I tell you one thing, I would much rather have a Keon Klark in my team than a combined of Anderson and Kurt Thomas. I can't believe that some Knicks fans are still crazy about Kurt Thomas and Anderson in our lineup...

IMO, there are no other better PF/Centers out there. This dude is very affordable, and most of all wants to play for Lenny again. It is imperative to bring him in. As far as I am concerned, we have to do our best to get rid of Kurt and Anderson. Teams around the league will be looking to unload some players come preseason, therfor Isiah will find a suiter for those two scrubbs. I don't even care who we bring in, as long as they can do better than Anderosn and Kurt, I will be happy.

that is the number one thing that teams do before signing a player. That is why they have to pass a physical

Posted by Bonn1997:

Obviously he can't contribute if he misses 80 games again. I wouldn't even consider signing him without having an MRI done on his ankle and having experts examine him first

Isiah has a pretty good staff in place to look for the deficiencies that you have just mentioned. I don't know why he has yet to give an offer to Keon nor Demarr. I have full confidence on what his staff are doing.

I don't think anyone is so crazy that they have Shandon getting alot of minutes. Both Houston and Crawford will be playing infront of him.

And please tell me you don't think Kurt is nearly as bad as Shandon.

Posted by diderotn:

no, not at all. KUrt is not as bad as Shanda, but his weaknesses are what will continue to hunt the Knicks if we don't get rid of him. I wouldn't mind keeping him if he was willing to come off the bench. HOwever, we all know that he will not accept a backup role.

We all know he did play a large portion of his Knick career coming off the bench. Now that he doesn't have to worry about putting up good stats in a contract year (like last year), I think it's hard to imagine him refusing to go to the bench IF we do indeed have a better option at both PF and C. (I'd still start him at C right now because he's our best low-post defender, though. So, to me the issue of whether he'd come off the bench is irrelevant anyay.)

Posted by diderotn:

You just don't know how much I resent the statement "Kurt is our best low post defender". What makes Kurt our best lowpost defender? now that we have Shaq in the East, everyteam around will upgrade at the Center position to counter with the presence of Shaq. Having Kurt playing Center will do nothing but hurt us to the fullest.

YOu shouldn't resent anything here. It's a message board; it's not something to be taken personally.

What teams other than the Heat upgraded at center in the east? I must have missed all these teams you're referring to. Last time Kurt played center, he was given strong all-star consideration but the final spot went to Brad Miller instead.

Anyone who wants KT in the stating lineup as a center is nuts. Haven't you guys noticed a trend since KT has been in the lineup he hasn't had an above .500 season since he has been starting. KT at center is wacked the cat is only 225 pounds. He is a candidate to be posted up by players like Anthony and LeBron. A 6'9'' center with no ups who likes to camp out 10-15 feet from the basket. Please people don't over estimate the talent of NYK player at the same time don't underestimate their talets place a fair value on them. KT's defense is very weak, when he played center it was as if the red sea had parted. He isn't a 6'9'' Ben Wallace who is an athletic freak. This is riduculous put KT at center or even starting him at PF is putting progress to a halt. I understand the people's emotional ties to a player and all but if you want the Knicks to go places change is needed for the good of the team. With KT the team at best will stagnate at what it is with the possibility of going down. At least if you bring in Sweetney the team has an upside and will only get better with time. Same with Nazr he is relatively still a young player and still may get better. With KT the team is peaked out and ready to go downward at the positoions KT occupies whether it is center or PF.

KT best place is on the bench or another team. He gets severely out played at PF by younger more athletic PFs. And at center he doesn't provide a presence on the defensive end. He sucks at post position defense what games have you guys been watching that makes him some defensive guru at post defense. All I see is a player slobbing his body and swiping at players leading to personal fouls. The first thing you guys need to know is that the first sign of a bad defensive player is the foul situation.

KT doesn't fit what Isiah is trying to do. He signed him to a contract big mistake on his part had IT stuck with his original contract and let KT walk or used his ending deal in a trade with Atlanta to get Wallace would have been the thing to do. But IT's biggest mistake was giving him a contract because its obvious the demand for KT isn't there and it looks like he will be stuck on the team. It make me cringe because he is trouble waiting to happen in the club house. If Sweetney is given the starting job he is gonna whine and bitch like there is no tomarrow that is a given it just a matter of time. For the good of the team KT needs to be moved because keeping him is a mistake.

Posted by Vmart:

Anyone who wants KT in the stating lineup as a center is nuts. Haven't you guys noticed a trend since KT has been in the lineup he hasn't had an above .500 season since he has been starting. KT at center is wacked the cat is only 225 pounds. He is a candidate to be posted up by players like Anthony and LeBron. A 6'9'' center with no ups who likes to camp out 10-15 feet from the basket.

So you'd rather have a weaker defender like Nazy start just because he's an inch taller?? Of course the Knicks were below .500 with Kurt starting. You can't get away with starting Kurt at center if you have an obese slow PF (Weatherspoon) and a 6'5" SF getting 3.9 rbs in 40 mpg. It's entirely different when you have the deep talented team the Knicks have now.