He wants to come to the east where he can be an all-star. I don't think hiring a different coach will matter as long as GS remains in the west.

mike montgomery=jim calhoun west. im not saying dampier wont opt out, what im saying is that likelihood took a dramatic turn for the worse. this guy is a players coach all his players love him and hes got tremendous respect. remember dampier already has a contract in place which averages 8.5mm per--he didnt like musscleman--this is a big change imho. we have a chance but i would say that dropped significantly

Posted by djsunyc:

i think we've beaten the dampier thing to the ground already. he's said all the right things. now let's see if he signs for the MLE or isiah can pry him for some parts. with a new coach - he's probably going to want to keep dampier so he may not be going anywhere.

as he says in his email, let's wait and see.

the SAME exact roster we had this year, with a healthy h20 wins 50 games. with a unhealthy h20, we still win 42+ games. i won't be heartbroken if we don't sign anyone.

not with other teams in our conference getting better internally and externally and us not improving period.

Idisagree with your post. Our roster needs a lot of work. We only have four players that are worth keeping, we will need a lot of role players to come in and provide some bench support. Don't tell me that with a good mini-camp we can be better next year. Andeson, Harrington, Moochie, Trybanski, Houston, all have to go. I have great respect for Houston, but the fact that his game is one dimensional is what I disgussed about his game. He is just a scorrer (shooter), that is all. We don't need one dimensional players collecting that heffty of a paycheck.

Posted by djsunyc:

and us not improving period

this is what i don't get. don't you think that with the entire team together for an entire training camp and with lenny's system implemented wouldn't result in at least 5 or so more wins? think of it this way, if houston comes back, then we add a 20ppg jump shooter to our roster (since he didn't play at all the last three months). not only that, but team defense gets better as well. this "not improving" attitude is crazy.

i think we've beaten the dampier thing to the ground already.

I agree; let's just see what happens. (Fat chance, though; people will endlessly speculate.)

Yes, but we can no longer utilize Houston as our focal point. We need to move as far away from that myth as possible. Now that we have Marburry and TT, they need to be our go to guys. Houston can simply become a complimentary player. If we can get a good low-post player, it will make things much better.

Posted by crzymdups:

I think this particular Knicks squad has a big chance for internal improvement. Tim Thomas played the best ball of his life when he got to the Knicks. He'll get better. Sweets will improve. Nazr can improve. Houston can get healthy. Frank can learn consistancy. Even Marbs can improve. There's room for plenty of internal improvement. The only parts that will get worse are KT and Penny. So get rid of KT and get a new PF/C to split time with Nazr/Sweets.

Posted by diderotn:

Idisagree with your post. Our roster needs a lot of work. We only have four players that are worth keeping, we will need a lot of role players to come in and provide some bench support. Don't tell me that with a good mini-camp we can be better next year. Andeson, Harrington, Moochie, Trybanski, Houston, all have to go. I have great respect for Houston, but the fact that his game is one dimensional is what I disgussed about his game. He is just a scorrer (shooter), that is all. We don't need one dimensional players collecting that heffty of a paycheck.

Posted by djsunyc:

and us not improving period

this is what i don't get. don't you think that with the entire team together for an entire training camp and with lenny's system implemented wouldn't result in at least 5 or so more wins? think of it this way, if houston comes back, then we add a 20ppg jump shooter to our roster (since he didn't play at all the last three months). not only that, but team defense gets better as well. this "not improving" attitude is crazy.