Posted by martin:

never seen him play really, but he looks kind of thin for the type of player the Knicks need.

IMHO they need a defensive weak-side shotblocker or a post player who draws double teams. PF, C. Gooden seems like the new kind of SF who is nearly 7 foot and like to hang in the perimeter. I could be wrong, I've just not seen this cat play much.

West thought Gooden was the new kind of SF, but West was wrong as Gooden is a wimpy PF so far

i'll take him....he's not as wmpy as a trimmed down Kurt Thomas

Because of his size, quickness, and athleticism I think Gooden has some pretty good upside. When he's on, he plays big. He's still a young player who is playing for his 3rd (perhaps soon to be 4th) coach and 2nd team. He needs some time to settle down. He's a player somewhere along the lines of a Rasheed Wallace--- a big man with SF quickness. Alas, when players have these hybrid skills, they sometimes get caught hanging around the perimeter a little too much.

I agree with Bonn here 100%. Gooden's a tweener but still has some upside.

We already have a player that is as Good as Drew Gooden (Sweetney)

as diderotn said, I'm prety sure sweet is already as useful of not more than drew.

Yeah....the Knicks pretty much have their starting 5 set for next year:

Nazr
Sweetney (I think KT is definatly going to be traded)
TT
Houston
Steph

Any additions will probably be upgrades to the current backups or they have to be considerably better than the starting 5 if you are going to replace one of them.

I don't think they can get away with starting Sweets and Nazr. Sweets has admitted to being 6'7". That's fine, but Nazr is 6'10". You can't play a front line that small night in and night out in the league. And don't say that the rest of the East sucks, because it's getting better and bigger every draft. They need to upgrade the C or the PF position this summer, and they need to add a backup swingman, who can start when (not if) Houston goes down. I like Stephen Jackson for that role.

thats a small team i think nazr is closer to 6-9 sweetney closer to 6-7.

i think isiah knows he needs size upfront. it remains to be seen what they will do, but if they come back as is, we're small.

to many people have it locked in their heads that H2O is going to comeback and play 80+ games 35+ minutes. IMHO, i wouldnt doubt the possibilty that H2O is done or close to it where he would need to take a 6th man type role and play 20-22 minutes off the bench. It wouldnt be the worst thing and Im sure they are preparing for the possibility.

Other than Tim Thomas and Marbury I cant give you a starting 5 at this point. If you want to say Nazr sweetney houston with those guys we are small slow with porous defense.