This team as built right now is at best a 45 win team, and at worst can fall below .500. TT is crap so is Mohammed, both are not quality starters. Houston is a question mark. What we got is Marbury, Sweetney and FW, Penny is a nice backup. Ariza will not play his rook year at all. The rest of the team is just dead weight. Its either we do major trades or next season is just a transitional period towards 2007 when we finally shed Houston's money and the rest of the horrible deals we got on the roster.

I had posted earlier that we're not the only one's with expiring deals so I am not so sure these deals become any more valuable near the trade deadline

Counting on Houston for anything is not a good idea. I'm not sure his horrednous defense, reboudning and passing don't make his presene a wash or a negative effect on the team alltogeher. We have been a lottery team when Houston was our major player, ofcosre not all his fault, but def there is a coinsidence there. He makes players around him worse not better if anything. One dimenaial shooter who can't guard there gradma tend to do that. As for the rest, I don't know, Sweetney might break out, but I hate having to rely on TT for anything. He is one of the softers players in the leage and checks out of games with broken nails and other "seroius" injuries. I dunno, maybe I'm being to pessimistic but this roster does not make me happy. Are we a playoff team, yes, are we gettin out of the 1st round, def not. Marbury is the one bright spot along with Sweetney, I just wish we could move all the dead weight somehow.

About Houston... He's not a defender, a rebounder or a passer. He doesn't penetrate nearly as good as someone as athletic as he is should. But he CAN shoot the ball. He's the best shooter in the game... Some describe him as the "purest" shooter (if that means anything at all; ie Reggie). So in effect, he's a role player. He's the highest paid roll player in the league and probably all time. He can't lead a team, but he can make shots. If you think of him that way, you won't get pissed off.

I feel he will be the last remnent of the age of Layden. Layden really put the carrage in front of the horse when he gave him that contract. Put Houston on the same team with a player like a Duncan or a Shaq and you can see just how effective a role player Houston can be.

Houston blows, I'm sorry but he is the embodiment of everything that is wrong with the Layden built Knicks. A soft one dimensonal player with no heart who thinks he is the man and refuses to improve his game in his ridiculous arrogance.