I can't blame the kid. Many of us were upset with the release of Brewer (which made sense from a financial standpoint) but got quite a bit of solace from the Brown signing. Remember, we actually almost drafted him. Look at what both Minny and Dallas did with the AR and Brewer signings: They gave the players 10-15 minutes a game for a few games and now they are both getting DNP's. At least those guys got a look and a chance, and Brewer a new contract. But, when a player is picked up by a .500 team and gets no playing time, I can understand the frustration - ESPECIALLY since we are essentially gutted. I believe we'll have Brown's rights at the end of the year, but do we want an ugly situation where he doesn't want to play here?
Yes, he old team took a chance doing what they did to facilitate a trade and this is a business, but didn't we just do "the right thing" in letting Brewer go? I really want to see the kid play. And apparently he is a part of our future considering our salary cap problems. Coach - give the guy some minutes, these short rotations are just murder for fans.
Reserve Brown talks to Walsh about futureAUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Derrick Brown and the Knicks head to Charlotte in one week, and it will be a bittersweet return to North Carolina. Brown said he's disappointed the Knicks claimed him off waivers since he is not playing after the Knicks derailed Charlotte's attempt to waive him and then re-sign him.
Brown is so frustrated he met for 15 minutes with team president Donnie Walsh at the Garden before Thursday night's game to discuss his future. According to a source, Walsh told Brown to hang in there and he still could get a chance, but has no plans to waive him. The Brown camp has inquired about Walsh looking into the situation, according to a source.
Brown was inactive last night.
"I don't want to comment on that too much," Brown said of his long talk with Walsh. "It was personal."
Brown, in his second year out of Xavier, has played in just two games for D'Antoni for a total of 16 minutes, both coming in garbage time. Walsh views him as an excellent prospect with great athleticism and rebounding potential.
Brown, selected with the 40th pick in the second round of the 2009 draft, got a strong recommendation from former Bobcats coach Larry Brown.
But D'Antoni and Walsh appear to disagree on Brown's readiness as the coach still won't play him despite the Knicks' struggles since the Carmelo Anthony trade, losing four of their last five. Brown is a free agent after the season, so he could just re-sign with Charlotte in the offseason after this bad experience in New York.
The master plan was for Brown to return to Charlotte, which waived him after Gerald Wallace trade with Portland with the notion he was going to clear waivers. The Bobcats had to clear roster room to legally make the Wallace deal, because they inherited three Portland role players, Joel Pryzbilla, Sean Marks and Dante Cunningham.
"I was going back to Charlotte," Brown told The Post last night before the Knicks' 99-95 loss to the Pistons. "They put me on waivers just to make the trade. You have good days and bad days. I'll try to be professional about it."
Brown is represented by agent Bill Duffy, whom the Knicks accommodated at the trade deadline by putting Anthony Randolph in the three-team Carmelo Anthony blockbuster. The Knicks got Corey Brewer in that segment and he was bought out after a week.
"I'm working hard, trying to get better," said Brown, who played 41 games for Charlotte. "When the opportunity comes, it comes."
D'Antoni seems to have made up his mind on the new players from Denver not named Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony and none of them are in. Shelden Williams, Renaldo Balkman and Anthony Carter are not in the current rotation.
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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. Albert Einstein
) but inside, you know there are times he's been frustrated with coach just like the rest of us esp when it comes to personnel issues. You know Donnie wanted to see all these young guys intergrated at some point... Expectations have gone up -- it's almost to the point that if we don't secure both of those things (the 6th seed AND the better draft pick over the Rockets), playoffs or not, it's a pretty big failure..Like it or not, if we falter down the stretch here, I think Mike could be gone. Can't say I'd be too upset at this point.. I think it might be time for a fresh perspective on the bench..
3/19/2011 10:24 AM