Posted by Bonn1997:

5 rbs in 20 mpg isn't rebounding very well. It's about average (but obviously better than Curry last year)

Posted by mythfaze:

i'm not sad to see sweetney go

he had nice post moves and was a good rebounder, particularly on the offensive boards, but he was way too much of a liability on defense. his offensive output was matched or exceeded by whoever he was guarding most of the time.

plus, you think he'd live with all the running LB is reportedly making the big men do?

Posted by Masterplan:

Posted by mythfaze:

i'm not sad to see sweetney go

he had nice post moves and was a good rebounder, particularly on the offensive boards, but he was way too much of a liability on defense. his offensive output was matched or exceeded by whoever he was guarding most of the time.

plus, you think he'd live with all the running LB is reportedly making the big men do?

but you're happy with eddy curry? eddy has as far to go in aspects of the game aside from offense and being tall as sweetney did.

I know this they tried to give sweetney the starting job in preseason. They were so high on him and KT had a lackluster preseason, but even then he couldn't win the job. He could be a good player, but he really needs to find a way to stay on the court. Eddy on our team is a plus cuz he fills a need whereas Sweetney can be replaced, with one of the many PF's we have. We DIDN'T have a player like Currry. The balance that our roster has now is going to help us contend for the Atlantic Title and have a chance against the better teams in the East.

Rebounding is only one aspect of the game. In our case we had a good shooting %, 45%. As long as we can do a better job on the defensive end we should be alright even without being a dominant Rebounding team. Teams will have a hard time stopping us from scoring. Its really all about effort on D and the Boards. Everyone is so sure that we won't be able to do either, but I think we have the physical talent to be better than we were, not great, but decent and that may be enough. Its all about that point differential. As long as we're on the plus side we should be just fine.

Sweetney will be fine. Funny how I said he was fat albert and nothing special and i was attacked. Now the guy is traded and everyone undermines the guy.

Posted by Killa4luv:

Posted by bigpimpin:

If Curry averages 26 & 13, the Knicks are going to win the NBA Championship this year.

That is the god honest truth. we still have big game backing him up, and our squad is pretty nicely balanced otherwise.

13 rebounds??? he's never averaged 1/2 that number! but i guess anything can happen in this world, right?

Posted by Masterplan:

Sweetney will be fine. Funny how I said he was fat albert and nothing special and i was attacked. Now the guy is traded and everyone undermines the guy.

yeah, it happens with everybody. nazr was the best example from last season. shades of truth, things we overlook while they're here but don't mind pointing out when they're gone. i wish sweetney teh best. let's hope he does better in chicago than frankie williams.

I disagree. The people who wanted to keep Nazr before he was traded were in the minority. Nazr's limitations were very clear to most Knick fans. Unclear to those who only look at stats. Stats that were paddled during the 1st month and a half of the season