New York Knicks: Evaluating the starting lineups ten games in
How is the Knicks current starting lineup doing?
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Unfortunately for the Knicks they are playing without their best player, Kristaps Porzingis, and could be without him until at least the All-Star break. So with this being said they need a couple of players to step up on both sides of the ball.
Some players, such as Tim Hardaway jr. have stepped up as he leads the team in points per game with 23.5. But others, such as Frank Ntilikina, need to step it up on the offensive end to help his team out as he is shooting only 36.8% from the field with an average of 8.6 points per game.
Now to be fair Ntilikina has been a staple for the Knicks defense as we all knew he would be, but in order to be successful in the NBA you must play both sides of the ball.
In each of the Knicks ten games so far they have gone with a three guard set in the starting rotation as they have used two different combinations of starters.
The two combinations they’ve used as starters are:
Rotation Number One:
- Trey Burke
- Frank Ntilikina
- Tim Hardaway jr.
- Lance Thomas
- Enes Kanter
Rotation Number Two:
- Frank Ntilikina
- Damyean Dotson
- Tim Hardaway jr.
- Noah Vonleh
- Mitchell Robinson
Two different rotations which work in different ways, but have yet to work for the Knicks. In games where the first rotation was used the Knicks are 1-4 while scoring an average of 106.4 per game while letting up 110.2.
Now if you add up the starters numbers from these five games you’d get an average of 62.8 points scored with 22.6 rebounds and 13.6 assists per game.
In games where the second rotation started the Knicks are 2-3 while scoring 105.8 points per game and letting up 109. When these five starters were on the court in these five games they combined for 58.8 points, with 23.2 rebounds and 11.6 assists.
Neither starter combination is great and they can most definitely be improved upon, but what adjustments can David Fizdale and the coaching staff make?