Posted by Panos:

Posted by iyamwutiam:

I also think - that it would be hard for him to change -right away. I mean last year - he was asked to do what he did best - camp out in the post and score. When he did that - he also responded by getting more rebounds.

This year - with the addition of Randolph - your asking him to do a lot. One - he can't camp out in the low blocks -because you have Randolph there as well. He has to drift in and out -allowing Randolph to put pressure on the other side and then look for his oppourtunity to cut to the basket or get position. Things he has never ever done. Now - you ask him to develop a face up jump shot from 5-10 feet out, learn to gain position when he is not on the low box and also help out on defense (when last year - it was the 'other' guy helping him out.

He has a very old school game. Camp out on the block- hook shot or bull it into the basket. He is actually quite agile (atleast offensively) for a guy his size.

So - it is a big deal. Randolph doesn't have to change that much. He played with Pryzbilla- so he didn't have to play defense. All he had to do was play his same game - outside 10-15 jumpers and an occasional post up move. However- this year - he is being asked to take it on the low block much more and drive to the basket-which he has done on occasion- but not regularly.

So obviously it will take less time for Randolph to be in sync. I believe this is being done purposively to get Randolph more comfortable with the Knicks- since he started off so horribly. Also - unfortunately he is the Knicks best shooter at 46% - so you need to keep him in there - to ground Jamal Chuckford and sidekick Chuckie Robinson - not to mention - 'watch me miss' Q Rich.

[Edited by - iyamwutiam on 02-25-2008 10:01 PM]

I wonder how many people's ignore list you are on.
I, for one, can't get through a single one of your posts.

I, for one, wish you didn't quote this--hence circumventing my IL--because my eyes started to bleed and my brain started to deteriorate.

Posted by BlueSeats:

Eddy thinks it's his offense that's the problem. He's gonna work on his jump hook now (what happened to the jumper?) rather than defense and rebounding. And why not, Isiah already told us Eddy will never be a good defender or rebounder, so they've giving up on that aspect of the game.

I remember marbury telling us, and Larry Brown, that he wont change the way he plays either.

These are our captains and franchise players. Dumb (in a basketball sense), inflexible, uncoachable.

Eddy, tell us this year you're you're playing like Curry, and next year you've got to get back to playing like McCurry, and you don't care what the coach thinks.

I love this game.