He's not running the offense, he's not defending well. He looks like a shell of the player we saw even at the beginning of his tenure here.

I'm guessing the leg is still not right. But if it isn't, maybe he needs to rest it more?

Good lord, he looks horrible.

I guess we have the rest of the year to try Billups out. No doubt he is, or at least was, a great pg but I think it's a matter of this system. Also, we are not great defensively and he just adds to that. We need some balance.

If we don't pick up his option we still won't have but 5 million or so for other players. I doubt that is a better scenario, unless we find a Nugget of a young player (note pun), which is rare.

Really MElo, why couldn't you have just said no to Jersey, we would at least have had Mos and some assemblance of a center. We could have had assets to build a really nice deep team, now we are in Miami's situation, with less defense and talent...

holfresh wrote:He isn't running the offense and isn't really a good fit for this style of play...If we were able to hold onto Felton, the offense would look a lot smoother and it would be easier to assimilate Melo into the flow...I also wonder if he is head strong thinking he knows how to run a team better...PG play, defense and a big man is the Knicks' biggest problem right now...

"If a frog had wings he would not bump his ass so much"

Chauncey is homesick for Denver Colorado. Don't get me started on the blatantly obvious big man deficit.

We are the best soap opera in pro sports

misterearl wrote:

holfresh wrote:He isn't running the offense and isn't really a good fit for this style of play...If we were able to hold onto Felton, the offense would look a lot smoother and it would be easier to assimilate Melo into the flow...I also wonder if he is head strong thinking he knows how to run a team better...PG play, defense and a big man is the Knicks' biggest problem right now...

"If a frog had wings he would not bump his ass so much"

Chauncey is homesick for Denver Colorado. Don't get me started on the blatantly obvious big man deficit.

We are the best soap opera in pro sports

is a season free of being the best soap opera in pro sports too much to ask?!

...i guess it is.

holfresh wrote:

TymeLessKnicks wrote:

misterearl wrote:

holfresh wrote:He isn't running the offense and isn't really a good fit for this style of play...If we were able to hold onto Felton, the offense would look a lot smoother and it would be easier to assimilate Melo into the flow...I also wonder if he is head strong thinking he knows how to run a team better...PG play, defense and a big man is the Knicks' biggest problem right now...

"If a frog had wings he would not bump his ass so much"

Chauncey is homesick for Denver Colorado. Don't get me started on the blatantly obvious big man deficit.

We are the best soap opera in pro sports

is a season free of being the best soap opera in pro sports too much to ask?!

...i guess it is.

The soap opera usually starts right here....

it starts on the court.

Moonangie wrote:

misterearl wrote:

holfresh wrote:He isn't running the offense and isn't really a good fit for this style of play...If we were able to hold onto Felton, the offense would look a lot smoother and it would be easier to assimilate Melo into the flow...I also wonder if he is head strong thinking he knows how to run a team better...PG play, defense and a big man is the Knicks' biggest problem right now...

"If a frog had wings he would not bump his ass so much"

Chauncey is homesick for Denver Colorado. Don't get me started on the blatantly obvious big man deficit.

We are the best soap opera in pro sports

Sorry, Answer Man. This time you are incorrect. Due to the Madoff scandal, the Mets are BY FAR the biggest soap opera in sports. Knicks may have a lock on first place in hoops, but not all sports. It's not even close.

Moonangie - true, the Mets have their share of controversy and transition. The whole Madoff mess is a family tragedy.

However in terms of national media attention, endless trade speculation, front office espionage and celebrity appearances the Mets story cannot hold a candle to the Knicks.

It's a Broadway show!

He has been brutal since returning from the injury. I almost want to say that we shouldn't have thrown him into the starting lineup as soon as he returned, but it's even tough for me to blame D'Antoni for that because he's probably thinking "we don't have many games left, got to start Chauncey to get him to develop some chemistry with Melo/Amare in time for the playoffs."

It's just a tough situation right now. I think we're all frustrated as hell but if this team starts to click in time for the playoffs, we'll all be glad that we went through this now instead of round 1.

AnubisADL wrote:Billups looks old. I mean he can still be solid but he needs to be relegated to running the offense and not being our third scorer.

This is what shocks me the most about Billups' play since his injury. He is either very bad in general or bad because of his injury. I want to believe the later but who knows.

But if he is bad because of his injury - can't push off legs for shot or exploding to rim for layup or lateral movement when guarding guys - why doesn't he become more of an orchestrator versus a 3rd scorer?

Very odd considering he should be a smarter player.

martin wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:Billups looks old. I mean he can still be solid but he needs to be relegated to running the offense and not being our third scorer.

This is what shocks me the most about Billups' play since his injury. He is either very bad in general or bad because of his injury. I want to believe the later but who knows.

But if he is bad because of his injury - can't push off legs for shot or exploding to rim for layup or lateral movement when guarding guys - why doesn't he become more of an orchestrator versus a 3rd scorer?

Very odd considering he should be a smarter player.

Yep very disappointed in what I am seeing since post iinjury return. Not reakly sure why it's taking him so long to adjust, Felton took time as well. Maybe the system is hard to grasp for PGs at first?

AnubisADL wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

martin wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:Billups looks old. I mean he can still be solid but he needs to be relegated to running the offense and not being our third scorer.

This is what shocks me the most about Billups' play since his injury. He is either very bad in general or bad because of his injury. I want to believe the later but who knows.

But if he is bad because of his injury - can't push off legs for shot or exploding to rim for layup or lateral movement when guarding guys - why doesn't he become more of an orchestrator versus a 3rd scorer?

Very odd considering he should be a smarter player.

Yep very disappointed in what I am seeing since post iinjury return. Not reakly sure why it's taking him so long to adjust, Felton took time as well. Maybe the system is hard to grasp for PGs at first?

He's old man. He isnt going to bounce back quickly from injuries. It also doesnt help that we dont have a consistent 3rd scorer.

for me it isn't injury so much decision making. I mean, the dude could just have a bad injury, there is no 2 ways around that, whether you are 25 or 45.