tkf wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Rockets win again. Everybody contributed today.

nice win.. lin is playing very well..

I hate the nuggs lost, again to the wizards.. they have to play better defense on a consistent basis... they sure do score enough points..

I thought the Wizards would be a pretty good team before the season began. Then the injuries struck and they stunk- but now they've got everyone back they're pretty good. People were blasting the Knicks for losing to them, but as they showed last night they can beat good teams now- they're not push overs.

tkf wrote:

earthmansurfer wrote:Lin is just getting better and better, as many of us said last year no less.
It is a tough pill to swallow watching him see the floor and whip passes like Felton never will... And he is young.
Watching 3 teams with ex Knicks play better than us lately in Denver, GS and most painfully Houston, is painful.

yep.. and I and others saw this coming... and we are considered haters... go figure..

Let's be honest though, if Lin had started out slowly (like he did this season) on the Knicks, 'fans' would have been blasting him and the media would have turned on him in typical impatient NY style. Don't know how he would have responded to that. Rockets are better for him- no media pressure, no unrealistic expectations and a lot more patience. And that's one of the main problems with Knick fans- no patience, no development, no supporting players through slumps. Look at folk wanting to ship Shumpert off a few weeks after returning from an ACL tear. As soon as anyone struggles, it's throw them under a bus. As you will never have players who never go through slumps, then you'll constantly have roster turnover and will watch players flourish on other teams.

I still think the Rockets made a mistake with the Robinson trade at the deadline- lost some good depth for a player I'm really not sure will amount to anything.

smackeddog wrote:

tkf wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Rockets win again. Everybody contributed today.

nice win.. lin is playing very well..

I hate the nuggs lost, again to the wizards.. they have to play better defense on a consistent basis... they sure do score enough points..

I thought the Wizards would be a pretty good team before the season began. Then the injuries struck and they stunk- but now they've got everyone back they're pretty good. People were blasting the Knicks for losing to them, but as they showed last night they can beat good teams now- they're not push overs.

yea, they also beat miami as well i think..

smackeddog wrote:

tkf wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Rockets win again. Everybody contributed today.

nice win.. lin is playing very well..

I hate the nuggs lost, again to the wizards.. they have to play better defense on a consistent basis... they sure do score enough points..

I thought the Wizards would be a pretty good team before the season began. Then the injuries struck and they stunk- but now they've got everyone back they're pretty good. People were blasting the Knicks for losing to them, but as they showed last night they can beat good teams now- they're not push overs.

I wonder if we would be looking to trade for Webster in the off season with the 2nd round pick acquired for Brewer, or to actually use the pick in 2014 since we have no pick's with all the trades we have used for Felton/Camby/ and Chandler trade
Those 2 GS 2nd round pick's could have came in handy as well that we threw in for Melo
We could have drafted Twolve's Shved and not worry about a future poison pill because GS's pick was an early 2nd rounder that has 3 year's option for deals

RonRon wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

tkf wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Rockets win again. Everybody contributed today.

nice win.. lin is playing very well..

I hate the nuggs lost, again to the wizards.. they have to play better defense on a consistent basis... they sure do score enough points..

I thought the Wizards would be a pretty good team before the season began. Then the injuries struck and they stunk- but now they've got everyone back they're pretty good. People were blasting the Knicks for losing to them, but as they showed last night they can beat good teams now- they're not push overs.

I wonder if we would be looking to trade for Webster in the off season with the 2nd round pick acquired for Brewer, or to actually use the pick in 2014 since we have no pick's with all the trades we have used for Felton/Camby/ and Chandler trade
Those 2 GS 2nd round pick's could have came in handy as well that we threw in for Melo
We could have drafted Twolve's Shved and not worry about a future poison pill because GS's pick was an early 2nd rounder that has 3 year's option for deals

We can't do sign and trades anymore due to being over the luxury tax by $4mil. However Webster is a free agent I think. It's about to get really difficult for us to add players. We have the MMLE ($3mil), our draft pick and vet minimums and that is all.

but knowing the Knicks they will reward JR with a big contract

vdfebduderocks wrote:third quarter hurt the nuggets a ton, right TKF?

I haven't been following the team a lot this season, but the third quarter struggles last night mirror what we've done the last few seasons... i think it happens to a lot of young teams, but yeah.

Overall, it seems most of the starters besides Lawson disappeared last night. Surprising to see that from Gallo because he's been consistent for the most part in 2013. Faried' gotta be more consistent too. If he's not rebounding the ball, he's not providing much on the floor.

Iggy's offense is pretty much shot now. He's almost like a liability on the floor... thank god he's still a decent defender.

Wilson and Dre played well.... surprising with how Miller played b/c he's usually the whipping boy when they lose.

I think the team still needs a pure sharp shooter and they're complete. I don't think Gallo's that player. Not saying he can't score, but I'm talking about getting someone that can hit 3s ala Korver, Novak type of player.

end of the second and 3rd qtr hurt, but denver has been pretty solid in taking care of business of late.. Gallo got hurt late in the second, left the game, came back after the half and tried to play through the injury.. He was not right and karl sat him, and rightly so.... otherwise gallo has been playing pretty darn good of late.. both he and lawson..

iggy's offense as far as scoring is not there, but he is far from a liability, he still is making assists, and his defense is key to that team..

Denver does need a sharp shooter, because gallo is not just some spot up shooter, he is more of their do it all guy.... they have this kid on their bench in fournier that they hope can be that sharp shooter I think..

smackeddog wrote:

tkf wrote:

earthmansurfer wrote:Lin is just getting better and better, as many of us said last year no less.
It is a tough pill to swallow watching him see the floor and whip passes like Felton never will... And he is young.
Watching 3 teams with ex Knicks play better than us lately in Denver, GS and most painfully Houston, is painful.

yep.. and I and others saw this coming... and we are considered haters... go figure..

Let's be honest though, if Lin had started out slowly (like he did this season) on the Knicks, 'fans' would have been blasting him and the media would have turned on him in typical impatient NY style. Don't know how he would have responded to that. Rockets are better for him- no media pressure, no unrealistic expectations and a lot more patience. And that's one of the main problems with Knick fans- no patience, no development, no supporting players through slumps. Look at folk wanting to ship Shumpert off a few weeks after returning from an ACL tear. As soon as anyone struggles, it's throw them under a bus. As you will never have players who never go through slumps, then you'll constantly have roster turnover and will watch players flourish on other teams.

I still think the Rockets made a mistake with the Robinson trade at the deadline- lost some good depth for a player I'm really not sure will amount to anything.

I guess you have not visited the clutchfans forum. It's like a war everyday between LOF (Lin Only Fans) and LOH (Lin Only Haters). There were a lot of discussion there questioning Lin signing. Even their announcers wanted TD to get more PT than Lin. It started turning around after the first Knick loss to the Rockets. Now LOH's are pretty quiet. A lot of the LOH by the way are racist guys.

tkf wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

tkf wrote:

earthmansurfer wrote:Lin is just getting better and better, as many of us said last year no less.
It is a tough pill to swallow watching him see the floor and whip passes like Felton never will... And he is young.
Watching 3 teams with ex Knicks play better than us lately in Denver, GS and most painfully Houston, is painful.

yep.. and I and others saw this coming... and we are considered haters... go figure..

Let's be honest though, if Lin had started out slowly (like he did this season) on the Knicks, 'fans' would have been blasting him and the media would have turned on him in typical impatient NY style. Don't know how he would have responded to that. Rockets are better for him- no media pressure, no unrealistic expectations and a lot more patience. And that's one of the main problems with Knick fans- no patience, no development, no supporting players through slumps. Look at folk wanting to ship Shumpert off a few weeks after returning from an ACL tear. As soon as anyone struggles, it's throw them under a bus. As you will never have players who never go through slumps, then you'll constantly have roster turnover and will watch players flourish on other teams.

I still think the Rockets made a mistake with the Robinson trade at the deadline- lost some good depth for a player I'm really not sure will amount to anything.

not myself, I have always been patient with the young players.. I understand the growing process, although you want to see progress.. I was ready for the rebuilding phase, I thought walsh was doing a great job until dolan stepped in.. as far as Lin, I was preaching patience.... I am not like most knick fans....and there are a few others on here who feel the same way... I guess we are labeled haters, or somber something... lol

Yup. Same here. There are a few of us here. Is gunsewing in our group?

gunsnewing wrote:My ideal scenario going back the Isiah years is to develop our own Lebron, Durant, Paul etc

Not overpay for other teams castoffs

But I gave up on that a log time ago when I realized long ago that we are screwed with James Dolan as our owner

Lin was gift wrapped to us after we gave up everything for Melo and Dolan managed to messed that up too.

Maybe we will finally get it right in 2015

Maybe.

Dolan needs to study Daniel Snyder. Finally let his football people make all football decisions and just open his checkbook. Until then, Knicks aren't going anywhere.

Jeff Wilser @jeffwilser

@clutchfans When Lin was just called for Offensive Charge, crowd chanted “BUULL-SH&&&&TT! BUULL-SH&&&&TT!” (Not joking.)

There are still a lot of Lin fans in NY.