BRIGGS wrote:and the guy responds with 30-10-6-3 on 12/16---put Gallinari at Harringtons 6th man position--find a good big man who can compliment Lee--then you have something.

Honestly, I think the best we are going to do this summer is resigning Lee for $10 mil, resigning McGrady on a 1yr $8 mil or so deal, and signing Bosh. We then would resign Sergio and House. Our team next year would be:

Sergio
McGrady
Gallo
Lee
Bosh

with Chandler, House, Bill Walker, JR, Bender, and our second round picks on the bench.

This team would be a big improvement but not a contender. But if we sign McGrady to a 1 yr deal and with Curry expiring, we could sign another max player that following year.

Did you watch the game? Lee was his usual dynamic self on offense. He actually stepped up at blocked a few shots, too. If we could see more of that on a consistent basis, we could be having a different converstaion right now. However, when he was our last line of defense, down the stretch when the Knicks were protecting a lead, OKC scored EASILY, with minimal resistence. Lee was the culprit many of those times. I was watching it. Intently. He didn't even jump when his man is 1 foot away from the hoop, clearly shooting. Just stands there, hands up, no desire to prevent the shot. That's not getting it done, even minimally.

Again, overall Lee is a talented player. But his lack of interior defense is a critical, fatal flaw in his game. I'd love him back for medium money, because given his horrendous defense and his awesome offense, that's what he's worth.

But people, when the game is on the line and you need a stop, you need a ****ing stop!!! Not a pretty ****ing double double. You feel me?

nychamp wrote:Again, the short-sighted stat line argument. Most important statistic: 1 loss for the Knicks.

Did you watch the game? Lee was his usual dynamic self on offense. He actually stepped up at blocked a few shots, too. If we could see more of that on a consistent basis, we could be having a different converstaion right now. However, when he was our last line of defense, down the stretch when the Knicks were protecting a lead, OKC scored EASILY, with minimal resistence. Lee was the culprit many of those times. I was watching it. Intently. He didn't even jump when his man is 1 foot away from the hoop, clearly shooting. Just stands there, hands up, no desire to prevent the shot. That's not getting it done, even minimally.

Again, overall Lee is a talented player. But his lack of interior defense is a critical, fatal flaw in his game. I'd love him back for medium money, because given his horrendous defense and his awesome offense, that's what he's worth.

But people, when the game is on the line and you need a stop, you need a ****ing stop!!! Not a pretty ****ing double double. You feel me?

T Mac missing those FT's lost the game. My friend we wouldnt even be close if D Lee wasn't on the team.

David Lee cannot play both PF and C--that is the problem--not David Lee.

He did a great job of stepping out and contesting that Westbrook layup near the end of overtime. Problem is that when he did that, no one was able to cover for him and grab the rebound which allowed Collison to tip the ball in.

When David is aggressive on the defensive end, he often does a good job.

He is clearly going to get $10 million or more per season as a free agent. It's a shame because we can potentially lose him without ever having the chance to judge him with a decent supporting cast. Lee has been a very good player without much help and now that he has a guy like McGrady to draw attention on the offensive end (even though T-Mac isn't even on the level he used to be on), I think David's skill set will only look better.

Cosmic wrote:

BasketballJones wrote:

arkrud wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:and the guy responds with 30-10-6-3 on 12/16---put Gallinari at Harringtons 6th man position--find a good big man who can compliment Lee--then you have something.

People whio want discount David Lee don't care about how he is playing.
This is about who he is not how he plays.
But it's OK - it's free country.

Who is he?

A guy who beasts on one side of the ball and lets the entire opposing team beast on the other side of the ball?

Or is this going to be another White/Black thing?

Let's ask Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson errr I mean Sebstar and Playa. They'll tell us what to do.

I think Arkrud was actually talking about David Lee Roth.

BasketballJones wrote:

arkrud wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:and the guy responds with 30-10-6-3 on 12/16---put Gallinari at Harringtons 6th man position--find a good big man who can compliment Lee--then you have something.

People whio want discount David Lee don't care about how he is playing.
This is about who he is not how he plays.
But it's OK - it's free country.

Who is he?

Successful rich white guy from South...

BRIGGS wrote:and the guy responds with 30-10-6-3 on 12/16---put Gallinari at Harringtons 6th man position--find a good big man who can compliment Lee--then you have something.

nychamp wrote:Again, the short-sighted stat line argument. Most important statistic: 1 loss for the Knicks.

Did you watch the game? Lee was his usual dynamic self on offense. He actually stepped up at blocked a few shots, too. If we could see more of that on a consistent basis, we could be having a different converstaion right now. However, when he was our last line of defense, down the stretch when the Knicks were protecting a lead, OKC scored EASILY, with minimal resistence. Lee was the culprit many of those times. I was watching it. Intently. He didn't even jump when his man is 1 foot away from the hoop, clearly shooting. Just stands there, hands up, no desire to prevent the shot. That's not getting it done, even minimally.

Again, overall Lee is a talented player. But his lack of interior defense is a critical, fatal flaw in his game. I'd love him back for medium money, because given his horrendous defense and his awesome offense, that's what he's worth.

But people, when the game is on the line and you need a stop, you need a ****ing stop!!! Not a pretty ****ing double double. You feel me?

JohnWallace44 wrote:

TheGame wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:and the guy responds with 30-10-6-3 on 12/16---put Gallinari at Harringtons 6th man position--find a good big man who can compliment Lee--then you have something.

Honestly, I think the best we are going to do this summer is resigning Lee for $10 mil, resigning McGrady on a 1yr $8 mil or so deal, and signing Bosh. We then would resign Sergio and House. Our team next year would be:

Sergio
McGrady
Gallo
Lee
Bosh

with Chandler, House, Bill Walker, JR, Bender, and our second round picks on the bench.

This team would be a big improvement but not a contender. But if we sign McGrady to a 1 yr deal and with Curry expiring, we could sign another max player that following year.

Honestly, I've heard crazier ideas. That could get us at least to being a 500 team for next year with an eye toward 2011. The only problem that I keep bringing up with 2011 is that Chandler is more valuable than anyone gives him credit for and he needs to be resigned after next year.

I love this team. Also, if we are getting melo, we won't need Chandler.

Sergio
McGrady
Gallo
Lee
Bosh

with Chandler, House, Bender

if melo shows up magically...
Sergio (or Douglas)
mcgrady
melo
gallo
bosh

bench doesn't matter. This team is better than the Celtic team of garnet/pierce/Ray
with mello playing the role of pierce, bosh is Garnett and tmac is rayray.

If somehow lee and Sergio are still here I think it's a contender.