Comments on: 2011 Report Card: Andy Rautins

By: iserp

iserp — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:51:16 +0000

D-Will is being underrated, even though at the start of the season many people were saying he was the best point guard.

Definitely CP3 and D-Will the best two PGs

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:35:59 +0000

Amar’e still not allowed to do any basketball activities yet because of his back:

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/6801758/new-york-knicks-amare-stoudemire-says-lot-foreign-clubs-calling

By: latke

latke — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:31:30 +0000

THis is not that interesting of a topic, I know, but this place is too quiet! The results of this poll are weird to me: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=nba&pollId=117922

First of all, the fact that people are so confident in Rose’s superiority indicates how little most people watch basketball games. And this is ESPN.com/nba in the offseason, so you have to figure the people voting are more into the NBA than others. I wonder if this is a marketing thing, a highlight thing, the MVP trophy? Rose has a line of shoes (and is in ads), and he has a lot of highlight dunks, so if all you watch is sportscenter, you’ll see him more than anyone else. I don’t know though. Rose has only had this level of media attention for about eight months. Before that, he was a second tier star on the level in terms of media coverage of maybe Tony Parker or LaMarcus Aldridge. It’s weird to me how quickly that can turn around.

The second thing that’s odd is how blasé Jerseyites are. Utah picks D-Will as the best, but NJ can’t even vote him up to second?

By: Matt Smith

Matt Smith — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:46:19 +0000

TDM: In fairness to Rautins, if he didn’t have to shut it down for the season last April for knee surgery, he could have gotten his point total into double digits.In other news, Mozzy Bear heads back to Mother Russia.http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1771/timofey-mozgov

If Big Timo isn't a Knick again soon I don't know what I'll do. I'll keep wearing the Mozgov jersey I had to get custom-made, that much is for sure.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:30:06 +0000

P&T posted this NYT blog re: Shump, great analysis of his game:

http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/will-lockout-harm-shumperts-progress-as-a-knick/

By: Z-man

Z-man — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:57:32 +0000

Agree, Jim, but the truth is, we need a defensive specialist on the floor patrolling the paint.

On another note, Tiger Woods is starting to remind me of Mike Tyson.

By: Jim Cavan

Jim Cavan — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:10:41 +0000

Looks like Detroit’s gonna hire Lawrence Frank. Sucks for us. Hopefully we can land a reputable defensive specialist at some point.

By: TDM

TDM — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:57:03 +0000

In fairness to Rautins, if he didn’t have to shut it down for the season last April for knee surgery, he could have gotten his point total into double digits.

In other news, Mozzy Bear heads back to Mother Russia.

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1771/timofey-mozgov

By: Jim Cavan

Jim Cavan — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:25:33 +0000

Z: The next Roy McPipe!

All time scoring leader at Eastern Montana College baby! I in no way went to Wikipedia for that information.

By: Jim Cavan

Jim Cavan — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:37:54 +0000

flossy: I’m going to admit now that I was young enough at the time that I really though Mateen Cleaves was going to make something of himself.

As a Native Michigander and die-hard MSU fan, so did I. Seems like great college point guards who rely more on moxie and grit -- and he had both in abundance -- don't always end up translating. He's not a bad commentator though.