Chaney is a fool. anyone see the boxscores of the today's game and see how many minutes our players logged? most of the starters got over 40 minutes... some got 50 or near 50. what an idiot.

The team is going to get a slew of injuries soon.

what i dont understand is why frank williams didnt log many minutes.. its not like we are a contending team, we might as well develop our young guys. truly pathetic that williams got only 3 minutes with ward out..

Posted by Caseloads:

Chaney is a fool. anyone see the boxscores of the today's game and see how many minutes our players logged? most of the starters got over 40 minutes... some got 50 or near 50. what an idiot.

The team is going to get a slew of injuries soon.

McDYess Was logging too many minutes during preseason.. Now watch our starters get injured by playing too many minutes.. i totally agree!

Too many minutes, that way too stupid. Whe you practice 12 hours a week. Work out 10 hours a week. 10min aint gonna kill ya. Byron Scot comment was taken out of context. The only reason you dont give player alot of minutes in preseason is becasue the games dont count + alot of player dont work hard in the offseason and arent in shape and could hurt themselves. That had nothing to do with McDyess.

there are timeouts. nba game isnt as intensive as practice.

Posted by falcindor:

there are timeouts. nba game isnt as intensive as practice.

Please....it has been obvoius that the Knicks (especially Houston) have tired in the fourth quarter. That 10 minutes of rest would help them out.

a few things

having fwill and t.knight on the floor together was frightening. i can dig your 'trial by fire' attitude on getting fwill in the game while it was on the line but he certainly didn't do anything in his brief stint on the floor in the first half. a couple of bad passes and some terrible defense, generally looking lost. i'd like to know where his confidence would be if he cost them the game down the stretch. chaney was right for not subjecting him to that now. later in the season, sure let him go, but not now. not when you have the chance to beat one of the top 2-3 teams in the east.

on the minutes per game issue - some nights you're gonna have to go 48. especially if you are paid like you can go 48. what i think is another important issue about chaney's coaching is the rotation of players to keep some legs fresh in the final 6 minutes or so. alan houston is always a big first half performer, he scores quickly out of the gate. chaney needs to get him rest in the late third/early fourth to keep the houston fresh for big shots down the stretch. i don't think he's done that yet because chaney feels he must keep houston on the floor to have a proven scorer out there. there needs to be confidence in other players 'shanderson' and nailon to hold down the fort and make plays while houston takes a rest but i don't think that trust is there yet. maybe it's growing as shanderson and nailon continue to step up but it's still early in the season.

comparing the byron scott comment to this is like comparing apples to oranges.

right now we're bad on many levels