If we had intentionally tanked towards the end of last season, this guy could've been a Knick.
I never can understand why this pathetic franchise has not chosen to tank in order to secure high draft pick for the past 10 yrs.
They are always short sighted, not willing to make small sacrifice (actually an investment) for the long term benefit of the team.

But Walsh, MDA and Dolan want to have their cake and eat it too.

I definitely would have tanked for him.

Paladin55 wrote:A lot of folks are in love with Evans, but I think Curry will end up being the better player because Evans will never even come close to Curry as a jump shooter, while Curry has shown the ability (not like Evans, of course) to drive to the basket as a compliment to his outside shooting.

I definitely would have tanked for him.

That evans is a load, but I agree. As teams start knocking him to the ground to stop his drives, he is going to find it more difficult to score. He won't last 4 years in the league unless he learns to shoot. No guard can make a living just driving to the hole every play. You would take too much punishment (unless you play the Knicks every game since we seem to let anyone drive to the hole).

Curry would have been great for us. I don't blame Nelson, I blame Walsh for failing to find a way to get this kid.

DW is our best friend cuz he's doing the best he can to get us a team that can compete for a title. He couldn't go all out and since Dolan is angry now you know he want DW to make a move to help the team win cuz when fans boo he gets nervous. That's also when we've made our biggest mistakes. Happily I don't think DW is as weak minded as Layden or Isiah. I think he'll do what's right despite the pressure from Dolan. He's done the best he could so far to resist the pressure to get something done that Layden n Isiah failed to resist.

djsunyc wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:A lot of folks are in love with Evans, but I think Curry will end up being the better player because Evans will never even come close to Curry as a jump shooter, while Curry has shown the ability (not like Evans, of course) to drive to the basket as a compliment to his outside shooting.

I definitely would have tanked for him.

no way, no how. evans is unstoppable attacking right now. he is physically too strong going to the basket. you can't put a pg on him or a sg. once he gets that little jumper down, he is wade 2.0.

curry is nice but does not have the handles nor playmaking ability to be stve nash. could be a nice little player but no way he will make as big an impact as evans. i mean 20/5/5 as a rookie - only 3 others before him.

It really depends DJ. We can say "He has to develop a jumpshot" or "He has to develop handle" until the cows come home, but this is the current truth: Evans completely relies on driving, and Curry relies on shooting. Both can fall back to the other. If either of them can become more accustomed to the other, it will be over. Both are equally likely to happen. Ball handling and shooting are skills you develop and can develop with practice. I'm pretty sure both players will be working on both.

My thing is this. What if either player DOESN'T develop either of those things. My thought is Curry will be better off. A shorter Reggie Miller will strike much more fear into teams than a Stephon Marbury with no jumpshot.

'09 draft keeps making us look dumb.

crzymdups wrote:

iSergio wrote:I will forever hate Don Nelson for taking Stephen Curry. He would have been perfect in New York.

yep. i agree.

i can't help but feel that drunk bastard only took curry to keep him away from us. it certainly pissed off monte ellis.

And to make it worse, Don Nelson benched Stephen Curry almost the entire game in his one trip to the Garden. Nelson is such a drama queen. Sad to say but Mike D'Antoni reminds me so much of Nelson with his personality and stupid gimmick small ball basketball.

nyk4ever wrote:

TMS wrote:i've been saying the same thing since 2001, but this franchise will never buy into the tank philosophy for some reason... instead of guys like Lebron, Wade, Melo, Bosh, Mayo, Curry, Rubio, etc., we end up with the Mike Sweetney's & Channing Frye's of the world.

i think you mean the mike sweetneys, channing fryes and jordan hill's