Sorry, I don't want to be one of those guys who posts 10 new topics every hour but thought people would like to know:
- he likes our size and length. Likes our ability to defend the goal. Curious to see how young players develop and how veterans mix with rookies.
- chemistry has been good on and off the court. Off the court chemistry has been a little bit ahead of on the court. Most players are around same age.
- Hard to judge Nate from the preseason. Q will help defensively because of his size.
- Win championships by playing inside out. Curry will help that. This team is similar to when he arrived in Indy. Was a perimiter oriented team that switched to a power game with O'neil and Artest. This Knicks team is now more of a power team.
- Isiah won't comment on deals or friction between he and LB. That stuff is for media to sell stories.
- Isiah has had a relationship with LB since 1978. Never had any friction.
- NJ is battle tested and know how to win. Boston has Pierce and Davis. When they have it clicking, they're as good as anyone in the division.
- Want the Garden to be a hot place, where teams have a hard time winning a game. Has to be a hostile environment for opponents.
- Thinks Cleveland, Indiana, Miami all got better. NJ will be better if the big three stay healthy. Winning and losing in the East will come down to 4 or 5 points. It will be a dogfight every night.
- Doesn't want to be embarrased like last year. Hope that Knicks will be better defensively, rebounding wise and a tough team. He though we were soft last year. He hated it last year. His wife hated it. His kids hated it, etc.
Snore.
boring interview.
AUTOADVERT
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Those are the answers you want to hear, IMHO. Don't see why that makes it boring.
[Edited by - Solace on 11-01-2005 12:55 PM]
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It's boring b/c it's the same ol' crap they say everytime. I could care less about interviews anymore. I just wanna see them win games and see how the team improves in the direction it's headed towards.
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That was the first time I heard him talking about winning championships by starting the offense on the inside (Curry or Q posting) and then going back out to the perimeter
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Yeah, but that's basic basketball knowledge. If you have post up options, you need to do that. Like I said though, the problem is we don't have many real real real reliable shooters and that's how the inside out game works. It's good to post Q up, but remember, he's a 3 pt threat. If you're gonna put him in the post, we need another shooter out there. A healthy Allan would have taken this team light years further than we are now.
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For a while people were talking about him being too guard focussed (running the offense through Marbury and Crawford while ignoring Sweetney's claimed low-post skills).
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Well, they definitely should have been running it through Sweetney more, but Curry is a lot more established and a hell of a lot more bigger and athletic, so it's more of a given. My worries about Curry is him refusing to pass.
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For a while people were talking about him being too guard focussed (running the offense through Marbury and Crawford while ignoring Sweetney's claimed low-post skills).
I have to agree with Bonn here. I'm happy to see the focus shifting a bit.
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