That's the thing about injuries, they can happen anywhere at any time. You can punch a fire extinguisher walking in the hallway and need 40 stitches, or you can try and save a ball from going out of bounds and rip your ACL .

Tweet that your Just coming to camp focus and determine, i could ride with that.

GustavBahler wrote:Good news. I want Grant to start, but Id like to see him outplay a healthy Calderon to do it.

Grants not a starter, at least not at the beginning of the season

knicks1248 wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Good news. I want Grant to start, but Id like to see him outplay a healthy Calderon to do it.

Grants not a starter, at least not at the beginning of the season

Which is why I said that I wanted Grant to outplay the guy ahead of him on the depth chart.

I suppose we see most of the minutes split up between Calderon, Grant, and Galloway, with Lance Thomas as the low minute backup?

I reck we really wanted Ledo or TA to really distinguish themselves in summer league play as capable swingmen.

Maybe TA would work reasonably well on a unit that included Carmelo and Calderon...

Just say according to the doctors, I should be ready and I'm looking forward to starting the year off right.

Maybe he did say this.

martin wrote:

technomaster wrote:We have really poor depth at the guard positions.

I suppose we see most of the minutes split up between Calderon, Grant, and Galloway, with Lance Thomas as the low minute backup?

I reck we really wanted Ledo or TA to really distinguish themselves in summer league play as capable swingmen.

Maybe TA would work reasonably well on a unit that included Carmelo and Calderon...

Afflalo?

It will be interesting because there will be a lot of competition for rotation spots. I would say only Melo, Afflalo and Lopez are locks for starter minutes, and Afflalo has something to prove as well.

Looking forward to how it all shakes out

anrst wrote:can't calderon just play the steve kerr, paxon role?

The offense has been adjusted slightly to take advantage of the roster we have now. The presence of good screeners like RoLo and KP and an excellent PnR PG like Jerian makes it a good fit for the Knicks to run those Drag Screens early in the possessions. Jose should also be able to make use of that tactic but he won't have the same exact game as JErian. Jose will use the screens to take the open 3 or mid range or hit the roll man. Jerian can get all the way to the basket to score of kick to a teammate.

There will still be some of those old Kerr/Paxson looks but there is more of an emphasis on early offense and a quicker pace. You can see that when healthy Jose can make use of that stuff and he did.

Notice the screens they're setting for Jose so he can take open jumpers, which is his strength of course. Also notice that when healthy Jose can still push the ball and set up teammates.

fishmike wrote:

franco12 wrote:Calderon saying he will be healthy is a bit like Amar'e saying he would be ready, Bargs saying he would be ready, Eddy Curry would be ready.

Just say according to the doctors, I should be ready and I'm looking forward to starting the year off right.

Maybe he did say this.

not really... before last year Jose was a b2b starter and played every game. He was a starter for Dallas on a 50 win team. People have forgotten this guys actually a pretty good player.

The utterly useless Jose vs. the Spurs about 14 months ago (ancient history for Knick fans)

if it had been one injury - kinda like Melo's- then maybe I could think he could return to form. But these were the nagging injuries of an older, out of shape player. I need to see him show up and make it through training camp before I have any expectations for the year.