Nothing has changed in my stance. Sure Nate played great but it's only summer-league.

We still need a pure PG- Dickau.

This is of course assuming we're packaging Nate and getting something back.

Play Mardy at backup point, give Jamal a run or two orchestrating the offense.

I'd keep Dickau, let him expire, and see what trade opportunities are out there for a package involving Nate.
Just let me emphasize, I don't want to get rid of Nate just for the sake of getting rid of him. More moves are obviously needed. Nate just happens to be one of our more tradeable/expendable pieces.

Dickau's only value is as an expiring contract to me... if you're not going to use him in a trade, i'd just get rid of him... Nate's a better player than he is IMO.

Nate doesn't play defense. Watch him closely on D, especially off the ball the guy is a liability.

He at least tries to play D and is slow, with Nate the effort isn't there, he just doesn't get it and I don't think he ever will.

Jones that is beautiful, it brought a tear to my eye.

Dick and Jones are garbage........... Knicks fans please stop gravitating to other teams trash!!!!!!!



Nate can be the best sixth man in the league, I'm keeping that over retreads.

Dickau is not really a good player. He is a slow, pass first PG who can't really shoot consistently. Remember the Ward/Childs era? Well thats Dickau but without any defense. The guy is, I repeat, a slow, smallish guard. I'm surprised he is still int he league.

Jones is a poor man's Craw. I think they were both just throw ins to make the trade work. Unless we dump Malik or make a trade, both can easily be waived.

jones AND dickau were throw-ins, its not like isiah made the deal to get either of them. taking that into account, i could really care less about them. i think they are two of the worst guys on the roster, and i'd rather have demetris nichols over both.

Posted by JohnWallace44:

I think Nate can still be a key sub for us, but I'll say this...

How good would Dickau or Jones have looked in the Summer League? I'm guessing pretty good.

Dickau and Jones are pros, so I would expect they'd do well. still Dickau is only OK and Nate has the chance to be spectacular. He's gotten better and you could see it starting late last year. He was getting ripped by Isiah and i'm sure he let Nate know that he'd better get it in gear or else. Nate is still a SG in a PG's body, but if he can keep moving in this direction he has a chance to really be a good player. So i'd keep him and build his value up. if we eventually feel he's not right for our needs at least he'll be a good trade chip. NOBODY wants Dickau or Jones. But i can imagine that some teams would want Nate. He's a little scoring dynamo.