David Lee must think very HIGLY of his teammates...

Posted by Queeniepop:

David Lee must think very HIGLY of his teammates...

Probably like them better if he were starting.

HIGHLY- my bad

Posted by misterearl:

King1 - the Knicks lost a pre-season game. One.

Granted they got blown out, but damn... judging by the overwhelming number of originally panic-laden threads and rehashed chicken little "sky is falling" themes, one would think that the season is already over.

Let's call the whole thing off.

sheesh

EARL...I agree with you. There is such FATALISM around here and its really ridiculous.

In case anyone recalls, for some reason, we always have problems with Boston.

Also, it was the Celts FIRST game at their home arena in front of a sold-out crowd FOR A PRE-SEASON GAME.

Many of us DID NOT SEE THIS GAME and we rely on a bunch of Boston based radio guys and people who watched the game that may have their own personal biases. Like Holfresh who claimed Marbury was awesome. NO ONE was GOOD LAST NIGHT. Not even close to it.

And this is the truth, if the Knicks had won that game and if they win tonight, the people around here would/will be going nuts. As DJ put it, "there would be a circle jerk." I cannot participate but I understand where he's coming from.

The one thing that bothers me is that on the first night of the Eddy-Zach experiment, the team was absolutely awful offensively. ALL OF THEM. Defensively is another story, but at the very least, we would expect this team or at least some of the team to bring it offensively, because that is their strength.

Before we go AWOL and declare this team the greatest tragedy ever, let's wait til the regular season WHEN IT COUNTS.

Isiah is NOT going to panic and make changes because we got blown out in a pre-season game. Obviously the team saw that they were not very good last night and if they want to compete with the big boys, they have to man up and get better.

Run and Hide

Queenie - You reset the environment of last nights game well. One home team, with two new stars, in a charged atmosphere against an opponent with an uncertain frontcourt and two big men who had not played a minute together in live action.

basketball can be like dominoes. Once things start falling they can multiply.

Where are the Knicks fans who don't panic and run for cover at the first sign of trouble?

We is DOOMED!

Posted by misterearl:

Run and Hide

Queenie - You reset the environment of last nights game well. One home team, with two new stars, in a charged atmosphere against an opponent with an uncertain frontcourt and two big men who had not played a minute together in live action.

basketball can be like dominoes. Once things start falling they can multiply.

Where are the Knicks fans who don't panic and run for cover at the first sign of trouble?

We is DOOMED!

last night was really the *first* sign of trouble for you?

A good move to balance out the roster would be to trade Craw for someone who doesn't need a lot of shots - someone who plays good d and can hit an open jumper when needed. A player I'd love to see on the Knicks is Josh Crawford.

Two positives came out of last night game. My speakers went out so I didnt have to listen to the Boston announcers and Chandler played hard. I talked to a guy after the game last night and his quote was "Chandler is a great kid and will be very good once he figures out what is going on" Earl one game doesnt make a team dysfunctional but the last two years have.

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by Queeniepop:

David Lee must think very HIGLY of his teammates...

Probably like them better if he were starting.

I honestly think that the bench of, mardy, D-nick, chandler, lee, morris and balkman would run our starters out of the building.. I am not kidding... they would have problems scoring, but remember how soft the starting frontline would be.... lee would have 25 points off of putbacks..