Posted by Nalod:

oh yea, then we'd have nothing to talk about?

Nothing Knick related at least.

Posted by HARDCOREKNICKSFAN:

I don't see this interview as cause for alarm. Maybe he judges the best player by who is paid the most. I look at whatever Allan can contribute as an added bonus at this stage of things. This team can and will get it on, with or without Allan Houston. Larry's good enough to get the benefit of the doubt IMO. Let's wait until training camp starts and see how things come together before the season opener.

Full steam ahead, onward to training camp! KNICKS.

honestly, the games when allan played were amazing. the knicks looked great. my favorite game was the knicks vs orlandough game played back in december. just great ball movement. just great game. the first half was amazing as the knicks had a 60 - 30/40 something lead at the break - flat out ball. just amazing. allan brought great ball movement to the knicks and everything clicked with the team when allan was in there. when he was out it's like every game was just an all out scramble / scrimmage.

Posted by Silverfuel:

Posted by nixluva:

The Media just wants to start trouble already. They'll be looking for any little instance to use as a headline. They can't wait to drive a wedge between LB and Steph.

This is a direct quote from Larry Brown.

``They started out pretty darn good, but when you lose an Allan Houston, you know, your best player, it's pretty difficult to overcome that,'' Brown said.

This means, we need to depend on Allan Houston to stay "pretty darn good." This means we can look forward to more depending on Allan Houston and our entire season depends on his injury prone knees. This means we are moving backward instead of forward.

This has nothing to do with the media wanting to drive a wedge between Brown and Steph. This has to do with Larry Brown saying something he better not mean or we are F**KED

Everyone needs to realize that Larry might have also made these statements so that if the team fails to meet expectations - i.e. playoffs, he has a built in excuse that Houston was busted and MIA (not where the Heat play at).

Frankly, I could care less about what Houston did a few years back. The question is will he able to help the Knicks this season?

The Knicks have used Houston's injury sparring as excuse. I mean I give them more credit than that. I remember the playoff series against the Nets, no one would allow the Knicks to use Houston's injury as an excuse but when Kidd goes down, the Nets and the rest of the media used it. I think that is media vs. IT thing though. I think LB is thinking about the Summer Olympics to be honest. Wasn't he the same guy who said how this team needs Houston and Redd, pure jump shooters. Not surprising that he still believes it.
As far Houston being more of a clutch player, I don't see it. For his game 5 99 Miami series, I can offer his game 7 97 Miami series to counter. Or his 99 Indiana series vs. his 00 Indiana series. For every big shot he hit, he probably has just as many turnovers in the final seconds.

Posted by WOODMANnYk:

Looks like Larry is giving us an indication that he's isn't too fond of Marbury..

That would be so dumb considering that they haven't even played one game this year. (I'm not saying it's inaccurate; just saying it's very dumb.)

You realize I'm not disagreeing with you, right, wood?