http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/36621.htm

let him cry... aside from that cameo the other night Vin's been awfull. He holds the ball until a double comes then he forces up a shot. His interior defense was utterly non-existant.

He's got expiring contract written all over him this offseason

You don't think Isiah promised to sign him as part of the crawford deal do you? Isiah would never do such a thing!
Ok, we got a chicken or egg thing. Vin is not consistant, but would he be better with more playing time? Are we wasting some talent?

Its not an unreasonable question. Many things pointed to him being able to contribute, and there are but so many minutes to go around, but Vin was very good at times last year, and he got that new heart to go now!

We are trying to bring TT back from the dead with minutes, could Vin be effective with 10-15min per nite?

Nazr good play has been a surprise plus negating Vin. IF Nazr would go down on injury, I'd rather have a semi productive Vin, then a cold Vin in the limelight.




[Edited by - nalod on 12/17/2004 10:53:04]

I just gotta think the Vin's D in practice his been pretty bad, and why not give minutes to a player like Nazr.

Vin is useless, he is lost on Defense, he makes Allan and Jamal look like good defenders.

crawford is better than Carter and then through Nazr in too!

Posted by playa2:

Posted by gunsnewing:

crawford is better than Carter and then through Nazr in too!

Yea wait until VC comes back and they play the knicks again, JC won't even check Carter. Man you guys are crazy Carter is better than craw, keep watching you'll see.

The thing is that in just a couple of years Crawford can become a better player than Carter was when he was on his prime. Crawford can be great, and you want to trade him for half of what's left of Carter? Please! lets be patient with Crawford. Trading for Carter doesn't make us a serious contender yet anyway...

I agree with Vin. It is one thing if he was given minutes during the season like TT and faltered, but that is not the case at all. Lenny just doesn't know how to manage. There are times in many games where we could have used a big lineup on the court to counter with other teams, but Lenny's abilities don't expand that far. In his early years as a coach, he was very good, but the last 10 years have not been good for Lenny. Could it be age? maybe, but his thinking senses and ingame adjustments have been detrimental to the teams that he has been with. I do believe that instead of playing guys like Nazr, Thomas, Marb, Crawf 40 minutes back to back, he could find ways to play some of our backups some decent minutes.

That being said, with all the help we need up front, I can't see why he doesn't get a shot. He's not going to get better never playing.