in 1 sentence you call the talent mediocre, & in the next you say this team has alot of good players... which is it? if you're expecting high quality basketball from this young team at this point, you're kidding yourself... it's natural to be frustrated when you see the team get embarassed like they did the past couple games, but you have to look at the big picture... if you say you're holding to your original expectation that this team is going to win 40-42 games & just miss the playoffs, then why are you going off about this team having mediocre talent when everyone clearly understood going into the season that this was a work in progress? the young players Isiah drafted show good promise & will improve the more they get a chance to play together... i thought that was widely agreed upon on this board, but now all of a sudden they're just mediocre talent... i don't get this at all.

the dead weight we have on the roster is nothing new to anyone... JJ's a scrub & he always has been... Q Rich has severely underperformed this year... who could have seen that coming? did you see him go 1 for 7 to open the game last night? how does a team get into any sort of offensive rhythm when you have guys bricking shots like that to start off the game? Malik Rose destroys any offensive flow whenever he's on the floor because he tries to be a low post scorer & gets his shot blocked on almost every attempt, instead of being the high energy hustle player he's supposed to be... we need to get rid of the dead weight, but what's done is done & no one's going to take our trash off our hands... we'll just have to grin & bear it for the time being.

look at the big picture... it's a work in progress, & this team will get better... you're going to see them get embarassed by some teams, & then look like world beaters the next... there's no point in going off on rants right now unless you just want to vent... the young kids are fun to watch play when they're in a flow... Eddy Curry looks like our best lowpost scoring option in years & is literally unstoppable sometimes... Nate & Lee make things happen on the court, but they're both still young & apt to making stupid rookie mistakes... that's just par for the course w/young players usually... Frye's demonstrated the smoothest jumpshot i've seen since Allan Houston, but he has alot to learn on the defensive end, & he needs to have more confidence & stay aggressive... i believe he'll be a great player someday... i'm not waiting for any miracles... it's going to take some time for this team to develop the consistency it takes to be a winning team.