that team would have a good shot at the playoffs, but i know that's beside the point since it wouldn't do any better than against the nets two seasons ago. it's harshly realistic, though. we need new blood at the PG (especially a good defender), SG/SF (even if TT is back, he'll be gone end of the season at latest), possibly center to backup frye down the road.

Posted by djsunyc:

the rotation:

marbury, houston, tim, sweets, kurt
with crawford, ariza, malik, mo, frye off the bench.

coach - herb

that team will win about 32-36 games next season

we would win like 45 games with that team lemme tell you why if houston is back 100%, who's gonna leave him to go double on Marbs. If Tim Thomas plays like he did second half of this season(contract year) he could average 20ppg. Hopefully Sweets will be in shape. Kurt Thomas stretches the defense with his J. Crawford has less minutes which means less turnovers and less bad shots. Ariza will keep progressing. Frye will prolly start after 10 games. and malik will get his 10-15 minutes and mo will be traded

Posted by gunsnewing:

Houston will never be 100% again. with these knee injuries he will never be able to play big minutes again. If he does he will be out for the season after 2 weeks.

If he had that 2nd surgery he wouldn't have been 100% but he would've been more durable and able to shoot jump shots

just like Grant Hill was never going to be 100% again right.

Posted by gunsnewing:

Posted by Cookdcokehop:

Posted by gunsnewing:

Houston will never be 100% again. with these knee injuries he will never be able to play big minutes again. If he does he will be out for the season after 2 weeks.

If he had that 2nd surgery he wouldn't have been 100% but he would've been more durable and able to shoot jump shots

just like Grant Hill was never going to be 100% again right.

I may be wrong but Grant Hills injury was non-weight bearing whereas H20's is weight bearing which makes it worse.

Grant Hill Injury was on his ankles which are way more weight bearing than the knees

Tell me about it!!!!

I know for a fact that knee injuries are worse than Ankle. I'm currently trying to get back from a Complete tear of my ACL with pretty bad meniscus(sp) damage.

Aside from that.....Grant Hill's overall skill level is head and shoulders better than Houstons. Houston's whoel game is his jump shot. Hill can do it all very well....proved by how he came back last year.

[Edited by - enyspree on 06/08/2005 20:10:56]

Posted by gunsnewing:

Posted by Cookdcokehop:

Posted by gunsnewing:

Posted by Cookdcokehop:

Posted by gunsnewing:

Houston will never be 100% again. with these knee injuries he will never be able to play big minutes again. If he does he will be out for the season after 2 weeks.

If he had that 2nd surgery he wouldn't have been 100% but he would've been more durable and able to shoot jump shots

just like Grant Hill was never going to be 100% again right.

I may be wrong but Grant Hills injury was non-weight bearing whereas H20's is weight bearing which makes it worse.

Grant Hill Injury was on his ankles which are way more weight bearing than the knees

knee injuries are way more severe

It depends on the injury. A very severe ankle injury can be worse than a knee injury. There's no general rule as far as I know about knee injuries being more severe than ankle injuries. They can both be awful.

Thats about right. I always believed this to be true and will continue to believe it to be true. With KT in the lineup the Knicks will never be over .500 unless Duncan and Shaq come to the Knicks rescue. Other than that I don't think anyone can help a team with KT starting. If Herb and KT are there we Knicks fans will have another horrific year endured. Changes need to be made and standing pat just isn't the answer. I would rather the Knicks draft Bynum or Frye and throw them in the starting lineup from the start than to bring them along slowly do what Magic and sixers did with Howard and Iggy. BUt we know that will never happen and if it did some backward logic is going to be working instead of starting Frye or Bynum with Sweetney they will give Frye the run and demote Sweetney behind KT again which will just kill any confidence the kid has developed. With the Knicks nothing is planned but vets and that ultimately is their down fall.