dk7th wrote:

blkexec wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:The guy has been great and getting even better. Whatever anyone wants to say--whatever happened last year--I cant say why we didnt get along or whatever--but if we used the 3mm lower level exepctiosn to help the G positions--the Knicks would be 12-5 right now with that type of play.

Everybody can't handle....
NY FANS
NY MEDIA
NY EXPECTATIONS
NY FANS

did I forget

NY FANS

It takes a special person to suceed in NYC. And these guys don't grow on trees. Chandler was always a decent player. But he's also a country boy. Plus, there's a reason why everybody plays better when they leave NY. The problem is not what we gave up....I think we needed to trade him. The problem is what we got in return!

he was just fine in new york. he isn't a country boy. besides, willis reed was pure country and he did just fine in new york. chandler didn't like the culture at msg and really who could blame him? and then there's the fact that he isn't a triangle player. it was a GREAT boon for him to be traded where (a) he didn't want to be anymore and (b) he wasn't wanted. and if he is going to be accused of dogging it then there was a precedent for dogging it set a couple of years earlier when d'antoni was here.

warning: i think chandler's situation is a premonition for any future free agents-- don't go to the knicks: you'll have a hard time fitting in, you will be under-appreciated, and you are not really in the running for a title for a few years.

You dont have to be born in the south to be a country boy. And you can never compare dallas basketball where college football rules....to nyc mecca of basketball.

And i went to school down south....i know some southerners that would run circles around yall....and nyers that so country you would think they was from the south.

The good thing is phil traded chandler to his preferred team...that speaks volumes for feature FAs.