Bonn1997 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:what is woody going to do when all these guys get healthy ?

I just read amare could be back in 2 weeks, and rasheed is doing light shooting, and he could be back at the same time

Didn't Amare take a lot longer to come back the last time. I was under the impression he was most likely done for the season.

Amare's a great scorer but for the past 2 years the team has consistently looked much better whenever he's off the court.

He's not a center though...

... I’m not the kind of guy that’s going to decline, you know. Every year I get better. I just worked on my game. I spent more than an hour, an hour and a half a day working on my jump shot with the coach (in China), just working of different parts of my game because China is different than the NBA.... it’s a lot more physical, a lot more dirty play, and they pack the lane over there. I used to be a slasher, so I had to develop a jump shot to be able to do more things. Once that opened up for me, everything just became easy. Right now the NBA is easy to me.

- James Singleton

gunsnewing wrote:Grunwald is a master of finding diamonds in the rough
THE SILENT ASSASIN

Write-up on J.S. - He majored in computer science and seems to be a pretty intelligent dude.

James Singleton is an international basketball star who has won a championship last season in Spain beating fc barcelona. This year he is joining the Dallas Mavericks. While in Europe Singleton was MVP of the Italian All Star game and became the fan favorite, he says out there getting on the bad side of the fans, even your own fans, can be dangerous.

CrushAlot wrote:

misterearl wrote:

TeamBall wrote:

misterearl wrote:Key Guys Are Injured

TeamBall wrote:Is it really far fetched to expect the coach to not want to experiment with lineups in the post season?

If key guys are injured then of course that shakes things up. If kmart and tyson are healthy though I dont see Singleton having a huge role unless he plays outstanding these last few games.

Woodson does not want to experiment. He is forced to experiment. It has been like this all season.

Kenyon Martin and Tyson Chandler are injured. As far as their healthy return, nothing is guaranteed. We are missing any quality player taller than 6'9. That is a recipe for being dominated inside.

Whatever role Singleton plays, hope he brings his extra thick shoe inserts. Kevin Garnett is back.

I agree, Earl. I personally think Tyson is being handled with precaution and kmart will be fine by the playoffs. That give Singleton time though and I hope he works out.

TeamBall - the thing that bothers me is Tyson coming back and then needing to shut it down again. The playoffs will be a grind.

The severity of Kenyon Martin's ankle injury makes the date of his return pure speculation. Assumptions about injuries and recovery make great conversation, but have nothing to do with stepping on the court for a back-to-back or a seven game playoff series. No one can tell except the player. For example, there were a lot of people who expected Derrick Rose back. He and Shump suffered similar injuries around the same time. But they were both different.

Shump is finding a groove from three point range while Derrick Rose is playing with his kids.

I think Tyson came back because Martin needed to be shut down. Reports today say he asked out of Thursdays game so that can't be good. The good thing about the playoffs is that the nba schedules it so that there are lots of breaks/no back to backs.

callmened wrote:@Ronron...im a syracuse fan and have watched hakim;s career since 2002. Hes a nice guy but hes a 6-9 twig. no strnegth at all. thats why hes a bust! hes just fun for exciting dunks.

folks, acquiring singleton is just for the rest of the season. i dont expect him to sniff the court in the playoffs

Many said the same would be for the careers of

Camby
JO
Durant *many thought he would not be able to play PF because of his lack of strength, body type/build*

I am not saying he is a star by any means like these players, I am saying he would be a tool at the SF/PF that we could use vs SF with PF size with guard skills
You cannot use size and strength to match up vs athleticism, skills, size, strength, like David West vs Lebron/Durant even Paul George/Wilson Chandler/Ilyasova/Jeff Green
Using length/athleticism/speed would be our best chance to disrupt such players, players that could recover even when they get beat, buy enough time till the help can come, and give us some minutes to defend those players shot/ability to penetrate

It is the same reason why we play much better with Martin when compared to Chandler

I just don't see why we need 6-7 players that are eligible to play C on the roster especially when majority of them have health issues with injuries as well
Having Warrick to play Ronnie Brewer's role but with more size/length, without the mass

"Once a Knick, ALWAYS a Knick"

3G4G wrote:Remember when we signed Brewer.....and he turned out to be Trash? Well Singleton is the ground that the Ronnie Brewer gets dumped on to.....

Except that Singleton is 6'8 Forward trash that can rebound a little.