NBA Preview: Toney Douglas To Emerge Into Perfect Sixth Man for New York Knicks?

October 20th, 2010 by Keith Schlosser Leave a reply »
Before the arrival of Raymond Felton, Toney Douglas was penciled in as the Knicks’ starting point guard for the 2010-11 season. However, since being relegated to the bench, Douglas is beginning to prove he may be the team’s ultimate spark plug off the pine.

After a handful of high scoring performances as a starter last season, Douglas has picked up right where he left off, except this time, he’s doing it as a sixth man.

As the Knicks search for the appropriate “No. 2” compliment next to Amare Stoudemire, Douglas has logged impressive back to back 20-plus point performances.

Coach Mike D’Antoni has been hoping that Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari can develop into more elite scorers. However, expecting so much out of Chandler (although he has had an impressive preseason) may be unreasonable. For Gallinari, it may simply be too soon to expect so much, especially when his thoughts may or may not be clouded with Carmelo Anthony trade rumors.

Instead, D’Antoni benched Chandler (there is, however no need to worry about Chandler; he’ been as consistent as they come) in favor of Douglas for ...

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