Realistically we should be 3-1 headed into a series of games where we haev a chance to win all of them. You can see why last night you would nto want to part with Gallo and when I thought about the team that was with Gallo randolph and Azu playing in the core up to their numbers.

If Randolph doesnt fit here maybe we can pair him with azu's contract and get a VERY goo player + a pick--something like that. Hopefully Randolph will come back into his own here and that wont be necessary.

But you can see the basis of 50 wins here---better defense and a team that can score points. With a few tweaks this team can be REALLY good without LBJ or any of those cats--a team that can win a title at some point. We just need patience and good strategy. I know trading Chandler Douglas gallo and ranmdolph would be an erroneous blunder--we have a good team that will get much better. we do need another quality big and one more explosive G--that would be 3 explosive G's with a great PG and a lot of skill and size upfront--we are not far away from being an elite team imho.

who would've thought coming into the year that playing a nationally televised away game where amare would score less than 20 points the knicks would score 120 and win the game? seriously, i dont think ANY of us would have thought that possible.

the young core of players -- gallo, douglas, chandler, randolph, fields...and to a lesser degree mozgov and billy walker -- are all going to have up and down seasons. but when one guy is down (gallo in the first few weeks), another's good will make up for it (chandler was killing it). yesterday chandler's game took a backseat to gallo's strong frst half and douglas' strong second half. we have yet to see AR break out and i think he will. not to mention the two vets -- felton and amare -- have been inconsistent and have yet to find their groove.

i've thought all along, and still think, that this team will be wildly inconsistent over the first few months but when this squad finds its mojo and starts playing cohesive basketball in march and april, watch out. we are gonna peak at the right time.

amare is an absolute force to be reckoned with and he has played poorly in every game so far. yet he's still putting up what are good #s. he's going to have a few 30/15 games this year and i wouldnt be surprised if he drops 50. its all going to come together.

Childs2Dudley wrote:I don't know about 50 games but iSergio is indeed a flaming fool.

I don't usually agree with iSergio, and he is quite obstinate in some dubious assertions, but calling him names isn't really adding anything to the forum. Not trying to start with you, just don't see why it's necessary to say shyte like that.

Friendly reminder: http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=3582.

Childs2Dudley wrote:

Moonangie wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:I don't know about 50 games but iSergio is indeed a flaming fool.

I don't usually agree with iSergio, and he is quite obstinate in some dubious opinions, but calling him names isn't really adding anything to the forum. Not trying to start with you, just don't see why it's necessary to say shyte like that.

Friendly reminder: http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=3582.

Only responding back to him insulting me everywhere and telling everyone how the Knicks suck, Gallinari is Kyle Korver and everyone else but Amare is awful.

But yes, out of line.

Word, he says some dumb arse shyte round here. No sense "rising" to his level. Thanks for the reply home slice.

TMS wrote:41 wins... we're right on pace.

I just had a drink to this.

BRIGGS wrote:You still think Im crazy to assume the Knicks could win 50+?

Realistically we should be 3-1 headed into a series of games where we haev a chance to win all of them. You can see why last night you would nto want to part with Gallo and when I thought about the team that was with Gallo randolph and Azu playing in the core up to their numbers.

If Randolph doesnt fit here maybe we can pair him with azu's contract and get a VERY goo player + a pick--something like that. Hopefully Randolph will come back into his own here and that wont be necessary.

But you can see the basis of 50 wins here---better defense and a team that can score points. With a few tweaks this team can be REALLY good without LBJ or any of those cats--a team that can win a title at some point. We just need patience and good strategy. I know trading Chandler Douglas gallo and ranmdolph would be an erroneous blunder--we have a good team that will get much better. we do need another quality big and one more explosive G--that would be 3 explosive G's with a great PG and a lot of skill and size upfront--we are not far away from being an elite team imho.

You're a little too early with this type of thread. Don't get me wrong, I do hope we win 50 but it's wayyy too early to tell. But I'd still trade Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler and Anthony Randolph for Carmelo Anthony. I don't like Gallo's soft one dimensional game. I like Chandler but we're losing him anyway if we sign Melo. And Randolph stinks. Your entire argument was that we would be left with little depth, which is not true. Landry Fields, Ronny Turiaf, Toney Douglas and Bill Walker are enough support for Amar'e Stoudemire, Raymond Felton and Melo.