TeamBall wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:You post this right when Gallo tears his ACL and the Knicks have their best winning streak in years? Come on man.

I agree this thread is unnecessary but when the Knicks were slumping earlier there were threads about the Nuggets and even about Lin so it does go both ways.

Lin for good reason. Nugget threads are just annoying

playa2 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:You post this right when Gallo tears his ACL and the Knicks have their best winning streak in years? Come on man.

And when we weren't playing that well the same poll was presented by the "usual suspects"

Gallo is known to be injury prone , but the love for him to succeed has blinded many to this fact.
Games played
2008-09 NY 28
2009-10 NY 81
2010-11 NY 48
2010-11 DEN 14
2011-12 DEN 43
2012-13 DEN 71

Bonn1997 wrote:You obviously are interested only in hearing others validate your views. That's a good approach for shrinking your knowledge base.

Are you also talking about yourself???

No shyt.

Got the homers raging hard in the middle of a win streak with an obvious statement!

Nobody is pissing on cornflakes this morning but this thread is not about the knicks and its win streak, its about playa glowing on the blood of Gallo's acl and thinking the trade was Gallo for Melo! Don't forget the swap of picks and our no. 1 in '16.

If this was just about the knicks you'd just be happy like the rest of us about the play on the court and the record.

Good trades are when both teams win.

Its obvious Denver is doing real well in the aftermath of trading melo for many reasons and not all related to the trade.

As are we!

Playa's delusion need to be reminded to "slow down son, we ain't won nothing yet"!

Are we having fun? You bet.

Are we having more fun because Gallo tore his acl? Only playa. Basking in the glow of others pain is never cool. One would think at the very least after 40 years of NOT winning a chip one would be more humble about a nice run.

Being a homer is no excuse for acting badly.

Knixkik wrote:There was never ever any question we made the right move and did not overpay. It becomes more clear everyday. The guys we traded just weren't that good.

1) who do we sign with the FA money that Eddy Curry was expiring with?
2) do we move Felton for a pick cause Denver did, and continue to stockpile on assets that DW always did...
3) Are we also in the Deron/CP3/D12/Harden/Rudy Gay conversations
4) Do we still get Lin? Does Linsanity still happen? Does it still die?
5) Does Dantoni stay? Does Walsh? Does AR stay for 3year 6m or do we get a draft pick out of him? NOVAK would NOT be here for that price...

stop bringing up Gallo vs Melo, it was NOTHING TO DO with 1 or 2 players vs Melo, it was the package we gave up which was half our team/future assets, it was something we HAD LEVERAGE ON had Melo cared less about his brand name and thought long term for the Knicks if he would just say "I would only sign an extension with..."

I tell you what though, those Knicks would achieve nothing WORSE in play off's vs what we achieved in played offs the past 2 years...
Throw Tyson Chandler and Jeremy Lin on and JR Smith to that squad, which be much better than what we have right now to build for now or the future vs a 2 year window...
Oh maybe we would be able to keep Martin, JR Smith, Copeland who whoever we wanted vs TWO 20m+ salaries with Tyson Chandler

smackeddog wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

Gallinari - Injury Prone
Chandler  - Injury Prone
Mozgov    - Bench Warmer
2014 First Round Pick

If we get Mozgov this summer for cheap the deal is even more lopsided.

I'm not so bothered about the players, but the picks really bother me, especially the 2016 first round swap option- could come back to bite us.

But I'll be consistant- I hate it when people come on these boards and gloat when something bad happens to the Knicks (like that time we were struggling and someone started the thread about Jeremy Lin and how great he did in one game), so I think this thread is in bad taste.

I get people wanting to shout about it when they feel their views are validated, but we all know how s*** you feel when something bad happens to a player you like- imagine if someone had posted a "we should have drafted Kenneth Faried" thread after Shump went down with his ACL.

Shumpert took a big step backwards in terms of development and I expect him to have a great off season in training/work outs as he will come back much better
He is still a shell of his former self while he would have been much better at this point if he was able to train last summer in the off season, he has a great work ethic
I agree it just isn't fair to say that about Faried, especially since the draft was prior to the lock out, which if we drafted him if it was not for the amnesty, we would not be able to add a legit Center
I was happy on draft night and I am still happy with Iman here
If anything I wonder how what if we were able to draft Vucevic instead and if we would have kept him or unload him for a big name like Philly did and a move NY tends to do

C- Amare
PF- Faried

1- would be a horrible combination of DEFENSE and would get killed every night
2- the reason why Faried was not considered at the draft while we were missing a PG/SG/C after the trade for Melo along with almost every position for bench players, and rightfully so