AnubisADL wrote:

crzymdups wrote:AR needs to stop trying to be a superstar and just focus on being a solid rotation player. He's trying to get to point A without first hitting points D, C and B. Patience is required all around. This is already starting to remind me of Marcus Camby's first season with the Knicks. Patience. He's going to be good and I hope it happens here.

Randolph thinks he is better than he actually is. This reminds me of when Josh Smith though he was a shooter. Some guys should just stick to what they do well and Randolph currently is one of those guys.

I dont mind patience but Amare's knees cant wait for Randolph to develop.

How do you know how long it's gonna take for AR to figure out that he already has the capacity to help this team with hustle and energy plays? AR can help us right now simply by doing all the little things and being a hustle play guy. I think you're looking for too much at this point. AR is indeed a bit enamored with his offensive game, but if he simply scaled back on that and focused on the defensive end and crashing the offensive boards, setting picks and rolling to the basket... He'd be very productive for us.

nixluva wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

crzymdups wrote:AR needs to stop trying to be a superstar and just focus on being a solid rotation player. He's trying to get to point A without first hitting points D, C and B. Patience is required all around. This is already starting to remind me of Marcus Camby's first season with the Knicks. Patience. He's going to be good and I hope it happens here.

Randolph thinks he is better than he actually is. This reminds me of when Josh Smith though he was a shooter. Some guys should just stick to what they do well and Randolph currently is one of those guys.

I dont mind patience but Amare's knees cant wait for Randolph to develop.

How do you know how long it's gonna take for AR to figure out that he already has the capacity to help this team with hustle and energy plays? AR can help us right now simply by doing all the little things and being a hustle play guy. I think you're looking for too much at this point. AR is indeed a bit enamored with his offensive game, but if he simply scaled back on that and focused on the defensive end and crashing the offensive boards, setting picks and rolling to the basket... He'd be very productive for us.

I dont know when AR will blow up or if he will at all.

Randolph could blow up like Jermaine O'neal did in Indiana. My problem is we have Amare playing ahead of Randolph at PF. No way is Randolph going to be able to beat out Amare for the PF position anytime soon.

I personally prefer to just play Randolph and Gallo max minutes so we can gauge what we have. D'Antoni isnt going to do that though.

AnubisADL wrote:

nixluva wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

crzymdups wrote:AR needs to stop trying to be a superstar and just focus on being a solid rotation player. He's trying to get to point A without first hitting points D, C and B. Patience is required all around. This is already starting to remind me of Marcus Camby's first season with the Knicks. Patience. He's going to be good and I hope it happens here.

Randolph thinks he is better than he actually is. This reminds me of when Josh Smith though he was a shooter. Some guys should just stick to what they do well and Randolph currently is one of those guys.

I dont mind patience but Amare's knees cant wait for Randolph to develop.

How do you know how long it's gonna take for AR to figure out that he already has the capacity to help this team with hustle and energy plays? AR can help us right now simply by doing all the little things and being a hustle play guy. I think you're looking for too much at this point. AR is indeed a bit enamored with his offensive game, but if he simply scaled back on that and focused on the defensive end and crashing the offensive boards, setting picks and rolling to the basket... He'd be very productive for us.

I dont know when AR will blow up or if he will at all.

Randolph could blow up like Jermaine O'neal did in Indiana. My problem is we have Amare playing ahead of Randolph at PF. No way is Randolph going to be able to beat out Amare for the PF position anytime soon.

I personally prefer to just play Randolph and Gallo max minutes so we can gauge what we have. D'Antoni isnt going to do that though.

I don't understand what you mean. Max minutes in pre season or Regular Season? In Pre Season I can see long looks, but during the regular season we'll be about winning games. In any event Gallo is gonna pay HUGE minutes this year. I don't know why you would think otherwise. AR doesn't have to beat out Amar'e. The kid can play several positions. He just needs to play hard and stop worrying about his offense so much. That's all he's gotta do. You really need him playing like a 6-11 Balkman or Junkyard Dog. He can get so much done by being active without the ball. That's what I expect to happen this year.

iSergio wrote:Anthony Randolph has the talent to be a Tayshaun Prince/Andrei Kirilenko on a winning team but he needs to work hard, play his role and stop trying to be Kevin Garnett because he's not that good.

Not that good yet. The ability to make the extra pass and to shoot better is something that can be learned.

"You Can Put Your Boots in the Oven, But that Don't Make'em Biscuits"

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Randolph is not a lead guard. Knicks already have 2.5 competent lead guards. You don't put him in a position to fail. Next.

Randolph is not a shooting guard. You need a sniper with three point range. Next.

Randolph is too light in the ass to play the four. Next.

Randolph playing center is intriguing, but only if he gains about 20 pounds and devotes himself to rebounding and astounding.

He plays Anthony Mason skill forward, simply by process of elimination.

Moonangie wrote:Phil Jackson is a master motivator. He doesn't need to be "rah rah" or twirl pom poms to get his message across. Sometimes having expectations can be a form of motivating. I think AllanFan and others maybe have a narrower view of "motivation" than I was using. It can come in many forms and techniques.

Getting your message across is called communication it's not the same thing as motivation. Phil Jackson wouldn't touch a team that didn't already have proven winners and superstars on it.

Thats why AR plays losing basketball and his IQ is low as hell.

We spoke so glowing in the off season about his potential and watched that highlight reel over and over thinking KG is coming and he cannot be traded but the reality is he is a bone head player and needs time. He is not starter material or a finisher yet but he gets 20 min a game.

He has to let the game come to him.

Amare leadership is not wasted if he keeps the kid focused and Amare takes him under his wing to help him.

Our being a championship caliber team (barring trades) is not about a 27 year old Amare but one that is older and a support player in 3 years. Unless we get Melo and CP3 and still have a team around them its about AR and Gallo growing.

What have we learned? AR is not the highlight film and Gallo is not Melo yet.

LIke when we need "Oak" to toughen up players.

How about we bring back Bill Bradley and raise AR's IQ?