misterearl wrote:Bottom line, the Knicks only other weakness are the few weak-hearted fans who only know how to complain and celebrate when they lose. It is much easier to complain - than invest your faith in something unknown, say for example, a player like the 20 year old Wilson Chandler. Anyone can root for him when he's dropping 27 points 7 rebounds and 5 assists. How many can support a young player through his turnovers, blown defensive switches and typical rookie struggles, and see him as a player worth cheering for, BEFORE he blows up? I choose to see the so-called "upside", the bright moments and the PO-tential. P-o-t-e-n-t-i-a-l.

That is why I AM The Mayor's Campaign Manager, going on three years.

And yes, if John Starks came out of retirement, I WOULD be right there pulling for him to dunk on someone resembling Horace Grant. You got a problem with that?

you seem to have a problem with "weak hearted fans" who only know how to complain & celebrate when they lose, yet i have yet to see anyone here celebrate when this team loses a game, not even islesfan... meanwhile you hem & haw about players when they're playing well & call them the MVP of our team while posters raise legitimate concerns about some of their weaknesses, then you switch sides completely a year later after those concerns become realized & abandon those players like they were yesterday's newspaper.

u speak as if you're the only one here with a strong enough heart to stick w/our young players through their struggles & have faith in their potential... that's pretty arrogant of you... everyone here, including these so called "haters" that you seem to enjoy taking unprovoked cheap shots at on a regular basis, have their own opinions when it comes to certain players & yet u seem to think yours is the only one that matters... there have been several times you've been called out for your condescending tone by other posters and yet you continue to mock, poke at & annoy anyone whose opinions vary from yours... your actions by every definition define trolling behavior.

Bender is a guy that MDA would love to see get comfortable and he probably feels that will come much faster than it would for Hill. Still i'm sure that he won't keep running him out there if he doesn't show more production soon. Then again we don't know about the intangible aspects of what he may feel he's getting from Bender. You sometimes have to look past the stats. The same goes for Hughes. Perhaps he feels Hughes negatively effects what the team is doing, much like Nate does at times. Let's face it we don't have a perfect answer to our problems on the team at this point.

With Charlotte at 3-15 and Chicago at 3-12, the Knicks, after a miserable November, are within striking distance of the 8th spot

Fun fact: at 37% Johnathan Bender is tied for the second best 3 point shooting percentage on the team after Danilo Gallinari at 40 per cent

Olbrannon - cute, but you know that deal never happens in a trillion billion years. Shaq won't like repacking and the Cavs already experimented with Larry Hughes as a running buddy for Wise.

Besides, while the new Knicks have their sights set on making the playoffs, it is too much fun watching the press instigate the whining and moaning over playing time.

The so-called "three unhappy campers" - Darko, Larry Hughes, and Eddy Curry - can be professional, keep working hard in practice and take a number.

Meanwhile, Jordan Hill and Toney Douglas got next.