Posted by islesfan:

Mardy is going to pick the same pill that Frank Williams picked.

That's pretty funny that "Not Quitting" would even have to be a prime directive, much less only #7 on the list. What exactly were the 6 directives above what should be so obvious it shouldn't need to be made a directive? Was breathing one of them?

I really hope you're throughly enjoying this circus misterearl. This is what happens when you do nothing but enable. Don't start complaining about anything now. Just sit back in your lawn chair and reap what you've sowed.

Posted by nixluva:

Posted by godot:

I like this move for a couple of reasons.

Mardy may be starting, but he has yet to earn starters minutes.

As a good defender he has kept us from going down 20 by the middle of the 2nd quarter. Works for me.

I'm not convinced he is yet 100%. When he is we might begin to see the player Clyde wanted to work with last year.

Give him a chance to settle down. It's pretty headdy stuff to start in the NBA your second year without being an elite player.

Go Mardy. Go Knicks.

I agree. Mardy looks like he's trying to be conservative out there. He's still defending well, but you can tell that he's not trying to overexert himself. I expect that he'll get better as we move along. I like his game and I think people are judging him too harshly. There are other guards who have started for teams with similarly weak shooting. How often have people suggest an Eric Snow for this team in the past and he's no more impressive offensively. We don't need a superstar PG to win games. We need for Mardy to control the tempo, run the offense and defend. All of these things he's capable of doing. There's no way to know if he's the answer to our starting PG situation longhaul, but at this time I think he's the best candidate.

How do you guys feel about Mardy's knees?