Posted by JohnWallace44:

Posted by knicks1248:

Yeah those rookies played real well in a primarily rookie camp, but they will be expose when it comes to the real deal.
I will take vetership over rookies any day of the week.. Lee, nate, balkman and mardy, thats enough young talant on a team to build already, sit those guys (rookies) on the side but not in case of injuries, which killed us last year. We were force to play our young guys who could not finish games and made countless erros which pretty much cost us the season.

Guys like jones and dan are assets, and can be effective, Just can't keep both

You must have missed the past two years where the rookies were better than the vets and were the only reason why we won a lot of games and the only reason we were even in others.

Just looking at the SL team you have to kind of like the way they look together. Nate, Balk, Chan, DNich and Morris did some serious work and they played unselfishly. They were a joy to watch, cuz they played like a team and defended. Our young guys all look useful. There's no garbage guys that you know won't make the team. Isiah makes the most of his picks.

Dan has he most interest cuz he's a PG, but he's never really caught on, so what makes him special. In Nate you know what kind of talent is under the hood. You just need to harness it. Nare can actually have an impact on a game. Dan would be a useful player if we weren't already crowded.

Posted by BigSm00th:

Q has played more than 70 games once in the last 5 years.

my point is what are you going to deal nate for? another shooter? he already shoots the rock at 40% from downtown and seems to be finally listening to coaches and doing/focusing/concentrating on what hes told.

i was at summer league yesterday, nate was the only guy IN THE TOURNAMENT who was on the bench the ENTIRE game talking to the team, yelling things out, and talking on D when in the game. literally so loud you could hear it in the stands. he played under control the whole time and dominated, his team was undefeated and he was MVP. granted its SL but still, in person, its impressive and still the best 19-24 yo's in the world not in the NBA, trying to make it.

nate can get mop up duty when Q is in and when Q is out he can play for stretches. if you deal nate, its at that point, when he's playing against NBA comp. for 25 mpg and putting up #'s, not on a SL performance.

and @ that point, why even trade him if he's doing everything you ask of him and is such a freak athletically?

plus i imagine the minutes at 3 are going to be divided by Q, balkman, lee (when z-bo and curry are both on the floor), and even crawford (when 2 of marbury/mardy/nate are playing together).