Nalod wrote:

martin wrote:

OGkush121 wrote:and again, not trying to be captain hindsight over here, but I wanted the Knicks to sign him up at the start of the season, and I really couldn't believe no other team went for him that long.
That may have been nostalgia on my part but seeing Melo, JR and K-Mart on the same team again just puts a smile on my face.

it utterly baffles me why ANY team didn't sign this guy.

I thought he held out for more money. Rumored to be going to miami for a while.

Boston was rumored to have been suitors too, but Ainge and Doc said no somehow. Imagine things would be greatly different if Boston's front office didn't bumble it:

K-Mart:

“It’s their fault,” he said following the Knicks 100-85 win. “They lost. There was talks, there was negotiations, they chose not to do it. It was out of my control. I’m a Knick now, so they lost.”

Doc:

“I don’t know,” Rivers said when asked why Martin didn’t wind up with the Celtics. “We looked at all the guys, we were still looking at guards at the time. So we were in no hurry at the time for a big. We were looking for more a big of size, if you know what I mean. And by the time we got around to it, he was gone.”

martin wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

VDesai wrote:I think the Knicks are far from blessed in the sense that they've had so many players with crucial injuries. That said they were very lucky to pick up Martin- but that's not a ton of luck. Martin is a known quantity in the league and people chose not to sign the guy, so it is what it is. They were more fortunate to strike gold with a guy like Copeland Or PRigioni.

It's really just Amare who's out and the team seems to be much better without him.

Sheed, Camby. If those 2 guys are healthy the Knicks are a much more complete team. Kmart as picked up the slack for those 2.

ActionJackson wrote:

Nalod wrote:Pablo, Felton, JR smith, Copeland, Novak, and Lin have all been good luck.

Why is it "Good Luck" whenever the Knicks find someone & a savvy move by experienced Basketball minds when someone else does it???

Maybe it's both and not a knock?

ActionJackson wrote:

Nalod wrote:Pablo, Felton, JR smith, Copeland, Novak, and Lin have all been good luck.

Why is it "Good Luck" whenever the Knicks find someone & a savvy move by experienced Basketball minds when someone else does it???

Luck: When opportunity and preperation collide.

Its not like Grunwald just looked down and found a $100 bill on the sidewalk. Thats good luck. If he found it in the street and got hit by a bus, thats bad luck.

Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?

Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?

just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess

martin wrote:

ActionJackson wrote:

Nalod wrote:Pablo, Felton, JR smith, Copeland, Novak, and Lin have all been good luck.

Why is it "Good Luck" whenever the Knicks find someone & a savvy move by experienced Basketball minds when someone else does it???

Maybe it's both and not a knock?

Yes, and thx martin

Nalod wrote:

ActionJackson wrote:

Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?

just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess

Boston went on a tear after Rondo which is how they got to the playoffs.

A 2 seed winning two at home against a 7 seed is really not a big deal. Lets be honest, knicks are not exactly known for its defense so lets not get too sensitive.

Its really combo of both. Who cares what the media thinks anyway is a cry we hear often.

Proof is on the court.

Lets get our split in Boston and finish this in 5!

1st round is really dragging on the calander!

To hell with a split my good man, bring the brooms to Boston. Win big and come back here as watch Nalod wax poetic about it :)

Nalod wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:

Nalod wrote:

ActionJackson wrote:

Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?

just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess

Boston went on a tear after Rondo which is how they got to the playoffs.

A 2 seed winning two at home against a 7 seed is really not a big deal. Lets be honest, knicks are not exactly known for its defense so lets not get too sensitive.

Its really combo of both. Who cares what the media thinks anyway is a cry we hear often.

Proof is on the court.

Lets get our split in Boston and finish this in 5!

1st round is really dragging on the calander!

To hell with a split my good man, bring the brooms to Boston. Win big and come back here as watch Nalod wax poetic about it :)

Yeah, phuch dat, lets just close it out in 3! cuz 3 is better than 4! Beat them so bad the league will envoke a "mercy Rule" and just cancel the series!" Bring the Broom? Why, can't you bring a Dyson Vac? Heavy duty suction cleaning power! Broom? Dat for witches, Btches! Yeah, Bring a floor polisher, some heavy duty scrbbing pads and midEvil cleaing solution to demoralize the Celtics at home!

You think someone on the Knicks could deploy this on the Boston parquet floor?

Nalod wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:

Nalod wrote:

ActionJackson wrote:

Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?

just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess

Boston went on a tear after Rondo which is how they got to the playoffs.

A 2 seed winning two at home against a 7 seed is really not a big deal. Lets be honest, knicks are not exactly known for its defense so lets not get too sensitive.

Its really combo of both. Who cares what the media thinks anyway is a cry we hear often.

Proof is on the court.

Lets get our split in Boston and finish this in 5!

1st round is really dragging on the calander!

To hell with a split my good man, bring the brooms to Boston. Win big and come back here as watch Nalod wax poetic about it :)

Yeah, phuch dat, lets just close it out in 3! cuz 3 is better than 4! Beat them so bad the league will envoke a "mercy Rule" and just cancel the series!" Bring the Broom? Why, can't you bring a Dyson Vac? Heavy duty suction cleaning power! Broom? Dat for witches, Btches! Yeah, Bring a floor polisher, some heavy duty scrbbing pads and midEvil cleaing solution to demoralize the Celtics at home!

you know what, considering what that City is suffering, maybe we should "give" them one :)

NYKBocker wrote:

Nalod wrote:Pano's, one day its "cursed" http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=44470 and the next its "blessed"......

Make up your mind!

It's like Sweet and Sour Pork. It's all good no matter what.

not in the days of healthy eating