Wow..Thats an incredible idea. I am all for it. McDyess does seem to be a little sluggish. 2nd team would be perfect for him. Kurt who could be more defensive oriented could make up for the defensive shortcommings of KVH and H2O and he can be a the deceptive scoring threat we have needed! This is an awesome idea.

Don Chaney should've thought of that. I think its the money he makes that will not allow him to be a backup, also if Isiah is trying to trade him, he might want to make it look like Dice can start but he wouldn't be fooling anyone. Everyone knows Dice is slower and not the same leaper. Put him on the bench. Also, if we dont sign him, can we re-sign KT? He is a good starter but an even more excellent bench player. 3 yrs 18 million increment. Good idea?

im not gonna get to excited over a couple wins to bad teams. But i think McDyess will get even better, and i hope they dont trade him away at the end of the season, but im not a knee doctor so i actually have no idea what im talking about

i love that idea of gettin Dice in their against second units so that it boosts his confidence. I think Dice will be really good again later on in the season and maybe get his starting job back.

Posted by knickgeek:

I think we have to reserve judgment for a while. He'll have his ups and downs as he recovers from his Knee surgeries.

It's clear that Chaney was too quick to insert him into the starting lineup.

He has had multiple surgeries on both his knees. I think any faith in him is not well founded. Once injuered is accidental, 3 times is injury prone. Do you guys really want to wait for his hops to come back? I dont trust it for one second. His knees can give out any second.

I think with McDyess it was a case of too much to soon. We were 7-10 at that point, had our best stretch of the early season, and were waiting for McDyess all year. A lot of people felt McDyess would be the kick in the pants to put us over the top and be a winning ballclub, and that was too much to soon. Coming off such a major injury, the wisest move was to make McDyess a backup to Thomas and Mutumbo, and have him be a scoring threat off the bench, something we lacked at the time. It would have taken pressure off of Antonio, allowed him to get into the flow slowly, and would've preserved him the best for the end of the season. At that point Thomas and Mutumbo were playing there best basketball all year.
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I think for now its good that McDyess is in the role that would put him under the least pressure, and really allow him to get comfortable. Its important to remember that McDyess never really played with these guys before. There's always an adjustment period. THe offense looked sluggish with MCdyess in there because they were fixated on having him do something. Now there doesnt have to be any worry about that. When Antonio is doing well off the bench he can play more minutes at the expense of Thomas or Mutumbo, no big deal. I think its reasonable to expect 10-12 points and 6-8 boards as a 6th man, playing 25-30 mins.

It's almost impossible to predict what we'll get from Dice. If we get the 10-12 points 6-8 boards off the bench and some good D - that will help the team a lot. It wouldn't surprise me though if we got significantly more or significantly less. Like other posters have said time will tell.

McDyess's expiring contract is one of the most valuable trading chips that Thomas has to offer teams. I think he may be one of the first Knicks to go.