how many minutes should ariza be getting next season?

considering tim is penciled in as a starter already, and in a contract year, he will be getting big minutes (probably for showcasing) but to me, if ariza gets less than 20-25 mins a night, i will be upset.

how about sweetney?

with the lethal weapon 5 in tow, where does sweetney fit into the equation? sadly, i think that he will get yanked at the first sign of trouble. i think he has been on a short leash his entire tenure here and i'm not sure why. he needs to go through growing pains but rarely gets that chance. let him play with the fouls...let him learn. i think if sweets gets less than 30 mins a night, it would be a waste - just like last season. it was the PERFECT opportunity to see if he could handle big time minutes but we failed to find out.

I think the opposite. I think if we hold on to Sweetney he will come into camp in much better shape. At least 20LBS lighter and he will take control of the PF position. I guarantee Mark Aguirre and team nutritionists are making getting Sweets in shape the #1 priority this offseason.

considering tim is penciled in as a starter already, and in a contract year, he will be getting big minutes (probably for showcasing) but to me, if ariza gets less than 20-25 mins a night, i will be upset.

He got close to that *this* year. You're only asking for about 3 more mpg than this year to get into that range. If 20 mpg is okay for him in his 2nd year, you're probably quite happy with the 17 mpg he got in his rookie year, right?

the other 5 PFs won't matter when Sweetney takes full control of the PF position!

[Edited by - gunsnewing on 06/10/2005 08:42:33]

Someone mentioned earlier that Isiah should instruct whoever is the coach to start our youth, but realistically speaking, the elders are too expensive to be playing backups...We need to do something with this roster, change direction of something..

Posted by Allanfan20:

Posted by Bonn1997:

considering tim is penciled in as a starter already, and in a contract year, he will be getting big minutes (probably for showcasing) but to me, if ariza gets less than 20-25 mins a night, i will be upset.

He got close to that *this* year. You're only asking for about 3 more mpg than this year to get into that range. If 20 mpg is okay for him in his 2nd year, you're probably quite happy with the 17 mpg he got in his rookie year, right?

Yes, but the last 15- 20 games or so, he wasn't leaving the bench. These last few games are what frustrated Knick fans the most b/c it was clear we were out of contention, yet they put him on the bench, b/c they thought the vets would make it all better. It's a stupid stupid organization Bonn.

Point was put to Herb during those games and Herb said it was his call. Your issue is with the coach I assume. Can you imagine Joe Dumars telling Brown hey play Darko now, dude. Come on, play him. Grunfeld tried to tell JVG who to play, when he refused, Grunfeld wanted to fire him, he was overruled and got him fired. Grunfeld later apologized for his part in the fisaco. But that is how it works. The GM acquires the players he wants hopefully with the coach's input and the head coach plays who he wants and determines how much time they get. I wouldn't want a coach saying yes boss, I play anyone you tell me too, me just want money, you boss.