nyk4ever wrote:why are we still talking about lin? he accepted a contract with the rockets, time to get over it and move on.

Would you rather we talk about this pile of **** we call the Knicks?

playa2 wrote:

fishmike wrote:

playa2 wrote:

Clean wrote:I am browsing through the old game threads during the Lin era and man I forgot exactly how bad the team was that he lead. He made Novak , Jefferies, Fields and Billy Walker seem decent. Look at where those players are in their careers now.

Hmmm I was under the impression it was Mike Danphoney and his gimmick offense that made avg players appear better than they really are. see STEVE BLAKE 19 /8/3 VS Timberwolves with nobody playing with him FOR THE FAKERS

so gimmicky that Woody runs a less effetive version of it and MDA's team defended better, but yea... keep at that

I noticed whenever Lin goes up against great point gods, his play has been mediocre at best.

Or how about playoff pressure basketball. I'm happy for him he got paid, he should do well when teams are so focused on the other 2 bigs stars on the team Harden-D.HOWARD.

Bonn1997 wrote:People forget that last year was basically Lin's rookie season and he was coming off knee surgery.

It was very minor knee surgery- MWP had it and was back on the court a week or two later! I think Lin's struggles last year were a mental thing, plus his coach riding him hard.

I don't know, if Lin had been here last season and struggled like he did initially with the rockets, the pressure on him from the fans and media may have crushed him, as it has many players before. Plus him getting injured for the second playoffs in a row would have resulted in more scorn (see Tyson).

It seems if we trade a player we have all the patience in the world for them to get through their struggles and develop, but if we have them on our roster its "what have you done for me lately".

The Knicks play a selfish brand of basketball. It's disgusting to watch and our coach allows it. When the ball was moving early last season Melo was an MVP contender and everyone was invovled and the team was winning. Lin made the right passes to guys and got the whole team invovled. Our coach has and will always allow JR to launch from anywhere and turn the ball over. Melo was unstoppable last season because he didn't settle for jumpers. We never run any screens, backcuts away from the ball, instead we run one pick and roll and go right into isolation.

The franchise is a disgrace, constantly lies to it's fans promotes medicore basketball and charges top notch prices. So you pay the ****ing luxury tax to put out a product worthy of your ticket prices. Pretending you are worried about the tax hit and then signing Kidd, Camby and Novak to the same deal with the same tax hit is a pathetic. As is then scurrying to get rid of those contracts and including a pick for a guy that can't rebound or defend that shoots a low percentage, that was likely getting cut.

But, this is the same team that used an amnesty when they have a player who everyone knew would likely need to be amnestied.

MS wrote:I think people still talk about it for a few reasons

The Knicks play a selfish brand of basketball. It's disgusting to watch and our coach allows it. When the ball was moving early last season Melo was an MVP contender and everyone was invovled and the team was winning. Lin made the right passes to guys and got the whole team invovled. Our coach has and will always allow JR to launch from anywhere and turn the ball over. Melo was unstoppable last season because he didn't settle for jumpers. We never run any screens, backcuts away from the ball, instead we run one pick and roll and go right into isolation.

The franchise is a disgrace, constantly lies to it's fans promotes medicore basketball and charges top notch prices. So you pay the ****ing luxury tax to put out a product worthy of your ticket prices. Pretending you are worried about the tax hit and then signing Kidd, Camby and Novak to the same deal with the same tax hit is a pathetic. As is then scurrying to get rid of those contracts and including a pick for a guy that can't rebound or defend that shoots a low percentage, that was likely getting cut.

But, this is the same team that used an amnesty when they have a player who everyone knew would likely need to be amnestied.

MS..I hope you're way younger than James Dolan is.

Because barring an incredible amount of luck, I fail to see this franchise competing with the Spurs, Miami and other well run franchises with a Plan, to get a championship as long as Dolan is running things.

And it looks like Dolan will be running things as long as he's alive. It's a bit much to wish for someone's early demise just because of sports.

So I can only wish that all of us on this board are eating their veggies, exercising, and avoiding stress. We just have to wait out Dolan and hope the next owner can just cut checks and stay on the sidelines.

crzymdups wrote:

fishmike wrote:Lin would be our best guard right now, period end of story. Lets recap: MSG publicly courts Steve Nash while Lin is a free agent. Lin is rumored to have a contract with Houston, but nothing has been presented to the league yet. Woody says "we will match anything." Lin's agent presents the contract and MSG declines.

Typical MSG sh!t show. That was a fun player to watch and root for. But lets focus on the good. We have Chris Smith

+1

I hate being right. I would much prefer to be dead wrong and saying Lin-who? While Felton is making an all star bid. Of course Im a Knick fan, dumb ass that I am

Dolan and this team deserves the current state they find themselves in. I feel for the fans who are trying to remain positive and hopeful

nehemiah wrote:Credit for the video goes to user Blaiyan of YouTube.

I forgot how poised he plays. What a waste to let him go. I said it then and will say it again now, he was the best thing to happen to this team since the 90's.
He is better than any pg on this team right now, and it isn't close. He is actually better than the sum of any 2 pg's on this team.

This is the Knicks. I hope management is enjoying the savings... Oh wait, they actually spent that money and more on the Geriatric bunch.

Good luck Jeremy. We usually trade away our smart and young guys anyway.
Sad, but poetic.