Half the season's already over. So we're at 17-24, 11-9 at home. This time last year we were 13-28.

Anyhow, time to give some grades.... with some obvious suspects excluded:

Wilson Chandler (aka Winston Chambers):
Chris Duhon:
Danilo Gallinari:
Al Harrington:
Jared Jeffries:
David Lee:
Quentin Richardson:
Nate Robinson:
Tim Thomas:

Coach :

Overall Team Grade:


Mid-Year MVP:
Mid-Year MIP:

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Wilson Chandler: B
Chris Duhon: A
Danilo Gallinari: INC
Al Harrington: B
Jared Jeffries: C
David Lee: A
Quentin Richardson: D
Nate Robinson: C
Tim Thomas: C

Coach : B

Overall Team Grade: D


Mid-Year MVP: Duhon
Mid-Year MIP: Chandler

Wilson Chandler: B
Chris Duhon: A
Danilo Gallinari: Inc.
Al Harrington: B
Jared Jeffries: C-
David Lee: A
Quentin Richardson: C-
Nate Robinson: C+
Tim Thomas: C

Coach : A-
Management: A-

Overall Team Grade: C+


Mid-Year MVP: Duhon
Mid-Year MIP: Chandler

All others get the label "useless".

Wilson Chandler (aka Winston Chambers): C- (Let me explain, I am not grading his performance against my expectations, I am considering him against the rest of the league. Right now, I think he is a below average SF when compared against guys like Lebron, Pierce, Carter, Iguodala, etc...)

Chris Duhon: B (again, he is a brighter spot and doing better than I expected, but what do you give CP3, DWilliams, Rose and other if you give Duhon an A?)

Danilo Gallinari: (INC.-- the last couple of games have him on his way to a B, but too soon to tell)

Al Harrington: (C+ -- can take over games, either for good or bad... some consistency and better defense in the second have could bring him up to a B+, but that's probably his limit.)

Jared Jeffries: (INC. By all accounts, he is failing. His ability to defend, which is not altogether amazing doesn't make up for his poor play elsewhere)

David Lee: A- (Love the effort, the rebounding is masterful... offensive game is expanding, defense is suspect, but he is doing his best given the situation. By far the best player on the team. Plays well with others.)

Quentin Richardson: C-- a bit out of shape and jacks up a bit too many shots. Because of the good attitude, its hard to give him less than a C-, but there just isn't a lot of juice left in this guy.

Nate Robinson: (C- has all of the athletic skills to dominate the PG position, just lacks the intelligence to be a pg, so he ends up undersized at the sg and plays catch up the rest of the way. Gets too excited and loses control of himself and the ball. Got to love the energy, but at what cost?)

Tim Thomas: (D+ let's face it, Thomas wasn't brought in to save the franchise. He is performing above expectations, but, he just doesn't have it.)

Coach : B+ Doing the best with that he has. Handled Marbury and Curry pretty poorly. But has shown the power of his game in the first 10 games of the season. This team has trouble executing the plan, but the plan can work. In the last 41 games, I think this team has a winning record unless they purposefully tank the season... not a player on the draft board worth tanking for though.

Overall Team Grade: C Giving it the benefits of the doubt based upon the trades and injuries. This isn't a championship team. It is pretty average. It should be a borderline 8th seed which puts it squarely at a C.


Mid-Year MVP: David Lee
Mid-Year MIP: Duhon. From the Bench to starter, he has performed well above expectations.

Wilson Chandler (aka Winston Chambers): (B-) Inconsistent but should get better. Has a lot more promise than I thought.

Chris Duhon: (A-) Who would have ever thought he would be in the top 5 in assist? The best floor general we had since Jax second stint.

Danilo Gallinari: Incomplete- See me again in April

Al Harrington: (A-) Good to see a player enjoyin their best season as a pro for ONCE in NY. Still inconsistent but clearly the most talented offensively on the team.

Jared Jeffries:(C+) Better than any other year and he provides good defense and does the intangible things but still a disappointment considering the hype he came to the pros with.

David Lee: (A) Only reason he doesn't get an A+ is because he started rocky when Z Bo was here. He can still improve his game especially offensively but he has added a 15 foot shot and is a rebounding fool.

Quentin Richardson: ( B)- He continues being the rebound kid. Last season, dreadful. This season, he has been doing key things at the right time. Hope it last and he won't fade.

Nate Robinson: (B+)- Uh, early sixth man of the year candidate? I think so, ladies and gentlemen. Great sparkplug off the bench though his fiery personality has helped and hurt them ( a la John Starks?)

Tim Thomas: (B-)- Better than expected though a trade to get him for Z bo seems a little lopsided, his REAL value is in 2010. That is why he will not get a grade lower than a B from me.

Coach : ( B+)- He has made this team a lot more enjoyable than in recent years and they seem to love playing for him. It is refreshing to have a coach who doesn't bring drama or tension like the coaches we were used to all the wa back to the Riley days. He has his flaws ( giving up 106 ppg?) but he is trying to address them.

Overall Team Grade: (B)- It is hard to give a grade as high as a B for a team that is currently 7 games below 500. However, they are only 6 wins away from tying their win total of last year BEFORE the all star break. They seem to get better as a team and they have a LEGIT shot at going into the playoffs. However, the real reason for the grade is the rebulding process they are exhibiting. They made trades for the future as well as doing their research to see if these players can play well under the SSOL system and they proved they could. Remarkable achievement and the future seems bright for this team. The payoff is coming in a year and a half and I can't wait.

Wilson Chandler (aka Winston Chambers): B- Wilson has played very well in stretches, but has been inconsistant. Pretty good effort over all but we all would like to see more. He's still young and is being asked to start and do a lot of things thats why I give him such a high grade, hes taking it all in stride.

Chris Duhon: A- Gotta give it up for duhan, running the team, playing hurt, leading. He's done it all. The only reason I give a minus is cuz opposing point guards have killed us so bad that we have even went as far as putting 6-10 jarred jeffries on them.

Danilo Gallinari: Inc but based off his limited minutes he gets an A he has done just about any and everything u could ask givin the situation.

Al Harrington: C+ Has played really hard, and scored well... But takes really bad shots and kills ball movement. Needs to learn how to make a move then pass.

Jared Jeffries: B- for what we ask of him, he has done pretty well. His offense is still unreal but he is playing his roll.

David Lee: A the only reason I don't give him a A+ is cuz there were times early in the year where he was not competing at all on defense. He has gotten a hell of a lot better though

Quentin Richardson: C+ Some good games, some bad. Still throws up terrible shots but if he keeps posting up this grade will improve

Nate Robinson: B- he gets a high grade cuz he started off so amazing, fell off though but now seems to be getting it back together.

Tim Thomas: B I give timmy a high grade cuz he has exceeded expectations and hit some clutch shots, i personally thought he was going to be useless

Coach : B+ Got the team playing very well, very optimistic. Only downfalls are not intergrating Harrington into the offense properly and handling of the Marbury situation

Overall Team Grade: B-


Mid-Year MVP: Tie Duhan/Lee
Mid-Year MIP: what the hell is a MIP?

Wilson Chandler (aka Winston Chambers): B-, this grade may fall... he's fading and he doesn't know how to stay inbounds
Chris Duhon: A, wasn't expecting him to give this many quality minutes
Danilo Gallinari: C-, grew some balls so maybe he'll improve (aka actually play)
Al Harrington: C, is for chucking
Jared Jeffries: C, he's been okay and a C is about his ceiling
David Lee: A+, wow
Quentin Richardson: B-, some good games but terribly inconsistent
Nate Robinson: C+, his great stretch was longer than his trainwreck stretch
Tim Thomas: C-, he's Tim Thomas

Coach : B, the team is improved but think he could do better

Overall Team Grade: C+, on pace for 34 wins, which isn't too bad considering we're the New York 2010s


Mid-Year MVP: Duhon
Mid-Year MIP: Lee

[Edited by - supremecommander on 01-23-2009 11:10 AM]