I'm beginning to think this team needs an accurate and reliable outside shooter more than a 7 footer.

Last year when teams played zone against us, we were pretty helpless.

Q & Craw might repeat their 38% feild goal shooting, teams will collapse & zone us, Marbury and Nate would be unable to penetrate and there will be numerous heaves at the buzzer as Craw, Marb & Q all find the lanes clogged up.

Even if the 7 footer we get is an offensive threat (Brand, even though he's not 7ft), he'll be ineffective because there is no reason to guard Q or Craw of Marb on the perimeter.

So, if there is one player to add to the roster and your choice is a 7 footer or an outside shooter- which do you add? And I'm thinking folks like Damp or a Barry type talent.


[Edited by - franco12 on 06/30/2005 19:54:45]

I think we're actually gonna add two more big CF types. In other words, we're gonna trade some of our short PF's for longer CF's. I think we'll trade for one and use the MLE on another.

Its always nice to have a good shooter on the bench, maybe on the team as a starter. But a talented C is what the doctor ordered us. We have just enough guards...

Cmon guys... Allan Houston!!!

jk haha.

I wouldn't mind adding another shooter but if I had my way, Isiah would go out and get us a low-post scoring big man, maybe Zach Randolph is available?

Unless you have a Ben Wallace type to board, yes you do.

Posted by knicks1248:

I'm still trying to figure out what kinda of a post up game do we have down low. forget about the perimeter attack, until we have a back to the basket big man were dead.

Sweets & Mo Taylor & I would think Q.

Not exceptional, but its what we got and its about what a lot of teams have.

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by knicks1248:

I'm still trying to figure out what kinda of a post up game do we have down low. forget about the perimeter attack, until we have a back to the basket big man were dead.

sweetney
sweetney
sweetney

he has shown, WHEN HE GETS THE BALL, that he will either take a high percentage shot or get to the line. combine that with 3 players on the perimeter that will open it up a little bit, he CAN be that guy. is that what this team will want to do? time will tell.

Agree but he has also shown that he can't stop eating. Sweets will NEVER become the player we think he can unless he gets help from a real trainer that puts him on a extremely strict diet. We needs Sweets to stay in the form we saw him at the beginning of last year and then I think we'll have our low-post scoring option.

Posted by djsunyc:

from what i read, sweets is running stairs and training with curtis martin in DC.

God I hope so. I really like Sweets, I just don't like when players who are in the NBA and getting paid what they are can't even get in shape and play up to their full potential. I've always liked Sweetney though so it'd be nice to see him scoring a ton of points in the post for the Knicks.

Sweetnry shot 53% from the feild. Everyone forgets how efficient he is and he gets very good shots and gets to the line. Problem that I see is with Marbury, Q and Craw will there be enough shots for guys like Frye and Sweetney to devlope. Another concern I have is Herb if he is back I can see many minutes for Mo, Rose, JYD, TT and Penny as he doesn't play young player reason why Sweetney regardless of starting averaged the same minutes as when he came off the bench. Ariza's DNPs and so on. He can't be trusted to develope the young players I can see Herb play vets to try and get meaningless wins at the expense of developing the young players. Next year I want Sweetney and Ariza getting 35 minutes a game. If the lineup is manipulated right I can see Craw, Marb, Q, Ariza, Sweetney, Frye all averaging 30 minutes a game. But shots have to be wise and well thought out.

Posted by Vmart:

Sweetnry shot 53% from the feild. Everyone forgets how efficient he is and he gets very good shots and gets to the line. Problem that I see is with Marbury, Q and Craw will there be enough shots for guys like Frye and Sweetney to devlope. Another concern I have is Herb if he is back I can see many minutes for Mo, Rose, JYD, TT and Penny as he doesn't play young player reason why Sweetney regardless of starting averaged the same minutes as when he came off the bench. Ariza's DNPs and so on. He can't be trusted to develope the young players I can see Herb play vets to try and get meaningless wins at the expense of developing the young players. Next year I want Sweetney and Ariza getting 35 minutes a game. If the lineup is manipulated right I can see Craw, Marb, Q, Ariza, Sweetney, Frye all averaging 30 minutes a game. But shots have to be wise and well thought out.

it all goes back to the coach- and when I think on it, I'm starting to not want Herb back- with the one caveat that IT wanted the likes of Rose and Mo to play to ascertain their trade value & the value to the team so he knew if he traded KT- would Mo be ok or would he have to trade for someone.

Posted by VDesai:

Id say we should get a 7 footer. I wish we could've picked up Matt Walsh as a rookie FA so we could have a shooter. He's as good a player as Kyle Korver was coming out.

I don't think that summer league guys equate NBDL guys... I think you'll have to sign them formally to a NBDL contract. That said, being on the summer league team is probably a nice start.