Houston Rockets: Why James Ennis should get the start at small forward

With Carmelo Anthony and PJ Tucker set to not play too many minutes together, the Houston Rockets should start James Ennis at small forward, here’s why.

Earlier this week, Kelly Iko of The Athletic dropped a bomb from his conversation with Mike D’Antoni. He stated that MDA isn’t planning on playing Carmelo Anthony and PJ Tucker together very much. A lot of people, including myself, had both of these guys penciled in as starters for the Houston Rockets but MDA sees them both as 4s.

So, that begs the question, who gets the start at the 4? In all likelihood, this means Melo will get the start at the 4 initially though, he may be the first star off the hardwood for the Rockets. The next question…