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We have a team filed with guys that love and respect the Knicks, it's fans and the city of ny....

Lance knows what it is. The dude has a bad reputation yet had no off the court issues. The only thing I can remember him doing was putting out a video of him rapping over a popular rap song. Other than that he hasn't had any off the court issues.

I love his edge on the court. I love that he isn't afraid to do the dirty work to win. He has a great handle. He can get to the basket. He's built like an OX.

His problem is he is not a small fwds the way the Clippers tried to play him. He's not Klay Thompson and that's what Charlotte expected him to be. He's needs to play the way Indiana had him playing. Securing long rebounds, roughing up shooting guards on defense. Getting into the paint making plays. Do we have that role for him? We already paid for Courtney Lee and we have a hungry Holiday on the roster. Aside from Sasha, do we really have a "**** **** up" player coming out of the back court? Stevenson could be that guy

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Innnnnteresting...

EnySpree wrote:

ESOMKnicks wrote:No more than one headcase on the team at a time. And Rose already gives us one.

So Rose is a headcase huh?

If the Knicks indeed have an undefeated season, as he may be suggesting, then no, he is not. I'd take my words back.

ESOMKnicks wrote:

EnySpree wrote:

ESOMKnicks wrote:No more than one headcase on the team at a time. And Rose already gives us one.

So Rose is a headcase huh?

If the Knicks indeed have an undefeated season, as he may be suggesting, then no, he is not. I'd take my words back.

Doesn't "have a chance to win every game" just mean they'll be a competitive team? Would you rather he say "aw shucks I think we will be lucky to win 43 games"? The Derrick Rose controversy is a new low for dip**** journalism.

Again...Phil has done a pretty good job of signing players who are not going to cause any issues...who are willing to put team before self. People want to say Rose can be a problem? Most of his issues have been injury related- something you have to be worried about- but we signed Noah who is a good friend of his, and everything I read after we got Rose tells me he is a good teammate.

Don't feel the need to take on a guy who blew off a great situation on a rising team, which really nurtured him well, and has since been a non-factor.

If you could give me a 100% guarantee that we would have the good version of Indiana Lance, I would take him...but then again, he would not be available to any team for a minimum contract.

This is pretty much non-news but the off-season is slow and it suggests that there is a bit of movement on one side, however small, for Lance coming here.
JSport is lesser known, but he handled our free agency very well. He was one of the first to report the details of the Rose deal, one of the only to report Joakim recruiting Courtney Lee, one of the first to report Wade seriously looking at other teams/NY, and the first to report Courtney Lee getting an offer from NY.
On Lance Stephenson he tweeted:
"Some saying Lance would be a good fit. When you talk to people around the Knicks "CULTURE" is word used a lot. Does Lance fit that culture?"
"Anyone can change but that's what I'm told it would take for Lance to be a consideration."
"He needs to prove that to Mills & Phil to get his shot."
"To make it clear I'm not for nor against the Lance signing. Just stating the facts from what I'm hearing."
Alan Hahn when asked if he's heard anything:
"Nothing substantial. But it’s early still."

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Finestrg wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:Simple question...why are teams not competing with each other to sign Lance?

Again...Phil has done a pretty good job of signing players who are not going to cause any issues...who are willing to put team before self. People want to say Rose can be a problem? Most of his issues have been injury related- something you have to be worried about- but we signed Noah who is a good friend of his, and everything I read after we got Rose tells me he is a good teammate.

Don't feel the need to take on a guy who blew off a great situation on a rising team, which really nurtured him well, and has since been a non-factor.

If you could give me a 100% guarantee that we would have the good version of Indiana Lance, I would take him...but then again, he would not be available to any team for a minimum contract.

Can't guarantee he wouldn't have any immaturity issues but I'd hardly call him 'a non factor' on the court. He had a real solid season last year statistic-wise for two teams, esp. his last 20-something games for Memphis. Played pretty well in the playoffs for them against SA too if I remember right.. Again, for the minimum, if he ever became a distraction or caused any problems, you cut him on the spot and move on but his talent + productivity for the money we're talking about clearly makes him a guy worth taking a chance on. This whole discussion might be moot anyway: rumor has it the Nets might be the team that signs him now.. They might be able to offer more PT and more money...Question: can we offer more than the minimum to compete with the Nets if we wanted to? Or more years on a contract?

Again again...why hasn't he been picked up by anyone at this point? He has clearly made the wrong impression on teams. Guy is in his prime and he wasn't signed in a FA season where money was being given out like M&Ms?

The only positive reason for the Knicks to think about him, is that we have a pretty solid veteran core, and Noah is a more active leader than we've had in some time.

The other negative is him coming back to NYC- not sure Knicks/Nets are in good location for him, but then again, maybe he's finally grown up.

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CrushAlot wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

Finestrg wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:Simple question...why are teams not competing with each other to sign Lance?

Again...Phil has done a pretty good job of signing players who are not going to cause any issues...who are willing to put team before self. People want to say Rose can be a problem? Most of his issues have been injury related- something you have to be worried about- but we signed Noah who is a good friend of his, and everything I read after we got Rose tells me he is a good teammate.

Don't feel the need to take on a guy who blew off a great situation on a rising team, which really nurtured him well, and has since been a non-factor.

If you could give me a 100% guarantee that we would have the good version of Indiana Lance, I would take him...but then again, he would not be available to any team for a minimum contract.

Can't guarantee he wouldn't have any immaturity issues but I'd hardly call him 'a non factor' on the court. He had a real solid season last year statistic-wise for two teams, esp. his last 20-something games for Memphis. Played pretty well in the playoffs for them against SA too if I remember right.. Again, for the minimum, if he ever became a distraction or caused any problems, you cut him on the spot and move on but his talent + productivity for the money we're talking about clearly makes him a guy worth taking a chance on. This whole discussion might be moot anyway: rumor has it the Nets might be the team that signs him now.. They might be able to offer more PT and more money...Question: can we offer more than the minimum to compete with the Nets if we wanted to? Or more years on a contract?

Again again...why hasn't he been picked up by anyone at this point? He has clearly made the wrong impression on teams. Guy is in his prime and he wasn't signed in a FA season where money was being given out like M&Ms?

The only positive reason for the Knicks to think about him, is that we have a pretty solid veteran core, and Noah is a more active leader than we've had in some time.

The other negative is him coming back to NYC- not sure Knicks/Nets are in good location for him, but then again, maybe he's finally grown up.

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I remember his incident with his girlfriend at the time right after he was drafted. Has there been off the court issues since?

There's a Steve Popper article from this morning which said those charges about the girlfriend incident were dropped. Don't know what that means, they could've settled out of court or the charges could've been bogus.

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