yellowboy90 wrote:Get it out your systems. Lin is gone and will avg blah blah blah and do blah blah blah. Its over in NY and big deal. He was good I hoped he would have resigned but dang lets not forget how he had his problems on D and protecting the ball.

He is trying to make his guards feel good. Felton has big shoes to fill.

KNicks propaganda machine at work.

It ain't like he denying the holocaust happened, he is just talking up Felton-Kidd and the incredible Pablo!

3G4G wrote:Tyson Chandler quotes on Lin during Linsanity and amidst the Negotiations....

“Every single night, you don’t see it coming,” Tyson Chandler marveled. “And then he does it again.”

"The way he goes about things, you would never know all of this was going on," said Chandler, adding, "He's the same guy who was coming here early, fighting for a 10-day contract."

"'I knew the Knicks organization wanted him back,' Tyson Chandler said after training with the Olympic team in Manchester, England. 'I know his teammates wanted him back. I felt like Jeremy wanted to come back, but you can’t pass up what Houston threw out there.'"

Here's what Marion and Dirk said about him

“Him in this system is amazing,” Marion said. “Him being able to make the pass and being willing to make the pass, it is a great opportunity that opens a lot of things for the team. For his size, he is able to make some passes that some other guards can’t make, and at the same time, it is like he doesn’t care about having a turnover, and that’s very rare. You have to try to take certain things away from him. But he’s a feisty little thing, I give him credit, he plays hard. There were a thousand pick-and-rolls out there, it is a lot of work to guard.”

Another future Hall of Famer was surprised by what he saw, too. “He is tough,” Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki said. “I thought we tried to trap him off the pick-and-roll, but he is crafty. He knows how to get to the basket, he knows how to cut off, spin and still get to his spots. ... I really like him, and he is a great example that if you work hard and get your opportunity you can make the best of it. He is inspirational.”

Here's what Kobe said about him

"Players don't usually come out of nowhere. If you can go back and take a look, his skill level was probably there from the beginning, but no one ever noticed. … It is a great story. It is a testament to perseverance and hard work. It is a good example to kids everywhere."

again, I like tyson chandler, but he is talking out of both sides of his mouth..

the dude is acting funny style.....

TheloniusMonk wrote:

3G4G wrote:Tyson Chandler quotes on Lin during Linsanity and amidst the Negotiations....

“Every single night, you don’t see it coming,” Tyson Chandler marveled. “And then he does it again.”

"The way he goes about things, you would never know all of this was going on," said Chandler, adding, "He's the same guy who was coming here early, fighting for a 10-day contract."

"'I knew the Knicks organization wanted him back,' Tyson Chandler said after training with the Olympic team in Manchester, England. 'I know his teammates wanted him back. I felt like Jeremy wanted to come back, but you can’t pass up what Houston threw out there.'"

Here's what Marion and Dirk said about him

“Him in this system is amazing,” Marion said. “Him being able to make the pass and being willing to make the pass, it is a great opportunity that opens a lot of things for the team. For his size, he is able to make some passes that some other guards can’t make, and at the same time, it is like he doesn’t care about having a turnover, and that’s very rare. You have to try to take certain things away from him. But he’s a feisty little thing, I give him credit, he plays hard. There were a thousand pick-and-rolls out there, it is a lot of work to guard.”

Another future Hall of Famer was surprised by what he saw, too. “He is tough,” Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki said. “I thought we tried to trap him off the pick-and-roll, but he is crafty. He knows how to get to the basket, he knows how to cut off, spin and still get to his spots. ... I really like him, and he is a great example that if you work hard and get your opportunity you can make the best of it. He is inspirational.”

Here's what Kobe said about him

"Players don't usually come out of nowhere. If you can go back and take a look, his skill level was probably there from the beginning, but no one ever noticed. … It is a great story. It is a testament to perseverance and hard work. It is a good example to kids everywhere."

And they all know he's an undersized two guard who is at his best when scoring. Has some passing ability. Nothing there about running a team, setting up offense and reading defense. Again, He is still learning. He hasn't learned those things at this point.

and when has felton ever been successful at doing that.. jason kidd was going to be here anyway, but this backing felton as some floor general and upgrade is hilarious.. pretty much the same way knick fans were buying time saying baron davis was going to save our season...

the point was to have kidd here with lin, kidd can no longer play at a high level for extended periods but lin had that potential, that along with kidd's help would have given the knicks a competent and actually pretty good poing guard tandem.... i am not buying felton as this guy who can run an offense, he was horrible last year.. all of last year..

felton did have some success under dantoni with amare.... but dantoni was run out by melo and amare is no longer allowed to do pick and roll I guess.. he is to now become hakeem while carmelo plays iso ball all day long....

tkf wrote:

knickscity wrote:Tyson is 1005 correct in his assessment.

How that is being disputed is hilarious.

The team needed guys who can run the offense, and not just get theirs first, then look for others.

The better pg's do that.

Lin may develop into that, but right they need guys who they believe can do it right now.

kidd was coming here with lin.. that fact that he is now trying to big up felton is hilarious and of course the knick fans took their dose of sour grapes and are backing this foolishness...

chandler is a funny dude, this team is full of funny dudes...

gunsnewing wrote:Correction: Felton has been average to below average for all but 3 months of his 9yr career. Those 3 months came under Dantoni and even then he was slowing down drastically

3G4G wrote:

“Jeremy was a young point guard who was just learning,” Chandler said. “He was trying to figure out how to run an offense. He brought a lot to this organization but as far as being able to run the offense and put players in the right positions he wasn’t there yet. We have veteran point guards now who are capable of doing that.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/lin-knicks-chandler-offers-counterpoint-chemistry-article-1.1176440#ixzz28XodbqHA

Okay that's the way you play the Villain or Enemy Nemesis or the Resister to Enemies. While I think Chandler is being a jerk here but can respect the name dropping. He's basically saying Lin wasn't going to cut it

I see nothing wrong with what he said. Lin, was in fact a young pg, who was learning the position. Never said Lin wasn't going to cut it, he just said he "wasn't there yet." Dont we say that about all rookies (Lin was a rookie in terms of starting and running a team) Seriously, how is he being a jerk?

knickscity wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:here's an example of the propaganda machine at work...

"I’ve played w/ a lot of talented guys & I would put him [Melo] in the category of 1 of the top 5 players in this league" @RealJasonKidd

What's wrong with that statement?

It's wrong because Kidd's opinion differ's from his....

I like the dude but the MSG Ministry of Public Statements and Department of Reeducation signs the checks. Don't blame them for what they say.