Archive for June, 2009

2009 Report Card: Wilson Chandler

June 30th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo

Only one player in Knick history has averaged at least 33 minutes a game at the age of 21: Wilson Chandler. Albeit Chandler’s franchise record was more a result of necessity than talent. D’Antoni gave the youngster plenty of court time because of a scarcity of shooting guards/small forwards. Once the team traded Jamal Crawford, [...]

Similarity Scores, Part 1

June 29th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo

Kobe Bryant is the next Jordan. Dwight Howard is the next Alonzo Mourning. Mardy Collins is the next Jason Kidd. Comparing two players allow us to communicate lots of information with a few words. If someone says that LeBron James is like Oscar Robertson, you would imagine LeBron being strong, versatile, agile, great, etc. Or [...]

Knicks Draft Hill/Douglas

June 25th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo

In the 2009 draft, it seemed as if the stars would align for New York. Rubio was passed over for the first 4 picks, and it seemed he might drop to the Knicks. But Minnesota snapped him up with the 5th pick. At that point it appeared that the Timberwolves would be done with taking [...]

2009 NBA Draft Live Chat!

June 25th, 2009 by Brian Cronin

Come join the 2009 NBA Draft live chat now! Click here to come chat where we can all commiserate or celebrate the draft until we can’t chat any more!

Meanwhile, don’t forget to take this opportunity to enter the 2009 Knickerblogger Draft Contest! You can win a signed copy of my book or a cool Knickerblogger T-Shirt!

2009 NBA Draft Day

June 25th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo

REMINDER: Don’t forget to enter the KnickerBlogger.Net 2009 Draft Contest!

With the draft less than 12 hours away some recent developments have …

I Want To Draft Like It’s 1999

June 24th, 2009 by Mike Kurylo

An NBA draft where the #1 overall consensus is a power forward, and a ton of guards are to be had including an intriguing foreign guard? No I’m not talking about this Thursday’s NBA draft where Blake Griffin is likely to go #1, there is a lot of depth at guard, and everyone is wondering [...]

Pre-Draft Link-O-Rama

June 23rd, 2009 by Thomas B.

Here at Knickerblogger.net we want you to be informed. To that end, we have spanned the information super highway looking for the best pre-draft analysis and mock drafts. If you know of a good link that we missed, please share. Dave Berri has some interesting views on the “top” point guards. After reading his work [...]