It's hysterical that the same people who cried that New York would never accept rebuilding with young players are the same ones who are now crying about playing the young players as much as possible.

If we were going to do that then why did we make the Marbury trade? By the time these young guys are hopefully ready to contend, Marbury will be very much on the downside of his career. If we were going to go with youth and you think NY can handle it <sarcasm> then we should have really done it right and stockpiled lottery picks and gotten under the cap. Not to mention we seem to have a coach that wants to win now instead of develop the young players. But that's another topic.

isn't a lot of this just overreating to a loss? we hit one more ft in regulation and win that stupid game and everyone would be crowing and praising. the talk would be how lb's a genius and taking pressure off the rookies and working them in at the right pace, using the vets to maximum value, etc. we just have to prepare for a lot of emotional reaction during these first few games especially because everyone's been wound up from a LONG and intense offseason and is on pins and needles to see how this is all going to work out.

If AD, Rose and Mo T had big games and the Knicks won by 14 instead of losing by 14, I think the same questions would be asked as to why the young guys didn't get any PT. Not to mention if LB didn't have a history of sitting his young players.

excellent post Marv. I agree with you 100%

Winning cures ALL.

sorry, let me elaborate...

there is no doubt in my mind that frye will be getting big minutes and it won't be due to an injury...i think LB wants to bring frye along slow and is really just hoping that the vets don't perform before bringing in the utes.

As the season progressesl, I think we will be seeing more of the youth movement and it will coincide with W's.

peace

right now zeke is trying to get younger but stay competitive at the same time thats why he traded for draft picks and traded for vets. LB and Zeke dont have to be starting a full blown "youth movement" ,like the celtics are, in order to play frye and nate a couple of minutes a game becuase the play with more heart and tenacity then certain vets. Thats what I think certain fans are complaining about. anyway based upon all the quotes from the newspapers LB will play the rookies at some point, I for one am not too upset about him not playing them right now becuase will they are possibly better than certain vets on our team theyre still rookies who will make to's and rookie mistakes, thats why LB doesnt play them right away. I think the prudent thing to do is to ease them into the rotation slowly so that they get enough play time to develop, but not enough play time to majorly screw up.



[Edited by - slimpack on 11-04-2005 11:55 AM]

and to answer the question if ny can handle a youth moevement, i have no idea b/c i can't remember anyone ever coming out (in any sports team in nyc) just coming out and saying we're playing the young guys.

If they're good youth, well coached youth, absolutely. When you get a good draft pick, a talented youngster, he needs to be out on the court getting experience, not rotting on the bench. Other teams seem to understand this.

What has playing the vets over the past five years gotten us?

The Sky is Falling, The Sky is Falling!.
That's what it sounds like with all this talk about why the Rookies aren't playing, well at least 1/3 of them played significant mins, Nate!. The kids will get there time to shine everybody including IT and LB know who can play and who can't, all along they have been saying the Kids are doing well, so we all just have to be patient, let LB and IT do what they are getting paid big BUCKS for!.