Posted by MaTT4281:

- On MSG they mentioned that TT has had family problems, something about both his mother and wife have been ill for the past year. Wonder how much that has been on his mind.

I also heard his sister died this past summer, and he has been helping out taking care of her children.

yeah, maybe that was it.

Indiana out-toughed us up front big time. O'Neal and Artest just backed our big men in. Even though Nazr was playing very well for himself, he couldn't do anything at all w/ O'Neal. Couldn't hold his position. Yeah, we can and should double more, but we've got to learn how to scramble better. At this point, our doubling always leads to wide open looks.

That game, for me, was more depressing than the Celtics drubbing, which, although inexcusable in a home opener, felt like an aberration ... just one of those nights. The Pacers to me showed just how outmatched we are against teams with good front lines and how hard it will be for us to get many W's against those teams. We'll always be getting worse shots. And it's not like our D is sound except up front. If a team wants to penetrate and kick against us, thats what it does. If it wants to post up its 2 guard, that's what it does. Basically, we haven't shown we can take away much of anything from a talented and patient offensive team. On some nights, we'll hit more of our tough shots than they hit of their good ones, but it won't happen too often. Hope this Texas swing proves me wrong, but I just don't see how we have a very good shot against any of those teams.

Picking up a bunch of steals isn't playing good D. We need to force teams into tough shots, and I haven't seen us do that consistently in any of our games -- Maybe against Philly, but that's because they have so few offensive options -- and we didn't do too much to stop AI.

Posted by fishmike:

I agree 100% with Bernard. This is why I said we should trade for Zo. If you send Nazr and cash you can get Zo and a draft pick (they have 3) back. This gives you a guy that can stabilize your frontcourt and a draft pick for insurance/pipeline.

We lost that game in the first, where we came out hot and were losing 37-32 after 12 minutes. Then we lost it again in the 4th when we got hot and couldnt stop Jermain ONCE down the court. Zo can change that. If he doesnt last insurance covers the $$ and you have another pick to draft/deal. Either way its good... we win more games now or we are better to improve the roster later.

I don't think Jersey would give away Zo like that to anyone, let alone the New York Knicks, man.

NJ's only concern is to save money right now...with or w/o Zo, they are a crappy team...instead of buying out Zo & getting nothing in return for him, getting back a player they can use in another trade sometime down the line who also can help them this year is a better option.

offer up Nazr & cash for Zo & a pick & see if they bite.