GustavBahler wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:GustavBahler wrote:I'd love to watch the Knicks end their drought, but considering this team just celebrated their first playoff win in a decade, getting to the ECF and falling to a superior team would at the very least show a great deal of improvement. Moves could possibly be made in offseason to put the team in the Finals. I believe there is a window for this squad, but its not just one year. If they're good enough to get to the ECF or the Finals. I'm confident that Grunwald will be working the phones, trying build a team good enough to put us over the top.
IIm not sure about that. We are built for this one year unless we draft a very good player but we will have between the 20th-30th pick so i doubt we will get an impact player.
If anyone has an impact for the Knicks more than likely it will be through a trade, not the draft. The core of Chandler/Melo/Stat will still be there. Shump will be taking a more active role and I'm pretty sure that Grunwald will be looking for more height as we've been mostly going small due to injuries. If Melo/Stat can find a way consistently to both get theirs, this squad should be in good shape.
in all fairness they are trying.
most of Amare's shots (especially free throws) have come from a Melo pass.
I don't have a stat and am not going to bother to look for it, but that's because I don't need to, it's clearly evident.
the defense isn't there yet, and that's mostly due to quick guards, Kidd and Priggie can't guard a quick guard, Felton's just coming back and is still rusty, same for Shumpert (well, worse), and Stat also can't defend a high pick n' roll for sh1t. (not taking a dig at amare, like him as a person and a player, and he's really trying and improving, just noting his flaws)
a high pick n' roll might still cause problems later on, but atleast we should have Sheed and/or Camby back which should really help, especialy considering I don't want us to burn Chandler out.
1/30/2013 9:18 AM
