martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:I like Mullens. He's a defensive sieve but he is an upgrade over what we have offensively on the bench.

Our bigs consist of Tyson, Bargs, Amare, KMart, Tyler, Cole. We need more?

Most of those guys are injury prone and Mullens is easily the best shooter of the group. I don't think he'd make a big difference for us but I think he could help.

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:I like Mullens. He's a defensive sieve but he is an upgrade over what we have offensively on the bench.

Our bigs consist of Tyson, Bargs, Amare, KMart, Tyler, Cole. We need more?

Most of those guys are injury prone and Mullens is easily the best shooter of the group. I don't think he'd make a big difference for us but I think he could help.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/4005/byron-mullens

Best shooter? Can we at least do a bit of fact checking?

BRIGGS wrote:No we have bargs. Udirih is a much needed piece if the goal is to win

I don't know about that- I'm suspicious of his impact on team chemistry, and he's sulking with Woody.

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:I like Mullens. He's a defensive sieve but he is an upgrade over what we have offensively on the bench.

Our bigs consist of Tyson, Bargs, Amare, KMart, Tyler, Cole. We need more?

Most of those guys are injury prone and Mullens is easily the best shooter of the group. I don't think he'd make a big difference for us but I think he could help.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/4005/byron-mullens

Best shooter? Can we at least do a bit of fact checking?

He shot 32% from deep last year and 33% this year. Guys got range. I'm not sure why it seems so outlandish for me to say that. Save Bargs, none of our guys take 3 pointers.

you are backpedaling faster than JR's career as a Knicks is dwindling.

First it was: he is an upgrade over what we have offensively on the bench. Then: Best Shooter. Then, we narrow to 3 point shooting stats.

How about we conclude: he is a career 40% shooter as a big man. He would get zero minutes with the likes of Chandler, Martin, Amare, Tyler, Bargs on roster. He is a downgrade as a player over any of those guys.

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:I like Mullens. He's a defensive sieve but he is an upgrade over what we have offensively on the bench.

Our bigs consist of Tyson, Bargs, Amare, KMart, Tyler, Cole. We need more?

Most of those guys are injury prone and Mullens is easily the best shooter of the group. I don't think he'd make a big difference for us but I think he could help.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/4005/byron-mullens

Best shooter? Can we at least do a bit of fact checking?

He shot 32% from deep last year and 33% this year. Guys got range. I'm not sure why it seems so outlandish for me to say that. Save Bargs, none of our guys take 3 pointers.

you are backpedaling faster than JR's career as a Knicks is dwindling.

First it was: he is an upgrade over what we have offensively on the bench. Then: Best Shooter. Then, we narrow to 3 point shooting stats.

How about we conclude: he is a career 40% shooter as a big man. He would get zero minutes with the likes of Chandler, Martin, Amare, Tyler, Bargs on roster. He is a downgrade as a player over any of those guys.

Not really. Who do we have coming off the bench at the 4/5 spots that has any recent history of offensive prowess? We start Bargnani and Tyson and we have guys on the bench like Kenyon Martin and Cole Aldrich that have no skill on that end of the floor. The only guys left that fit the criteria of "offensive bench player (at the 4/5 spot)" is Amar'e and Jeremy Tyler; and Jeremy Tyler has not demonstrated anything as a NBA player and Amar'e Stoudemire is spending almost as much time on the bench, as he does off of it. I suppose you can fight me tooth and nail about Amare's candidacy for the title but if he's the best you got, doesn't that prove my point about the need for Mullens offensively?

And I never suggested that Mullens was a good offensive player but the guy at his size, is better than what we got . He can shoot the ball, which may be his only skill but it is still more than the vast majority of our big man platoon can do. I stand by my statement.

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:I like Mullens. He's a defensive sieve but he is an upgrade over what we have offensively on the bench.

Our bigs consist of Tyson, Bargs, Amare, KMart, Tyler, Cole. We need more?

Most of those guys are injury prone and Mullens is easily the best shooter of the group. I don't think he'd make a big difference for us but I think he could help.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/4005/byron-mullens

Best shooter? Can we at least do a bit of fact checking?

He shot 32% from deep last year and 33% this year. Guys got range. I'm not sure why it seems so outlandish for me to say that. Save Bargs, none of our guys take 3 pointers.

you are backpedaling faster than JR's career as a Knicks is dwindling.

First it was: he is an upgrade over what we have offensively on the bench. Then: Best Shooter. Then, we narrow to 3 point shooting stats.

How about we conclude: he is a career 40% shooter as a big man. He would get zero minutes with the likes of Chandler, Martin, Amare, Tyler, Bargs on roster. He is a downgrade as a player over any of those guys.

Not really. Who do we have coming off the bench at the 4/5 spots that has any recent history of offensive prowess? We start Bargnani and Tyson and we have guys on the bench like Kenyon Martin and Cole Aldrich that have no skill on that end of the floor. The only guys left that fit the criteria of "offensive bench player (at the 4/5 spot)" is Amar'e and Jeremy Tyler; and Jeremy Tyler has not demonstrated anything as a NBA player and Amar'e Stoudemire is spending almost as much time on the bench, as he does off of it. I suppose you can fight me tooth and nail about Amare's candidacy for the title but if he's the best you got, doesn't that prove my point about the need for Mullens offensively?

And I never suggested that Mullens was a good offensive player but the guy at his size, can shoot

Well because Mullens shoot so poorly of a % everyone that's played almost including jeffries. He can make a 3 but he is still below league avg.

NardDogNation wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:I like Mullens. He's a defensive sieve but he is an upgrade over what we have offensively on the bench.

Our bigs consist of Tyson, Bargs, Amare, KMart, Tyler, Cole. We need more?

Most of those guys are injury prone and Mullens is easily the best shooter of the group. I don't think he'd make a big difference for us but I think he could help.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/4005/byron-mullens

Best shooter? Can we at least do a bit of fact checking?

He shot 32% from deep last year and 33% this year. Guys got range. I'm not sure why it seems so outlandish for me to say that. Save Bargs, none of our guys take 3 pointers.

you are backpedaling faster than JR's career as a Knicks is dwindling.

First it was: he is an upgrade over what we have offensively on the bench. Then: Best Shooter. Then, we narrow to 3 point shooting stats.

How about we conclude: he is a career 40% shooter as a big man. He would get zero minutes with the likes of Chandler, Martin, Amare, Tyler, Bargs on roster. He is a downgrade as a player over any of those guys.

Not really. Who do we have coming off the bench at the 4/5 spots that has any recent history of offensive prowess? We start Bargnani and Tyson and we have guys on the bench like Kenyon Martin and Cole Aldrich that have no skill on that end of the floor. The only guys left that fit the criteria of "offensive bench player (at the 4/5 spot)" is Amar'e and Jeremy Tyler; and Jeremy Tyler has not demonstrated anything as a NBA player and Amar'e Stoudemire is spending almost as much time on the bench, as he does off of it. I suppose you can fight me tooth and nail about Amare's candidacy for the title but if he's the best you got, doesn't that prove my point about the need for Mullens offensively?

And I never suggested that Mullens was a good offensive player but the guy at his size, can shoot

Well because Mullens shoot so poorly of a % everyone that's played almost including jeffries. He can make a 3 but he is still below league avg.

Then Kenyon Martin is worse off still. I checked the advanced stats this season and Bryon is better in both his eFG% and TS% (make of that what you will because I'd take it with a grain of salt). And as I've said, if Amar'e is the best we got coming off the bench as a big, we need all the help that's available.

For the record, none of this is a celebration of Bryon Mullens' ability as much as it is an indictment of this team and the ****ty talent we've got. I'm NOT a fan of Mullens (that is basketball-wise; as a person, he seems like a good, conscientious dude). At the same time, I'm also not a fan of our supporting cast around Melo.

he had a terrible december trying to play through injury. check his monthly splits.