Posted by Pike:

TT is a cancer on this team...

Oh WOW! I might be wrong about the TT thing actually. He really might be the worst player at that position but I think he will come around later in the season. I dunno about him being a cancer but ok, thats for another day.

Who do you think should start in his place? Bench TT and start Junk yard? If so, are u saying it more cause you, want to start Junk yard or more cause you, want to bench TT?

... for the time being, JYD... who's best coming off the bench on a very good team.

It is two birds with one stone (TT out, JYD in) but, don't be fooled, in spite of Diderotn's obsession with JYD... TT's subtraction is the key.

Posted by Pike:

... for the time being, JYD... who's best coming off the bench on a very good team.

It is two birds with one stone (TT out, JYD in) but, don't be fooled, in spite of Diderotn's obsession with JYD... TT's subtraction is the key.

Correction it is Dido's obsession with claiming that he knows
what's right for the team and changing his story everytime
he's proven wrong. I hope I am not the only person to recognize
how many times he had said that TT was going to break out, and
that he should be the number one option, and the offense should
run through him, and blah blah blah. What a blow hard.
Personally, I'm sick of hearing how you think you know better
than everyone else, Dido. You're a clown.

TT is a terrible, I hate calling players a cancer ever since a friend of mine pointed out to me that cancer should not be used for sports in such a way as it is a serious mostly fatal condition that more people have then you think.

That said, I hope TT has a season edning injury, goes on IL and we never see him play one game for the Knicks again.

There are 2 players better then him on the roster at the same position. JYD and Ariza.

TT is averaging 10pts, 3rbs, on 40% shooting, you start Ariza and he'll do better then that, let alone JYD.

Trade TT for Artest or something at the deadline lol.

... simrud, season ending injury works for me.

Seriously, Lenny and Zeke should know we're better off with TT completely gone. At the very least, he should be moved at Bruno Sundov's end of the bench.

We have to remember that, in spite of how horrendous he is (due to large salary) he will become an extremely valuable trade asset the closer his contract comes to expiring.

I understand what you are saying but, my point is, the team that acquire these two would be doing it for one reason, to remove their combined salaries from their cap. They wouldn't keep them (TT and Penny)... they'd be released. Thus, it doesn't matter if they play less or in TT's case, play at all.

What you said would be the case as far as KT is concerned.

[Edited by - Pike on 01/10/2005 14:59:16]

my guess is, every night, Isiah is thinking, how can I rid myself of (my biggest mistake though I got Nazr too) TT.

http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/37944.htm

'DOG' HAS HIS DAY

By MARC BERMAN

January 11, 2005 -- At last, Lenny Wilkens is poised to make a bold decision that could bruise egos.

Looking for more bite to the starting lineup, the Knick coach will likely keep Jerome "Junkyard Dog" Williams in the starting lineup at small forward even when erratic Tim Thomas returns healthy. Removing Thomas has been long overdue.

"It's a great possibility," admitted Wilkens, who has long debated yanking Thomas.

Tonight against the hapless Hornets, Williams is expected to make his second straight start as Thomas sits again with a bruised knee and sore calf. Thomas, who's had a disappointing season, took an MRI yesterday. Results were not immediately available.

The energetic Williams provided juice Sunday in his first Knick start, playing a game-high 44 minutes. He scored 15 points with six rebounds and four assists, jacking up the Garden crowd in their 113-105 win over Portland. Williams is all about defense and hustle on a club all about offense.

Williams got the ultimate endorsement from Stephon Marbury, who called him the game's "MVP." Marbury occasionally looks as if he's ingested sour milk when Thomas makes a turnover or forces a shot.

Team president Isiah Thomas looked to peddle Tim Thomas in a Vince Carter package. This summer, Tim Thomas enters the final year of his contract, and Isiah will use him as trade bait to upgrade a roster he claims is not much better than .500.

Tim Thomas and Penny Hardaway, whose contract also expires after next year, will have huge trade value for clubs looking to get under the salary cap in the summer of 2006.

"The way Jerome Williams played [Sunday] is the way we all have to play every night," Marbury said. "Jerome's energy creates plays. He knows how to pass and dribble the ball. Whenever he makes a mistake, because he plays so hard, you don't question it. You know he's going to make it up at some point in the game."

If Wilkens keeps Williams as starting "3", he faces another decision when Jamal Crawford becomes healthy in two weeks — whether to sit Allan Houston again.

"He showed he should be out there again," said Wilkens, who coached Williams in Toronto. "There's no reason not to come out with energy. But it happens naturally with him."

With Houston, Marbury, Kurt Thomas and Nazr Mohammed, the Knicks have enough scorers. It's refreshing to have one buzzard eager to do the little things. The 6-foot-10 Tim Thomas doesn't do enough little things. He forces too many shots and doesn't pass well out of the double team he often draws driving. His size at small forward is wasted because he doesn't bulldoze for offensive boards.

Thomas is averaging just 10.6 points on 40.7 percent shooting, but his most damning stat is the infrequency he gets to the foul line. Williams, in 340 less minutes, has been to the line five more times (75-70) than Thomas.

"I never make any requests in basketball when they pay me every week," Williams said. "I'm going to go out there and play hard if I'm coming in the last minute of the fourth or first minute of the first quarter."

TT obviously is into sculpture or painting or something, cause it sure aint Basketball. Can you imagine JYD's intensity with TT's body and skills? TT would be one of the best player in the league period!! And thats what makes it hurt all the more. He is averaging 10 and 3. Dispicable.

Posted by playa2:

Has anybody asked TIM THOMAS why he doesn't go to the boards more as a 6"10 SF.

What has his answer been?

He said it's a rare case of hyelophobia.

Williams got the ultimate endorsement from Stephon Marbury, who called him the game's "MVP." Marbury occasionally looks as if he's ingested sour milk when Thomas makes a turnover or forces a shot.

thats hysterical. Marbury looks like he's choking on a hair ball everytime TT's (bad) shots clang against the rim.