While the AARP New Yorkers struggle with an endless medical report, the Miami Heat are stampeding through the NBA like General George Patton. Their fantastic winning streak is the story of the season. While Rasheed Wallace and Kurt Thomas are in traction, Lebron is holding court and being measured for his next... "not two, not three... not seven..." rings.

Just the way we like it.

Yes, Tyson Chandler is out for two more weeks, Marcus Camby will probably turn his ankle walking through an airport security checkpoint and Kenyon Martin is playin WAY too well to keep it up, right?

Jason Kidd's minutes have become so much an issue that he doesn't practice on any day that ends with a consonant. Has anybody ever seen Chris Copeland block a shot? (He has a grand total of 7 /seven/ in 530 minutes played this season, which gotta be some kinda record)

JR Smith is an implosion waiting to happen. "JR, we love you homey!" Our Mad Scientist HEAD Coach Mike Woodson is brewing combinations that would be considered blasphemy in most traditional circles of jerks. Does he care? Not one damn bit. Mike learned from the Knight named Bobby and the Red of Holzman, so he could give a ratts butt about public opinion. THAT is the New York Way.

“Absolutely — I will never back off (the strategy of wanting veterans) We’re still sitting where we need to be, at the top of our division. And we just got to get some key pieces back, like Melo tonight, and get Tyson back in a uniform.” - Mike Woodson

We are bruised, battered, 'buked and bashed ... and on the doorstep of winning 50 games. Fidee.

The Miami Heat?

Big freakin' deal. We are the Knicks and (as the MSG Usher told The Answer Man during the Miami Heat Series in 1999) ..."DESE guys don't do nuttin' da easy way."

Are we not men?

A four game beat down turns the corner,(Jazz, Thank You!) and here we are, 5 games later. Sunshine is Green!
Character; can be an ability to survive adversity.

JR - "I see warrior people" Maybe he did start thinking, "I been in the league a decade now, time to start thinking about the legacy...look at that ol muthafuhckah's foot bleeding like that..."

KMart - "I see a need, a need to make people bleed" That picture aint no lie, people. I might have a headband, but no smiling issues here.

Melo - he watches, he smiles, he nods. Three to the head. Live with it.
Lala, Imma die with this hammer in my hand!

misterearl wrote:This bump is not about The Answer Man

It is a tribute to the player who may have set the tone of personal sacrifice for this 5-0 run.

Kurt Thomas sacrificed his body to salvage a huge win on the road for a defeated team and fan base.

In that one act, by example, he led the way for change.

You really think JR Smithnis driving hard to the rack by accident?

Really?

3/6/2013 11:50 AM
dk7th wrote:
i said look at the number of shots in total, the number of threes of the total... and then look at how many trips he makes to the free throw line.
example:
5-18FG 3-14 3ptA 0FTA 2 assists
this is against miami
no he does not go hard every game. if he did he'd be getting to the line 6 times a game. he needs to reverse the number of threes and the number of free throws.
until then he is soft.

3/3/2013 4:16 PM
dk7th wrote:

no need to get so upset. there could have been a lot more offensive cohesion.
that's how you beat the heat-- you execute and you take care of the ball. defending would be also be nice. i'm not sure but maybe woodson is making switches on defense as a kind of loosely formed zone. it does not seem to be working.
we saw several possessions as soon as melo sat down and kidd came in when the whole look of the offense looked great and the knicks built a lead. melo comes back and he participates in the ball movement for a couple of possessions but then the offense reverts back to it's familiar look. did he drive and convert? yes. did he get to the foul line? sure did. but was he integral to establishing an offensive rhythm for his team, as jeff van gundy said he needed to do in order for the knicks to win and even contend? no. 3 assists with a usage rate to assist rate ratio that will sure to be over 2.5:1. this is not backing up what you say but will support what i say.
in fact the rest of the team shot pretty well. leaving out smith and melo they shot 48% on 37 shots
smith of course went 5-18 and 3-14 from 3. no trips to the line = coward. and then the telegraphed pass at the end sealed our fate.

misterearl wrote:

dk7th wrote:

misterearl wrote:This bump is not about The Answer Man

It is a tribute to the player who may have set the tone of personal sacrifice for this 5-0 run.

Kurt Thomas sacrificed his body to salvage a huge win on the road for a defeated team and fan base.

In that one act, by example, he led the way for change.

You really think JR Smithnis driving hard to the rack by accident?

Really?

3/6/2013 11:50 AM
dk7th wrote:
i said look at the number of shots in total, the number of threes of the total... and then look at how many trips he makes to the free throw line.
example:
5-18FG 3-14 3ptA 0FTA 2 assists
this is against miami
no he does not go hard every game. if he did he'd be getting to the line 6 times a game. he needs to reverse the number of threes and the number of free throws.
until then he is soft.

3/3/2013 4:16 PM
dk7th wrote:

no need to get so upset. there could have been a lot more offensive cohesion.
that's how you beat the heat-- you execute and you take care of the ball. defending would be also be nice. i'm not sure but maybe woodson is making switches on defense as a kind of loosely formed zone. it does not seem to be working.
we saw several possessions as soon as melo sat down and kidd came in when the whole look of the offense looked great and the knicks built a lead. melo comes back and he participates in the ball movement for a couple of possessions but then the offense reverts back to it's familiar look. did he drive and convert? yes. did he get to the foul line? sure did. but was he integral to establishing an offensive rhythm for his team, as jeff van gundy said he needed to do in order for the knicks to win and even contend? no. 3 assists with a usage rate to assist rate ratio that will sure to be over 2.5:1. this is not backing up what you say but will support what i say.
in fact the rest of the team shot pretty well. leaving out smith and melo they shot 48% on 37 shots
smith of course went 5-18 and 3-14 from 3. no trips to the line = coward. and then the telegraphed pass at the end sealed our fate.

Dk7th - excuse me... What does ANY of this hafta a do with the courage of Kurt Thomas?

absolutely nothing speedo

dk7th wrote:

misterearl wrote:

dk7th wrote:

misterearl wrote:This bump is not about The Answer Man

It is a tribute to the player who may have set the tone of personal sacrifice for this 5-0 run.

Kurt Thomas sacrificed his body to salvage a huge win on the road for a defeated team and fan base.

In that one act, by example, he led the way for change.

You really think JR Smithnis driving hard to the rack by accident?

Really?

3/6/2013 11:50 AM
dk7th wrote:
i said look at the number of shots in total, the number of threes of the total... and then look at how many trips he makes to the free throw line.
example:
5-18FG 3-14 3ptA 0FTA 2 assists
this is against miami
no he does not go hard every game. if he did he'd be getting to the line 6 times a game. he needs to reverse the number of threes and the number of free throws.
until then he is soft.

3/3/2013 4:16 PM
dk7th wrote:

no need to get so upset. there could have been a lot more offensive cohesion.
that's how you beat the heat-- you execute and you take care of the ball. defending would be also be nice. i'm not sure but maybe woodson is making switches on defense as a kind of loosely formed zone. it does not seem to be working.
we saw several possessions as soon as melo sat down and kidd came in when the whole look of the offense looked great and the knicks built a lead. melo comes back and he participates in the ball movement for a couple of possessions but then the offense reverts back to it's familiar look. did he drive and convert? yes. did he get to the foul line? sure did. but was he integral to establishing an offensive rhythm for his team, as jeff van gundy said he needed to do in order for the knicks to win and even contend? no. 3 assists with a usage rate to assist rate ratio that will sure to be over 2.5:1. this is not backing up what you say but will support what i say.
in fact the rest of the team shot pretty well. leaving out smith and melo they shot 48% on 37 shots
smith of course went 5-18 and 3-14 from 3. no trips to the line = coward. and then the telegraphed pass at the end sealed our fate.

Dk7th - excuse me... What does ANY of this hafta a do with the courage of Kurt Thomas?

absolutely nothing speedo

Melo obviously hammered nails into KT's feet to keep him from possibly stealing any more of the spotlight from our spoiled, score-only, all-I-Think-About-Is-My-Stat-Line MoobyStarPhuch!

Melo obviously inserts subliminal "be a coward like me, and shoot alot" messages into JR's pre-game motivational mixes!

We all know what that playoff loser (by the way, I'm talking about Melo here) is thinking! Don't we?

Meanwhile, back in the real world, Gallo is lighting up the league in the real world! It is to cry about!

(an hour ago)

AlTrautwig: If I told you during the first four games of the west coast trip they would go on a 10 game winning streak you would have said Al shut up.

classic

3/17 - @ Clippers - Loss

3/18 - @ Jazz - WIN Thank you Kurt Thomas
3/20 - Magic - WIN
3/22 - @ Raptors - WIN
3/23 - Raptors - WIN
3/26 - @ Boston - WIN
3/27 - vs. Memphis - WIN
3/29 - vs. Charlotte - WIN
3/31 - vs. Boston - WIN
4/2 - @ Miami - WIN
4/3 - @ Atlanta - WIN
4/5 - vs. Milwaukee - WIN
4/7 - @ Oklahoma City - WIN
4/9 - vs. Washington - WIN

4/11 - @ Chicago
4/12 - @ Cleveland
4/14 - vs. Indiana
4/15 - @ Charlotte
4/17 - vs. Atlanta