PER Ratings
Amare - 22.69
ARan - 18.71
Felton - 15.25
Gallo - 14.89
Wilson - 13.76

DLee - 22.68
Gallo - 14.89
Wilson - 13.76
Duhon - 10.72
Jeffries - 9.78

The key that jumps out at me is that Gallo and Chandler will go from being the key producers on the team, when you consider that Lee normally scored off of broken offense, to being guys that are supplemental, which is what they really should be. You see a lot of talk in the aftermath of the Ariza trade that he is better off being the 4th or 5th option where he can focus on defense and transition scoring. Wilson is essentially the same player and I think the same goes for him. You don't want him to be your #1 or #2 option on offense because he can't really break a guy down, but if he's feeding off of the other players, then you have something. With Gallo, I never liked the way that he would pull his disappearing act in a lot of games, but now if he's the #4 option you're not in trouble when he goes into a funk, but you can use him when he's hot.

This team should be a lot better than last year just based on having our scorers in roles that they can handle.

This offense doesn't have to rely on having great one on one shot creators. In PHX they really didn't have any either. So long as you get good PG play, player movement and passing. Of course there will be times where players need to create their own shots but it's not as often as it can be in some other systems.

Felton will see a much bigger increase in his production and become a top option on O. Amare 1, Felton 2, Gallo 3 is my guess, but on some nights #3 could be AR, AZ or Chan.

crzymdups wrote:Those are some good points. I think you have to include Kelenna Azubuike in there as well. his last full season PER was 14.7 (it was at 19.8PER for the first 14 games of last season before he got injured.)

btw anyone gonna factor Buike's numbers too? Can't ignore them...14.7 is respectable for a dude that was in an out of the starting line-up and playing out of position at times at small fwd. 19.8 is damn good even though it was only the first 14 games.

lots of question marks but if the Knicks can finally get a situation where the chips all fall into place instead of being the worse case scenerio all the damn time....this team could compete big time.

Amare's man is going to have to stay up on him to respect his 15 foot jumper where they wouldn't have when Felton had Chandler running with him. If Felton is able to dive to the basket along with Amare in a way that Nash never could, and Duhon never could with Lee, then we'll pile up victories.

If he can't, then I can see where Mason would be nice to have on the wing. Felton could switch to the off guard and Mason could run pick and roll with Amare in situations where Felton can't take advantage of sagging guards.

Here are some nice highlights of some of the new guys that gives you an idea of what we can expect this year.

A couple of good games you're showing here, but he's demonstrated that he's not a point guard so far in his time with the Knicks. That leaves playing him at the two guard in my opinion and you'll only get away with that if you're playing him off of the bench.

First I highly doubt AR jumps center to start the season anyway. Turiaf likely there.

What players start the season as starters is far less important than who finishes the season
I think.

How you guys watch a few games in SL and determine the length and productivity of an
incoming NBA players career is beyond me. Remember that 90 point turn around against Dallas?
Those were your scrubs that only won 29 games that obliterated the Mavs that night. On their
own home court. And it was TD's first start at PG. They won 2 in a row too. Before Wilson went
down.

If he's good enough to play he'll show it. If he isn't he'll sit. but the constant bashing of your own
players ...that's just something that comes with the bright lights and the big city. Your just one
voice in a crowd. A very large crowd.

Me I'm rooting for the Knicks...and I want them all to do well when they step on the court.