Comments on: Johnson: With Adjustments, Playoffs in Knicks’ Reach

By: CYGBC1

CYGBC1 — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:43:38 +0000

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By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:01:29 +0000

sorry, that’s +15.3 when he’s off the court, of course.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:56:43 +0000

back to this for one second:

“That would be less funny if Ben Wallace wasn?t making Chicago, which is Curry?s old team, one of the best in the East.”

FWIW, Wallace’s +/- is actually -14.6, which I’d guess is among the lowest in the league this year.

The Bulls are +0.6 when he’s on the floor (69% of the time) and – 15.3 when he’s off. not sure if that includes their 44 point win without him last night or not…

By: DMull

DMull — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:37:27 +0000

I kind of agree that he’s basically a very poor man’s version of Curry. But I also agree that it was stupid to suddenly start being cheap. We decided not to take a low risk on a player who might at worst be a decent asset with a very small contract – yet we’ve had absolutely no problem taking on monster contracts over the years.

Doesn’t make sense to me…but all that said I don’t really think Butler is going to come back to haunt us.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:39:58 +0000

in somewhat related news (the other really promising kid Isiah let go), Trevor Ariza got back his MRI results last night, sprained MCL, out at least 6-8 weeks, with surgery still a possibility down the road.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:03:42 +0000

the numbers involved are far smaller than the ones for Jalen Rose or Steve Francis, just a really odd time to get cheap, especially over such a relatively small contract. Butler showed very positive signs rebounding and on D, and he’s still only 21, with a legit center’s body. inexplicable to me that they let him go, I guess we’ll have to wait and see how that one turns out.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:12:56 +0000

They didnt match the Butler contract offer becuase since they were over the salary cap his contract would essentially be worth twice what he signed for. exapmle i believe he got a 3 yr 7 million deal from SA for the NYK it would be 3 yr 14 million(you pay dollar to dollar when your over the cap)besides butler is a cheap version of Eddy Curry score in the low post couldnt play d or rebound

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:03:01 +0000

yes, Butler was their own player, so they had no restrictions on keeping him. they just decided to be cheap (now you decide to be cheap?) and let him go.

and Nate Robinson played 13 minutes Wednesday and 6 minutes tonight, 10-15 minutes per game I think is the right range for him as the 8th man right now. if you really wanted to go big, you could use Balkman as the 8th guy, letting him play some 2 guard like he did during the suspensions, and not use Nate at all.

By: Larry A

Larry A — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:55:46 +0000

Yeah, Lee should be playing a lot. Robinson is getting too many minutes and not doing anything. Go big. They look better with one true guard on the floor. Crawford at point when Marbury is resting and keep Lee in the game. Where was Balkman tonight when they needed some defense?

Can someone answer a question I have about the pass on Butler last summer. My understanding is that they let Butler go because they had to chose between Jeffries and Butler and couldn’t sign them both if they only had a 5 mil MLE to spend under the salary rules. Obviously they felt Jeffries had more to offer. Are my assumptions wrong? Could they have signed both players?

By: T-MART

T-MART — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:47:03 +0000

Isiah said he didn’t want to mess with the winning formula after they came home from the west coast trip, completely understandable. They won one game against the 6ers, then get quasi blown out by the Bobcats. David Lee lost another 5 minutes of playing this game. Can anyone explain this???? David Lee is 10X the “glue” Isiah professed would be derived from the Jared Jefferies signing. This is unacceptable. Additionaly, I’m always rooting for Jamal, but seriously, how much evidence do we need he needs to come off the bench. Start Q at the 2, put Lee in at the 3, eventhough he doesn’t fit well at the wing behind the line, whatever.