despite his bad shot selection at time Crawford hat 8 assists, 5 rebs, 2 steals and ZERO turnovers while shooting 5-11 from downtown.
This kid can play and I am glad we have hit at this point in his career. He need to play winning basketball but heck, so did Billups, Rip Hamilton. Richardson and most of the other young guys that have moved to winning teams/environments. This guy is 24 and only getting better.

So long as people are crying about Isiah's bad trades does anyone think if they draft were a big do-over the Ariza wouldnt be a top 15 pick? Heck... look at last years draft
http://www.nbadraft.net/2004.asp
Trevor could easily be a top 10. At 19 its hard to argue potential and he's an impact player RIGHT NOW. He's got a great head.. unflappable. Even when he jams on the break he does everything like he's been there before. Isiah has been pretty successfull with the draft in the past. If Ariza is a taste of things to come this team and franchise can get on a good track a lot faster.

Sweetney has been a little up and down, and thats ok. I like that Lenny sticks with him. Like any 22 year old sophmore he's going to have his bad nights. The only thing I dont like is he's still very tenative on defense, and afraid to be more physical because of the fouls. Its a learning step.

Nazr is averaging 12/9 and 1.5 blocks over the last 5, including a 0 points/2 reb stinker against LAC. Hopefully the good production continues if for no other reason than it helps his value as a trading piece.

I'm wondering how people feel about KT since he signed his extension, and his value to this or any team. Unselfish play and best of all controlled. No dumb fouls, no technicals, no arguing with refs, no selfish play. This is the KT I have dreamed about but never thought would appear. His 11/11/1.5 is nice, but most of all he's played great D for 35 minutes and only 3 PFs a game. Ive dogged this guy for 3 years but he deserves the game ball AGAIN.

The passing. How many times last night with Ariza, Penny, Craw and Marbury did we see that ball swing around, and swing around a 2nd or 3rd time until KT was open for one of this 20 open jumpers. Good fundamental play.

Mmmm... by the way grape (of course) is the flavor for the day.

I agree. Especially about KT. He's been making me feel silly for even entertaining starting Sweetney over him. He's our most consistant Knick, best low post defender, who always plays hard and hustles. Not the most talented guy by any means, but he's great at what he does, and without him the Knicks don't win yesterday.

Nazy is also growing on me. His game is really coming along of late. He's still no starter or a key to any deal, but he's been effective. Especially early in the games. The Knicks started real slow, but he helped stop the bleeding.

Ariza and Sweetney, of course, are going to have they're growing pains, but they are very fun to watch. Both players do a lot of the intangibles that don't show up on the scoresheet. And the fact that they're both homegrown makes it that much sweeter.

Crawford needs improvement, but he'll be alright and proved to be a game-breaker. His defense is a little more worrying to me than his bad shot selection, but it's early.

The only I find it funny is how you couldn't defend TT, even with the Kool Aid!

TT will get on track. I dont know if he's got offcourt stuff, or Ariza is in his head or what. He had a bad start last year but was 15/5 overall and played very well down the stretch. His mouth and fugazyness make him hard to root for, but his game is a good fit for this team, its just not on.

The only questionable trade is KVH & Doleac for Tim Thomas & Muhammad. And the only reason it is questionable right now is because Tim Thomas has been horrible. If Tim Thomas regains his 16pt 5reb form and Muhammad continues to be a 10-9 guy then there is no problems with the trade.

The additions of Marbury-Hardaway have been very good and even though we traded away a first rd pick we still landed one in Ariza without trading up. Spoon for Norris was to give Sweetney more time. We gave up peanuts to land Crawford. Resigning Kurt Thomas was a solid move.

Ariza-Sweentey-Crawford are getting better and better. We have been without Houston & Tim Thomas has played like crap but we have been in games with Pacers, Spurs, Houston, Wolves. It hasn't been pretty but it could be worse.

For the long-term, I'd rather have Ariza than Van Horn at SF and I'd rather have Nazy than Doleac. As far as I'm concerned, Isiah improved both the SF and C positions. I think at the age of 19 Ariza could put up better playoff numbers as a starter than Van Horn does.

What really has gone unnoticed is how well Steph played in the second half. Two big shots and a phenomenal cross court pass to KT late. This guy takes so much abuse I feel obligated to give him credit when heplays well.

Don't talk about steph shortcomings in the kool-aid thread, somebody might have an "Acid Re-flux Attack" and mess up their computer keypboard+screen.

more kool-aid...
ready for this?
This is the last week the Knicks will have a losing record for the next 3 years.

mmmmmm good.

Posted by fishmike:

more kool-aid...
ready for this?
This is the last week the Knicks will have a losing record for the next 3 years.

mmmmmm good.

LOL

Posted by djsunyc:

next 7 games

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5-2 over that stretch seems reasonable if the frontcourt play continues. seriously, how impressive have kurt and nazr been? amazing.

I would expect to win every one of those games, but its tough to do that in the NBA. 5-2 is fair. Anything less is a dissapointment to me and I would like to 6-1. Tor beat the Spurs and the Hawks beat the Rockets and Mem is better than their record, but I think we are too, and they are all decent matchups for us. This will determine a lot. Whether we wallow around .500 or we can build a nice record. Good test coming up starting with a solid win over Cle.

We also destroyed Memphis early in the season, way before Marbury, back when FW was the starter. As for the Raptors, we are def. better. Carter doesnt even feel like playin for them anymore, Rose has been a loosing player for a long time now, and there PG is Alston. Not to mention there C's are Loren Woods and the early bust, Araujo (your boy arent playin to well there BRIGGS lol).