Posted by simrud:
A true Knick plays D, rebounds, passes, and drives to the basket once in a while. A true Knick is a blue collar worker, not an overpaid one dimensonal shooter.
That said, Houston is a good player. If it was not for his ludicrous contract, I'd probably like him a lot. I respect him for what his is, an outside threat. This team needs him badly. Like Iseah said Steph and Houston are the core.
I'm sorry, but I just can't put Houston's name even in the same paragraph as Ewing. That is a damn disgrace to compare this guy to Ewing. This 2guard (I refuse to mention his name next to Ewing's) could not carry Ewing jock in the best game of his life.
Oak, Starks, they played so much harder. Hell Mason played harder. Cmon man, don't offend them by putting Houston in the same sentecne with them.
Clyde never rebounded. Neither did Starks. Starks shot us
out of GAME SEVEN OF THE FINALS. Oakley threw football-pass turnovers in every game, and if he wasn't a one dimensional player, I don't know what is. I'm not trying to disrespect these hallowed memebers of the "Knick Hall of Fame," but you have to acknowledge the validity of my point-- all players are flawed. Some more than others. To say that one particular stat is indicative of total "effort" is just inaccurate.
Allan Houston is one of only
3 knicks to be an Allstar in almost TEN YEARS. How can you say that Allan Houston doesn't play hard? Because he doesn't get into fights? Because he isn't demonstrative on the court? You think that you just wake up and shoot the ball like he does? It takes hours and hours and
hours of hard work to perform like he does. And before this year, he'd been one of the most durable players in the league. Even this year, coming back from knee surjury he's averaging 33.9 minutes per game.
Not to mention he's perennially the best free-throw shooter in the league. He's a gold medalist.. he even participated in the Slam Dunk contest once, way back then.
C'mon Sim. You're going to have to do better than the tired old "overpaid" and "he doesn't play hard" arguements to convince me. The stats don't lie. You can't average over 20 ppg in the playoffs in the NBA and not "play hard". Rediculous.