New Yorkers are never satisfied.

I don't care how much minutes players get as long as they produce. Sweets has not been producing as of late and he makes to many mismatches against quicker PF's he still needs to lose more weight and become quicker on his feet to come near his potential until that time he will get spot minutes unless the mismatch is in his favor.

what I would like to be improved

their W-L record...as long as that improves, i don't really mind who gets minutes & who doesn't other than Sweetney so we can see his true potential & get his trade value up for other teams.

marb has already played a lot. using him too much in november to win meaningless games will have him tired at the end of the season, when it counts.

There's no such thing as a meaningless game. If you treat the games now as meaningless, you won't even be in the playoff race at the end of the season "when it counts."

Actually it will be a lot easier for our vets to get rest later in the season. The thing with KT, Marb and Crawford (and now Nazr) is they are the 4 that have the best chemistry. Also the team plays very poorly when Marbury isnt in the game. When the new guys and younger guys improve in the system and together. I think its good that we have a core of guys starting to play well together. Once you have that its easier to work other guys in to the system. Its much harder to work 3-4 core plays into a system. When you do you see the kind of confusion and missed assignments that you see with the Knicks.

I have good faith in the talent of our two kids and also in Crawford and his upside. It will come. I think winning games early and establishing something positive is paramount. We have 5 months to get other guys involved. We played the hardest part of our schedule and we are 6-6. Thats not great but its not bad either. We have played very good at home and very inconsistant on the road.

I think these are the most "meaningfull" games. We go into an early hole like we have done the last 3 years and you spend the whole season on this uphill climb just to get to .500. You can feel better about getting starters more rest when you have a winning record.

[Edited by - fishmike on 11/29/2004 11:39:10]

Everyone really needs to step up their offseason training, you can't start saying who needs minutes and give Ariza 15 and Sweetney 25. Our rotation is fine as is

For starters: Houston, Marbury, Crawford, Penny are all going to get Ariza's Minutes, and Marbury minutes will be fine with H20 and Craw spend some time on the floor

Trevor needs to concentrate on improving his mid-range game, and putting on 10-15 pounds of muscle to create match-up problems

Crawford needs to add 10 pounds because he gets pushed around by bigger guards, and really try to improve his shot selection, he makes a lot of selfish plays.

Sweetney needs to lay off the food for a while. He is 25 pounds away from becoming a dominant force, he is too slow and becomes a liability at the defensive end. He just needs more time

JYD, KURT, and Naz are all playing very well, and should each get their minutes. Naz really needs to concentrate on finishing around the basket, he blows a lot of easy lay-ups, because if he continues his play, and keeps up the intensity he may be an all-star

Posted by gunsnewing:

The Knicks will never have a meaningless came because they could be playing the worst team in the league yet they will either loss or barely have a lead. The few times we do blow teams out Marbury should be rested and so far Lenny has rested him in blow outs.

I've won't have one of those either.

What I would like to see is a better front line, and a team that plays hard from the beginning to the end.

That is the problem, that is why during the time when TT was in a funk, I have asked for JYD to be in the starting lineup. We need a beast on the court at all times.