Posted by TMS:

isles, you attached your analysis on Curry's intentions behind making his original comments, & now completely dismiss Curry's own explanation aimed at clarifying the reasoning behind making those comments. don't u think that's a little unfair?

btw, who the hell is Jim Jones?

You were saying he doesn't care about the Knicks, he only cares about Isiah. Thats not what he was trying to say at all.

"It's great when the players feel that way. We're a close team, a team that sticks together. We believe in one another," he said. "I thanked him for his support, but I reminded him that it was about the Knicks. It's not about me; it's about us. I'm glad he feels that way and I'm glad our players feel that way, but we have a long ways to go."

I only posted how you sound and if its starting to get old its your fault. I never called you out. You keep say the same thing over and over and for some reason you think I am calling you out? Your routine is getting tired and its obviously going nowhere so I'm done with these types of responses.

Who questioned anything about your right? Sorry, that was the last one but I had to cause of your pointless reply. And yes, thats a shot at you

Oh, so you knowingly made it up? Guess its easy for you. Ok, this is the last one.

That Isiah has really helped him and he is loyal to him. The whole "trying to get out" is a exaggeration and unnecessary so I can ignore it.

It is asking for much because being able to handle yourself in front of the NY media is NO JOKE. It is the hardset thing in the world. If the NY media wants to bury you, there is nothing you can do about it.

Posted by oohah:

I love it when you guys bite my style^^^^^.

oohah

I just follow the leader, man.......um...by that I mean the guy I'm responding too. But at least you didn't copyright it like Riley copyrighted the word "threepeat".

Posted by joec32033:

You were saying he doesn't care about the Knicks, he only cares about Isiah. Thats not what he was trying to say at all.

Well, obviously I wasn't the only one who took him the wrong way then. His own coach did too.

"It's great when the players feel that way. We're a close team, a team that sticks together. We believe in one another," he said. "I thanked him for his support, but I reminded him that it was about the Knicks. It's not about me; it's about us. I'm glad he feels that way and I'm glad our players feel that way, but we have a long ways to go."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02092007/sports/knicks/isiah_lauds_steady_eddy_knicks_brian_lewis.htm

I only posted how you sound and if its starting to get old its your fault. I never called you out. You keep say the same thing over and over and for some reason you think I am calling you out? Your routine is getting tired and its obviously going nowhere so I'm done with these types of responses.

Good. I'm tired of you making me have to make them.

Who questioned anything about your right? Sorry, that was the last one but I had to cause of your pointless reply. And yes, thats a shot at you

My "pointless" reply was in response to a pointless post, you really didn't give me a whole lot of room to work.

Oh, so you knowingly made it up? Guess its easy for you. Ok, this is the last one.

Hey, I learned from the master, who's been doing it to me for more than 2 months now. You know, you're a great teacher. And very persistent, too.

That Isiah has really helped him and he is loyal to him. The whole "trying to get out" is a exaggeration and unnecessary so I can ignore it.

I once again refer you the fact that Isiah had to tell him it is about the team and not about Isiah(whether he meant it or not)-and the fact that Isiah told that to the press instead of writing off what Eddy said.

It is asking for much because being able to handle yourself in front of the NY media is NO JOKE. It is the hardset thing in the world. If the NY media wants to bury you, there is nothing you can do about it.

If the NY media, that big and scary monster, is so intimidating to these guys, then perhaps they should just shut up? You can't tell me that these guys don't have some sort of governor cable from their brain to their mouth.

[Edited by - joec32033 on 02-10-2007 05:19 AM]

I honestly feel like we're a better team with him as the head coach. He's got a way of reaching out to the players and making them feel good, giving them confidence and believing in them."

"I don't think that was an aggressive comment. That's just how I feel," Curry said. "I'm out here with him every day in the trenches getting better. I realize I don't see how I could do it without him."

Posted by newyorknewyork:

Posted by TMS:

isles, you attached your analysis on Curry's intentions behind making his original comments, & now completely dismiss Curry's own explanation aimed at clarifying the reasoning behind making those comments. don't u think that's a little unfair?

btw, who the hell is Jim Jones?

Jim Jones is the cult leader, who lead a mass suicide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones

Posted by joec32033:

Its amazing how I get pulled into being petty when i argue with you. I'm going to hold off replying in kind and sound juvenile. Did you see Eddy's clarification? That should tell you how wrong you were. Look for a problem when there is no problem.

I always take clarifications with a game of salt. Ty Thomas had a "clarified" his remarks, too. Hey I can handle being wrong about this too when everyone including Curry's coach "misunderstood" his remarks. But I don't think I am wrong, I think it at the Garden spin control is a way of life.

You don't think it's a problem when a player like Curry says something like that? Take out the fact that it is Curry and for the sake of argument say it was Mike Miller(a guy who has been in the league a while, and really is just starting to really break out) who said that if the coach leaves he wants to be traded. That's ok? I'm sorry, but I don't see it, IMO. I wouldn't get behind Miller, either.

Curry said Isiah as the head coach is good for the Knicks. He was looking out for the Knicks not what you had said earlier that he did not care about the Knicks. So do away with your bs interpretation. Curry was trying to say we are a better team with Isiah not that he does not care about the Knicks. But I have a feeling his clarification will not count with you because you will in classic form build a theory on one quote and totally ignore another quote just to stick to your theory.

Silver cut the crap insults. Taken as a whole the comments-while not the worst ever-are still not good. While you tell me what I choose to ignore, you're ignoring the absolute main point of the whole thing. To Eddy at least, this whole thing-at least on Friday-was about Isiah and not the Knicks. I am not buying fully into his "clarification". That is what PR guys are for. Do I hope that Curry's explanation is the truth? Sure. But I also see that this wasn't in a tense or chaotic situation(say after a big loss or a big win where emotions are high)-it was at practice in he middle of 4 days off. Curry never said he was misquoted, but that he was "misunderstood".

While it was good to hear in Curry's "explanation" that it was about the team, I have to take it with a grain of salt, because that is exactly what PR spin is for. No matter what he says after the fact, whether I believe it or not, good or bad, there is always a sliver of doubt whether it was him saying it or the Knicks speaking it through Curry's mouth.