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Panos
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4/4/2011  10:43 AM
I think its safe now to look back at the Nate for Walker trade.
While Walker probably can't expode for as big a night as Nate can, Walker is pretty steady, and fits into a team concept and isn't a sideshow clown.
Neither plays very good D, so that's a wash. Overall, it was a good trade for us, and its not nearly the dumping of a player that we thought it was at the time. Chalk this one up as a win for Walsh.
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4/4/2011  10:45 AM
u talkin' about china nate?
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4/4/2011  10:46 AM
I think so. Special Nate was good when you don't have any talent. He was good entertainment. He is not conducive to winning basketball.
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4/4/2011  10:53 AM    LAST EDITED: 4/4/2011  11:00 AM
The trade was bad. Robinson was a great spark off the bench.

I think we could get him back if we wanted. Oklahoma has little use for another undersized SG.

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4/4/2011  10:54 AM
Nate from Seattle area, ends up on the OK, or the former "Sonics".

Karma's a bitch.

He getting any time in OK or was he just contract fodder?

Really, he should be on the Globetrotters. Man has crazy athletic ability.
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4/4/2011  11:01 AM
NYKBocker wrote:I think so. Special Nate was good when you don't have any talent. He was good entertainment. He is not conducive to winning basketball.

Not true. The problem is we were trying to run him for 30 minutes a night. Robinson as a spark off the bench for 15 minutes would be sweet.

Boston tried to turn him into a PG and he isnt one.

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4/4/2011  11:12 AM
NYKBocker wrote:I think so. Special Nate was good when you don't have any talent. He was good entertainment. He is not conducive to winning basketball.

Make that great entertainment! Still had the best All Star weekend commerical ever...playing the violin like a guitar... "vote for me...."
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4/4/2011  11:18 AM
Douglas is better than as your third guard. We've gotten mileage out of Walker. Trade was fine for what we were trying to accomplish.
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4/4/2011  11:46 AM
isn't Nate injured—getting surgery for his knee? apparently the celtics knew that too before THEY shipped him off...
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4/4/2011  11:52 AM    LAST EDITED: 4/4/2011  11:53 AM
I still miss li'l Nate. And Jordan Hill, and Trevor Ariza, Qyntel Woods, Eddy Curry and all those other guys the Knicks failed to properly invest in.
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4/4/2011  11:54 AM    LAST EDITED: 4/4/2011  10:46 PM
Put him in the Circus and shoot him out of a Cannon and you'll get exactly what you should expect out of Nate
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4/4/2011  12:09 PM
What about judging his trade as not the one to the celts for walker, but our failure to include him in the earlier, not done trade which would have dumped Jefferies & him to the Kings.

That is the deal that would have actually saved us all the picks and hill we had to do with Houston.
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4/4/2011  12:26 PM
Bill Walker is actually being underutilized. He's a better player than Nate for our purposes.
He is super explosive, I watched him in High School. We should have him on the floor more often where he can spot up, head fake and sky through the air for a jam. He gets pretty high. <-------
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4/4/2011  4:55 PM    LAST EDITED: 4/4/2011  4:59 PM
NYKBocker wrote:I think so. Special Nate was good when you don't have any talent. He was good entertainment. He is not conducive to winning basketball.

If you want to be honest about it..He did play some big minutes and a big role for them in the playoffs..If I remember correctly it was Nate and Big Baby show a few games in one series...You need to be in a winning situation to be judged a winner...
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4/4/2011  4:59 PM
U guys are selling Nate a little short (no pun intended really)...He helped Boston get to a Championship...He played an important role a few games in the playoffs...That's important...Bill Walker hasn't done anything for us yet...
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4/4/2011  5:10 PM
holfresh wrote:U guys are selling Nate a little short (no pun intended really)...He helped Boston get to a Championship...He played an important role a few games in the playoffs...That's important...Bill Walker hasn't done anything for us yet...

to a champion SERIES, correct? if i recall, he wasn't on their club that won.
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4/4/2011  5:14 PM
Marv wrote:
holfresh wrote:U guys are selling Nate a little short (no pun intended really)...He helped Boston get to a Championship...He played an important role a few games in the playoffs...That's important...Bill Walker hasn't done anything for us yet...

to a champion SERIES, correct? if i recall, he wasn't on their club that won.

They didn't win it last year but they got to the Finals...Nate played a role there...
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4/4/2011  5:20 PM
SlimChin wrote:isn't Nate injured—getting surgery for his knee? apparently the celtics knew that too before THEY shipped him off...

Nate Robinson will be out at least a month after getting his knee scoped, according to Royce Young at Daily Thunder (via twitter). This is the first surgery of Robinson’s career.

He’s out four to six weeks, which would bring him back a little bit before the playoffs start.

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4/4/2011  10:04 PM
Killa4luv wrote:Bill Walker is actually being underutilized. He's a better player than Nate for our purposes.
He is super explosive, I watched him in High School. We should have him on the floor more often where he can spot up, head fake and sky through the air for a jam. He gets pretty high. <-------

It's a joke that Mason gets playing time over him. He's a consistent shooter who doesn't need to be wide open to get his shot off and he has a little bit of creativity to go with his athleticism. Defense has improved a little bit too. If it were up to me I'd cut Toney's minutes down big time and give Carter and Walker more opportunities.
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4/4/2011  10:06 PM
BasketballJones wrote:I still miss li'l Nate. And Jordan Hill, and Trevor Ariza, Qyntel Woods, Eddy Curry and all those other guys the Knicks failed to properly invest in.

yeah, jerome james and fredric weiss too...

Forum Po Po and #33 for a reason...
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