Oh lord, do I punish myself and watch this or take advantage of the 65 degree weather?

I'm feelin' pretty lazy today so I guess I'll go with punish myself and watch the Knicks.

Somebody must've told Chandler to be more aggressive looking for his offense. Awesome to see. Not shooting it great today but he's not being bashful.

We have to find a 4 or a 5 that will defend the paint. All these layups and dunks are making me nauseous.

[Edited by - K22 on 2008-12-28 2:07 PM]

While you have a point - defense starts at the perimeter - the bigs are supposed to give some help defense and they're not giving ANY.

Any way we can take Raja Bell off of Charlotte's hands?

Posted by K22:

We have to find a 4 or a 5 that will defend the paint. All these layups and dunks are making me nauseous.

[Edited by - K22 on 2008-12-28 2:07 PM]

Jerome James.

Seriously, when games go this way, you put in Jerome for 3-4 minutes, let him smack some people to the ground, change the flow of the game, then sit him back down before he croaks.

...as to this game, we were 49-47 and then the Knicks of the past few games suddenly showed up. They stopped trying at all defensively and went completely 1-1 chuck fest from deep offensively, throw in some absolutely clueless passes that became turnovers... and you got what you see... down 10 in a split second.

That right there is lack of effort. Why? Because they had effort earlier and were fine. It wasn't smooth but it was solid enough play to be in the game. Then they just quit. Mentally soft.

Games like this make you want to say no one player on the team is worth keeping. I like Nate, Lee, Chandler but Lee has been soft, Chandler is chucking from deeper and deeper as the game went on, and Nate has just been sloppy and selfish.


Oh well, this team isn't meant to win anything, it's meant to sit here and wait about 18 months for 2010 when we can start building the team back up. From here on out all it's going to be is further tearing down and sloppy uninspired play.

In it all though, they are professionals, several looking for new contracts, and they play like they don't care? That's inexcuseable no matter the situation.

We need a frickin center

Posted by buddapaw:

We need a frickin center

We need:

A starting C, PF, SF, SG, PG

In the meantime, as we continue to tear down the roster, over the next 18 months, before we have a chance to start rebuilding the roster, we will get some warm bodies back, maybe curry, maybe gallo, we'll solve the mobley and marbury issues and sign a guard and a big man, and we'll be in a little better shape.

Yet, posts like yours, ring as if you expect this to be a winning team, and we "just need a center and we'll be good".

That's just not happening. It's frustrating, but, it's necessary. This team HAD to be torn down... HAD TO... it was going NOWHERE it didn't already take us! (several fleeting moments with .500 play over the past five years).

And, this is what you get when you tear a roster down!!!!

Role players over extended, lack of depth, height, skill...

Get ready for 18 more months of it!!!

Summer of 2010 is like day 1 for the new franchise. That's when you begin to build the roster back up.

Posted by Travla:

Sheeeesh, I thought the game was at 5PM. Missed the first half. New starting lineup and a little more effort in the 3rd quarter.

You missed a half court 1st quarter offense with Lee, Jeffries, Thomas, Chandler, Duhon as the lineup. It wasn't smooth but it was steady, and it was a close game.

Second quarter it was 49-47 nuggz and the Knicks just stopped playing. Completely. No defense. 1-1 chucking offense. Turnovers. Heads hung down. Denver went 15-20 from the field and took a 10 point lead.

Third Quarter, get this, they start PLAYING HARD AGAIN, and they came all the way back and took the lead.

That's really it...

oooo that hurts.