The Answer Man Knows That Knicks Fans Are Everywhere

Q. pharzeone - Hey, you know where Lithia Springs is located?

A. Not exactly, but I know they were having a halfway decent high school football season before taking three straight on the chin versus Alexander, Douglas County and a very tough East Paulding team out of Dallas, Ga.

Posted by misterearl:

"As to his skill level, again, he has the chance to be a solid bench player for us in the future. I'm not looking at him as a future Tayshaun Prince or Ron Artest mold ya know?"

Cos - what I find most intruguing about The Mayor is his potential to adapt to the offensive system which will be installed by D'Antoni. His potential is not measured by random or aribitrary comparisons to NBA veterans, or any personal bias. That potential is measured in a critical look at his skill-set now... and his unique and diverse skill-set as it evolves with the experience facing NBA talent.


No one, and I do mean NO ONE knows what type of learning curve Chandler will chart. By his the time he reaches 25, in his fifth season, he might inspire comparisions to Bobby Dandridge as easily as he could be working for the Boys and Girls Club. The variables are too precise and sometimes too random to forecast.

I will offer that his productivity is less a factor of opinion, and more the by-product of how hard he is is willing to work over the next three months.







[Edited by - misterearl on 07-13-2008 2:52 PM]

Nope, none of us know his true ceiling. I've always stuck with a phrase that I think is dead on regarding NBA talent: If they don't break out in their 3rd year chances are they already are what they are.

So...Chandler has some time. My expectations are not high however so if he does do more that what I think he can I guess it'll be a pleasant surprise.

I'm not expecting a star, or a solid dependable starter on a good to great team, but probably a solid rotation player down the road. His book is not yet written so we'll see and he's got some time to show us what he can do.

Cosmic - three years?

Perhaps, but a few players like Chet Walker, Bill Laimbeer, Lonnie Shelton, Chauncey Billups, Doug Christie and Gilbert Arenas might beg to differ.

Expectations. projections, comparisions, ceilings, scouting reports and "separated at birth" photos do not a basketball player make.

The Mayor has mojo.

Posted by misterearl:

Cosmic - three years?

Perhaps, but a few players like Chet Walker, Bill Laimbeer, Lonnie Shelton, Chauncey Billups, Doug Christie and Gilbert Arenas might beg to differ.

Expectations. projections, comparisions, ceilings, scouting reports and "separated at birth" photos do not a basketball player make.

The Mayor has mojo.

Yes. It's a very good benchmark to see if a player is going to be a star or not. If they're not showing it in their third year chances are they'll never be one.

It's a comment I've heard more than once...from analysts to scouts to coaches and more.

By the conclusion of the third season you've got a pretty solid idea of what a player is and will be.

Big time players show it from the start. Stars show it anywhere from the start into their second and third years - also known as break out seasons.

You don't have a Mardy Collins for years 1-3 and end up with a Gilbert Arenas for years 6-9. By year three you already know you have a Mardy Collins and you hope by year 6 you have a more mature and savvy Mardy Collins - but you're never going to have a Gilbert Arenas.

Same deal here. By year three you're going to know what you have and just expect it to be a more mature and savvy version as time goes on as is the case with nearly all veteran players.

The Mayor and The Consiglieri?

[Edited by - basketballjones on 07-14-2008 20:48]

Posted by BasketballJones:

The Mayor and The Consigliori?

Consiglieeeeeeeriiii.

Consiglieeeeeeeriiii

TMS - perfect. The next time Marc Berman calls Danilo the un-original and presumptive "Italian Stallion" I'm gonna puke.

Did You Say Yoots?

For all of the needless kvetching and gnashing of teeth over each and every blemish in a Summer League game where players are SUPPOSED to experiment and learn, I dug the fact the Knicks have two big men who have respectable and unselfish ball-handling skills. Nate Archibald? Nah. Dean Meminger? Hardly. I'm talking point forward skillz in the noble tradition of Anthony Mason.

The Mayor and The Consigliere can both advance the ball against token pressure.

Add the unselfish Chris Duhon to the flammable Jamal Crawford and the Knicks can get to work on hitting then open man.

Posted by misterearl:


TMS - perfect. The next time Marc Berman calls Danilo the un-original and presumptive "Italian Stallion" I'm gonna puke.

The originality of dubbing Gallo "The Itallion Stallion" is just awful and terrifying.

From Realgm from Hahn's Blog

By the looks of it, this may only be the beginning for Isiah Thomas’ final draft pick, who is brimming with confidence. “I don’t wonder if I’m going to play a lot because [D’Antoni] tells me he’s going to let me play and he talks to me a lot about it,” Chandler said. “Just keep doing what I’m doing.”

http://blogs.trb.com/sports/basketball/knicks/blog/