Really, I would offer that everything offered so far doesn't amount to a hill of beans, but whatever. Feel free to pat yourself on the back for a brilliant contribution to this thread. Our meager efforts pale in comparison to your expert analysis. Please continue to dazzle us with your contributions.

"Feel free to pat yourself on the back for a brilliant contribution to this thread"

Rookie - You are very welcome

"Our meager efforts pale in comparison to your expert analysis"

Rookie - I don't think it is appropriate that you speak for any other poster but yourself. Let's keep whatever differences of opinion betwen you and I. That is, so long as you can fight your own battles without calling for reinforcements.

I would offer that the "meager efforts" you speak of are more a self-imposed designation that you should accept full credit for.

Go Eddy Curry. Go Knicks.

Rookie - I agree totally, the end-game on a forum is not to prove anything. There is not a single person who is more knowledgable than the next. It is ALL opinion. In that sense we are all equal. Nobody gets a prize or wins anything. If anyone posting on a forum were that smart, they would be drawing a check for that knowledge.

I used stats to illustrate my point.

As per your last post, we probably share a more fundamental appreciation for what Wilson Chandler brings to the table - but the conversation became sidetracked into an over analysis of the analysis. I ain't got no beef with you. My issue was with Gallofame for the attempt to dump The Mayor, of all people, into the trash box of being too stupid to play pro basketball.

I look forward to watching Chandler in two years, wearing a Knicks uniform.

The Mayor would be a senior in college this season.

kam77 - I look forward to the debate over Danilo Gallinari's basketball IQ after he plays 62 games.

This discussion, along with the whispers that Danilo is "soft", will be a great barometer of the amount of patience that Knicks fans have for da two yoots.

Posted by misterearl:


kam77 - I look forward to the debate over Danilo Gallinari's basketball IQ after he plays 62 games.

Why wait that long.

"Wilson Chandler has a chance of being invited for the Rookie-Sophomore Game"

[Edited by - misterearl on 12-26-2008 08:23 AM]

Rule Number Seven: If you make a statement, back it up

"Not everyone can be a star and Chandler probably won't be."

Probably won't be...?

Based on what?

Posted by misterearl:

Rule Number Seven: If you make a statement, back it up

"Not everyone can be a star and Chandler probably won't be."

Probably won't be...?

Based on what?

Based on nothing but own personal viewing. It's my prediction and I'm okay with it. If he proves me wrong, great. It's still my prediction.

When I said Frank Williams and Lavor Postell would not be stars it was based on nothing but my own personal scouting report and nothing else. When I said that Michael Sweetney would be a star it was based on the same thing. None of these are any more harmful then any other silly prediction we make on this God Forsaken site.

None of us know what Wilson or Gallinari will become. We all can make predictions though.

Does this help you out? "Not everyone can be a star and Chandler probably won't be-IMO"


[Edited by - bippity10 on 26-12-2008 12:18 PM]

Chandler is a career role player. The only way this team will develop its own star through the draft is if they get a top 5 pick. Notice I didn't say top 6, because Gallo will not be a star.

"...a defensive force who can put up 10-12 points and grab some rebounds."

rookie - The young Mayor already averages 14 points and 6 rebounds.

With the valuable experience gained from his first year of starting, added confidence, wisdom, and the positive support of Mike D'Antoni, who has been in his corner since training camp, I expect Chandler to improve that by four points and three rebounds to 18 and 9 by the end of his third season.

Posted by misterearl:

"...a defensive force who can put up 10-12 points and grab some rebounds."

rookie - The young Mayor already averages 14 points and 6 rebounds.

With the valuable experience gained from his first year of starting, added confidence, wisdom, and the positive support of Mike D'Antoni, who has been in his corner since training camp, I expect Chandler to improve that by four points and three rebounds to 18 and 9 by the end of his third season.

He's averaging around 7 points and 3 rebounds over the last three games. His numbers have gone down against tougher teams. His defense has been excellent though. When he can play great defense and still put up 10-12 against good teams while guarding star players he will have matured in my eyes. When he can put up those kind of numbers against playoff caliber teams is what I'm talking about. I really don't care if he puts up 30 points against a crappy team.Your not going to play crappy teams in the playoffs.