"He needed to jump," D'Antoni said. "He'll learn to do just that. You better jump real quick or get out of the way. One or the other. You don't want to be on SportsCenter tomorrow."

I hope MDA was joking, and if not, I hope he reconsiders the last half of this statement. The Pringles-light defensive school of technique and good looks. Sometimes I really hate that this stooge spent so much time in Italy, preening his 'stache.

I love the LA Times. They lose the game, but think it's great that Griffin got poster time dunks. Typical west coast sports fans. Pass the hair gel, man, and like, another 25 years of NBA futility.

Hopefully the Blakester gets traded to some franchise that gives a shat about winning.

jrodmc wrote:On Timo getting posterized:

"He needed to jump," D'Antoni said. "He'll learn to do just that. You better jump real quick or get out of the way. One or the other. You don't want to be on SportsCenter tomorrow."

I hope MDA was joking, and if not, I hope he reconsiders the last half of this statement. The Pringles-light defensive school of technique and good looks. Sometimes I really hate that this stooge spent so much time in Italy, preening his 'stache.

I love the LA Times. They lose the game, but think it's great that Griffin got poster time dunks. Typical west coast sports fans. Pass the hair gel, man, and like, another 25 years of NBA futility.

Hopefully the Blakester gets traded to some franchise that gives a shat about winning.

The Knicks were penetrating the LA interior D like it was a cheap whore. Griffin is the PF of that interior D. Maybe the LA Times overlooked this fact.

The other irony is that Griffin is only a rookie because of the injury he suffered last year...while coming down from a poster-quality dunk prior to the start of the regular season.

jrodmc wrote:I love the LA Times. They lose the game, but think it's great that Griffin got poster time dunks. Typical west coast sports fans. Pass the hair gel, man, and like, another 25 years of NBA futility.

Why would they care? They have another team about to three-peat and win their what... 17th or 18th championship playing in the same arena. Even that one year when the Paper Clips had a better record than them they didn't really care.

Fields could have been a "setback" too, but that has worked out very well.

Also, Timo would have benefited having passers who could notice that he is wide open underneath the hoop on a regular basis.

martin wrote:setback? Nah, just hasn't caught up to the type of contact he can use as a defender. If he was on the Riles 90's team, he fits in perfectly. Strange that Timo has not caught up in this regard, but not worried one bit.

Fields could have been a "setback" too, but that has worked out very well.

Also, Timo would have benefited having passers who could notice that he is wide open underneath the hoop on a regular basis.

Duly noted and oft repeated. Have heard his hands aren't real good as a reason he gets passed on some of those. Can't say which it is.

what Nalod said

Mozgov is a rookie from 4676 miles away and light years removed from Rucker Park. Once he gains the confidence that he equal to his competition, he will relax.

Right now, after 13 games and only 170 minutes, the NBA must feel like a time warp, "great adventure", out-of-body experience.

martin wrote:

Olbrannon wrote:

martin wrote:setback? Nah, just hasn't caught up to the type of contact he can use as a defender. If he was on the Riles 90's team, he fits in perfectly. Strange that Timo has not caught up in this regard, but not worried one bit.

Fields could have been a "setback" too, but that has worked out very well.

Also, Timo would have benefited having passers who could notice that he is wide open underneath the hoop on a regular basis.

Duly noted and oft repeated. Have heard his hands aren't real good as a reason he gets passed on some of those. Can't say which it is.

could be a trust thing too. Lots of TOs by Timo via traveling, rushed shots.

dude just needs more time and patience. I thought he would adjust faster but it hasn't happened.

Indeed. It's not like Gallo doesn't get passed to in that position

NYKBocker wrote:

Olbrannon wrote:

martin wrote:setback? Nah, just hasn't caught up to the type of contact he can use as a defender. If he was on the Riles 90's team, he fits in perfectly. Strange that Timo has not caught up in this regard, but not worried one bit.

Fields could have been a "setback" too, but that has worked out very well.

Also, Timo would have benefited having passers who could notice that he is wide open underneath the hoop on a regular basis.

Duly noted and oft repeated. Have heard his hands aren't real good as a reason he gets passed on some of those. Can't say which it is.

That's not true about the hands. Timo has great hands. Watched him during the world chamionships and the passes they were throwing to him were hard passes to catch but he caught all of them.

http://www.82games.com/1011/10NYK15.HTM hands rating 2.2

While Amar'e who leads the league along with Lebron in turnovers gas a hands rating of 8.8

Gallinari is 16+