Posted by Marv:

Posted by diderotn:

At least he is 7'1" and can finish a play. Do you remember all of the great passes that neither Kurt or Nazr couldn't complete last season? James can get you all of those points with Marburry's penetrations

All right, don't get carried away.

The guy had Ridnour and Allen getting him plety of looks last year and he still sucked.

he ain't more than he is just cuz he's playing with Marbury.

The guy who's gonna convert Marbury's passes into points is Channing Frye.

[Edited by - Marv on 07/14/2005 09:11:34]

Posted by Silverfuel:

Marv: do you like this signing, think its decent or hate it?

EDIT: err, there is a thread for this that I didnt remember about.
http://ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=10492

[Edited by - Silverfuel on 07/14/2005 09:13:39]

But Zeke's rational which is laughable explained we got Malik Rose how much do you think it would have cost to resign naz....Well combine the two and then add lee and we are up to nearly 14 million dollars

Posted by BRIGGS:

like i said on another forum

i couldve dealt with james 2 years 10mm with team option for 3

IF he flopped, his contract isnt that bad to move

signing this guy for 6mm a year for 5 years is crazy i thought we were building an up tempo team?

if nazr wasnt good enough to be on a champinship team [wrong] then jerome james is? wouldnt nazr made more sense to keep if this was the case? less time on his contract adn much more mobile--a better player by any means

detroit doesnt have any 7-1 275 pound Cs they have tough players--is jerome james tough?

you cannot teach height and james was still worth 2 yrs 10mm, and Im ok with him comuing here, but the contract is just to much, i wouldve passed.

i thought we had a good draft a solid B, now looking A

but we have had a pss poor record dealing with nba vets under isiah hes biting on players nobody else wants for the price---


like goldberg said who's next?

Posted by diderotn:

Comeon man, don't be so quick to be negative about a player who has yet to dawn the uniform. I don't like to prejudge anyone especially if he comes at an affordable price tag. $5 millions for a true Center is not expensive at all. As far as I am concerned, this dude can over exceed our expectation. He has learned a lot throughout the years, especially since Adelman said what he sait about him. He is on a mission, and given the performance that he had in the playoffs, he will try his best to dupplicate that productivity. We have good people in this organization that can help him, and most of all, MSG magic alone will incite this dude to bring it. Let's face it, the media will on him every night, the fans will be on him, and let's not forget that Zeke will also be on him. Zeke will show him tapes of Laimbeer and the rest of the bad boys in action.

Posted by Panos:

Posted by diderotn:

Comeon man, don't be so quick to be negative about a player who has yet to dawn the uniform. I don't like to prejudge anyone especially if he comes at an affordable price tag. $5 millions for a true Center is not expensive at all. As far as I am concerned, this dude can over exceed our expectation. He has learned a lot throughout the years, especially since Adelman said what he sait about him. He is on a mission, and given the performance that he had in the playoffs, he will try his best to dupplicate that productivity. We have good people in this organization that can help him, and most of all, MSG magic alone will incite this dude to bring it. Let's face it, the media will on him every night, the fans will be on him, and let's not forget that Zeke will also be on him. Zeke will show him tapes of Laimbeer and the rest of the bad boys in action.

Dude, come on man!!! Give us a break? We can't judge a player that's 29 years old? Do we have to wait until after a player retires before we can decide if we approved of their trade to the Knicks? Your posts really get tiresome.

Posted by Killa4luv:

I just read this whole thread and I cannot believe how big of babies you guys are. Steven Hunter was not and is not a starting center, period. I like him and still like him, but lets be serious, Steven Hunter wasn't going to fill the center whole for us.

EVERYONE IS GONE!!!! STOP BYTCHING!!!!!

Who else could we have gotten? Dan, and Chris Anderson signed. Stro, Kwame, and others weren't coming for various reasons, and we couldn't start the season without a center, no friggin way we could do that. Jerome James got the MLE for christs sake and you guys are acting like he signed for 50 million.

Who is the MLE player we could have gotten? NO one. This team would have been a disaster without a center, and we now are about as good as the wizards last year.

Posted by djsunyc:
that's the thing killa - nobody was really left for the MLE but just waiting and not getting anyone would've been just FINE. yup, we'd lose ALOT of games next year, but next year wasn't about winning anyway. it's a move to get us the #8-7 seed. with a ceiling at #6. next year, james is good to have. 2 years from now, james is good to have. but then 3 more years after that?