think again. he was 33 going on 34 coming into this season, and everyone including isiah the knicks management and doctors knew he had a chronic problem in his knees. Many players are done by 34 or at a minimum, most players are well off their peak. So hes not an excuse, he wouldve been a commodity, like he was in the games he played as a servicable scorer, a player who could still put up numbers, but a guy who is succumbing to the aging process.
The team, its fans are better off at this point having Allan retire because there is a great chance he will never be reliable and will have slowe down at various aspects.

he's done, maybe he's a Penny at best, but I dont think so. He had a solid solid career for the Knicks and hit some huge shots. but its over, time to move on to the next spectrum.

This is a lesson learned from Patrick Ewing.

at this point, i don't think ANYBODY is using h20 as an excuse. i think you can use tim as an excuse tho b/c he played and contributed nothing close to what he did last season.

Anyone that even thinks about using the Houston injury as an excuse is out of their mind. This means, Isiah is out of his mind.

As I have said for almost a year, Houston is done. Move on.

But H20 is not the best player on the squad, nor is he billed in that role by the media, thats Starbury's role, then Crawford, then KT then H2O. Everyone wanted Houston to be the 3rd or 4th option, well now he is but yet you still talk about him like is the main man still. I don't get it.

Who's using him as an excuse? Why does Briggie get so much pleasure out of making sure no one can come up with excuses?

there's a ton of guards playing at a high level in this league at Houston's age. Its not an excuse, its just cause and effect. If the Knicks were going to play well and win this division I think they needed to get something from Houston. They didnt and we wont. Life goes on... now you focus on improving your chances to improve the team, and that means draft position and extra picks.

Posted by joec32033:

I don't think you can use Allan as an excuse becuase he was hurt and has been hurt. We can use the lack of production of bot Allan and Allan as an excuse, because Zeke was counting on something from them.

Why should anyone use Houston as an excuse? Seriously, thats just another way of blowing smoke in the fans eyes. Houston being injured did not phase the team till the end of December when we were 1st place in the Atlantic.

So when the other guys got hurt and the Knicks started losing, it was their injury/injuries that hurt the team not Houstons.

If IT was counting on Houston for the Knicks to be better then 11 games under .500, then he is even worse than I thought he was.

we were fine without h20? Everygame the opposing team doubled marbs or played zone we lost. We were as fine as the US team in the Olympics. Why you think defensive teams like the pistons shut us down. After half time they saw our weakness and then zoned us and doubled the only scorers we have marbs and craw. With a shooter they have to choose what they want a shooter draining shots or marbs driving to the hole. We don't have that now so teams want us to shoot cuz they know we will never be able to hold it up for 48 minutes.