Rookie wrote:My impression was, it's to early to tell. He looked hella' nervous and made a bunch of bone headed mistakes on offense. The good news is he looks like a very good athlete and is solid on D. He aldo has a smooth stroke. I think he needs consistent minutes to improve his confidence and devision making and can develop into a solid role player.

Thanks dude. That was my hope, that he's got the athleticism to be an impact role player (hopefully next year) if we can surround him with better players.

This is certainly the year for him to get his reps in! It would be a travesty if he lost this chance for heavy minutes to develop.

mreinman wrote:he may be the only knick at this point that I really would like to watch play

fishmike wrote:

mreinman wrote:he may be the only knick at this point that I really would like to watch play

haha! THIS. So much so I wanted to see if anyone else saw something good or do I need to curb my enthusiasm there also

I loved the pick and think that we got a steal. Fisher had a choke hold leash on him early on and yanked him for sneezing too loud.

Would love to see him get extensive PT and see how he does. What better time than now?

From what I have seen of him, he is well coached, makes smart basketball plays, has an ok enough shot, and is quite deceivingly fluid when driving to the hoop.

He also seems like a really good kid.

Nalod wrote:Fish would be wise to bring him along slowly. He does not have his legs and he has missed a lot of time.

He looked nervous?? He should be!!!! If he does not perform Melo will suck the lifeblood out of him during a draculian moment and Phill will sell his kidney!!!