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I personally think he won’t be as effective as a starter as he would be coming off of the bench. The NBA season is looong, and as a ROOKIE and at the high energy pace that he likes to play just give him big minutes off of the bench. Remember if Renaldo has an injury he can’t run and jump at the speed he is at now in the pre-season. Let Queintin start he can spread the floor with the 3 cause thats also important.

Renaldo will become 6th Man of the Year easily with the Knicks. He doesn’t need the ball to score and its like its 2 or 3 Balkmans on the court when he is out there. Shoots 65% from the field (All he does is lead the fastbreak, dunk, pass, rebound, hustle like a Mother, get loose balls , block shoots, and at his position is just as fast as Lebron and D. Wade – you’ll see). Give him minutes and enjoy Knicks fans he will be a fan favorite once he learns the game because he wants to be better, will do anything to win and is very emotional in a positive way. He’ll make the Knicks a better team off the bench. Good ass pick Coach Thomas!

If I had too I’d start Renaldo over Jared Jeffries. He is not as good defensivly as they say and is known too dissapear when the ball is not coming his way while Renaldo will find the ball and make something happen for his team with his hustle.

HUSTLE HUSTLE HUSTLE! Change the game Renaldo!

Personally, I think the Knicks backcourt is a disaster. Frye and Lee are the only two quality team-oriented players the Knicks have. And I’m not so sure that Dolan making Isiah a lame duck in the off-season is going to make the Knicks “play for” Isiah. It could also make them fold at the first sign of adversity. I’d put them at about 30-52.

Much like David Lee last year, Balkman is already showing he belongs and can be a contributor. Isiah deserves a lot of credit for having the nerve to “reach.” Rondo? We’ll see – he may be great, but he wasn’t going to get any playtime with Marbury here. And by the time Marbury is gone there will be another PG to draft that everyone is estatic about. Honestly, I’d be surprised if Rondo is any better than Nate Robinson.

As for the Knicks’ guard rotation, I really think Francis is going to be the odd man out. Crawford may not start, and since he’s shown the ability to perform off the bench, he’ll be the 6th man. But, he’s going to get the bulk of the PG/SG minutes with Marbury. And Nate, though still learning and inconsistent, brings a real spark and energy level that shouldn’t be buried on the bench.

I know Francis’ bloated salary warrants the Knicks/Isiah making a concerted effort to get something back on their investment, but I just haven’t seen anything that would make me believe Francis is going to turn it around. Isiah’s got his own job to save, and if that means an unhappy Francis playing only 20 minutes, so be it.

Lets presume for argument’s sake that Rajon Rondo is the next coming of Gary Payton or Chris Paul or Bob Cousy or whoever. Why is it necessarily Isiah’s blunder for taking Balkman? Didn’t Rod Thorn pull a bigger goof by selecting a point guard of lesser ability (Marcus Williams)? Didn’t Mike D’Antoni make an equally putrid move by dealing Rondo and then signing signing Marcus Banks (another quick PG w/defensive skills) to an overpriced, bad contract? Why not rip Larry Bird (OK, asking Simmons to tear Bird a new one is a little much) for selecting yet another althletic SF (Shawne Williams) when he already had Granger and was on his way to dealing for Harrington AND Daniels. When you take into account the fact that they lost Anthony Johnson and Jamaal Tinsley studied at the Marcus Camby Institute for Physical Durability, wouldn’t a flashy PG like Rondo come in handy?

And what about Ainge himself? If Rondo’s such a stud, why deal for Telfair? Why not keep the pick and snag Rudy Gay or Brandon Roy or Randy Foye or deal the pick for a 1st rounder in next year’s potential-ridden draft? It certainly seems like there are plenty of candidates for blame here before Zeke’s name comes up (and this is presuming a LOT w/r/t Rondo’s abilities), but Simmons’s shot at Isiah was a knee-jerk response, i.e. “Tee-hee! I get to piledrive on Isiah again! Tee-hee!” I’m assuming he had another 1000 words or so of OC/Saved by the Bell-infused blather to edit, and thus left in a fairly silly comment, and that’s giving Simmons way more credit than he deserves.