Posted by Allanfan20:

Chris Childs. Very good defensive player who was able to hit big shots and blended well into the offense. I miss that guy. If we sign him for the MLE and he turns out to be Chris Childs, I seriously wouldn't be too dissapointed.

Defense yes, able to hit big shots yes, I don't know about blending into the offense well at all, isn't that what got him shipped out of NY, he never materialize into the PG that played in the Meadowlands. He couldn't set up guys effectively. LOL, how have things change, I remember when Marbury and the T-Wolves would roll into the Garden and Marbury would post like 12 assist while the Knick PGs (Childs and Ward would post like 4 between them). And all the media people, fans would say man the Knicks can't get a PG like Marbury. Funny how times have changed.

Chris Childs. Very good defensive player who was able to hit big shots and blended well into the offense. I miss that guy. If we sign him for the MLE and he turns out to be Chris Childs, I seriously wouldn't be too dissapointed.

having a hard nosed defender like Chris Childs running the point wouldn't be something i'd complain about, but Mike James is a couple notches above him in his scoring ability... i'd venture to guess he'll sign for a 5 year $40 million dollar type deal someplace... & he'd be well worth it imho.

Holy smoke, now we are fondly recalling Childs? Things really have gotten bad! Guys, Childs was not a good defensive player at all. He was reputed to be one when he got to the Knicks, then once here, opposing point guards would routinely hang season-high point totals on he and Ward. Have you all forgotten how Mark Jackson would carve them up dropping 20+ when he faced the Knicks? He ate them alive.

The point guard spot was the bane of the Knicks when Childs and Ward were here. EVERYBODY wanted the Knicks to upgrade. The difference now is that even though the Knicks are getting scored on a lot at the PG spot, at least they can score back.

Chris Childs was brought to NYC to be a starter, he got benched, he was mediocre. That's it.

Chris Childs career averages:

YEAR 	TEAM 	G 	GS 	MPG 	FG% 	3P% 	FT% 	OFF 	DEF 	RPG 	APG 	SPG 	BPG 	TO 	PF 	PPG
 94-95	NJN	53	11	19.3	.380	.328	.753	.30	1.00	1.30	4.1	.79	.06	1.43	2.20	5.8
 95-96	NJN	78	54	30.9	.416	.367	.852	.70	2.50	3.10	7.0	1.42	.10	2.95	3.20	12.8
 96-97	NYK	65	61	31.9	.414	.387	.758	.30	2.60	2.90	6.1	1.20	.17	2.77	3.30	9.3
 97-98	NYK	68	0	23.5	.421	.310	.825	.40	2.00	2.40	3.9	.82	.09	1.51	2.60	6.3
 98-99	NYK	48	0	27.0	.427	.383	.821	.40	2.40	2.80	4.0	.92	.02	1.77	3.30	6.8
 99-00	NYK	71	2	23.6	.409	.356	.797	.20	1.80	2.10	4.0	.51	.06	1.48	3.40	5.3
 00-01	NYK	51	5	25.7	.419	.313	.848	.30	2.40	2.70	4.6	.73	.14	1.92	3.10	4.8
 00-01	TOR	26	0	21.2	.372	.286	.840	.40	2.10	2.50	4.6	.85	.31	2.23	3.20	4.5
 01-02	TOR	69	4	22.8	.328	.275	.817	.30	2.00	2.20	5.1	.81	.07	1.78	2.60	4.1
 02-03	NJN	12	0	8.8	.300	.167	.667	.30	.20	.40	1.3	.67	.08	.50	1.40	1.3
 Career		541	137	25.2	.403	.344	.816	.40	2.10	2.40	4.9	.91	.10	1.97	2.90	6.9
 Playoff		73	23	26.8	.398	.365	.816	.40	2.60	2.90	4.4	.85	.05	2.05	3.40	7.1
	

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Side rant: I'd like to hear all the Allan Houston Dissers speak up now! The Knicks of the Allan Houston era were not so great, but they were competitive and better balanced than this team. Houston was clutch! He would win several games a year at least with late shots. Nobody on the Knicks is clutch. Crawford, nor Marbury are clutch. Remember "Allan Houston plays no D!". Well he was Alvin Robertson compared to any guard the Knicks got now!


oohah



[Edited by - oohah on 03-22-2006 12:45 PM]

Yeah, I don't know where the big love is coming for Chris Childs, he lost his starting job twice. Him and Charlie were clutch shooters but they were classic turnover prone too. As far as the Knicks beating the Wolves that had more to do with a HOF center roaming the post while he was still capable of playing good basketball. And those games usually came down to the final seconds too. Good games, I love going to those games then and yes Marbury would outperform the Knick entire pg roster, didn't matter who they threw at him. But Ewing would do Ewing stuff and pull out the win. Hmm... as far as Houston being totally clutch, you are 50/50. many games he won for the Knicks and just as many he lost. The classic example of the not so clutch was the constant dribble off the foot (and you people thought Ariza had no ball handling skills). Second when did Houston become a Knick leader? During Ewing's time he heavily deferred to Ewing and Starks, then LJ when Ewing was traded, then when he tried to act as captain, Spree just kind of bitch him out to the press, JVG and anyone who cared to listen. Spree asked for him to be traded after each season. One of the reasons why Spree was traded not so much for him walking out on Dolan was his constant bashing of Houston (Dolan's golden child). The only Knick team Houston led was the Houston/KVH team for half a season.

no matter how much of a tim hardaway he is i dont want him on this team. i want a pure point guard.

someone with great court vision.

someone willing to be larry brown's shadow...do everything he says to do

Posted by TymeLessKnicks:

no matter how much of a tim hardaway he is i dont want him on this team. i want a pure point guard.

someone with great court vision.

someone willing to be larry brown's shadow...do everything he says to do

i agree, that would be ideal... but who are you going to get to fill that role?