ariza = bright spot

no post players = low point. vin and nazr are garbage. let sweetney play... he's the best hope

TT is awful still

Posted by Caseloads:

ariza = bright spot

no post players = low point. vin and nazr are garbage. let sweetney play... he's the best hope

TT is awful still

Argee.

Agree.

Agree.

Posted by Andrew:

Hey...it was a tough game on the road. Some of the young guys made some mistakes down the stretch. I'm not dissapointed..actually mare impressed that this team competed with the top team in the west.

Yea im happy they got that close, but they were doing so well.. it takes a lot to drop a 50+% fg to the low 40s..

A lot of chances to tie to from what i could see through the updated boxscores and radio...

tim thomas needs to stop being a pansy or ariza will get more of his minutes.. leave sweetney in.. take nazr out..

I was so hopeful for a win when I saw the game progressing the way it was.. *sigh*.. till next time

Posted by Andrew:

Hey...it was a tough game on the road. Some of the young guys made some mistakes down the stretch. I'm not dissapointed..actually mare impressed that this team competed with the top team in the west.

I AGREE

some points. G's played just about as good as they will.

TT is what he is. He plays like an all star 1/4 games, he plays like a scrub 1/4 games and in between he is 14 and 5 with porous D


Sweetney needs to move towards the basket instead of fading away, but atleast he can do things.

Baker+ Nazr shouldnt command big minutes but they have to. Some games they will play well.


Overall we did some nice things, we play better D with Ariza in there. I would almost rather have Ariza play 35 minutes to get a consistent all around effort, but TT is still the better player--hopefully something clicks there


good effort, but IMHO we couldve won that game and we didnt


Look at wash to night AT Memphis--they had 7 PLAYERS out and they won.
No morale victories, we played well, but we didnt play well enough to win

I wanted to see this game but it wasn't shown here where I live. Anyway. I wasn't at home for the game so I couldn't follow it with the net. I really hoped for us to pull out a surprise game to tell everyone to keep an eye on NY because they will surprise many people but sadly I saw we lost. Maybe it is because I didn't see the game, because reading your posts makes me think that NY had a real chance to win, but seeing that the game ended so close and that we played very well most of the night makes me feel really good about it. As a Knicks fan I wanted a win, but knowing that our team played so well against a very good team like the T-Wolves makes me feel pleased.

What a night for Marbury! He shot very well from the floor and had a double-double with 27-10. Its a good sign that he got a high number in assists. It looked like Craw had a nice game but has many stated, he has to work on that shot selection. Kurt had a very good game against such a difficult player to defend like KG. He had a lot of rebounds.

Ariza played 22 minutes!! And more importantly, he showed that he can change the game for us. At the beginning it was hype, but after some games Ariza is proving that he is for real and I really wonder if he will end up our starting SF at the end of the season. Who expected this rookie to play more than 20 minutes in the openner for the New York Knicks? TT may have more experience, but his inconsistency will drive him out of NY. And the best thing for NY would be to trade him for any kind of upgrade at the 5 because we need a lot of help. By now Isiah has to agree with the fact that Nazr can't be our starting C.

Posted by Bizzy211:

Favorite players so far in impact order:

Marbury
Crawford
K. Thomas
Ariza

Stats doesn't tell Ariza's story man. I think T.T is gonna be shipped out when Ariza develops. I was against T.T being shipped, but with Ariza, it's inevitable.

I would have to agree.....Timmy is a sometimey player....Trade him!!!

Ariza, Ariza, Ariza,.......You can't even use the word develop. Dude is NBA ready. Ariza is obviously getting better game by game....his jumper is getting more and more confidence.

Timmy is on my list to be traded. ASAP.....there is a league filled with disgruntled players and guys that are 6th men that shouldn't have to be. Trade him.....I don't care if he drops 30 in the opener.

Game 1: The Marc Berman Spin

http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/31639.htm

Some times I don't know what agenda the writers have. Berman clearly is blaming Lenny for the loss...and it may be true but to not mention Tim Thomas and his performance in the whole article is just crazy. I think berman is campaigning for another coaching change already.

When was the last time NYK fans were this juiced after a loss. If the Knicks do this the next game head are gonna roll.

TT was terrible, Penny sucked, Baker needs a drink and make one solid move in one possesion and not 100 as soon as he gets the ball. Nazr needs to be more offensive got pissed when he blew the layup on a fast break. I was thinking dunk and the he goes for a layup. If Baker and Nazr play like this its going to be a long season.

Crawford was good needs to get to the line though. Marbury was very good but you could see fatigue set in towards the end for that matter you could see a lot of players get fatigued out there. KT did what he does but failed to draw fouls on KG to perimeter oriented to draw fouls on opposing players. He got lucky KG missed some open looks or he would have dropped 35 points on him. I personally think his defense is overrated. Sweetney was good in his limited time out there drew fouls got to the line and attacked the boards. Ariza was a surprise the man makes thing happen when he is on the court an athletic freak.