Solace wrote:If there's a second meeting, we're at least in consideration. I don't see LeBron wasting everyone's time and his time if we're out of it. Good news.

Berman is reporting that the LeBron camp wanted some explanation of the salary cap issues for the Knicks. So the brass met with Leon Rose while James was meeting with the Bulls. Maybe a leak to counter the fud the Nyets are fostering . ;-)

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/knicksblog/knicks_hold_meeting_with_lebron_0xJ9NwoE1If1AZYrFTpT5N

Vmart wrote:

VDesai wrote:You know what? I don't really think we need Parker if Lebron is coming here. Lebron is gonna have the ball in his hands and honestly, I would be looking at bringing in another guy that could really shoot the rock like Mike Miller. Though I'm not sure how we're supposed to get Miller if we use the whole cap on Amare/Lebron. Could Washington S&T Miller to us for Chandler? Or is there some other shooter we can use Chandler to go out and acquire?

I like Miller as a shooter but Chandler is 5x better. Miller is only an option is LeBron isn't coming and we need to put a team of stragglers out there. I'd keep Chandler hold tight because have Amare and LeBron would be enough.

Just wonder if Chandler loses value by playing with Amare/Lebron. Would think that another outside shooter would complement the lineup better, but you're right that maybe you dont have to make any move.

PG- Douglas
SG- Lebron
SF- Chandler
PF- Gallo
C- Stoudemire

Walker
Curry
Rautins
Fields
Jordan

Is a pretty lengthy/athletic lineup. Especially if you have Chandler play more of a "Marion" role and ask him to board/ throw around his athleticsm. Still just seems like you'd need to have another shooter type and more PG depth in a lineup like that for it to have more balance. Are one of the rookies ready to make the 8 man rotation this year?

I hope running up against Amare in practice gets Curry to be motivated. Curry's fat lazy POS but if he can be in some semblance of shape imagine us being able to bully around people in the front court with Curry and Amare when needed.

Elite wrote:The BIG NEWS fellas is that The Knicks are headed back to OHIO as we SPEAK to have a 3rd meeting.

Not only that, but Maverick Carter is supposed to be in NY on wednesday.. I trust Tommy Dee, he was the first to break the Amare story.

LETS GO!!!!

Maverick Carter? Who gives a crap? Sorry, I'm not even trying to be negative, but I don't care if LeBron's manager comes to NY. LeBron has to come here himself. All this back-channel stuff is not re-assuring and it seems like he's trying to put down New York nicely. If he was really interested then he'd come down here himself.

VDesai wrote:

Vmart wrote:

VDesai wrote:You know what? I don't really think we need Parker if Lebron is coming here. Lebron is gonna have the ball in his hands and honestly, I would be looking at bringing in another guy that could really shoot the rock like Mike Miller. Though I'm not sure how we're supposed to get Miller if we use the whole cap on Amare/Lebron. Could Washington S&T Miller to us for Chandler? Or is there some other shooter we can use Chandler to go out and acquire?

I like Miller as a shooter but Chandler is 5x better. Miller is only an option is LeBron isn't coming and we need to put a team of stragglers out there. I'd keep Chandler hold tight because have Amare and LeBron would be enough.

Just wonder if Chandler loses value by playing with Amare/Lebron. Would think that another outside shooter would complement the lineup better, but you're right that maybe you dont have to make any move.

PG- Douglas
SG- Lebron
SF- Chandler
PF- Gallo
C- Stoudemire

Walker
Curry
Rautins
Fields
Jordan

Is a pretty lengthy/athletic lineup. Especially if you have Chandler play more of a "Marion" role and ask him to board/ throw around his athleticsm. Still just seems like you'd need to have another shooter type and more PG depth in a lineup like that for it to have more balance. Are one of the rookies ready to make the 8 man rotation this year?

I hope running up against Amare in practice gets Curry to be motivated. Curry's fat lazy POS but if he can be in some semblance of shape imagine us being able to bully around people in the front court with Curry and Amare when needed.

This lineup would not seem to have enough PG's as others have pointed out. One play it seems Md'A makes is to put two PG's on the floor and run the pick-n-roll from either side or to give more attack angles on the break. Recall he did this several times last year. They will pick one up somewhere I'm sure. Best case nobody gives 40+ minutes a night like Lee did. Most you should ask is 35 if you want to fast break on every in bounds.rebound I'd think.

VDesai wrote:

Vmart wrote:

VDesai wrote:You know what? I don't really think we need Parker if Lebron is coming here. Lebron is gonna have the ball in his hands and honestly, I would be looking at bringing in another guy that could really shoot the rock like Mike Miller. Though I'm not sure how we're supposed to get Miller if we use the whole cap on Amare/Lebron. Could Washington S&T Miller to us for Chandler? Or is there some other shooter we can use Chandler to go out and acquire?

I like Miller as a shooter but Chandler is 5x better. Miller is only an option is LeBron isn't coming and we need to put a team of stragglers out there. I'd keep Chandler hold tight because have Amare and LeBron would be enough.

Just wonder if Chandler loses value by playing with Amare/Lebron. Would think that another outside shooter would complement the lineup better, but you're right that maybe you dont have to make any move.

PG- Douglas
SG- Lebron
SF- Chandler
PF- Gallo
C- Stoudemire

Walker
Curry
Rautins
Fields
Jordan

Is a pretty lengthy/athletic lineup. Especially if you have Chandler play more of a "Marion" role and ask him to board/ throw around his athleticsm. Still just seems like you'd need to have another shooter type and more PG depth in a lineup like that for it to have more balance. Are one of the rookies ready to make the 8 man rotation this year?

I hope running up against Amare in practice gets Curry to be motivated. Curry's fat lazy POS but if he can be in some semblance of shape imagine us being able to bully around people in the front court with Curry and Amare when needed.

You know V, I just see Chandler as LeBron's Pippen type of player. Chandler is going to get better and better. He has a very consistent mid range game he shot 47%. His work ethic says he is going to improve all facets of his game. Chandler is a slasher and I can see LeBron just feeding him cutting to the hoop. The great thing about what the Knicks have going is the versatility of the players they have I've been saying this for a while but Douglas, Gallo and Chandler compliment LeBron probably better than what other team have to offer. They can all hit the mid range with consistency, they can all slash to the hoop they can all hit that three with pretty good accuracy. No other team can offer this to LeBron other than the Lakers. I kind of see what the knicks are trying to do they are trying to surround LeBron with players that all bring something to the table with consistency. I don't see that with the Bulls, Cavs, Miami, Miami doesn't even have a roster.

Vmart wrote:

VDesai wrote:

Vmart wrote:

VDesai wrote:You know what? I don't really think we need Parker if Lebron is coming here. Lebron is gonna have the ball in his hands and honestly, I would be looking at bringing in another guy that could really shoot the rock like Mike Miller. Though I'm not sure how we're supposed to get Miller if we use the whole cap on Amare/Lebron. Could Washington S&T Miller to us for Chandler? Or is there some other shooter we can use Chandler to go out and acquire?

I like Miller as a shooter but Chandler is 5x better. Miller is only an option is LeBron isn't coming and we need to put a team of stragglers out there. I'd keep Chandler hold tight because have Amare and LeBron would be enough.

Just wonder if Chandler loses value by playing with Amare/Lebron. Would think that another outside shooter would complement the lineup better, but you're right that maybe you dont have to make any move.

PG- Douglas
SG- Lebron
SF- Chandler
PF- Gallo
C- Stoudemire

Walker
Curry
Rautins
Fields
Jordan

Is a pretty lengthy/athletic lineup. Especially if you have Chandler play more of a "Marion" role and ask him to board/ throw around his athleticsm. Still just seems like you'd need to have another shooter type and more PG depth in a lineup like that for it to have more balance. Are one of the rookies ready to make the 8 man rotation this year?

I hope running up against Amare in practice gets Curry to be motivated. Curry's fat lazy POS but if he can be in some semblance of shape imagine us being able to bully around people in the front court with Curry and Amare when needed.

You know V, I just see Chandler as LeBron's Pippen type of player. Chandler is going to get better and better. He has a very consistent mid range game he shot 47%. His work ethic says he is going to improve all facets of his game. Chandler is a slasher and I can see LeBron just feeding him cutting to the hoop. The great thing about what the Knicks have going is the versatility of the players they have I've been saying this for a while but Douglas, Gallo and Chandler compliment LeBron probably better than what other team have to offer. They can all hit the mid range with consistency, they can all slash to the hoop they can all hit that three with pretty good accuracy. No other team can offer this to LeBron other than the Lakers. I kind of see what the knicks are trying to do they are trying to surround LeBron with players that all bring something to the table with consistency. I don't see that with the Bulls, Cavs, Miami, Miami doesn't even have a roster.

IllWill raining 3's now my my his stature grows so quickly.

Olbrannon wrote:

Vmart wrote:

VDesai wrote:

Vmart wrote:

VDesai wrote:You know what? I don't really think we need Parker if Lebron is coming here. Lebron is gonna have the ball in his hands and honestly, I would be looking at bringing in another guy that could really shoot the rock like Mike Miller. Though I'm not sure how we're supposed to get Miller if we use the whole cap on Amare/Lebron. Could Washington S&T Miller to us for Chandler? Or is there some other shooter we can use Chandler to go out and acquire?

I like Miller as a shooter but Chandler is 5x better. Miller is only an option is LeBron isn't coming and we need to put a team of stragglers out there. I'd keep Chandler hold tight because have Amare and LeBron would be enough.

Just wonder if Chandler loses value by playing with Amare/Lebron. Would think that another outside shooter would complement the lineup better, but you're right that maybe you dont have to make any move.

PG- Douglas
SG- Lebron
SF- Chandler
PF- Gallo
C- Stoudemire

Walker
Curry
Rautins
Fields
Jordan

Is a pretty lengthy/athletic lineup. Especially if you have Chandler play more of a "Marion" role and ask him to board/ throw around his athleticsm. Still just seems like you'd need to have another shooter type and more PG depth in a lineup like that for it to have more balance. Are one of the rookies ready to make the 8 man rotation this year?

I hope running up against Amare in practice gets Curry to be motivated. Curry's fat lazy POS but if he can be in some semblance of shape imagine us being able to bully around people in the front court with Curry and Amare when needed.

You know V, I just see Chandler as LeBron's Pippen type of player. Chandler is going to get better and better. He has a very consistent mid range game he shot 47%. His work ethic says he is going to improve all facets of his game. Chandler is a slasher and I can see LeBron just feeding him cutting to the hoop. The great thing about what the Knicks have going is the versatility of the players they have I've been saying this for a while but Douglas, Gallo and Chandler compliment LeBron probably better than what other team have to offer. They can all hit the mid range with consistency, they can all slash to the hoop they can all hit that three with pretty good accuracy. No other team can offer this to LeBron other than the Lakers. I kind of see what the knicks are trying to do they are trying to surround LeBron with players that all bring something to the table with consistency. I don't see that with the Bulls, Cavs, Miami, Miami doesn't even have a roster.

IllWill raining 3's now my my his stature grows so quickly.

He shoots it better than Rose and he is a PG.

KnickFanPete wrote:If Bron wasn't so ball-dominant, I'd be more likely to agree with the idea of including Gallo for Parker. It's a tougher call for me because I don't want Lebron getting the lane packed against him. Over 82 games plus playoffs, if he's gotta work his way to the rim that many more times, it's gonna add up. Like you said, let's suppose Gallo never advances past Schrempf status. He's still a very valuable guy in a MDA offense because he's gonna get so many open looks especially later in games when teams don't want LBJ beating them. Think of it this way, Knicks down 1 in the NBA finals, LeBron gets double teamed, I'm more confident with a pass to Gallo than a 15 footer from Parker...

Individually, Parker is a better basketball player currently than Gallo, but, as a fit for this team, I'm more reluctant.. I'd still probably do it..but I'm not as confident..

Good points..I think Gallo is definitely a good fit alongside the King as well, no doubt..

KnickFanPete wrote:If Bron wasn't so ball-dominant, I'd be more likely to agree with the idea of including Gallo for Parker. It's a tougher call for me because I don't want Lebron getting the lane packed against him. Over 82 games plus playoffs, if he's gotta work his way to the rim that many more times, it's gonna add up. Like you said, let's suppose Gallo never advances past Schrempf status. He's still a very valuable guy in a MDA offense because he's gonna get so many open looks especially later in games when teams don't want LBJ beating them. Think of it this way, Knicks down 1 in the NBA finals, LeBron gets double teamed, I'm more confident with a pass to Gallo than a 15 footer from Parker...

Individually, Parker is a better basketball player currently than Gallo, but, as a fit for this team, I'm more reluctant.. I'd still probably do it..but I'm not as confident..

In SSOL isn't the point to move the ball? Space and open shooters who can knock it down. There should not be as much ball dominant play there was before.

I recall reading an article a while back about MJ and he got better as he learned to play off the ball more and once he learned to Chicago began stockpiling titles.