Not watching the game ... just looking at the Knicks lineup tonight.
I don't think that team could manage much more than 25 wins ... even with Amare Stoudemire on their roster.
I think with starting minutes, toney douglass could have equal production to chauncey. The only difference is fields for melo...Thats much better defense for less offense. Maybe playing a close game against our backups is making them look bad, but they can definitely play.
Not as high on Douglas. He can't run an offense to save his life. He'd get exposed in more minutes. His scoring numbers would be good (I'm thinking 16-18ppg as a starter) and his defense would be very good but his inability to run an offense would damage everyone else on the floor.
Douglas, Fields (SF) and Turiaf are all bottom ten players at their respective position/role.
Fields value drops when he moves from SG to SF because he no longer has a size advantage and becomes vulnerable to bigger wings. So his defensive value drops off and the relative (to his position/opponent) value of his rebounding drops. I think he is a quality starting two guard though.
Then there is Bill Walker, Roger Mason Jr, Jared Jeffries and Shawne Williams who are amongst the worst in the league at their respective position/roles ... which detract considerable value from their quality players.
Derrick Brown is a useful backup SF.