Originally Posted by tmac456

Good thing the Knicks used their amnesty on Billups. They have Amare's terrible contract/awful knees to go along with the cancer that is Melo.

welp

In fairness to the knicks they would have had to pay billups a whole 14 mil.... I mean, that's alot of scratch.

huh, amare has 80 left?

oops.

The real problem with the knicks is not melo not amare its dolan. I don't blame d antoni one bit

How many coaches or gms have quit because of him? He overrode walsh on the negotiations for the melo trade iirc.

Fred wilpon has to be thrilled dolan owns a team in the same city as him.

^ in the article i linked (the one that says that phil and the knicks haven't yet been in contact), jackson says that he's a lin fan, for w/e thats worth

 

Originally Posted by TheAlbatross

^ in the article i linked (the one that says that phil and the knicks haven't yet been in contact), jackson says that he's a lin fan, for w/e thats worth

Im sure he said that but its not like he can say "I dont like Lin". Lin cant drive left or guard anyone. Phil likes big pg's who play good D and hit the 3. Just my take

 

Originally Posted by SyphonSoul

Im sure he said that but its not like he can say "I dont like Lin". Lin cant drive left or guard anyone. Phil likes big pg's who play good D and hit the 3. Just my take

how do you figure he can't guard anyone? from what i've seen of him his defense is at least league average.

yeah but guarding the best pg's in the nba these days one on one is nearly impossible... so i wouldn't really slight lin for his inability to check say deron williams or rajon rondo

it is very difficult for the best guards to guard the best guards

i really think melo should get benched and see what takes place

it sure seems he doesnt fit the system

 

Originally Posted by DipesLIVES

and jackson likes oversized PGs who play good D and can knock down the 3?...IMAN SHUMPERT

25/90 for 27.8% from 3

'Jeremy Lin's playing time is likely to be reduced under Mike Woodson.
"It will be a different style and a different system," Lin said. Lin also said that D'Antoni's system was "perfect" for him, but Woodson's approach is much different. "So it's like going back to what I was doing before and stuff like that," said Lin.'

Stoudamire also said yesterday that the offense is going to run through him and Melo. I think this change is for the best, Lin was shooting way to much, and he hasn't been able to cure his turnover problems. The offense should be tailored for Melo anyways. I also think this recent Knicks stretch proves that the Lin hype was largely due to the fact that he was dominating and the Knicks were winning not so much that he was Asian. He and the Knicks have come back down to earth and the hype has basically disappeared.

Knicks looking like contenders

knicks looking good again tonight...not hard to look good against a team that cant hit any shot, though...im liking the rotation that woodson is using...melo came into the 4th showing a ton of energy

 

Originally Posted by SluggerWV

yes. That is one of the worst gm moves possible. Still difficult to understand what they were thinking

Well Donnie Walsh picked up Chauncey's option than Walsh was fired and the new GM amnestied Chauncey to clear space to get Chandler.

Once they got rid of Chauncey I think they were just waiving the white flag on this season. Still expecting to be competitive and make the playoffs but not yet ready to win a championship. Especially considering Dantonis system which is very point guard oriented. They would than go after Nash or another point guard next year and go all out for a championship. Lin came along and Dantoni was fired so those plans went out the window.

 

Originally Posted by dominant00

Well Donnie Walsh picked up Chauncey's option than Walsh was fired and the new GM amnestied Chauncey to clear space to get Chandler.

Once they got rid of Chauncey I think they were just waiving the white flag on this season. Still expecting to be competitive and make the playoffs but not yet ready to win a championship. Especially considering Dantonis system which is very point guard oriented. They would than go after Nash or another point guard next year and go all out for a championship. Lin came along and Dantoni was fired so those plans went out the window.

I forgot about Donnie leaving. Of course, that was a horrible move too imo.