yeah, he did more than the other two have so far

I would have thought that we'd be on the lookout for castoffs from other teams, but with the Mobley cost saving move, seems like we'll just stand pat.

I like him.. those two shots late last night were huge and showed a ton of heart..

Posted by BRIGGS:

When you can come in and hit dagger shots like that and play like you belong--you're a keeper. He actually looks NBA ready.

The shot was one of the question marks with this guy, but I haven't seen anything that makes me think he can't shoot the ball in this league. I also recall him finishing nicely with his left hand on a drive against the Celtics. He seems to move well enough to play at the 2 or 3, although he seems smaller than advertised, and might have trouble at PF. He doesn't have that cut-up body but he is stronger than he looks.

A totally unexpected and pleasant surprise. Not exactly a youngster- turns 24 in 2 weeks, but he does seem NBA ready from the few glimpses we have had of him so far. I would like so see him get some extended time to see how he holds up.

Carl Landry is a key player for the Rockets- rebounding, efficient shooting, defense, great effort. They are a much better team with him in the lineup. If Marcus is that kind of player, we definitely need this guy.

My personal order of what I wanna see the organization do with Lee (and I've felt this way right from the get-go):

1) Keep him.
2) Trade him for a high-end package like you suggest (pretty much a no-brainer if the situation ever presented itself).
3) Trade him for something decent to at least ensure we got some kind of value back if it looks like he's gonna bolt (I guess we'll be better able to gauge the situation after next season's salary cap figure finally comes out -- and speaking of, how this figure is allowed to come out this late in the ballgame is beyond me - I mean can you imagine if we signed a guy like Grant Hill to a semi-hefty deal and then the cap shrank to $50 mil?? Crazy. It had a negative effect on our dealings with Ramon Sessions too, a player we could've used and may have been able to add if only we knew what that salary cap figure was. Teams really needed to know that figure before off-season wheeling & dealing even began this past summer imo).

#2 is gonna be almost impossible I fear (I just feel most teams would rather develop their own salary-controlled draft talent rather than give up said young talent AND THEN compromise a decent chuck of their cap even for a sure thing like Lee - maybe I'm wrong). #3 is more likely and we probably had several options this summer - this may prove to be very difficult as well as we'd still need Lee's approval on any deal and I doubt he gives up his security and peace of mind of living in NY for at least the rest of the year to allow himself to be uprooted like that (he's got the steady girlfriend in NY too right?). What we really need is for the cap number to stabilize and not dip as low as we fear and for Lee to take a little less his first year in a multi-year deal. Hopefully this has all been talked about already behind closed doors -- maybe the raise the Knicks gave Lee but didn't have to has a lot to do with him coming back and agreeing to a backloaded deal. Nate too. I'd love to keep 'em both..

Good call on Landry. I agree, he's a lock for the 15-man roster (sorry Chris Hunter, hardly knew ya - just too much depth at the 5 and this guy's been hurt anyway). I think Joe Crawford's made the final cut as well but I'd still like to see him get a little burn in some of these final pre-season games so we can evaluate him some more. Like Landry, I think Crawford's got some decent all-around skills as well.

I think we need landry as another defensive player to add to the defensive mindset MDA should be trying to develop. He plays multiple positions and can hit an open shot. That is about all we need from him: defense and hitting open shots.

Landry all the way. Chris Hunter is gone as we will keep Crawford as an extra guard.
Landry's energy, desire, abilities will help the Knicks stay motivated during the long season, especially when they are losing.

Good article by Hahn.

http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/landry-in-battle-for-knicks-last-roster-spot-1.1536012?localLinksEnabled=false