*shrugs* Brings his lunch pail every play, knocks down shots, extends the floor, runs the break, can find the open man, keeps point guards in front of him. Last extended minutes (20+?) had 6 assists. His own coach gave him props. since then DNP-CD and 3 minutes.

CrushAlot wrote:

Pharzeone wrote:Another DNP and we are passed the trading deadline and way out of playoff contention. It's all good though. Got to get House those crucial minutes to get him ready for next season.

The Knicks are 2-6 w/McGrady they are making a run at the playoffs. There are no minutes for first round picks that play hard on defense and will be on the roster next year.

he's obviously a bust since he's not getting minutes... didn't u get the memo?

Pharzeone wrote:Remember all the guarantees that this young man would get plenty of playing time passed the trading deadline. It seems like only a couple of weeks ago. Oh wait it was.

Don't remind me.

oohah

WindsorPl wrote:

TMS wrote:i would have much rather traded Toney Douglas as part of that T-Mac trade than give up 1 of the other assets we gave up in the T-Mac trade.

Don't you know that those picks are worthless once Lebron signs in the summer?

right, that & the fact that rookies that get no playing time are worthless too... we mine as well have unloaded that excess $1 mil off our cap for the summer while we were doing our early spring cleaning.

I couldn't stand Larry Brown because it was evident he had an agenda here that had nothing to do with coaching basketball. It has been the same with Mike D, who has made a name of himself here for the drama concerning the system and his bad communication with players rather than coaching to win.

I don't care about the record anymore, I care about having a coach I feel is all about winning and developing players for that important next season. Mike D still hasn't proved to be that coach.

SupremeCommander wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:I'm so tired of D'Antoni already. This article shows the main problem I have with him: he is all talk.

I thought the main problem here for a long time was a lack of conitnuity, sepcifically form the top down. It was always the coach/GM's fault.

I'm glad got a fair shot but I'm at teh end of my rope with him now too. I think his main problem is his ego though. He seems infatuated by maintaining his SSOL identity. Fuck that. Pat Riley didn't come here and try to make the team The Showtime Knicks.

I was a big proponent of giving time to let it develop but I'm officially starting the clock on him. THe priority should have been developing the young guys once it became clear the team was garbage (again).

Exactly, a good coach coaches the players he has, not the players he wants to have. Honestly, this team is not good enough to play run and gun. We don't have smart decision makers, and until we got Sergio, we really did not have a pg. MDA should have been preaching defense from the start, and why he never played Darko is beyond me. Darko had the skills to at least get 10-15 minutes a game, and he would have provided the defensive presence we are now lacking.