Jmpasq wrote:ChuckBuck wrote:s3231 wrote:We can be improved but the fact that it is a question....after the deals we just made to get considerably older, means that this off-season is not going well (I'm assuming Lin is gone in this scenario).If you mortgage your future, you need to make the roster considerably better and the way I see it, we just got worse at two key positions (PG and SG) while also getting better in the front-court (by adding Camby, re-signing Novak, etc.).
We lost depth at SG by losing Landry (might not have been a good starter but him and JR were ok LY whereas this year, it's basically just JR).
At PG, I don't feel that Kidd/Felton is an upgrade over Lin/Baron.
This off-season has been a failure. If we re-sign Lin....it becomes solid (not great, but definitely good).
You're joking about PG right? BD could barely walk up the court. Lin avg'ed 8 TOs a game for awhile while getting toasted repeatedly by marginal PGs on defense. Felton+Kidd=Less turnovers, more playoff experience, better defense, better shooting. If "Youtube Prigioni" gives us anything, it's net positive over Lin/BD/Bibby/TD.
Lin fans are so much like Tebow fans.
Dude, don't even patronize me like that, I'm here making an argument that statisically, Lin is better and have not appealed to emotions at all.
Nevermind that I've been on these forums a hell of a lot longer than you and a diehard Knicks fan my whole life.....but I've also been a season ticket holder over the past 4 years and have a subscription to synergy where I dissect videos/stats in my spare time (not only looking at Knicks, but many other teams as well)....add to that the fact that I've spent countless hours reading about the CBA and I probably know that better than 95% of the fans that post on here (and the fans that post on here obviously know more than the average fan). When I say Lin is a better player than Felton, I'm making a very educated opinion and not just saying "OMG, we can't lose LIN! He beat Kobe!"
You are in no position to question my fandom after the thousands of $ I've spent supporting this franchise (through tickets, jerseys, etc.) and the countless hours I've spent on Martin and Andrew's fantastic site. I've been a diehard Knicks fan though the 90s, through the Isiah years, and through the Walsh/Grunwald years now. I'm not a bandwagon Lin fan that you can compare to freaking Tim Tebow.
"This is a very cautious situation that we're in. You have to be conservative in terms of using your assets and using them wisely. We're building for the future." - Zeke (I guess not protecting a first round pick is being conservative)
7/16/2012 4:28 PM