knicks played hard for 48 minutes,rockets let up and got burned for it. when you play hard the whole game, i would say 85% of the time you will be right there at the end. i dont think it was a lucky shot at all. i bet jamal can hit that shot wide open 50%+ in practice. it was a good play and rockets played bAD D on that last possession and were careless with the ball in the last 2 minutes. They deserved to lose.

You guys can fairly accuse some posters of not being happy enough about the win but some of you are suffering from "irrational exuberance".Its a great win but lets not paper over the fact that this team still has to address some weaknesses and discussing them doesnt necessarily make you islesfan

Posted by Kwazimodal:

You guys can fairly accuse some posters of not being happy enough about the win but some of you are suffering from "irrational exuberance".Its a great win but lets not paper over the fact that this team still has to address some weaknesses and discussing them doesnt necessarily make you islesfan

i don't think anybody is suffering from "irrational exuberance". we ALL know this team is flawed. our frontcourt is weak and we can't play D but we also know that this is a work in progress and it takes time for everything to settle down. that's what the criticizers are not acknowledging. they already think this team is going nowhere, the players are bad, and don't like the GM's moves. those that are "suffering" right now at least know that we need a couple of years to really assess the situation.

but i'll stop this argument from my end now, this is the same argument over and over and over again.

back to the matter at hand..

THE KNICKS ARE AWESOME AND WILL WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!! :)

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by Kwazimodal:

You guys can fairly accuse some posters of not being happy enough about the win but some of you are suffering from "irrational exuberance".Its a great win but lets not paper over the fact that this team still has to address some weaknesses and discussing them doesnt necessarily make you islesfan

i don't think anybody is suffering from "irrational exuberance". we ALL know this team is flawed. our frontcourt is weak and we can't play D but we also know that this is a work in progress and it takes time for everything to settle down. that's what the criticizers are not acknowledging. they already think this team is going nowhere, the players are bad, and don't like the GM's moves. those that are "suffering" right now at least know that we need a couple of years to really assess the situation.

but i'll stop this argument from my end now, this is the same argument over and over and over again.

back to the matter at hand..

THE KNICKS ARE AWESOME AND WILL WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!! :)

Just one championship? Man,stop being so down on the team.

Look man, I never restrain from callin this team for what it is, I still don't think Marbury is a franchise player, but that was a great win.

We played hard, albeit dumb for the entire game. We got luck in the end. But this is something they can build uopn. Marbury is finally becoming a real PG. It's hurting his scoring, and maybe hurting the team in the short run. But once they actually get good scorers around Marbury, or better yet, on the same level as him, at least one other "superstar", this will pay of.

Young guys are looking good, Ariza is just amazing. Sweetney needs to be utilized more in the post. He had some great moves and passed well out of the double tea.

Mohammed is actually lookin like what he is supposed to be, a guy who can dunk and rebound. While somewhat improving on D.

Craw is lookin good when he is not takin terrible J's. He is takin less and less of them every game so he is lerning.

This team is gettin younger and younger, they will have a ton of dumb plays, that is what we asked for all along, so now we should be patient and accept this team for what it is. Rebuilding on the fly while being strangled by the cap situation. Do I think this is the best way to rebuild? I don't know ohnestly, only time will tell.

But to call out this team after a gutsy win on the road against a team that WILL make the playoffs its just not fare. Nuggets are not makint he playoffs, they are terrible this year. Grizz prolly have a chanc of not makin it there, too. So do the lakers. Rockets are better then both of those. And thats just of the top of my head. Kings are lookin bad right now.

P.S.
Tim Thomas is turning into a Shanderson w/out defense who takes 15 shots a game. Scarry.

Everyone likes to talk about Jamals shot selection. What they don't seem to take into account is what situations he gets the ball. Right now on the starting lineup Jamal is playing the role Allan Houston was born to play. He gets the ball at the end of the shot clock or after a drive to the hoop and pass out. If you know anything about basketball you know these shots are closer to the threepoint line then the hoop. Lenny should call up some curl cuts for him to get him shots closer to the hoop. Until then he is playing the role of a pure shooter but he is only a streaky shooter. Don't get me wrong some shots are bad but not to the extent some are saying.

all i have to say is the knicks played well in the 2nd half did u see how many turnovers they pulled? omg their defense stepped up a lot...
they deserved to win that game how they were playing at the end and they managed to pull it off...great game mohammed has been stepping up these last few ... marbury just had a bad day shot wise... how can u say that 18 points and 10 assists is bad? I mean he did get to the free throw line....thats playing smart! kurt has also really pushed it rebound wise
and also his offensive game. I think the only player struggling a little is tim thomas