I think the only reason he is not starting is that we do not want to totally destroy Frye's confidence. Other than that I can't see why he is starting at this point. He's being outplayed and we desperately need a rebounder next to Curry. I have no other explanation

I'm of the belief that if somehting like that destroys your confidence than you are going to falter when the pressure is on anyway and I have no use for you. Better to find out now what Frye is made of than later when we really need him to perform. Lee has earned that starting position and it just makes sense. It makes more sense than it did last year and last year the board was in an outrage.

That being said, I do think this is why Isiah is not benching him. He needs to coddle to avoid losing guys.

EXACTLY!!!!!

Coddle = make a guy a bigger SISSY (with a P)

Go make yourself better. Go work harder. God forbid its not handed to you on a silver platter like everything else in life has.

I dont know Channing personally but he sure looks tough enough to handle a benching. He didnt retire after last year did he?

Posted by King1:

I love when you say he is going to get exposed. He is playing the last couple of 4th quarters when the best players are on the floor. You said he can hit free throws and he is hitting about 80% this year. Frye and Curry have been exposed and if he plays 35 minutes he will get 12 and 12 every night and take high percentage shots.

easy coach! I said "a bit exposed"
And honestly I think as big a part of that would be because of the guys he's playing with. When its Craw/Nate/Balk the ball moves around a lot more. Players move around a lot more. And you know as well as any that Lee is great in motion.

Playing with Curry, Marbury, Francis = a lot of standing around while those guys pound the ball. Disagree?

Do I think Lee is NBA starter material? He has done EVERYTHING any player could do to deserve a chance to prove us otherwise. I say yes.

Posted by King1:

I love when you say he is going to get exposed. He is playing the last couple of 4th quarters when the best players are on the floor. You said he can hit free throws and he is hitting about 80% this year. Frye and Curry have been exposed and if he plays 35 minutes he will get 12 and 12 every night and take high percentage shots.

I don't think lee being exposed is an awful thing. It's just the reality of going fromt he bench to full time starting. Your weaknesses AS WELL AS YOUR STRENGTHS come to the forefront. Your game is exposed. Why is this a bad thing?

>>This letter should be posted in everyone's locker.

or he can always "man up" be a man and tell them personally

who really wants a letter from someone you see every day?

You have to look at this from IT's point of view. He is stuck with Francis, Marbury, and Curry. If he sits any of those guys down, he is running a huge risk of creating a big problem in the locker room. Fyre is his gem from last year, who played well last year. IT hopes that Fyre can find his game and in some ways, moving Fyre to the bench would be sparing him. Right now, Fyre is facing the teams best PF and knows that Lee is outplaying him. Maybe IT is trying to see if Frye can raise his game given the pressure of starting. Moving him to the bench, while embarassing, actually relieves the pressure from Frye. Nate is not going to start because IT probably does not think that Francis could deal with a bench role and the only hope we have of trading Francis is the get him playing well. We move Francis to the bench, we are pretty much going to be stuck with him for the next three years b/c his value is going to plummet. IT's focus right now is getting the starters to play better and get us off to better starts. You then put in the second unit and let them take over the game. IT is probably going to stay the course for a few more games to see if the starters can click. After about 20 games or so, he will probably start making some changes if things still are not working.

I think he get exposed in 25 minutes a game. He is a second year player and he is learning. He has improved since last year and each game he is getting better. He is outplayed Curry and Frye and as long as he finishes game I dont care. I just think you have given Channing a chance and Curry and neither one has done anything to keep their job. They are both more talented than David but they dont help win games

There is no way that DLee shouldnt be starting. If hes in the game 35-40 min a night then theres no way we arent getting 15/11 a night from him. The good thing is that perhaps isiah is finally getting the hint that he may have to make some changes. I agree with what someone else posted here earlier,

Curry/Lee/Q/Nate/Marbury
Frye/Balkman/Fran/Craw

Curry has to start, although I swear the way that he looks I doubt hell ever have another good game again for the rest of his career. Francis will take coming off the bench much better than Marbury will, so be default he should come off the bench. Once JJ comes back Q can replace Blakman in the second unit. In a perfect world We can make a trade and clear the logjam at guard, but good luck with that Isiah.

But Lee needs to play as much as possible. He is the best knick on the team so far this season.