RicanHavok wrote:I think he's a very solid 3rd pg and the signing made a lot of sense when I thought the Knicks were loading up on PG knowledge to impart upon Lin. In any case he's battle tested so I see why he'd be preferred over a 21 year old undrafted rookie. I hope the TS didn't pull a muscle reaching for that thread title.

Guy is 35 years old and not playing for a big contract. He is finishing up his last chance for a taste of the NBA and took a pay cut likley to come here. Kudos for him wanting the experience.

All he has to do is pass the ball. Perfect knick. Jason is also a pass first pg. Perfect.

We now have 3 pg's who Melo will get the ball from.

Will this work? We'll see. On paper it sounds good.

Hope this is not Dolan ranting that Lin and MDA making him look bad! If Melo look bad DOlan looks bad.

So get players in that make MElo look good. Lets hope Melo looking good translates to success.

Lets hope Pablo can shoot better than his Olympic showing. I know, he had kidney stones. ALreay we got "Reasons"!

nixluva wrote:The idea is to have guys that are moving so your PG doesn't have to go crazy with dribble drive just to create. SO long as you have player motion there will be openings that a TRUE PG can exploit with an accurate pass. This is why you bring in Kidd and Prigioni. So many people are stuck on the idea that your PG has to be fast and explosive but really he has to be accurate and smart. If he can read plays before they happen and make the timely pass that's more important than pure athletic ability.

Well said!

nixluva wrote:

TymeLessKnicks wrote:

nixluva wrote:The idea is to have guys that are moving so your PG doesn't have to go crazy with dribble drive just to create. SO long as you have player motion there will be openings that a TRUE PG can exploit with an accurate pass. This is why you bring in Kidd and Prigioni. So many people are stuck on the idea that your PG has to be fast and explosive but really he has to be accurate and smart. If he can read plays before they happen and make the timely pass that's more important than pure athletic ability.

Well said!

You know it's funny cuz it's been so long since we've actually had a PG who was a Pure Passer that many Knick fans seem to have forgotten what that's like. You can be slow like Mark Jackson and still be an assist leader simply by having a high BB IQ and great passing skills. We have 2 older PG's that have the passing ability of a QB. They can stand there and pick a defense apart. That's what the Knicks brass was thinking with adding these old PG's. Sure it's great to have a PG that can penetrate and we'll get some of that from Felton.

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nixluva, hitting the two run homer!

nycisgreat wrote:

Vmart wrote:I can't see this guy making any kind of impact for the Knicks. I watched him play and I know he was battling kidney stones and all but this guy will be a worse signing than having Bibby on the team. Should have given some other player a chance instead maybe someone younger.

Yeah, I wasn't impressed by him at all during the Olympics.

How many 3rd string PG's make an impact? Usually it's some kid that you give garbage minutes to. If he has to play he'll be a dependable vet off the bench.

nixluva wrote:

TymeLessKnicks wrote:

nixluva wrote:The idea is to have guys that are moving so your PG doesn't have to go crazy with dribble drive just to create. SO long as you have player motion there will be openings that a TRUE PG can exploit with an accurate pass. This is why you bring in Kidd and Prigioni. So many people are stuck on the idea that your PG has to be fast and explosive but really he has to be accurate and smart. If he can read plays before they happen and make the timely pass that's more important than pure athletic ability.

Well said!

You know it's funny cuz it's been so long since we've actually had a PG who was a Pure Passer that many Knick fans seem to have forgotten what that's like. You can be slow like Mark Jackson and still be an assist leader simply by having a high BB IQ and great passing skills. We have 2 older PG's that have the passing ability of a QB. They can stand there and pick a defense apart. That's what the Knicks brass was thinking with adding these old PG's. Sure it's great to have a PG that can penetrate and we'll get some of that from Felton.

nixluva wrote:

loweyecue wrote:For the money we are paying this guy we couldn't buy a warm body in the NBA. It's not like we ad millions to throw at someone to be our 3rd stringer.

I think it makes sense cuz if you're trying to win a title you don't want to have to "teach" at this level. You don't have to worry about Priggy being able to handle the situation. People are worrying about the wrong thing. We don't need him to be able to score. We need him to distribute the ball to our scorers. Not many teams have a great 3rd string option. We have a steady guy to rely on.

Agree with most of what you're saying but shouldn't teams always be trying to teach? Seems to be part of what makes San Antonio awesome. They've taken numerous players and developed them.

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