Bonn1997 wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

Splat wrote:Crap, just realized this is another back-to-back night. Defending the Hawks tonight? drum roll please

On the plus side, the Hawks played last night and it went into 2OT, so hopefully they'll play more lethargically than us!

No these are the people who picked is to win at least 40 games. I had them at 44-44 wins

But I give you an A for effort

Is this a subtraction equation?

lol fixed

gunsnewing wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

Splat wrote:Crap, just realized this is another back-to-back night. Defending the Hawks tonight? drum roll please

On the plus side, the Hawks played last night and it went into 2OT, so hopefully they'll play more lethargically than us!

No these are the people who picked is to win at least 40 games. I had them at 44-44 wins

But I give you an A for effort

Yikes- I had no idea you were so optimistic going into this season

We might still end up with an okay record, but the first 20-30 games were always going to be bumpy- learning a new system, tough early schedule, injuries- plus the fact that even at full strength we're not a good team. Likely we make some trades before the deadline, so the team we end the season with, won't be the one we have now. If we stink we have a draft pick, if we make the playoffs it means we've had a more enjoyable season to watch. When you felt we'd win 44 games, honestly what did you think our record was going to be after 6 games? Did you look at JR Smith, Melo and Amar'e, and think "wow! Those guys are quick learners and are going to pick up the triangle and denounce the way they've played their whole careers by the time preseason is over!"

gunsnewing wrote:It kinda sucks that we paid him $124mil and are relying on a veteran like calderon to fix things.

It's like relying on on 40yr old Rasheed and kidd all over again

It's MSG's new reality show "Babysitting With The Stars"

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Shumpert, JR, amare, THJ and jason smith are playing well. Why is Melo shooting 21 shots and hitting only 5?

agreed

Deron Williams 10-15 29 pts....Shump was atrocious on defense but as usual, most posters only want to talk about the offensive end of the floor..

The myth of Melo being a Superstar is

Rivaled by Shump's myth of being a lockdown defender

You said you didn't catch last night's game

Well I did and let me tell you Shump's D was an absolute abomination

But like you said you have fans making excuses////// begging off he had no help

Some of these same posters who made fun of Deron being damaged goods

The jokes have been coming for a while now, Deron jelly ankles, spaghetti cankles

Deron looked like a ferrari going zero to a hundred real quick past Tree Shump

Splat wrote:

VCoug wrote:The reason this is such a big deal is because the whole plan is to go into next Summer with cap space and sign a big name free agent. But, no one will sign here if we're atrocious, which we are right now. We also lost our best chance to rebuild when we traded Tyson for Dalembert, Calderon, and a 2nd and refused to deal with Chicago. We possibly could have gotten 4 1st round picks in last year's loaded draft from OKC and Chicago if we had played our cards right and instead we attempted to improve the team this year. Sure, Calderon is hurt but as much as I like him he isn't single-handedly turning around this team. (And don't talk to me about Bargnani.)

Tyson probably brought us our best value mid-season last year. Clubs were knocking on the door with deals. I think most fans thought it was a bad idea, but most fans are slow to come to grips with asset management time frames. By the time most fans are coming to grips with the urgency of a situation, the opportunity has already passed. Tyson's value to be dealt was highest then. Not pulling the trigger then was a mistake. This team could have also had Lowry plus extra picks and additional quality rookie talent THIS YEAR.

Bingo which is why I never understood

The pitter pats on the deal Phil made with the Mavs

I was like we had deals on the table for Tyson for

Like 2yrs, some of which I'm sure yielded better fruitage

But of course with our fans base we hate trading assets

Especially when we're sitting in 9-12th place in the division

With 30-40% of the season already on the books

Double digit games behind 1st place, because weeez reasons 2 ways

Either the asset we're trading away is the piece that can get us the glorious 8th seed

Or reports don't state we're getting back 4 unprotected lotto picks

For the likes of THJR or Shump<--------lol

It's absurdity to the fullest, Tyson for one never should have never been signed by us

But after his DPOY season followed by Hibbert domination

The time to trade him was sooner than later

F500ONE wrote:

Uptown wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Shumpert, JR, amare, THJ and jason smith are playing well. Why is Melo shooting 21 shots and hitting only 5?

agreed

Deron Williams 10-15 29 pts....Shump was atrocious on defense but as usual, most posters only want to talk about the offensive end of the floor..

The myth of Melo being a Superstar is

Rivaled by Shump's myth of being a lockdown defender

You said you didn't catch last night's game

Well I did and let me tell you Shump's D was an absolute abomination

But like you said you have making excuses////// begging off he had no help

Some of these same posters who made fun of Deron being damaged goods

The jokes have been coming for a while now, Deron jelly ankles, spaghetti cankles

Deron looked like a ferrari going zero to a hundred real quick past Tree Shump

I doubt THJ or jr would've done a better job on Dwill with that gameplan

Larkin would've faired better but we were depleted at pg

gunsnewing wrote:As much as I despise everything Melo you didn't hear a peep out of me when he played the right way in the 2 wins

We all complimented him on playing crisply and efficiently, but haters gonna hate