Like many that doubted him, I don't know if he can find minutes to contribute in the NBA, he has skills, but NBA is a different breed of size, strength, athleticism, speed/quickness, etc....
He would make a great story, if he did, Earl Boykins had some great years with a decent contract that was SOLID in GS and Denver.

Look at Nash though, he has no physical skills, and has EVERYTHING going against him in the NBA, yet he is one of the best pure PG's without a NBA body and physical skills.

Having a tiny player like JJ Barea at Dallas that could penetrate/finish and use the picks extremely well, was a big reason why then won a ring that year.
He is really strong, was clutch, and SUPER QUICK.

Despite his size, he was not abused or posted up, and played exceptionally good defense on top of it.
He always stayed in front of his man and didn't allow his opponents to back him down easily.

He could take contract, get fouled, break the defense down *Dallas played with 4 shooters*, and was always able to score or earn a wide open shot for his team.
He isn't a pure PG or a pure SG, he is a great player and very under rated.

I was hoping we would have taken DJO and develop him to play JJ Barea's role.
Maybe the scouts and GM see's things that we don't cause many passed up on him with his combine results being superb.

Scott Machado

Mustapha Farakhan - there is a video in the link of Farakhan, hes on the Knick's summer league.

http://ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=42375

I think it would make sense to get use a roster spot for PG to practice and develop, to also be mentored by Kidd.
He could be part of the 14/15 spots, that would be serving Jordan's role last year.

IF we could, I would like to also acquire Terrence Williams, has good size, while he won't be a PG, he is G/F that has PG skills.

With Camby, Kidd, and Chandler, we should be signing 3 roster spots, that could be developed with potential under those the guidance of the true vets.

BRIGGS wrote:

EnySpree wrote:SL sucks man cuz mofo's gotta work and ****.....I'm tryign to catch some action right now for the first time.

Every year there are 2-3 players who show it who were not drafted. You cant /dont worry about position--there are 3-4 open bench spots and there is no doubt that atleast 2-3 of them will be rookie 400k $ type contracts We opted not to move in on a 2nd round pick---but that doesnt mean we cant select two players who really show it in SL to our roster doesnt mean it has to be from our team. If anyone remembers back--I picked out Anthony Morrow in the SL--said we should sign him.... He played very well and eventually did sign with Golden State. Pullen from what I have seen has been one of the best guards there--small but so was Joe Dumars. You want guys who can play and can compete in practice adn ultimately execute if needed from the bench in case of injury. Im not saying sign Pullen--but so far he looks good and to keep an eye on him.

agree, with Briggs. I like the idea of having 2-3 players, to replace *yoots*, and possibly repackaged them next year again.
Sometimes PRO's forget how lucky to be in the situation they are in to have such a great job and how hard they have to continue to work.
Players like this, remind them to appreciate it, feeds off the energy in staying competitive, and this kid has HEART and love for the game.

Right now, it doesn't look like we can save many roster spots for players to develop which I think is a bad mistake, because we have to leave some room for error *amnesty players that has interest in us or Buyouts*
With our lack of roster spots though, I am not sure we can even that many, maybe 1 or 2?

After signing Pablo, that is 3 PGs on our roster, with 4 spots left, JJ is still not signed. I think we need
Thing is, we have one defensive player in WHITE, we need many more to defend Deron/JJ/Wallace, OKC, and The Heat
Most of our roster is quite old, I think we need to balance it out now, with some young guns, prefer 28 and younger....

1 PF/C

1 Forward that is versatile

1 2G/F

1 PG/SG or basically anything we want to have more options with. *with Kidd and Pablo, we should have an apprentice they can help develop*

So I am not sure, how the Knick's are going to use their roster spots, in the end they will be short something,

a PF/C that can post up or we relying on Tyson and Amare add the skills after a couple sessions with The Dream

multiple lock down DEFENDERS with many fouls, to guard Lebron when he switches form PF, SF, SG, PG