OTHELLA HARRINGTON did not travel with the Knicks to Toronto because of personal reasons, the team said. He will join the Knicks for their game Sunday in Washington.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/05/sports/basketball/05KNIC.html

That's cool, more PT for sweet. I can't wait to see what he can do with more time on the floor.

First Nazr, now Sweetney...

good just get Othella and Anderson the hell out of the rotation once Deke comes back!

[Edited by - gunsnewing on 03/05/2004 08:33:48]

Posted by simrud:

Excellent, just the other day I was asking my friend how come this bum never gets hurt. Hopefully Sweetney has another good game of the bench and fazes this uncharacteristically awful Georgetown alumnus out of the rotation.

This will reduce our big man rotation to Nazr, Thomas, and Sweetney, all guys who can run and rebound, and actually play some D. Othello just fells everything that moves and jacks every shot he can, he is the freaking black hole of basketball, the guy turned into Kevin Willis in his late years.

O is really not bad. He's just topped out-- no upside. This is as good as he's going to get, which isn't that great.

One of the problems with Knicks Culture is the reluctancy to develop new players, as we know. As soon as it's certain that this guy isn't going to be a really special player, scrap for someone who's got some kind of potential... like your first round draft pick maybe?

C'mon, somebody back me up here-- OH is a decent post defender, man. He's all hussle, and an occasional spark off the bench. But to call him Clarence Weatherspoon? C'mon, he's a Hoya for chriyssake. He's undersized, though. I don't understand why a kid who knew he was only 6-9 wouldn't learn to dribble or shoot a mid range jay, knowing that in College/Pros he'd be too small to have an affect at the 4 or 5 positions...

Posted by gunsnewing:

His biggest problem is he's too small to defend and he's not agiel enough to stay with smaller guys and he can shoot. That too me sounds like a bench warmer.

i think you are talking about othello which is true. he has lost a step and sometimes "plays"undersized. if it is sweetney the jury is still out. in the philly game, i noticed many things i liked. he was quicker than he was in the beginning of the year. his foot work in the post is much better and he can create his shot in the post. remember that he has an amazing wingspan so he is capable of playing "big" instead of the undersized label. he also has nice hands for rebounding which is something othello always lacks. how many rebounds slipped through othello's hands? too many to count. but i saw sweetney grabbing rebounds in crowds. he still kept up with a quicker dalembert. plus he is starting to develop a 15 foot range which he did in college his last year. he has a lot of pluses and to see him go up against the other pick from the class, chris bosh, will be great.

Posted by playa2:

HOW MANY GAMES HAS OH been the best big man on the court for us DRAWING FOULS AND GETTING TO THE FREE THROW LINE AND PLAYING DEFENSE IN POST. You guys a re sooooo funny.

none? But I do remember him picking up late T's when we were only down by a couple in a recent game.

Anybody who thinks Othella plays and kind of post D just does not pay attention to him in the game. He cannot defend anything in the post. Any player with rudimentary post moves eats him up. Or gets felled by OH. That all would have at least be bearable if not for the fact that he jacks up everything he gets his hands on.

Posted by gunsnewing:

I was really impressed with Sweetney last game when on that one sequence he snatched a Rebound in traffic with his huge hands then he ran the break with Stephon toe to toe and steph gave him the ball and he layed it up. He looked so quick..i was shocked! IMO that sequence there sums up what he was about in Georgetown.

true guns, and if he did'nt get the ball on the break, he'd keep running straight to his post spot. teeing up anybody who tried to play D on him. for all you guys that did'nt pay that much attention to him in college, or just don't watch college ball, he's alot quicker than he looks. not to mention he has a decent mid-range shot.

Posted by Rich:

If he got in better shape, he might be awesome.

definitely...no question about it! Wait til Next year. He's a hardworker.