurt Thomas is at the 5 / Amare 4 / and then Marion back at 3

You would also know Amare and Marion were complaining all year they wanted to go back to their regular spot. Which is why they traded for Kurt.

[Tim*The King*Duncan]

Amare as the Forward spot, he was asked which spot he wanted by Mike. He said the PF, and Grant with Thomas will see the C spot, but don't be surprised if you see the old line up with marion at the PF and Amare at Center when they play small ball l;ike against Dallas or something...

[Jugs]

Malfa, shutup, i'm ashamed as a fellow Trailblazers fan because of you

I agree with tim the king, Amare should be playing PF but wen they go small-ish, play Amare at C

[Laxation]

amare wont start ahead of kurt at C... especially not when he comes back (straight away...)

amare at 4, marion at 3, Kurt at 5 (pretty obvious, as mafla said)

[shadowgrin]

who do they hav starting now at 3??

Either Jim Jackson or James Jones when the season starts

[Malfa]

Your embarassed because I know what I'm talking about...

[Rab]

The original starting lineup from D'Antoni himself before Amare went down.

C - Thomas
PF - Stoudemire
SF - Marion
SG - Bell
PG - Nash

Adjusted lineup with Amare gone.

C - Thomas
PF - Marion
SF - Jones
SG - Bell
PG - Nash

This is what they been playing in the preseason, and this is most likely what they will play with during the season.

[Tim*The King*Duncan]

I don't think Marion will stay at the Pf spot, his whole fantasy value is based on his progression at the 3. Expect Grant to start at the PF spot.... I don't know... I hope Marion stays at the three... his potential will be wasted at the 4... there aren't any reliable shooters at the guard positions for when they Iso the 4 spot so that Marion can exploit his speed, to stretch the defense... He'll get doubled then probably end up injured... He worked so well at the 4 because Amare was unstoppable at the 5. The 4's defender had to help D on Amare which pretty much freed up Marion for his double doubles...

The Defense won't think twice about leaving Kurt to double Marion unless Kurt developes a super reliable mid-range game, which we all know, isn't gonna happen... If the Suns want to atleast be at competition level and win some games, they need marion at the 3 to run the break....