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I'm actually happy about this. Once he found his shot, the second half of last season he may have actually been the best guard on the roster.

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crzymdups wrote:

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I'm actually happy about this. Once he found his shot, the second half of last season he may have actually been the best guard on the roster.

It's not about that when it comes to Sasha. Sasha brings it in practice. He's going to help the team gel. He's a fiesty competitor too. Sasha is always ready when called upon. Regardless if people think he's good or that he sucks he's a guy you want on the roster. He's a leader.

Yeah, I completely agree. Whether he needs to be the first guard off the bench because of an injury, play five minutes, not play at all, just practice hard... he's a good pressence on the team. Even when he wasn't hitting his shot I liked him. Once he started hitting his shot, he was actually a good player for us.

crzymdups wrote:

EnySpree wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

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I'm actually happy about this. Once he found his shot, the second half of last season he may have actually been the best guard on the roster.

It's not about that when it comes to Sasha. Sasha brings it in practice. He's going to help the team gel. He's a fiesty competitor too. Sasha is always ready when called upon. Regardless if people think he's good or that he sucks he's a guy you want on the roster. He's a leader.

Yeah, I completely agree. Whether he needs to be the first guard off the bench because of an injury, play five minutes, not play at all, just practice hard... he's a good pressence on the team. Even when he wasn't hitting his shot I liked him. Once he started hitting his shot, he was actually a good player for us.

I also consider him to be the most Triangular player in the NBA- he will provide an example for others.

You figure he's a good practice guy who pushes other players, and we know that he's a good bench/locker room presence.

Good deal at the Vet's minimum.

C Noah/Hermangomez/Plumlee
PF Porzingis/O'Quinn
SF Anthony/Thomas/Kuzminskas
SG Lee/Holiday/Vujacic
PG Rose/Jennings

nixluva wrote:I think Sasha is a good addition. He knows what to do and when his shot is on he's a good player. Dude gave max effort and this team needs guys like that in practice as well as in games. A kid like Holiday can learn a lot from Sasha. As we know he's a good mentor for KP as well and could help Willy and Kuz.

And even though he's more of a SG he can play PG in the triangle and play it well.

newyorker4ever wrote:Wow there sure is a lot of love for Sasha on here all of the sudden after so much hate for him all through last year. I guess the way he came on for the last month or so of last season changed some minds on him.

Well to my eyes in person last Feb., he was the team's best guard. Not that is saying much.

According to today's NY Post Sasha is back to "rile up" us fans. Also we "soured" on him during his shooting slump. So no doubt the source of that information is Berman's Twitter feed filling up with "who is thus scrub?!?"

So who knows, maybe the haters are in summer school? Or the recent moves and sunny days has everyone more positive about End of Bench Sasha versus Starter Sasha.

Finestrg wrote:Phil's done a nice job overall this summer--from the selection of Hornacek as HC, to the Rose trade, to the careful selection of FAs (you gotta like how it all came together too -- how Rose recruited Noah and then how Noah recruited Lee. I'm actually warming up to the Noah and Lee signings--hopefully Noah's healthy/bounces back and has a good comeback year and Lee's a steady vet SG. 4 years is a long commitment though--I just hope each has enough left in the tank to fulfill the length of their contracts. Hopefully Jennings is healthy, relishes/excels in that 6th MOY role and also has a bounce back year) but I don't understand why we need guys like Vujacic and Drew Gooden to round things out, though. If it all goes to ****, we're all gonna tune in every game regardless because that's what we all do -- I know if it all went south and we're suddenly chasing the best draft pick we can get, I'd much rather watch young kids with some promise filling in over washed up players that really aren't part of the future or even the here & now when you think about it. Just pointless placeholders.. Why not show some foresight and audition some young players for possible spots next year and beyond? Why not Spencer Dinwiddie (PJ Hairston?)/Christian Wood/Cat Barber over Vujacic/Drew Gooden/_______? Makes no sense. These guys he's targeting for the end of the bench have nothing left, come on.. And I got news for ya -- guys like Dinwiddie/Wood/Barber can all play in the NBA right now. I could see Hornacek loving these players and could see these 3 absolutely pushing guys like Holiday and O'Quinn for PT (Dinwiddie's extremely versatile and can even fill in at PG--as of now, we don't have adequate PG depth behind Rose and Jennings, two big injury risks). Vujacic and Gooden aren't pushing anyone for PT.

Knicks will almost certainly have 3 and up to 4 rookies on their roster, along with a second year player, along with another play who has 121 NBA games played.

5-6 players who have less than 2 full NBA seasons under their belt seems pretty reasonable to me.