Posted by nixluva:

Posted by Cosmic:

He's not Charlie Ward and we don't need a stop gap. We're rebuilding the team.

What kind of a team wins 23 games and signs a "stop gap" 3rd string guard to start for them for 2 years during a rebuild when they already have Crawford, Nate, Collins who could fill the role of "we're going to stink anyone the next two years so who cares who really is starting in the big picture right now?"

????????????

The roster spot belongs to a SL standout, an NBDL standout, a walk-in player........ not a 3rd string guard being brought in the start at PG. We already have 3 other guys who could do that. While they did we could spend the next 14 months and the 09 draft looking for a REAL starting PG. Duhon isn't it and won't ever be it so why did we bother?

Entirely pointless.

1) Duhon can defend on the NBA level, which NONE of our PG's have shown
2) He's not a chucker, which is the case with Jamal, Nate and Steph. Collins can't shoot so that's a problem in itself
3) We need to establish the teams style of play for the benefit of the young players we do intend to keep. Duhon gives us the best chance of doing that. He'll run the plays as the coach prescribes and that is also something we haven't had.
4) His short contract doesn't inhibit our future plans.

Posted by SlimPack:

Posted by Cosmic:

He's not Charlie Ward and we don't need a stop gap. We're rebuilding the team.

What kind of a team wins 23 games and signs a "stop gap" 3rd string guard to start for them for 2 years during a rebuild when they already have Crawford, Nate, Collins who could fill the role of "we're going to stink anyone the next two years so who cares who really is starting in the big picture right now?"

????????????

The roster spot belongs to a SL standout, an NBDL standout, a walk-in player........ not a 3rd string guard being brought in the start at PG. We already have 3 other guys who could do that. While they did we could spend the next 14 months and the 09 draft looking for a REAL starting PG. Duhon isn't it and won't ever be it so why did we bother?

Entirely pointless.

I disagree that we already have all the help we need at the poing guard position. saying it's like the Jeffries signing is only true if Marbury will still be a Knick next year. in that case that only leaves Crawford, Nate, and Collins. Crawford in my mind, isn't a PG, and couldn't play at the point well consistently. and Collins may be out of the league soon. That really only leaves Nate. so it's not exactly as though the Knicks are stocked with good options at the point.

The reason this signing was done may be because the Knick don't want to be atrocious next year, but aren't going to spend significant resources in order to get better either.

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by BasketballJones:

I can't see this guy replacing Marbury. Does he have Truck? How's his Juice Card? Would he make a good Excape Goat?

We're gonna miss Marbury something awful when he's gone.

[Edited by - basketballjones on 07-06-2008 19:51]

Most importantly, can Duhon see the spit on peoples mouths too?

Posted by Knicksfan:

You people can't be happy for anything. Its just ridiculous. This is a solid signing that helps us in the present and for the future will definitely help. We get a solid player, a point guard that actually passes the ball first, something none of our so-called point guards do. We get a young player to accept a contract that while its big, its for two years, and that's a risk for any player. After the two years we can keep him if he is the player we think he is now, and if he isn't we simply let him go and keep cap space for the real plan.

Its a win-win situation, but no, we have to criticize everything this team does, even if we finally have a plan and are definitely sticking up to it.

1. He isn't a star nor better than Marbury. - Yeah, like we were looking for that or had a chance to get one through the FA. Monta Ellis? He would've cost us too much in terms of years, which would've killed our plan and told us this management is as clueless about a plan as the last one. We needed a point guard to run McD's offense and since Marbs is a question mark, Nate isn't a pg and Collins wasn't even an option, we had to make this deal. It help us as a team, something you guys talked about during the season but seem to forget once we move into FA mode.

This was a solid deal that will lead to good things for the Knicks. Will it win us more games? Who knows, but we know we aren't trying to win the most games. This is a process, something NY fans say they are ready to go through but when it happens they prove they aren't...

Posted by Bippity10:

Andrew/Martin: If you have not done so already, please ban JohnWallace44 for this post. I am very angry right now.