no, i don't think so, not alone. he needs a better supporting cast than just 3pt shooter like allan, kieth, penny. the knicks need to bring in a low post precense that is also a dominant defensive player. they need better deffense on good perimeter players than the deffense that houston providers, a guy like bowen is what they need. they need to get a good swing man to compliment steph's passing abilities. not guys like kurt, doleac, mutombo, who have no hands, because they can hardly catch those bullet passes that steph throws at them.
the knicks also need to bring in some veteran leadership that san antonio had with robinson and the lakers had with guys like harper. a vocal leader is necessary for a team to just light some fire into them. the knicks miss guys like lj and oak and starks.
the knicks have to get tough minded and start not let up when their opponent is down. that is what they need and i hope isiah gets it

Not with the team now...but add the things you mentioned and it could come true. I agree we are weak in the area of finishing big men. Deke is sooo slow around the basket on offense.

BTW, as someone else mentioned in another thread it would be easier to read your posts if you used capitals where needed and broke up your paragraphs more.

i think you are absoluetly right. the best discription of this trade i have heard yet.

Hardcore stop trying to compare , we are tlking about why the trade went down . Your bias is known by all, stop with the deflecting.

[Edited by - playa2 on 01/18/2004 14:59:29]

Sorry but Zeke had competent big man in scoring Edwards inside and Lambieer outside and Rodman Being a defensive frontline stopper.

Still deflecting huh, I said Frank because starbury havent won jack even when he had big men.

Posted by playa2:

Still deflecting huh, I said Frank because starbury havent won jack even when he had big men.

I keep thinking that you are comparing Frank and Marb.

No one has won without a big man named Shaq or Duncan.

You go right on ahead and think that the moves will stop. Then you can haplessly jump on that wagon like you do with everything else.

i think marbury is a good enough point guard to build around. if we get the two or three piecews we need ( athletic wing, a very good post up player), i think we will be in the championship hunt within two years.

TKF stop with your star gazing point of view. He is an all-star but we won't win it all with him. Proof is in he has been traded 4 times and that iss all I need to know!

Posted by letitbeheard:

hey guys! the bottomline is, the knicks need marbury to become the player that mj was, thomas himself was, bird was, magic was. get his teams playing well and step up his playing ability in the biggest of momments. mj, thomas, bird, magic, wanted to win so badly that they became leaders and didn't let up on their teammates till they got to playing at the level of greatness as a team. if marbury wants to become a champion, those are the exact things he needs to do, he has a great example looking after him.

No they don't. That's unrealistic. As good as he was, Isiah wasn't as good as Magic, Bird or Jordan.

What they need to do is to surround Marbury with talent.