Acy came to the New York Knicks looking to hustle hard and show them why he deserves to be in the rotation off the bench but instead now finds himself as one of the likely candidates to start come opening night. It was assumed before that either Andrea Bargnani or Amar'e Stoudemire would be the starting power forward but Coach Fisher likes Acy's high energy playstyle and may feel that he fits better playing in the triangle with Jose Calderon and Carmelo Anthony. If you were to compare him to another power forward who played in the triangle one could make the comparison to Horace Grant when he played with Michael Jordan since Grant passed out the low post and did a lot of the dirty work for rebounds. Acy may be relentless on the boards but he is still only 6'7 so he can't be a dominant shot blocker and because of this he tends to find himself in foul trouble when playing for large stretches; but when your alternatives are Bargnani and Stoudemire it becomes a lot easier to be lenient towards Acy for his defensive faults.
Acy proves why him starting is justified but the reason it makes me happy is because as a Raptors fan I was yelling how he should be starting over Andrea Bargnani during his rookie season in Toronto. Plus there's a much higher chance of seeing a monster dunk with Acy on the floor then when not.
