Markji wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:Its a shame Felton has come back in the middle of all this Lin madness because he is a good player that when he came here after signing a contract favorable to us, he gave his heart and soul and actually played his best in New York. Of course, people will simplify it as wizardry from MDA (and yet wont say the same for Lin as the argument could be done the same way). But the guy worked really hard, loved being in NY and it seems he was so devastated when he was traded he got depressed and all. The guy, in the middle of this madness, still has the guts and cokones of coming back and possibly taking undeserved heat as the man to take over at point guard for Lin.

I get angered by those fans that simply because they are disappointed Lin wont be back, simply resort to fat jokes and negative regards for a guy that wanted to come back in a situation he knew would be hostile. Its a shame because this guy will be solid for us, yet most will simply hate him because he isn't Lin.

Welcome back, Felton. Your first time here was really exciting and I appreciated your passion for the team I root for. Wish you had returned in a different situation, but now I just hope you are strong enough to stand the undeserved hate coming your way and hope you can work hard enough to make us enjoy even better times than before and above all, help us win.

This is right on. I'm also very happy to have Ray back. Grunwald did a very good job getting him and Kurt Thomas so quickly.

second this notion. felton had a really rough year last year and clearly didn't want to be in portland, which doesn't excuse his being out of shape for the first half of the year nor the horrible stats that went along with it. the guy is 28 and has a career 3:1 A:TO ratio, which is excellent. i think it's pretty evident he never wanted to leave here and he chose to come back here at a discount because he wanted to be here. and this how fans treat him? pretty pathetic.

misterearl wrote:The Dating Game

GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:correction misterearl... without Lin, Raymon Felton knows it's Melo's team.

Correction GodSave - it is Mike Woodson's team.

From the body language in Las Vegas it would appear that Amar'e and the Head Coach were bonding well in the stands.

Felton and Amar'e Stoudemire need no introduction and that is a good thing.

Jason Kidd and The Captain already have history.

Tyson Chandler will absolutely love that Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas will have his back.

Expect JR Smith to have a career year.