Posted by Nalod:
Two nites in a row and nobody says a dam thing about the other team just playing well.
The assumptions are often it the knicks game to lose, not win! No props to the opponent.
Trade trade trade is so prevelent! Each nite we usually get a good game from one of our big guys, and the trades we come up with are guys underperforming elsewhere!
Fire lenny talk is also not very good. Lenny don't make the foulshots, lenny don't pick to the players! No talk about the assistants, they are the worker coaching "bees" anyway.
I even read tonite a "thank you Layden" for our financial problems!
Guys, there just is not that much that can be done than ride the ups and downs with the team! Allan still needs lots of games to shake the rust and gain stanima. He hit the first wall of recovery.
This is our team for now, some good nites some bad nites. We are very lucky we got Azira and this kid is very fun to watch. Those drives by marbs are great, Allan still got a sweet stroke, KT plays with effiecency on some nites and has been our most consistant big man!
Dalembart, Curry , or even NEne are not ready to carry this team. Im down with building a future, but that would mean more losing. I can live with this!
Azira getting the minutes shows there is an eye for the future.
Glad to see Vin put in some nice minutes. Maybe he is ready to contribute, giving us more flexibility off the bench, and dare I say making Nazr or KT available for a trade.
Miami is for real! Shaq's passing is often forgotten. Wade is on his way to being very special! They are a good team, and we lost ato a good team in their arena.
I been saying this all along. We are
supposed to lose to the heat they are a better team than us and we have key players hurt. As long as the game was competitive and fun to watch I am happy. I hate when we come out flat, that really upsets me, because then we don't put ourselves in a position to win. But as long as we play hard against good teams, Im happy.
I think Nazzy has been our most consistant big. He had an off night tonight, playing 11 mintues less and still gave us 11 and 6. before tonight KT just gave us 2 single digit performances back to back. Nazr was averaging like 19 and 10 in the last 3 games before this.
When our players come out flat, that is the coaches fault. Part of his job is to motivate the players either through inspiration or straight fear, but it must be done. You can't have this many flat performances already in our season. They have costed us many winnable games. Lenny has to take the hit for that, among other things.
I gotta disagree with you about Curry. He is the only big out of all of the guys we discuss, that shows the flashes of greatness. He has the most skills out of any of the other bigs and could come to NY and give us much of what we need in the post. It is a risk, but he is the best young risk out there, who else comes close even on potential alone?? No one that is attainable. Aside from Brand, whose availability I really can't speak about.
Curry has the size and the developing post game to boot. He is the only center I would consider giving up much for. Granted it is still a risk, but if you take a risk, you take one with the biggest upside. He would not be carrying the team either, he would be contributing and depending on what we gave up for him, he would end up being the 3rd or 4th option.
We do need some trades, but between now, the offseason, and next season we should be in a postion to make some major moves. Lets wait and see, but I would like to see the young guys playing more if we are going to keep them or not. Let them develop.
1/6/2005 7:54 AM
