MSG3 wrote:GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:so uhh..Billups
Fields
Melo
Amare
Turiaf
Bench: TD, Walker, Williams, Shelden Williams, Balkman, Brewer
Our bench looks uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugly. Not ONE guy who you look at and say..damn that guy should be starting on another team.
Edit:
Oh well this is the part where I tell myself things to make myself feel better like
"Well if we waited till free agency, Melo would have totally extended with Denver or New Jersey."
"Chandler was going to walk after this season anyway after we signed Melo as a FA. Gallo plays the same position as Melo and he would be a rerstricted FA after next season anyway. Felton would have walked and Mozgov is a big stiff white guy. AR will never realize his talent."
There..I feel better already.
We will have 1 of Melo, STAT and Billups on the court at all times. Our bench isn't much different now than it was before. the key is Fields continuing his great play.
With Melo and Amare eating up all that cap space, the key is also Donnie (or whoever is running the Knicks...) not having any room for mistakes.
It's essential that whatever draft picks we do have left are used wisely. Production from rookies is cheap..but also VERY uncommon.
It's essential that any free agents we sign have to be good values. We can't afford any more Jefferies/Jerome James type signing that eat up any cap space left over and cost us in numerous other ways.
and the health of any of our guys getting major minutes. Our thin bench means any injury to Billups/Fields/Amare/Melo is going to mean someone we really don't want playing heavy minutes doing so.
Let's try to elevate the level of discourse in this byeetch. Please