You make some good points and, I think, they reflect the complexity of grading individual players on a team.

I also think expressing opinions in such a manner is useful for driving readership, and so I don’t discourage it. :)
It’s pretty fascinating to see what people latch onto. I was fascinated that I was advocating for Jared Jeffries and against Harrington.
I think by nature, I find one-dimensional players destructive to teams, which is why Harrington and Curry bug me. And people hated Zach, a 20-10 guy, because he did only two things.
I’m also deeply suspicious of a sport that generally doesn’t do a good job creating stats on the defensive end. Of course, it has only been in recent years that teams have paid attention to advanced stats.

BTW did I mention that I’m looking for writers?”

Yeah, he has been desperate enough to let me write for the site. So much for high standards of quality.

I actually think the players deserve a somewhat higher average grade than the teams grade. Some of the badness of the team was not the player’s fault. For example the team was very short of guards for a while because of the trade for Mobley who then couldn’t play. The team also had both James and Curry injured, so they were short on centers. And the trades of Randolph and Crawford, set the team back until all the new players got used to playing with each other. These circumstances definitely hurt the teams record and were not the players fault. Mostly the players played hard. So I would say the players should average at least a C even if the team averaged a D.

Coming…

“Why is Danilo not on the list ? – if i remember his report card gave him no grade ?”

Yeah I kinda messed up not giving him a grade. But in the end if I really think about it, that’s what I would have given him anyway. It’s not just the low number of minutes he played, but how limited he was physically when playing. And I don’t think that an Incomplete is a grade that could/should be included in a list for higher/lower.

“how does gallo get an incomplete …but curry get an F when curry played in 3 games and 12 minutes ….while danilo played in 28 games and 44 minutes?”

Again part of the grade is expectations. It’s reasonable to want more from an 8 year vet who was once hailed by ownership as a “franchise center” than a 20 year old rookie from Europe.

Put it this way, I’d give a former wanna be honors student who cut classes to hang out at the corner an F, while I could give that foreign exchange student who was only around for a month and had a hard time understanding the language (but aced his science scores) an Incomplete.

“Mike, I was looking forward to Report Cards for D’Antoni and Walsh. Not in the plans?”

I’m really short on time this offseason. If you want to be famous, and send them to me by email, I’ll be happy to publish them (if they meet my high quality standards – that is :-) .

BTW did I mention that I’m looking for writers?

Curry, Jerome James and Marbury were the only Knicks from last season that I think truly deserved an ‘F.’

Also, I don’t remember what grade Q received. If it any higher than a ‘C-,’ he’s my candidate for a lower grade.

Mike, I was looking forward to Report Cards for D’Antoni and Walsh. Not in the plans?