Posted by misterearl:

Rich - don't wear the young man to a nub

In only his sophomore year, after being jerked around by Larry Brown, Lee has been brought along gradually and allowed to suceed by the man who had the vision to draft him

Me like

Two points:

1) Are you serious? How can you excuse the inexcusable?

2) Why is it so hard to use the quote feature?

2) Why is it so hard to use the quote feature?

HAHAHA! I've been wondering that too.

Posted by anrst:

As Kenny Smith once said, (and I paraphrase) 'Curry is 6'10 200-and-whatever-pounds, and he doens't block shots. That's okay, some guys can't do all facets of the game'

so I guess the same applie to rebounding.

So one game where he has 1 rebound means he can't rebound. So if I get robbed one day by a young black man does that mean that I should believe that all young black men are criminals?

It's the same logic.

How about looking at his rebounding AVERAGE rather than one game. Curry has had games where he does poorly on the boards, and games where he has done VERY well. He also has games where he gets a lot of rebounds and does a good job but has moments of lapse where he does not put in the effort to grab some rebounds. He's not a very good rebounder, but he doesn't stink. There are other centers who rebound less than he does and he is actually the 10th best rebounding center in the league per game. Per 40 minutes is where he drops, but he still at 10.4 which ranks him per 40 minutes a game higher than guys like Brad Miller, Steven Hunter, Jason Collins, etc., but towards the bottom of the list of centers in the NBA, currently.

However, what is interesting to note is that there appears to be a higher proportion of forwards with higher averages at rebounding per 40 mpg than centers. In other words, it appears that forwards tend to be better rebounders than centers, which may come as a surprise to some. So maybe it isn't as common to expect centers to be the team's best rebounder, even if they are bigger than forwards. This isn't meant to excuse Curry's inconsistent rebounding but interesting to note. My point is that while he isn't a good rebounder, he isn't bad either. He's simply inconsistent.

he still at 10.4 which ranks him per 40 minutes a game higher than guys like Brad Miller, Steven Hunter, Jason Collins, etc., but towards the bottom of the list of centers in the NBA

That's the point. (And he's also gotten worse each year at rebounding rate.)

Posted by Bonn1997:

he still at 10.4 which ranks him per 40 minutes a game higher than guys like Brad Miller, Steven Hunter, Jason Collins, etc., but towards the bottom of the list of centers in the NBA

That's the point. (And he's also gotten worse each year at rebounding rate.)

So by taking the one point I made that supports your argument that he is terrible, and ignoring everything else that makes your point valid? I give up trying to reason with you.

[Edited by - PresIke on 01-20-2007 10:27 PM]

The Knicks won the game and that's the most important thing. As for Curry, well i'd love to see him getting more rebounds and blocks, but so far he hasn't been good in those areas. Tho he's been VERY good on offense and he does help us to win games or at least be in games at the very end.

What i'm more concerned with is getting another PG. We just don't get any kind of good PG play when Steph is out of the game. It's amazing how out of it Jamal and Nate can look at times. Isiah has to do something cuz this is a GLARING weakness.

http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/116935865716330.xml&coll=1

Before last night's game against the Indiana Pacers, Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, still numb from two near-last-second losses in a row, talked about his team's need to learn "the gray areas" of the endgame.

He pledged to teach his players how to secretly shove a guy to get a key rebound or throw a subtle hip to knock a shooter off his favorite spot before he gets the ball.

[...]

"After the last two games, it would've made me sick to my stomach to lose that game," forward David Lee said. "When we lose games like that, Isiah tells us to keep plugging, but it's frustrating."

Marbury, who removed himself from the game late in the fourth quarter after scoring 22 points, said he tweaked his knee twice in the final period, aggravating the tendinitis that has bothered him for a month. He said he expected to be in the lineup tomorrow night, when the Knicks face the Heat in Miami.

"I'm fine," he said.

[...]

Curry led the Knicks with 26 points before fouling out. Still feeling guilty for getting beaten on the final play Friday night, Curry started the game by making his first six shots.

"I wanted to make a statement," he said.

Curry joked that if he had another chance, he'd shove Robinson into the first row. But he clearly regretted not being more aggressive.

"You wish you could do a lot of things over again," he said. "And that's one of the things I wish I could get back again."

Posted by Ira:

From the same link -

Marbury, who removed himself from the game late in the fourth quarter after scoring 22 points, said he tweaked his knee twice in the final period, aggravating the tendinitis that has bothered him for a month. He said he expected to be in the lineup tomorrow night, when the Knicks face the Heat in Miami.

"I'm fine," he said.

He's become a warrior

Man I hope not