Knicks Looking (Small) Forward?

Remember Allan Houston? Latrell Sprewell? The Knicks once had two All-Star shooting guards, who they played at the same time (Sprewell usually played small forward, although he played point for a little bit as well) because they were so good, they needed them both on the court at the same time. So it is odd to look at Mike D'Antoni's system and not see the Knicks with ANY shooting guards on the roster, especially given how well shooting guards have done in his systems. (Anyone else think Allan Houston would have thrived in this system?)

Joe Johnson, Casey Jacobsen, Raja Bell, Quentin Richardson, Leandro Barbosa (really a combo guard), Eric Piatkowski. All shooting guards who played much better than their previous or post-D'Antoni careers (yes, Joe Johnson got a max contract, but, come on). In the Carmelo Anthony three-way trade, the Knicks got Corey Brewer, a talented, if erratic, shooting guard, from Minnesota. He was the only true shooting guard on the Knicks roster, with a good outside shot, and some effort on defense. What did Walsh/D'Antoni do? Buy him out.

Huh???

So now we are left with Bill Walker, Shawne Williams, Carmelo Anthony, Landry Fields, Renaldo Balkman, Derrick Brown, Jared Jeffries. That is 7 out of the 15 players on the Knick roster who are small forwards. Andy Rautins is basically PNG, so fully HALF of the Knicks players are small forwards.

Now, in D'Antoni's system, positions are a bit amorphous, but Shawne Williams at Center? Landry Fields as the starting shooting guard? The Knicks recent moves expose some serious roster construction flaws, not the least of which is the lack of a shoot guard OR center.

This system is built on making opponents pay for leaving shooters open, and Donnie and D'Antoni have managed to construct a roster with as little shooting as possible. How are Derrick Brown and Jared Jeffries a better fit for this roster than Corey Brewer, who, by the way, can also play small forward if needed?