I like the kid and we need him to contribute. He is not getting many touches.

misterearl wrote:Talent wins in the NBA.

Watching League Pass is instructive. From 5-12 the Knicks may have the least talent in the NBA.

Couldn't agree more. The depth is just terrible. I'm not sure guys like walker or Jeffries would be on any other teams rotation. And Douglas' role would be massively reduced coming off the bench and fields would come off the bench on almost every team in the league. Balkman and JH would never see the floor either(well, other teams do try to use more than 8 players the whole game lol)

In the case of Amar'e, he had no idea the Knicks would be trading for a top-5 center, so rightfully, he bulked up a bit to get his body ready for the physical toll of splitting minutes at the 4 and 5. As a result, he's probably carrying a bit too much extra weight - I'm a little surprised that his knee doctors didn't tell him that the bulk could impact his surgically repaired knees. Although alternatively, they could have told him to strengthen his legs so that the muscles would help take the brunt of wear and tear off the joint. (ie who knows)

Landry Fields came in knowing that he was going to spend the bulk of his minutes at the SG spot. Not sure why he got so big - but he's a young player, and he'll make adjustments physically. With the grueling schedule, I wouldn't be surprised that all of the players (especially Jorts!) look leaner as the second half of the season rolls around.

EnySpree wrote:I think Landry earned himself bench duty here on out. Shawne Williams role is calling for him.

Speaking of which, Shawne Williams is playing even worse than Fields! He's averaging 2.5 points on 24.3% FG, and 11.1% 3pt FG- he made a terrible mistake choosing the Nets over us- I understand his reasoning (an extra $1 mil), but he would have looked better on our team for a future contract.

Frequently MDA's players play better on his team, then they do elsewhere. Also, I wonder if maybe Shawne feels a little guilty as the result of leaving the Knicks for the extra bucks? I also think it has a great deal to do with his agent, who is his advisor. If an agent can get an extra million dollars on a contract, that puts very significant additional dollars in the agent's pocket. Do you think that might affect what team they recommend that their players chose?

When there is a clash between what you emotionally want to do and what makes pragmatic sense, very occasionally if players can economical afford it, they accept the lower salary, and follow their heart and not their wallet. I agree with you that Shawne couldn't afford that luxury. But in his heart, he really did want to pay back the Knicks for taking a chance on him. How else do you explain the huge drop in shooting percentage that he has experienced to date? Guilt was all I could come up with. He has an excellent point guard on the Nets so he should be getting good shots.

rvwink wrote:Check out tonight's box score Enyspree. The player with highest +/- rating was surprisingly not Henry Bibby or Carmelo Anthony (+26) or Amare (+24) Some nobody named Landry Fields played 28 minutes and had 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assists, and 8 points. Its not clear why he was +29 on the +/- rating.

+ 2

Landry fills too many roles to consider cutting him off at the knees during the first 6 games of his sophomore season.

He is too much fun and too much a TEAM player.

I believe Landry will keep improving and has a bright future for the Knicks. You apparently believe he has peaked and it would be best if we trade him. We'll see.

Meanwhile I will work to remember Mike Bibby, Mike Bibby, Mike Bibby.

Bonn1997 wrote:

rvwink wrote:Landry's intelligence and confidence allowed him to make a huge jump from a mediocre college team, to a starting rookie in the NBA. (Not only did he display enough confidence to play well, he also confident enough to be brilliant in a spontaneous video at Models.)

I believe Landry will keep improving and has a bright future for the Knicks. You apparently believe he has peaked and it would be best if we trade him. We'll see.

Meanwhile I will work to remember Mike Bibby, Mike Bibby, Mike Bibby.

Keep improving? He's been regressing.

Landry is coming around to what he was before. It's coinciding with Shump playing the point. I think Landry needs a certain flow to the game that is missing when we don't have a PG that penetrates. When things breakdown, it creates situations for Landry to sneak in and do his thing. All those little things that he's good at. When it's a stalled ISO game he doesn't have the chaos that he needs to do his intangibles. Once his stroke comes back we'll see the full return of Landry from before the trade last year.