...Kmart went from not playing cuz of restrictions to playing 38 minutes. Ok so lets make this a habit and possibly call someone else's name sometimes to play power fwd and not burn the old man out. Cole muthafukin Aldrich maybe? Maybe put Metta out there mor than 14 mins? Amare too as long as he rebounds and stop turning his back to the ****ing ball on defense!!!

...Shump sucks but he's better at the 2. Jr chucks so he is better off the bench. The end.

...Bargs and center works. Dude seems to be playing into shape and rythmn. I think he's going to start putting together some consistent scoring games very soon.

Vmart wrote:

EnySpree wrote:...Beno Udrich to me earned a starting spot going forward, even if Felton comes back Beno should stay there. He's providing a better look and compliment to the rest of the guys. His jumpshot is much more reliable, and gosh darn it the dude has his head up and is passing to the open man!!! His defense was satisfactory...that's better than terrible and that's what Felton is.

...Kmart went from not playing cuz of restrictions to playing 38 minutes. Ok so lets make this a habit and possibly call someone else's name sometimes to play power fwd and not burn the old man out. Cole muthafukin Aldrich maybe? Maybe put Metta out there mor than 14 mins? Amare too as long as he rebounds and stop turning his back to the ****ing ball on defense!!!

...Shump sucks but he's better at the 2. Jr chucks so he is better off the bench. The end.

...Bargs and center works. Dude seems to be playing into shape and rythmn. I think he's going to start putting together some consistent scoring games very soon.

Barges is out of shape does this guy know where the weight room is he has no lift. Who the hell is the Knicks trainer he should have Bargs on some sort of regimen.

well Bargs had psnemonia....I had a touch of it 2 summers ago and could not walk around the house let alone leave the house without almost od'ing on mucinex, advil and Sudafed....took me 3-4 months to recover. So the dude could just finally getting his stride. I say look out for him to be more consistant and look for Beno to find him as long as Beno is logging in big minutes.

He has capable players on the bench that he is not using. I have personally been a fan of C.Aldrich since his Kansas days. Is he a top Center in the L? No...but he is more than capable of holding it down until T.Chandler is 100...AND he can actually post up. Why not give him a chance to see what he can do?

Why did it take an injury to Felton to insert B.Udrich in the line-up?

Swishfm3 wrote:Again...the problem is the Coach.

He has capable players on the bench that he is not using. I have personally been a fan of C.Aldrich since his Kansas days. Is he a top Center in the L? No...but he is more than capable of holding it down until T.Chandler is 100...AND he can actually post up. Why not give him a chance to see what he can do?

Why did it take an injury to Felton to insert B.Udrich in the line-up?

Woody is a problem he tends to play favoritism with players doesn't see what they can do and how to best utilize a players strength. If Felton doesn't get hurt Beno is riding the pine.

This isn't to bash Melo. He played a hell of a game yesterday, but paying him 35% of the cap would mean 40-45 win seasons the next 5 years with no real chance to compete. So depressing.

We need wins and we need them fast. Right now Beno looks like he can help get us some. If that's not the case then cross that bridge when the Knicks get to it.

You can't continue to play pablo if he doesn't want to shoot wide open shots just because he's a vet, you can't play THJ if he's going to knock down two 3's and hoist up 6 ill advise shot, you can't play ray if he's hurting himself and the team because he's proven to be a warrior.

You can't keep changing your starting rotation after 2 straight loses.

smackeddog wrote:

MSG3 wrote:I really like Melo and am happy he's a Knick. But isn't it clear after last night that Paul George is a max type player (young, great defender, great offensive game) and Melo simply is not (decent defender, aging, inefficient offensive game)? And if that's clear, why would we not trade him and start over UNLESS he guarantees the team he'd take less money to stay?

This isn't to bash Melo. He played a hell of a game yesterday, but paying him 35% of the cap would mean 40-45 win seasons the next 5 years with no real chance to compete. So depressing.

The key is to have max players who are on their first max contract- they're young, the amount of $ is a lot less and they still have room to grow. If you get them at their second max contract, it's more expensive, they've reached their potential and they are much more likely to get injured. Plus you're then facing their third max contract which is even more money, plus they will be injured/ decline during the course of it.

The problem is now teams extend their young players before they become free agents- even guys like Favors are getting paid before they've accomplished anything. So that means you either have to draft and develop them, or you have to rely on signing/trading for players about to get their 2nd or 3rd max contract.

Max deal at 30, when has that ever worked for the Knicks or anyone for that matter.