Posted by Rookie:

I think I mentioned Douby as a stop gap back when we traded for Mobley and just about got my head taken off.

all the way off or just partially?

Posted by Rookie:

Posted by TMS:

Posted by Rookie:

I think I mentioned Douby as a stop gap back when we traded for Mobley and just about got my head taken off.

all the way off or just partially?

That's just doubious

Quincy Doubious?

Posted by TMS:

Posted by Rookie:

Posted by TMS:

Posted by Rookie:

I think I mentioned Douby as a stop gap back when we traded for Mobley and just about got my head taken off.

all the way off or just partially?

That's just doubious

Quincy Doubious?

The Quincemeister

I have no idea who james white was until seeing this vid linked from a NY Times article:

Quincy Douby will be given a chance to win one of the Knicks' two available roster spots when he works out for the team next week. According to a Knicks source, Douby has not been guaranteed a job but rather a tryout before the Knicks' coaching staff. The 6-3 Douby, the 19th pick of the 2006 draft, was released by the Sacramento Kings last week. Douby, who attended Brooklyn's Grady High School and Rutgers University, has averaged 4.1 points in 136 career games.


He was misused with the Kings, who tried to make him a point guard. He is a small, quick 2 whose role in the NFL is probably as instant offense off the bench.

Posted by misterearl:

No to Douby, Ewing and anyone under 6'9

Forget the shrimps

Knicks have enough guards and swing men

My kingdom for a center

We have two open spots now, three after Marbury is bought out. ( I think he will be).
I know what you are saying. Perhaps the 5 should be looked at more than anything else. But D'Antoni is the coach and he don't like tradition centers. Who are we going to sign to be our center? Deadline is over and we just got Wilcox. Three open spots. We could use a 2 to groom. We could use Ewing Jr for more than his numbers.
Don't look only at the numbers, you have to include the system and those other things not exactly quantifiable e.g. passion, heart, will, etc.

Posted by misterearl:

No to Douby, Ewing and anyone under 6'9

Forget the shrimps

Knicks have enough guards and swing men

My kingdom for a center

Yup... It would be great having an athletic 6'10"-11" guy who could intimidate and block some shots while hitting a few hook shots and the occasional 15 foot jumper.

Posted by misterearl:

earthman - I hear you and respect your position as well

The idea that D'Antoni has an aversion to traditional centers may be more a by-product of the lack of versatile big men. I don't think D Coach Dan would find a 6'11 facsimile of Marcus Camby to be repulsive, provided he could run, jump, catch and pass quickly out of a double team.

The "two" Walsh is grooming is Chandler. The other two is Hughes. A third is redundant.

The opportunity of the open roster spots is not for guys who can step in and contribute. If they were that good somebody would be playing them already. The opportunity is an open (and cheap) audition for lesser-known guys for Summer League. Preferably BIG men who can rebound and block shots.

I like the sentimental value of Junior Ewing. I just hope he is prepared to ride some serious pine. Does the fiery Mike D'Antoni really want the added headache of NY fans chanting "we want Uuu-Wing" ringing in his ears?

I don't think so




[Edited by - misterearl on 02-21-2009 11:04 AM]

You got me with the Camby comment, but how many Camby's are there? Every team would love him. For a running team, a traditional center won't work well. I think someone like Camby would be near ideal (can he shoot from 10 ft? I forget).

I'll disagree regarding Hughes. First, we don't really know if Chandler will be the two. But, I'm not averse to it, just think he is a better 3. Anyway, Hughes has had problems most everywhere and under most every condition, so I don't think with 2 or 3 spots open that it's fair to say that he is our guy, especially with someone like Douby, who has an audition, there. I have a feeling, due to money perhaps, that unless Hughes tears it up, he will not be back. (Even so, we have alot of expirings for 2010, nice place to be)

I can't add much to the argument regarding Ewing Jr. I guess we are all on the same page though (roughly speaking). I might be hoping for him to really maximize his potential and bloodline ;) Just remember that game he played for us... That is why I say the "quantifiable" thing. Sometimes a player just fits in in one place and fits there well. I have that feeling regarding Ewing Jr. (and also Gallo, Chandler, Lee, maybe Wilcox too) I'm just not down with the "on paper" argument any more. Let's build a "team".

I'm pretty excited for the team right now. Lee is constantly improving. Chandler also, but much less consistently. We have Gallo who I think will be a star in this system. We got rid of some bad weight and just need to do a few more moves, to realistically get us in a position to grab Lebron and another star or near star.

EMS

Courtney Sims is having an amazing D League season. He's scoring 22.6 ppg (at 61%) and pulling down better than 11 boards with more than 2 blocks per game. Ewing hasn't done nearly that well (16 ppg @ 46% with 8.5 boards and 1.2 blocks). Ewing's numbers against inferior competition are not at all encouraging.