- Marc Berman

Marc:

With all due respect, Mr Berman, you want respect as a sports journalist, you need to earn respect.

You wish you could be talking about "good Knicks basketball"?

Fine. Then define "good Knicks basketball" in incremental steps and monitor the progress like any other growth chart. Write about how "good Knicks basketball evolved from 1966 to 1969 with a gradual infusion of new parts that culminated with the Dave DeBusschere trade. You must know this ain't something you flip a switch on, no matter how many times the Knicks security staff has pissed you off. Get over it. You are supposed to be a professional and David Lee ain't walking through the locker room door.

Start over. Rinse yourself of Stephon Marbury and Isiah Thomas. Sure, we get the fact you have been around them too much and you are on a deadline, so are most people every day of the week. The difference? You have a dream job with free season tickets. Do as most passionate, analytical and hopeful fans have done and take a critical look at what is in front of you like any lead guard on a fast break. Write about what you see and not what you think you see through some lens you refuse to wipe clean. This is not politics. This is entertainment. Entertain us and make us laugh every once in a while. If I want bitterness I can watch sore losers like Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity.

Enough.

Write about what you see during, not after, practice. Write about the nuance of the skill sets and not individual preferences. Then talk about how the correct combination of players should be deployed. Write about the assistant coaches roles in focusing on position players. Do some investigative research and write about the college coaches. Has there been ONE article about a person who guided Landry Fields at Stanford that lends some preview of what to expect in the pros? Hell, Jim Boeheim is practically in the same area code. Give him a call about Andy Rautins. Talk to Shawne Williams about his past and present. Take a trip to Memphis and walk around his neighborhood. The barbecue is great at Interstate. Forget Rendezvous.

"My Russian sources say foul trouble will be a major issue for Mozgov in the NBA. During the exhibitions of the World Championships, he constantly was in foul trouble."

My Russian sources? Where? ... at the freakin' KGB? What "sources"? Show me a quote and name names like any journalist worth his salary would. hen write about what that "source" learned about watching Mozgov develop through the four years of Euro tutorial. What were his personal study habits that apply to developing in the NBA?

Do I need to come to New York and do your job FOR you?

Damn

Respectfully,

The Answer Man

Talk to Shawne Williams about his past and present. Take a trip to Memphis and walk around his neighborhood. The barbecue is great at Interstate. Forget Rendezvous.

Hahaha... good stuff right there

Briggs - are you on drugs, who said anything about 20 games together? (it will take more than 30)

Playing "hard"?

Every single NBA team is playing "hard" out of the "gate". Is there a comparative measure for "playing hard" that can be applied to one team over another a competitive situation? If so, then why isn't is a column in the scorebook? Walt Frazier never played "hard". During the pre game shoot around he relaxed on the bench. He played with the same stoic facial expression every night. He never glared at an opponent or beat his chest after a steal. Clyde never played hard. He was too cool for that.

"Flying out of the gate"? Did you say "flying"?

What the f#ck do any of those hackneyed cliches mean in plain English?

And what does any of that have to do with the piss poor quality of sports journalism in New York?

sheesh

I used to like Hahn a lot now, but because of who pays his paycheck, he's lost some of his bite

And as far as him calling any of the college coaches, chances are they wouldn't take his call or give him the time of day.

10/09/2010 3:33 AM

Why do you write these stupid negative "sky is falling" articles, you fat slob? You do this all the time and it proves you've never played sports in your life. 10 new faces on a team is not an excuse. It's a fact and a legitimate one at that. The team needs to get accustomed to eachother. STFU and stop making a big deal out of PRACTICE GAMES. This is what the preseason is. PRACTICE. Isiah's Knicks used to have a winning record in the preseason. Where did that lead us?

Do yourself a favor and go have another White Castle burger you obese @sshole because you know nothing about basketball. F you and F this garbage paper you write for you hack.

kam77 wrote:You don't have to like Berman, but he speaks the truth here.

Forget the small sample and ponder...

1. We are going to have problems all year with rebounding (We are going to miss David Lee)
2. We are going to suffer through malik-rose type offense from Turiaf
3. We are going to suffer through the good and the bad with ARandolph
4. D'antoni needs to show up and put his rep on the line with his coaching acumen.

NO MORE EXCUSES should be every Knick fan mantra.

You may not like the messenger, and you may not like the prognosis, but try to refute any of that.

When Randolph and Gallo took 14 3's--the only person that is on is the coach. I was scared that would introduce the 3 ball to randolph and change what he s good at. Why the heck do you want Randolph and Gallo 26 feet from the basket??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
These people who say just 1 game--yes one game tht had some very bad fundematal problems--rebounding shot selection spacing problems disciplined play. Same sht as the last two years--enough to make u stand up and say WTF not again. The coach is on the clock--no timeouts here--put the line up you want--dont worry about guys who are not here--we haev good players--just make sure they play the right way.