Start em' or Sit em'?

To start off the New Year the Magic are 2-4 (before their contest in Sacramento today). None of the Magic nation saw this team losing 4 straight games, especially to sub .500 teams. By now it's clear when Jason Williams has a good shooting game with double-digit scoring this team wins big. It's pretty odd, and it also goes over to the shooting guard spot. J.J. Redick steps in for the injured Vince Carter a few times this year and has great games that contribute to Magic wins that look better than with VC in the line-up. Some fans have spoken their minds and the verdict? Sit Vince Carter and maybe Jameer Nelson too. My thoughts, or yours at first? HUH?

With a team full with much talent, it's hard to gel everyone together when you have five new players and your planned starting line-up only has played so few games. With Jameer slow to get back he's showing signs of coming back to that All-Star form he was last season. Vince Carter has fallen into the worse shooting slump of his career. Hampering with various injuries periodically, Redick has came in and provided, what I think, is the most consistent play off the bench. Sure enough he's had his off nights but quickly left those to be forgotten.

In Stan's first season in Orlando he's dealt with Jameer Nelson, Carlos Arroyo, and Keyon Dooling at the point guard spot. Each of them saw a number of games that they did start. Through out Stan's career here he's gone with the players that produced the most on the floor. From Trevor Ariza to Brian Cook and the new man left out; Brandon Bass it shows how Stan has fluctuated his line-ups outside of the star players. One thing he hasn't done is taken his star players, or core and brought them off the bench unless there was an exception. Dwight Howard has never came off the bench in Stan's stay here. Rashard Lewis has only once after coming back from a suspension. After Dooling and Arroyo left, Jameer has only came off the bench after coming back from injuries in the Finals and once this season. Now with Redick and Williams producing better results on the floor in a starting role will Stan finally do it?

My opinion is that he might not go as far as starting both Redick and Williams at the same time. With Vince out for the upcoming trip this definitely gives J.J. a chance to shine. He'll be fine in the starting role and the bench will need to step up, as I believe Jason Williams is next to follow. If Jameer is healthy and can play I don't see him coming off the bench. I think he's struggled no doubt but will get in sync as time goes on. I pray that he stays healthy because he's another weapon the Magic can unleash if playing at his best. Overall, I support Stan's decision whatever it maybe, well I say that because I kind of have a slight assumption of what he may do.