i know, you can't teach height. but he does more on the court in less minutes than curry. he has just as good a post game, if not better b/c he gets to the line ALOT. he boards more, and this is only his first real full season. he needs to shed 20 more lbs, and learn to control his fouls but after 3 full seasons of heavy minutes for curry, sweetney's growth curve is much higher and in game impact is much higher. if we make a concerted effort to get him the ball in the post at least 10-15 times a game, he will EASILY average 12-15pts.

give me chandler, keep curry.

email the Bull and offer sweetney for curry straight up and attach your post to the email and let me know what they say

i'm just kidding, just kidding having some fun with you

i like to see posters who respect our players even if sweetney is fat albert

sweetney is fat albert. but also has shown a hard work ethic and has lost weight every offseason.

and this ain't a "kool-aid" post either.

if Curry starts rebounding and blocking shots then you can say he'll help us more than Sweetney will.

Posted by bigpimpin:

djsun relax, we're just having fun

but seriously how do you know that fat albert didn't lose weight every offseason either cause i remember him being heavier when i was younger

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InsideHoops.com: How'd your summer go? What did you do?

Mike Sweetney: I worked out the whole summer, traveled to different places to work out, and played in the NBA summer league in L.A.

InsideHoops.com: And off the court, anything cool?

Mike Sweetney: Nothing really; just chilled at home, back in Maryland, spent some time with my family, and that was it.

InsideHoops.com: Talk about summer workout routines, if you did new stuff, different stuff, what you focused on.

Mike Sweetney: Just running, doing a little road work, running a couple miles, sometimes two-a-day, sometimes one-a-day.

InsideHoops.com: Did the Knicks give you a specific workout routine for the summer, or do you just make it up yourself?

Mike Sweetney: I just figure it out myself.


At 22 how is he gonna figure it out. How many players get personal trainers all yr round.

Seriously If he lost it knicca he gains it all back ,dude needs to get serious before he ends up like "OLIVER MILLER" Tons of talent and too much junk in his trunk!

i still take Curry over Sweetney in a heartbeat.

Apples and oranges. they play different positions. What impresses me about Sweetney is that he can score on PFs and Center. What I would like to see is more of Sweetney and Nazr or until something better comes along at Center. But yeah Sweeetney is better than KT and that is what counts on the Knicks not if he is better than Curry. Sweetney needs to be starting I really don't care if he is fat that can be lost. What the Knicks need to do is maximize his skills with PT.

Yeah, me might score 20pts and bring down 10 boards 1 day, just don't count on him to do that every day. :)

(Even Othella Harrington is capable of occassional brilliance...)

Posted by bigpimpin:

lol


playa2, you don't know what you are talking about. Sweetney is going to be a 20 pt. 10 reb guy and perennial all-star in this league one day

he has the wingspan of Elton brand even if he does reminds me of Othella harrington

lol

Posted by TMS:

if Sweetney ever learned how to stay out of foul trouble & lost about 25 lbs. so he could keep his stamina up to play a full 40 minutes & be effective, then i might change my tune...but at this point i still feel Curry is the better talent...neither of them have reached their potential yet, but Curry's ceiling is alot higher imho.

His floor is also a lot lower

Sweets has better court awareness and is miles ahead defensively. That said, Curry is one of those players who is unstoppable on offense at times. As a big man, that's rare.

I don't think Sweets will ever be as lame as Tractor. Scarily, he reminds me of a young Clarence Weatherspoon. When Spoon was young, he was more mobile, could score in the post, could move on D and grab some boards. He was never big enough to dunk in traffic or swat shots or really seem like a pressence. People forget Spoon averaged like 18 and 10 one season early on. I see a lot of Spoon in Sweets.

Posted by crzymdups:

Sweets has better court awareness and is miles ahead defensively. That said, Curry is one of those players who is unstoppable on offense at times. As a big man, that's rare.

I don't think Sweets will ever be as lame as Tractor. Scarily, he reminds me of a young Clarence Weatherspoon. When Spoon was young, he was more mobile, could score in the post, could move on D and grab some boards. He was never big enough to dunk in traffic or swat shots or really seem like a pressence. People forget Spoon averaged like 18 and 10 one season early on. I see a lot of Spoon in Sweets.

Scarily is right. SPOON??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

but really I think he is much better in the post than spoon and has more hops. But he definitely must get his weight down.