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12/9/2010  10:52 AM
misterearl wrote:Do clothes make the man?

Nalod - read my lips, Steve Nash is the beneficiary of a lot of friendly press. A lot. Sure, Nash had a nice run but last time the championship rings were counted, he did not own one.

The same Ray Felton who reported to camp out of shape (more on that later) has played himself into game condition and shocked the world with his production and panache.

Remember how Clyde would rest on he bench during warmups? Felton does the same thing. A sure sign of a warrior reserving his energy for battle, when it counts. Ray's exagerrated game faces are both entertaining and a signal of his desire.

Besides, Nash's hair is all over the place. Nash's constant tossing and hair adjustment is WAY too feminine for NYC street ball style. I'm jus' sayin'

Steve Nash can take a nap. It's Knicks against the world baby!

The earth has returned to its normal axis.

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12/9/2010  10:58 AM
misterearl wrote:Steve Nash?

Comparing Raymond Felton to Steve Nash is a waste of valuable screen space.

Steve Nash has never directed a revival of a franchise mired in a decade of sketchy playing personality, or faced the expectations and scrutiny of New York. Steve Nash NEVER played so tough on defense as Ray Felton. Never.

The comparison is bogus, wack and outdated.

Ray Felton is WAY better than Steve Nash because he is doing it here and now for the New York Knicks

there is probably no bigger NBA revival than what Nash did for the Suns. Do you forget who he replaced? Stephon Marbury

I thought Felton was a solid player. Top flight defender, average at best at running an offense, doesnt always take care of the ball, good scorer but not great and streaky shooter. If you ranked the 30 starting PGs last year I would have put Felton in 12-18 range. Not great or elite but a good player. Clearly he's closer to the player who was picked just after Deron and CP3 and won a title at NC than the guy we have seen under Larry Brown the last few years.

Clearly there is something to Larry Brown killing PGs and MDA juicing them up. Whats great about what you see with Felton is he's not doing anything over his head. He's not shooting 60% or getting 5 steals or putting up some kind of number that you expect to tail off. He's getting guys involved, he's aggressive when needed and he is chippy and tough.

Anyone see how after Bayless got the layup on him he was SOOO PISSED and attacked the other end, scored a layup and one?

"winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
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12/9/2010  11:12 AM    LAST EDITED: 12/9/2010  11:33 AM
BRIGGS wrote:
mythfaze wrote:I feel like we're the Jets right now... winning games and looking pretty decent but at the risk of being exposed in a big way.
(Wikileaks)

Our interior defense is atrocious... the footwork around the rim is terrible. We have Amare who is great at blocking shots but always goes for the block and isn't big in the 'altered shots' column.

To be successful for the remainder of the season and to start winning games against quality competition we need to have a big that can protect the middle. Mosgov or AR need to step up. We can't expect Turiaf to all of a sudden fill that role, he provides great energy and defense but not for as long as we need.

But hats off to the Knicks for finally winning the close games we'd always lose in years past... we spent the past 10 years in the Raptor's position, losing close attainable games. Finally we're pulling them off.

Since the Heat picked up Dampier they are a different team--he hasnt done much statistically but it seems that just the combo presence of BIG Z and Dampier in the middle on the D is a deterrent and making that team better. Why not use AR if hes here--just tell him to patrol the middle on the D and play the 4-1 post when Amare is out--he can handle playing o for 10-12 minutes in the paint. Just get me 2 easy baskets a block and 3-5 rebounds with some disruptions.

This is definitely the time for the emergence of AR. He's sitting on the bench, radiating negative, lackluster energy.

Now is the time to sic him on someone.

I think that the energy exuded by the Garden will take him over the top.

Oh, and no shots outside of the paint

"We are playing a game. We are playing at not playing a game..."
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