He's got a touch job, this is young team and has not played together for a long time. He's established a good working relationship with Amare. I think he just needs to have a little more confidence in everyone not named Amare. If we're going to fail I'd rather fail getting everyone involved then with Felton trying to take over the game.

I'd give him time to work it out. He's far from this teams biggest problem.

We had a crappy, dispiriting loss. Felton looked terrible. The team looked terrible, so Felton and deserve some blame, no doubt. But that's a far cry from "Blow it up again. We suck. The experiment failed."

We've got a flawed team w/ a very weak bench. We're very young. But we're definitely moving in the right direction and have done more than I would have expected at this stage of the season. Felton has heart, cojones and, exactly as Marv said, is a 2nd tier PG. He's a borderline all star being paid like a back-up center and we're saying he's our biggest problem and has got to go?

foosballnick wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:It's asinine to build an MDA team without a quality pass-first, team-minded point guard. We have Felton, which was a hopeful acquisition at best, and it's clearer every day that it has not worked out.

MDA's teams require a high level of game IQ at all positions and responsible players that know how to work together as a unit, as one. It's beautiful when it's working, but it can get really ugly if a piece is not cooperative.

Felton goes Marbury too often, he's not looking for the team, he looks for himself way too much at the expense of the system.

Our weakest link is at our most important position.

Forget Melo, we have guys that can drop the buckets.

Please, PLEASE get us a level-headed, selfless point to lead this team. I'm certain MDA and Walsh know this already and are working to fix the situation, either at the deadline or at the end of the season. Felton is a good stopgap but he's from here to the moon away from being the guy we really need.

So basically after every loss we have to hear we need to change the team now and after every win we hear how great our players are. Knicks are what they are.......a crappy team last year that has risen to a lower tier playoff team this year. There will be ups and downs. Stay the course Donnie...this clown would rather have a reactionary Isiah back at the helm tinkering to add mismatched parts for shock value.

orangeblobman wrote:Nesh was exceptional at what he does, someone half as good as Nesh but with a similar mindset would be better than Felton.

we'd be calling for Nash's head everytime the opposing pg lights him up.

You think our defense is bad now...adding Nash.....

He needs a real backup, though. The minutes are clearly wearing on him.

Having a legit second option would really help - the team was much better when Wilson was clicking and not worried about Melo rumors.

Billups has Lawson backing him up in Denver. Lawson often plays 20mpg, sometimes alongside Chauncey, but he often gives Chauncey at least 15 minutes a night of good rest.

We need a backup - even shaving 3 minutes per night off of Felton's load would make him far more effective.

misterearl wrote:"someone half as good as Nesh but with a similar mindset would be better than Felton."

Say What?

orangeblob - are you proposing waiting until 2012 for Russell Westbrook?

If not him, then please cite who you had in mind.

This ain't fantasy.

I asked the same thing and am still waiting!

SupremeCommander wrote:this bulldinky is beginning to remind me of Jamal Crawford. 2009-10 Sixth Man of the Year Jamal Crawford. The JC that provided some memorable, memorable games for the Knicks. The JC that was asked to do waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much. The JC that got blamed by the fans for the team's structural flaw(s).

Honestly, is it really Felton's fault that he *HAS* to be the team's second option? Who the hell does Felton have to set the table for? People keep skewering him--who the hell has stepped up to get a better shot than Felton in SSOL????? This is getting effing ridiculous.

people are complaining about a 17 / 9 / 4 / 2 PG & they think Timo freakin' Mozgov is the answer to our bigman woes... go figure

NYKBocker wrote:Billups. Replace Felton with Mr. Big Shot and let Gallo be point forward. Gallo creating or initiating the offense from the top of the key with Amare and Melo in the post and Billups waiting for open 3s is just too sweet.

rvwink wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:He will still pop out of the flow of the offense, he will still look for his way too much.

The guy is playing for a payday, like Al Harrington was, so his main motivation is not the Knicks, but himself. The Knicks are second to him. And that's a huge problem for the team.

I see what you see out on the court, but interpret it differently. I specifically don't think Felton is like Harrington playing for a contract, even though he is not a pass first kind of a point guard.

1) He is incredibly competitive and when the opposing point guard scores, Felton feels the need to respond to the "personal" challenge.
2) Before the "minutes" wore him down, Felton sincerely believed that he was a clutch player and with his "heart" he definitely took shots in big spots. I admit that it may look similar to someone playing for a contract. But I think Raymond is a "team first" player and the Knicks winning really is important to him.

I do think he loves playing with the Knicks in general and Amare particularly. If Mike told him that he wanted his PG to cut down his scoring and do more passing, I think Raymond Felton could make that change.

Aye, as long as we see the same thing on the court.

As far as the interpretation, I go with my instincts here.

We all had instincts once, a long time ago, before they were battered by layers of masochistic abstractions.

Time will tell, as it always does.