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1/8/2011  1:24 AM
Guys, AR is what 6'10"? He gets a few minutes on the floor, and what does he do? Take jump shots? F***ing DUNK THE BALL.
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1/8/2011  1:29 AM
Panos wrote:Guys, AR is what 6'10"? He gets a few minutes on the floor, and what does he do? Take jump shots? F***ing DUNK THE BALL.

i loved that pass out of bounds too. I guess Moz was kinda in the range.

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1/8/2011  1:29 AM
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martin wrote:One is a playoff team, one is not. With 9 wins, you can do that.

you weren't saying this last year when Jordan Hill couldn't get any burn... is there a different set of circumstances that make sense for the Nets to play a youngster who is still learning the game this year as compared to the Knicks last year?

Yes there is. There are about a million reasons and differences between the players and their respective teams.

how do you figure? the Nets are a bad team letting their young lottery pick learn on the job... we were a bad team last year & didn't give our lottery pick a chance to play... where's all the differences you're talking about that justifies Favors playing & Hill not?

You are really stumped to find some good reasons why it may play out like it did for those 2 guys? I'm not trying to be difficult here, but really?

Favors is the better prospect, but that's besides the point... u said the reason Favors should get playing time is because the Nets are a 9 win team... we were a bad team last year & those of us who argued that a lottery pick should be getting playing time on a bad team were brushed back by you & others because somehow it made more sense to play guys like Bender... now you're contradicting yourself justifying why the Nets should be playing Favors through his growing pains & letting him learn on the fly... i don't get the change of mindset... seems like a double standard to me.

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1/8/2011  1:30 AM
martin wrote:
Panos wrote:Guys, AR is what 6'10"? He gets a few minutes on the floor, and what does he do? Take jump shots? F***ing DUNK THE BALL.

i loved that pass out of bounds too. I guess Moz was kinda in the range.

yeah, Moz showed a lot too tonight... that elbow was probably the best move he made all year.

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1/8/2011  1:31 AM
Randolph is intriguing but there is a decent chance he just sucks. He's still a little too thin and he doesn't seem to play all that big. He's got a lot to learn still. If the Knicks were bad and he wasn't playing, than I'd be really upset. But right now if he can't reboound or play in the flow of the offense he won't help us.
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TMS wrote:
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
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TMS wrote:
martin wrote:One is a playoff team, one is not. With 9 wins, you can do that.

you weren't saying this last year when Jordan Hill couldn't get any burn... is there a different set of circumstances that make sense for the Nets to play a youngster who is still learning the game this year as compared to the Knicks last year?

Yes there is. There are about a million reasons and differences between the players and their respective teams.

how do you figure? the Nets are a bad team letting their young lottery pick learn on the job... we were a bad team last year & didn't give our lottery pick a chance to play... where's all the differences you're talking about that justifies Favors playing & Hill not?

You are really stumped to find some good reasons why it may play out like it did for those 2 guys? I'm not trying to be difficult here, but really?

Favors is the better prospect, but that's besides the point... u said the reason Favors should get playing time is because the Nets are a 9 win team... we were a bad team last year & those of us who argued that a lottery pick should be getting playing time on a bad team were brushed back by you & others because somehow it made more sense to play guys like Bender... now you're contradicting yourself justifying why the Nets should be playing Favors through his growing pains & letting him learn on the fly... i don't get the change of mindset... seems like a double standard to me.

No, I didn't say that Favors should get playing time because the Nets are a 9 win team.

Please read the thread and my response again - you are missing the point and not really comprehending the gist of my comments. I said that there was a difference between Favors getting a start and AR getting minutes. On one team you can gamble a little more and on the other (the Knicks) you can't because we are in playoff range.

Big difference.

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1/8/2011  1:33 AM
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:
Panos wrote:Guys, AR is what 6'10"? He gets a few minutes on the floor, and what does he do? Take jump shots? F***ing DUNK THE BALL.

i loved that pass out of bounds too. I guess Moz was kinda in the range.

yeah, Moz showed a lot too tonight... that elbow was probably the best move he made all year.

Mozgov has the excuse of being a foreign rookie. Randolph is the same player after 3 years in the league.

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1/8/2011  1:39 AM    LAST EDITED: 1/8/2011  1:42 AM
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:One is a playoff team, one is not. With 9 wins, you can do that.

you weren't saying this last year when Jordan Hill couldn't get any burn... is there a different set of circumstances that make sense for the Nets to play a youngster who is still learning the game this year as compared to the Knicks last year?

Yes there is. There are about a million reasons and differences between the players and their respective teams.

how do you figure? the Nets are a bad team letting their young lottery pick learn on the job... we were a bad team last year & didn't give our lottery pick a chance to play... where's all the differences you're talking about that justifies Favors playing & Hill not?

You are really stumped to find some good reasons why it may play out like it did for those 2 guys? I'm not trying to be difficult here, but really?

Favors is the better prospect, but that's besides the point... u said the reason Favors should get playing time is because the Nets are a 9 win team... we were a bad team last year & those of us who argued that a lottery pick should be getting playing time on a bad team were brushed back by you & others because somehow it made more sense to play guys like Bender... now you're contradicting yourself justifying why the Nets should be playing Favors through his growing pains & letting him learn on the fly... i don't get the change of mindset... seems like a double standard to me.

No, I didn't say that Favors should get playing time because the Nets are a 9 win team.

Please read the thread and my response again - you are missing the point and not really comprehending the gist of my comments. I said that there was a difference between Favors getting a start and AR getting minutes. On one team you can gamble a little more and on the other (the Knicks) you can't because we are in playoff range.

Big difference.

dude, you're not comprehending my point... i'm not talking about AR, i'm asking u why it's justified for the Nets to play Favors this year but it wasn't for the Knicks to play Hill last year... they were both lottery picks trying to learn the game playing in bad teams... all last year i was making the same argument you're making now for Favors to justify why we should be getting Jordan Hill into games & you rebuffed me everytime telling me a rookie doesn't deserve minutes until they earn them.

i'm not trying to be difficult either & don't wanna keep beating a dead horse, but when you make these comments i just find it weird why you were so adamant that MDA was justified in not playing Jordan Hill last season.

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1/8/2011  1:40 AM
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:One is a playoff team, one is not. With 9 wins, you can do that.

you weren't saying this last year when Jordan Hill couldn't get any burn... is there a different set of circumstances that make sense for the Nets to play a youngster who is still learning the game this year as compared to the Knicks last year?

Yes there is. There are about a million reasons and differences between the players and their respective teams.

D'Antoni is winning this year and I don't think there is anyone on this forum that doesn't want the Knicks to succeeed. That being said, D'Antoni has some obvious faults that have carried over during his career. Attempting to squelch every single criticism of D'Antoni isn't necessary. He has faults. Do you really think Hill and Douglas were handled correctly last year on a 29 win team? Do you really think Walsh envisioned that D'Antoni would banish Randolph to the end of the bench when he was the prize in the package that came back from the Warriors in the Lee trade?
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Childs2Dudley wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:
Panos wrote:Guys, AR is what 6'10"? He gets a few minutes on the floor, and what does he do? Take jump shots? F***ing DUNK THE BALL.

i loved that pass out of bounds too. I guess Moz was kinda in the range.

yeah, Moz showed a lot too tonight... that elbow was probably the best move he made all year.

Mozgov has the excuse of being a foreign rookie. Randolph is the same player after 3 years in the league.

Mozgov is also about 3 years older than Randolph... i would think he would be a lot further along in his development... anyway, i'm not comparing the 2... i don't expect big things out of Mozgov, the guy was a non-drafted rookie & if we get nothing out of him it's no big loss... i have higher expectations for AR & i believe so does Donnie Walsh.

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1/8/2011  1:47 AM
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:One is a playoff team, one is not. With 9 wins, you can do that.

you weren't saying this last year when Jordan Hill couldn't get any burn... is there a different set of circumstances that make sense for the Nets to play a youngster who is still learning the game this year as compared to the Knicks last year?

Yes there is. There are about a million reasons and differences between the players and their respective teams.

how do you figure? the Nets are a bad team letting their young lottery pick learn on the job... we were a bad team last year & didn't give our lottery pick a chance to play... where's all the differences you're talking about that justifies Favors playing & Hill not?

You are really stumped to find some good reasons why it may play out like it did for those 2 guys? I'm not trying to be difficult here, but really?

Favors is the better prospect, but that's besides the point... u said the reason Favors should get playing time is because the Nets are a 9 win team... we were a bad team last year & those of us who argued that a lottery pick should be getting playing time on a bad team were brushed back by you & others because somehow it made more sense to play guys like Bender... now you're contradicting yourself justifying why the Nets should be playing Favors through his growing pains & letting him learn on the fly... i don't get the change of mindset... seems like a double standard to me.

No, I didn't say that Favors should get playing time because the Nets are a 9 win team.

Please read the thread and my response again - you are missing the point and not really comprehending the gist of my comments. I said that there was a difference between Favors getting a start and AR getting minutes. On one team you can gamble a little more and on the other (the Knicks) you can't because we are in playoff range.

Big difference.

dude, you're not comprehending my point... i'm not talking about AR, i'm asking u why it's justified for the Nets to play Favors this year but it wasn't for the Knicks to play Hill last year... they were both lottery picks trying to learn the game playing in bad teams... all last year i was making the same argument you're making now for Favors to justify why we should be getting Jordan Hill into games & you rebuffed me everytime telling me a rookie doesn't deserve minutes until they earn them.

i'm not trying to be difficult either & don't wanna keep beating a dead horse, but when you make these comments i just find it weird why you were so adamant that MDA was justified in not playing Jordan Hill last season.

TMS, I know YOU are not talking about AR but I was when I made the comment. I was juxtaposing the difference between Favors playing time on a very bad team to AR's playing time on a very good team, and therein lies the difference between what I am talking about and where you would like to think my post was about.

I was not really making a comment on the fact that Favors SHOULD be playing or how much playing time he should get or whatever the **** his coach is doing with him. I don't care about Favors. I was just making the point that there is much more flexibility to play whomever on a bad team versus what MDA is doing on his team.

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martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:One is a playoff team, one is not. With 9 wins, you can do that.

you weren't saying this last year when Jordan Hill couldn't get any burn... is there a different set of circumstances that make sense for the Nets to play a youngster who is still learning the game this year as compared to the Knicks last year?

Yes there is. There are about a million reasons and differences between the players and their respective teams.

D'Antoni is winning this year and I don't think there is anyone on this forum that doesn't want the Knicks to succeeed. That being said, D'Antoni has some obvious faults that have carried over during his career. Attempting to squelch every single criticism of D'Antoni isn't necessary. He has faults. Do you really think Hill and Douglas were handled correctly last year on a 29 win team? Do you really think Walsh envisioned that D'Antoni would banish Randolph to the end of the bench when he was the prize in the package that came back from the Warriors in the Lee trade?

Mostly I didn't envision AR sucking so much.

I would have liked to have seen TD and Hill get a lot more playing time last year. No doubt about it.

I am also a big believer that players should earn it. And I don't really think the lack of playing time will hurt or should hurt either players careers. Take a look at Lee, Chandler as examples to that.

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1/8/2011  1:52 AM
CrushAlot wrote:
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:One is a playoff team, one is not. With 9 wins, you can do that.

you weren't saying this last year when Jordan Hill couldn't get any burn... is there a different set of circumstances that make sense for the Nets to play a youngster who is still learning the game this year as compared to the Knicks last year?

Yes there is. There are about a million reasons and differences between the players and their respective teams.

D'Antoni is winning this year and I don't think there is anyone on this forum that doesn't want the Knicks to succeeed. That being said, D'Antoni has some obvious faults that have carried over during his career. Attempting to squelch every single criticism of D'Antoni isn't necessary. He has faults. Do you really think Hill and Douglas were handled correctly last year on a 29 win team? Do you really think Walsh envisioned that D'Antoni would banish Randolph to the end of the bench when he was the prize in the package that came back from the Warriors in the Lee trade?

watching AR tonight it's easy to understand why MDA doesn't play the guy, but i think a lot of that has to do w/the fact he's lost all confidence in his game... i think Mozgov is suffering from the same thing... both these guys are not going to magically break out of their funk by only seeing minutes in garbage time IMO... i think at this point we're pretty much past the point of no return with AR on this team... he's probably gonna get traded & i'd be shocked if we could get 1st round pick value out of him in a trade... even if AR does get playing time i doubt he'll become that Marcus Camby player that all of us hope he can be... i think he needs to be on a rebuilding situation where the coach will allow him to go through his growing pains on the court & mature as a player, much in the same way Jermaine O'Neal got when he got traded to Indiana.

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1/8/2011  1:55 AM
No way. He's horrible.
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1/8/2011  1:59 AM
TMS wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:One is a playoff team, one is not. With 9 wins, you can do that.

you weren't saying this last year when Jordan Hill couldn't get any burn... is there a different set of circumstances that make sense for the Nets to play a youngster who is still learning the game this year as compared to the Knicks last year?

Yes there is. There are about a million reasons and differences between the players and their respective teams.

D'Antoni is winning this year and I don't think there is anyone on this forum that doesn't want the Knicks to succeeed. That being said, D'Antoni has some obvious faults that have carried over during his career. Attempting to squelch every single criticism of D'Antoni isn't necessary. He has faults. Do you really think Hill and Douglas were handled correctly last year on a 29 win team? Do you really think Walsh envisioned that D'Antoni would banish Randolph to the end of the bench when he was the prize in the package that came back from the Warriors in the Lee trade?

watching AR tonight it's easy to understand why MDA doesn't play the guy, but i think a lot of that has to do w/the fact he's lost all confidence in his game... i think Mozgov is suffering from the same thing... both these guys are not going to magically break out of their funk by only seeing minutes in garbage time IMO... i think at this point we're pretty much past the point of no return with AR on this team... he's probably gonna get traded & i'd be shocked if we could get 1st round pick value out of him in a trade... even if AR does get playing time i doubt he'll become that Marcus Camby player that all of us hope he can be... i think he needs to be on a rebuilding situation where the coach will allow him to go through his growing pains on the court & mature as a player, much in the same way Jermaine O'Neal got when he got traded to Indiana.


I agree. I think Randolph needs to be moved so that he can have a chance to play. Hopefully the Knicks can get something for him. Its too bad that it won't work out for him in NY.
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CrushAlot wrote:
TMS wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:One is a playoff team, one is not. With 9 wins, you can do that.

you weren't saying this last year when Jordan Hill couldn't get any burn... is there a different set of circumstances that make sense for the Nets to play a youngster who is still learning the game this year as compared to the Knicks last year?

Yes there is. There are about a million reasons and differences between the players and their respective teams.

D'Antoni is winning this year and I don't think there is anyone on this forum that doesn't want the Knicks to succeeed. That being said, D'Antoni has some obvious faults that have carried over during his career. Attempting to squelch every single criticism of D'Antoni isn't necessary. He has faults. Do you really think Hill and Douglas were handled correctly last year on a 29 win team? Do you really think Walsh envisioned that D'Antoni would banish Randolph to the end of the bench when he was the prize in the package that came back from the Warriors in the Lee trade?

watching AR tonight it's easy to understand why MDA doesn't play the guy, but i think a lot of that has to do w/the fact he's lost all confidence in his game... i think Mozgov is suffering from the same thing... both these guys are not going to magically break out of their funk by only seeing minutes in garbage time IMO... i think at this point we're pretty much past the point of no return with AR on this team... he's probably gonna get traded & i'd be shocked if we could get 1st round pick value out of him in a trade... even if AR does get playing time i doubt he'll become that Marcus Camby player that all of us hope he can be... i think he needs to be on a rebuilding situation where the coach will allow him to go through his growing pains on the court & mature as a player, much in the same way Jermaine O'Neal got when he got traded to Indiana.


I agree. I think Randolph needs to be moved so that he can have a chance to play. Hopefully the Knicks can get something for him. Its too bad that it won't work out for him in NY.

Its too bad the knicks are winning for the first time in a decade and the only thing you care about is a player who isnt earning his time in practice and had the same issues in golden state. And lets get one thing straight, coming out of college briggs and i were the two biggest randolph supporters on this board. Randolph has a world of talent but his maturity level is seriously lacking and hes obviously not bought into what his role should be on this team. He had the same issue in GS which is the reason they cut bait with him.

Knicks just blew out the phoenix suns by 20+ enjoy the ride and randolph will play when he starts earning it on the practice floor.

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nyk4ever wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:
TMS wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:
martin wrote:
TMS wrote:
martin wrote:One is a playoff team, one is not. With 9 wins, you can do that.

you weren't saying this last year when Jordan Hill couldn't get any burn... is there a different set of circumstances that make sense for the Nets to play a youngster who is still learning the game this year as compared to the Knicks last year?

Yes there is. There are about a million reasons and differences between the players and their respective teams.

D'Antoni is winning this year and I don't think there is anyone on this forum that doesn't want the Knicks to succeeed. That being said, D'Antoni has some obvious faults that have carried over during his career. Attempting to squelch every single criticism of D'Antoni isn't necessary. He has faults. Do you really think Hill and Douglas were handled correctly last year on a 29 win team? Do you really think Walsh envisioned that D'Antoni would banish Randolph to the end of the bench when he was the prize in the package that came back from the Warriors in the Lee trade?

watching AR tonight it's easy to understand why MDA doesn't play the guy, but i think a lot of that has to do w/the fact he's lost all confidence in his game... i think Mozgov is suffering from the same thing... both these guys are not going to magically break out of their funk by only seeing minutes in garbage time IMO... i think at this point we're pretty much past the point of no return with AR on this team... he's probably gonna get traded & i'd be shocked if we could get 1st round pick value out of him in a trade... even if AR does get playing time i doubt he'll become that Marcus Camby player that all of us hope he can be... i think he needs to be on a rebuilding situation where the coach will allow him to go through his growing pains on the court & mature as a player, much in the same way Jermaine O'Neal got when he got traded to Indiana.


I agree. I think Randolph needs to be moved so that he can have a chance to play. Hopefully the Knicks can get something for him. Its too bad that it won't work out for him in NY.

Its too bad the knicks are winning for the first time in a decade and the only thing you care about is a player who isnt earning his time in practice and had the same issues in golden state. And lets get one thing straight, coming out of college briggs and i were the two biggest randolph supporters on this board. Randolph has a world of talent but his maturity level is seriously lacking and hes obviously not bought into what his role should be on this team. He had the same issue in GS which is the reason they cut bait with him.

Knicks just blew out the phoenix suns by 20+ enjoy the ride and randolph will play when he starts earning it on the practice floor.

Started this thread before the game. I also thought he looked horrible on the court last night. I think its time to move on from him as it is not going to work out in NY. Glad to know your a Randolph expert.
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- Once the game was clearly done and Raymond had secured his triple-double, D'Antoni emptied his bench for some extended garbage time. A line-up of Andy Rautins, Roger Mason Jr., Toney Douglas, Anthony Randolph, and Timofey Mozgov didn't really do too much in three or four minutes. Rautins drained a three, Randolph managed to squeeze in a few questionable decisions, and Timofey slipped a screen nicely to dunk home a feed from Felton.
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1/8/2011  11:25 AM    LAST EDITED: 1/8/2011  11:35 AM
babyKnicks wrote:No way. He's horrible.

Yeah he didn't look good last night but what the heck do some of you expect? The guy sees a few sporadic mins once every full moon...How sharp do some of you expect him to look under conditions like that??

Also as far as the rules go, I understand players with more than 2 years of service are protected from being banished to the D-League at will, but I'd be willing to bet any player with 3 years or more can easily waive that protection and accept an assignment to the NBDL if that particular player were to be convinced it was the right move for him..At this point for a guy like AR and even from the Knicks' standpoint, I think this could be a beneficial move for both parties..It wouldn't surprise me at all if something like this could be worked out if AR agreed to it..It's the Knicks who make something like this difficult -- they're the one's who don't believe it's the proper thing to do..Look at Andy Rautins (who I thought looked pretty decent last night in his couple of mins btw)..Maybe that's a bad example, with Ray and Douglas esp. not at 100%..At least they have Rautins in uniform for these games now..

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babyKnicks wrote:No way. He's horrible.

Yeah he didn't look good last night but what the heck do some of you expect? The guy sees a few sporadic mins once every full moon...How sharp do some of you expect him to look under conditions like that??

Also as far as the rules go, I understand players with more than 2 years of service are protected from being banished to the D-League at will, but I'd be willing to bet any player with 3 years or more can easily waive that protection and accept an assignment to the NBDL if that particular player were to be convinced it was the right move for him..At this point for a guy like AR and even from the Knicks' standpoint, I think this could be a beneficial move for both parties..It wouldn't surprise me at all if something like this could be worked out if AR agreed to it..It's the Knicks who make something like this difficult -- they're the one's who don't believe it's the proper thing to do..Look at Andy Rautins (who I thought looked pretty decent last night in his couple of mins btw)..Maybe that's a bad example, with Ray and Douglas esp. not at 100%..At least they have Rautins in uniform for these games now..

why are we looking at Andy Rautins... he hasn't gone to the DLeague at all.

Here is why the Knicks are NOT sending guys to the DLeague (amongst other reasons): it would just be just pickup games during the summer. The Knicks don't have a complete affiliation (it's shared), which means they have NOT sent the coaches or staff to the team, which suggests that they have ZERO control over what is being taught to whomever would be assigned. What good would that do AR?

He would just go back to his old habits and score like 30PPG and collect 20rpg against inferior talent.... and then what? Still come back with the bad habits and not knowing the system any better.

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