Mister Meaner
formerly super producer j
- Mar 24, 2007
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Oh lord, somebody get Jeffries away from the 3 point line. I will not stand for this buffoonery all season (until he gets hurt).
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Originally Posted by YEEUPP
Do you wanna give us Curry back?Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
Wrong thread.
Back? You guys never had him .Originally Posted by YEEUPP
Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
Wrong thread.
Do you wanna give us Curry back?
yeah y'all got him but your starting PG won't even share the same backcourt with himOriginally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
Back? You guys never had him .Originally Posted by YEEUPP
Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
Wrong thread.
Do you wanna give us Curry back?
No problem. We'll deal Ellis away. Curry is the FUTURE!Originally Posted by maxtempo96
yeah y'all got him but your starting PG won't even share the same backcourt with himOriginally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
Back? You guys never had him .Originally Posted by YEEUPP
Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
Wrong thread.
Do you wanna give us Curry back?
Oh, I just caught this reply. I was looking for the Yankees thread.Originally Posted by pr0phecy718
Originally Posted by Paul Is On Tilt
Wrong thread.
were you looking for the yankee thread, redsox thread or the warriors thread?
[h1]Knicks live up to low expectations[/h1]Marc Berman
NY POST
The best thing that can happen to the Knicks now is having the Yan kees ride their wave into November. That way most New Yorkers will not pay much attention to how badly things are going for the Knicks this preseason.
"Can we keep that all year?" Mike D'Antoni cracked about the Yankees hogging the October spotlight.
Two weeks into training camp, the Knicks are living up to their low expectations. The two players the Knicks needed to emerge this camp and give their fan base a realistic sense they can be better than last season's 32-50 have been disasters -- Danilo Gallinari and Eddy Curry.
Rookie lottery pick Jordan Hill has not changed D'Antoni's opinion after summer league that he's not ready for the rotation. Center Darko Milicic will improve the interior defense, but he's been a liability offensively. Their other rookie, point guard Toney Douglas, has more bad moments than good. David Lee's outside shot is a touch better, but he still can't hit free throws or block a shot.
Curry's situation is laughable. With the pre-camp hype about his 40-pound weight loss and renewed dedication, he couldn't make it out of the first day of practice in tearing an obscure calf muscle. He hasn't been on the court since, out indefinitely, on a vague conditioning program, not even traveling with the club. Curry is a waste of money and any more newspaper ink. We probably knew that going in.
Gallinari's preseason is the puzzler, an alarming development. His presence as the next Hedo Turkoglu was hoped to be the biggest magnet to draw LeBron James. The Knicks should burn the DVD of their first two preseason games so King James can never see them.
With a back supposedly as good as new and 28 competent games behind him from a shortened rookie year, Gallinari was expected to be the dangerous sniper from the perimeter. He was going to be the X-factor allowing the Knicks to escape with the close games they choked on last year (18 losses by five points or less).
In two games, Gallinari looks slow, tentative and lack ing confidence shooting 3 of 13. He does not look like a starter, let alone a differen ce-maker.
After Friday's ugly 96-84 loss in Boston, Gallinari's body language in the locker room spoke volumes. At his locker, he was cloaked in a black sweatjacket, hood pulled over his head. He snuck out of the locker room as reporters spoke to Lee. The writers caught up with Gallinari outside. The Italian Stallion seemed more upset than at any point during his pain-ridden rookie year.
These Knicks lack overall toughness. Al Harrington whose put on 10 pounds of muscle, is the Knicks' best player, by far. There isn't another Eastern team on which Harrington would have that best-player role.
D'Antoni brags often about having guys who play multiple positions, like Jared Jeffries who can play all five. But the problem is they don't have anyone who dominates one position. There is versatility and familiarity, but also a collection of interchangeable parts that don't fit as a whole. D'Antoni still searches for a starting five and may be doing so in April.
"I'm trying to find the combination that will work well together," D'Antoni said. "If I'm not comfortable with what I really like, it goes bad and we struggle . . . I'll try something else."
And so goes the Knicks' motto: "Let's Go Yankees."