I hope that someone in the organization above Mike tells him 30 minutes to Jordan @ C the rest of the way--we have to know what the player is--what he can do--he needs a chance. Does anyone honestly think that Jordan would give us a materially negative impact on losses---NO--we are 1.5 games from the 14th seed in the shtty east. If ANYTHING maybe playing him at C and leaving him there MIGHT help us in the post--this guy really is not an impressive guy in terms of coaching---many of us have been through Pat Riley and quite frankly he isnt a dot on Pat Rileys shorts. That being said can he show some flexibility and maybe listen to some smart people in the NBA who have criticized his rotations. We drafted Jordan--we havent been close to 41 wins in a long time--give the kid a chance for goodness sakes. As a true blue fan I want to see if this guy can play--Im sure we all do. But this guy is so ego driven it takes injury or complete breakdown for him to shuffle the cards. Put him @ C Mike D and leave him there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Walsh and MDA have to have some kind of date in mind where, if they decide we have no chance for a playoff spot, the young guys start getting significant and consistent minutes.

Nalod wrote:
I Think another thread regarding this is important to create 3x a week.

haha. my plan may be to just check out for the rest of the season. i have league pass so i don't have to watch the knicks for my basketball fix.

i say trot out jefferies for whatever amount of minutes he can play to look good.

once the trade deadline passes..play hill 40 minutes.

PG: Duhon/Larry
SG: Nate/TD
SF: Wil/Gallo
PF: Lee/Gallo
C: Hill 40 minutes

A 3 man rotation of Gallo/Wilson/Lee at SF/PF works.

We need to stop playing David Lee so many minutes.

a) if we want to keep him

- why keep driving his market value up and give his agent a legit case by letting him accumulate monster #s? hopefully DW has some type of +/- stats that show DLee is wack on D so we don't have to break the bank to resign him

- why use up the minutes he has in his career to try to carry a crappy team with no shot at the playoffs?

b) if we're not planning on keeping him why give him so many minutes over Hill/Gallo/Chandler?

Can't wait for the trade deadline to pass so that I at least know who's going to be here.

sidsanders wrote:

s3231 wrote:Hill was not ready to be a part of the rotation at the beginning of the season. Simple as that. As a coach, you have to give your players incentive to work hard and while Hill's background doesn't suggest he is lazy by any means, it seems like Jordan has been putting in even more work since that game in Houston when Landry got the nod over him. He is starting to show promise and D'Antoni is starting to reward him for that. I agree though, now that the Knicks are essentially out of the playoff race and Jordan is starting to play consistently well, D'Antoni should look to give him a bigger role.

I just don't think it is right to put all the blame on D'Antoni in this situation. If you look lost on a basketball court in garbage time, you don't deserve a spot in the rotation.

this wasnt a playoff team anyway. what was gained by delaying him getting mins?

You know that now. But not everyone knew our team was not to be in the post season then.

Should have said somthing earlier to MDA and let him know!

nixluva wrote:I like Hill and TD and I think they should play, but you don't just give them Carte Blanche from the start of the season if they haven't earned it.

Duhon, Jeffries & Bender didn't earn their playing time this season either... playing those guys ahead of our rooks has led us to a crappy season... it's time now to shift gears & give up playing those guys & give the rooks a legitimate evaluation for the rest of the year... there's just no more excuse for it... MDA's ridiculous stubborn cling factor to his favorites is not serving the best interests of the Knicks' franchise.

nixluva wrote:MDA's job is 1st to try and win games! Then he has to also develop the talent we have that is still learning. This idea that he should've realized that this team couldn't win is silly. Even right now as we speak the team is only 4.5 games back. ANYTHING an happen between now and the end of the season. It's still too early to give up on the season and just play the kids. Besides even when you do this you want to try to win games, so if the kids are looking lost it's not a good thing to just play them anyway. They need to LEARN how to play better and fix the mistakes they're making. Sometimes you need to take them out of the rotation, work that out in practice and then try to get them back in real games when they've shown improvement in practice.

I like Hill and TD and I think they should play, but you don't just give them Carte Blanche from the start of the season if they haven't earned it.