Posted by bobs3304:

Nobody really seemed to mention it yet, but I love the fact that they're playing Lee at SF. If he can add a jumpshot to his arsenal, that kid is gonna be a dangerous player...

But my question to that is, will he be able to guard fowards who like to play off the dribble. Some small forwards like to play on the perimeter. I'm interested in seeing can he guard off the dribble and/or perimeter oriented small fowards.

How Lee will do at SF will be one of the more interesting stories of the summer and preseason. It's no surprise he's doing well in the summer league, as he did really well at Chicago and that was basically a similar level of competition.

Posted by bobs3304:

Nobody really seemed to mention it yet, but I love the fact that they're playing Lee at SF. If he can add a jumpshot to his arsenal, that kid is gonna be a dangerous player...

Im glad they are after seeing how athletic, good passer, ballhandler, defender he is after that 1st summerleague game.

Lee will be fine b/c of his athleticism and hustle. While I agree a player like D Miles might present a problem b/c of their quickness, that's the point of having a defensive oriented Center in the paint....to cover up perimeter boo-boos.

[Edited by - bobs3304 on 07/12/2005 02:15:51]

Posted by tkf:

speaking of green, in a guard oriented SL he is not really tearing it up, had a less then stellar game, something like 9 points and 3 boards, something like that... Yawn.....

13pts 5-8FG in only 19mins...pretty good. He's been shooting consistently well as I expected

Posted by tkf:

Posted by gunsnewing:

Posted by tkf:

speaking of green, in a guard oriented SL he is not really tearing it up, had a less then stellar game, something like 9 points and 3 boards, something like that... Yawn.....

13pts 5-8FG in only 19mins...pretty good. He's been shooting consistently well as I expected

come on man, the SL is a guard oriented game, we are talking about a guy most projected as a top 5 pick, please, 13 points, heck trevor ariza is doing that on a very bad day, martell Webster dropped a cool 21 on the knicks, nate robinson can fart and get 13 points, the point being is that people are getting on frye and he got 16/11 green who most of us on here proclaimed as the Golden child is just getting by and that is cool. He should be killing it in this league, especially the SL a guard oriented league? whats up?

green and bynum can do no wrong in some peoples eyes here.

Posted by tkf:

Posted by gunsnewing:

Posted by tkf:

speaking of green, in a guard oriented SL he is not really tearing it up, had a less then stellar game, something like 9 points and 3 boards, something like that... Yawn.....

13pts 5-8FG in only 19mins...pretty good. He's been shooting consistently well as I expected

come on man, the SL is a guard oriented game, we are talking about a guy most projected as a top 5 pick, please, 13 points, heck trevor ariza is doing that on a very bad day, martell Webster dropped a cool 21 on the knicks, nate robinson can fart and get 13 points, the point being is that people are getting on frye and he got 16/11 green who most of us on here proclaimed as the Golden child is just getting by and that is cool. He should be killing it in this league, especially the SL a guard oriented league? whats up?

how mant points do you expect him to score in 19mins 30pts? he shot
5 for 8 for pete's sake! not 5 for 18!

[Edited by - gunsnewing on 07/12/2005 02:34:02]

I can't say I'm mad thus far. Seems like Frye may be figuring some things out. Hopefully his second half of this game carries over. Right now he's roughly averaging 12 and 6 in about 25 minutes. Not bad so far. But I do expect a lot of improvment over the offseason into training camp and then over his rookie season.

Posted by bobs3304:

Nobody really seemed to mention it yet, but I love the fact that they're playing Lee at SF. If he can add a jumpshot to his arsenal, that kid is gonna be a dangerous player...

Interesting. If he can develop at least a mid-range game, he could be tougher version of Austin Crosher (in his first season!). It would be smart for Lee to improve his outside game.

Frye will be fine...It aint how you start that matters, it is how you finish. He will have a chance to work with an old pro (Agwire), and it will show. It always takes bigs much longer to adjust than small cats...Frye is trying not to disappoint, because he knows how N.Y. fans can be... He needs to play as many basketball games as possible to get aclimate to the NBA style of basketball. Let him play all of the other games from start to finish, and gradually improvements will happen for the kid...

Man, some of you guys are funny. I realize there are some logical guys here who are actually willing to wait on Frye. What had the impatient guys been saying? Let Frye play through the fouls so he can stay on the court. What does he do? Play through the fouls in the first half, gets in a rhythm in the second half. 16pts 11reb. If Bynum had that game, we'd be hearing how the Knicks franchise was going to implode. I guarantee NO ONE would be asking what moment of the game he got his rebounds. I'm sorry but that is the most ridiculous case of sour grapes I have ever seen. This is still just practice, and unfortunately it seems like Frye is putting a lot of pressure on himself - let's hope he's never seen this site!

Me? I'm thrilled that the Knicks have possibly the best young team at SL. Nate, Lee, Frye, Ariza, shoot even Jackie is playing really well. I wish we could see this team fill up the Garden right now.

Guys need to look at what we've got. A Summer League team with five real young athletic players who might impact our rotation next season.

Also - Nate is the steal of the draft. I'm expecting a Ben Gordon type season from him off the bench. And we're going to hear A LOT more about Marbury being traded the first time Nate scores 20 in the Garden.

[Edited by - crzymdups on 07/12/2005 08:35:04]