ATrain wrote:

CHAOS wrote:I'd rather see EC than AR at this point. EC is has the potential to be more valuable on the court or via trade.

I totally agree.

EC dont block shots or rebound. He cant slash or run the floor either. Only his expiring contract has any value.

NYKBocker wrote:

TMS wrote:i think Amare just needs to get in this kid's grille & challenge him to be the player he's got the talent to be... if he responds, great... if he doesn't, then he's not cut out for the spotlight in NY & we should probably trade his ass anyway.

You risk of really damaging this kid if Amare gets on his grill. AR just looks like he is very sensitive.

sometimes tough love is needed... can't keep coddling this kid... he needs to show some warrior spirit & man up if he wants to make it in NY... would also be nice to see him actually get some playing time at some point too... he can't show anything unless he gets a chance to do so.

VDesai wrote:Dude's gotta earn it. Landry Fields and Shawne Williams don't necessarily have more talent than this guy but they earned their way onto the floor by playing hard in every practice.

i agree, he's gotta earn it on this team... we're contending for playoffs this year, can't afford to be running out players that aren't ready to contribute right now.

Bippity10 wrote:Nothing hsppened to him. He's just on a very intelligent team oriented squad and his lack of experience and poor knowledge of the game really stands out right now. If he listens he has great mentors and could really start to blossom. For him toget time with his flaws he has to be a ball of energy and be noticeable just for being on the floor. He should be tripping over landry going for losoe balls. He can't be just another guy in terms of energy level wuth his current production

I tend to think this is the issue.

But, honesty MDA has to find a way to work him into the line up. He's too valuable from his potential as a future player, and for his trade value.

I also think MDA is asking too much of him.

Key quote when MDA was asked about him- he talked about him maybe playing PG, bringing the ball up, etc.

I think MDA ought to carve out a narrow role for him that he can succeed in and get him a few minutes every game, like Moz, perhaps even alternately.

BRIGGS wrote:WTF happened to this guy? I remember when Lamar Odom said this guy will be a future all star--hll a lot of people said it. All of sudden the guy lost his intensity and his skills seemed to drag down. This guy had a hybrid Odom Camby written all over him. Maybe his injury--I don't know but he still is young @ 21. For the idiot stooge who follows me around from thread to thread--you think you know more about basketball than Donnie Walsh or Lamar Odom? No son you don't. Now why the F did this happened to AR a guy who avg 15-11 -3 when he was 19 for 6 weeks? reinventing himself after injury to be something he is not. And I dont blame MDA for not playing him much. You either go 110% and smart or you dont go.

He has been an amazing disappointment- I'd like to say it's just something mental, but his athletisism seems to have gone too (remember earlier when he was playing he blew some dunks as though he couldn't jump as high as he used to). What I'm clinging to is that the player he's compared to (Camby), sucked for a while when we first got him, and got benched, and suprisingly that inspired him to work harder and get tougher. If AR can respond to his current situation in that way, then it'll be good for him. If he just sulks and gets depressed then he's finished- it's all on him now, he can make or break his career in the months ahead and I hope he rises to the challenge.

smackeddog wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:WTF happened to this guy? I remember when Lamar Odom said this guy will be a future all star--hll a lot of people said it. All of sudden the guy lost his intensity and his skills seemed to drag down. This guy had a hybrid Odom Camby written all over him. Maybe his injury--I don't know but he still is young @ 21. For the idiot stooge who follows me around from thread to thread--you think you know more about basketball than Donnie Walsh or Lamar Odom? No son you don't. Now why the F did this happened to AR a guy who avg 15-11 -3 when he was 19 for 6 weeks? reinventing himself after injury to be something he is not. And I dont blame MDA for not playing him much. You either go 110% and smart or you dont go.

He has been an amazing disappointment- I'd like to say it's just something mental, but his athletisism seems to have gone too (remember earlier when he was playing he blew some dunks as though he couldn't jump as high as he used to). What I'm clinging to is that the player he's compared to (Camby), sucked for a while when we first got him, and got benched, and suprisingly that inspired him to work harder and get tougher. If AR can respond to his current situation in that way, then it'll be good for him. If he just sulks and gets depressed then he's finished- it's all on him now, he can make or break his career in the months ahead and I hope he rises to the challenge.

Based on last season, I think our coach doesn't seem to really do a good job of dealing with guys that get depressed. He seems to have a hard time relating.

Not every athlete is a type A that responds the way you want them.

cheers wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

TMS wrote:i think Amare just needs to get in this kid's grille & challenge him to be the player he's got the talent to be... if he responds, great... if he doesn't, then he's not cut out for the spotlight in NY & we should probably trade his ass anyway.

You risk of really damaging this kid if Amare gets on his grill. AR just looks like he is very sensitive.

looks can be deceiving he probably has a big penis.

seb??

When he thinks Randolph is ready, he will play him. A rhetorical question which should always be considered:Do any of us really know what is going on in Knicks' practices, and how individual players are looking in them?

Randolph has probably not shown the consistent decision making that MDA wants out of his players, and until he does his minutes are going to be limited.