Comments on: Knicks Beat Miami (Did I Just Say That?)

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:57:02 +0000

Bird rights will only come into a play if a guy is commanding more $ than one of the exceptions. Another team could outbid us, regardless. If they exist, I’m not guessing Azu will get that kind of offer (until he plays a season or so).

By: Ben R

Ben R — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:18:47 +0000

Buying out Azu I think will prove to be a mistake. Even if he never plays this year by keeping him you hold onto his bird rights. Next summer we are going to be right at or over the cap so we won’t be able to bring him back especially if the NBA gets rid of the MLE. Coming off his injury he’s not going to command a lot of money but all a team has to do is offer him a little more than the minimum and we are out of luck.

Long term the chance of him contributing anything to the Knicks is much greater than Rautins, Mason or Carter so cutting him is a bad move.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:15:24 +0000

Owen: He is literally a two legged pterodactyl.

OK, this made me laugh a lot, especially because I know you're smart enough to not use the word "literally" casually.

By: ASyrett19

ASyrett19 — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:47:34 +0000

I’m probably irrationally excited as to who the Knicks will sign with the second roster opening. Assuming JJ fills the need for a “big”, and they’re willing to play Anthony Carter at pg, it looks like the Knicks positions of need are taken care of. Of course, you can never have too much size. I’ve mentioned it before, and I still think that Sean Williams would be pretty ideal for this situation. A defensive specialist who doesn’t demand shots and is looking to prove that he can still be an NBA player. I feel that he could grow into a valuable future trade chip. I have faith that Donnie will bring in someone with potential to help the team out.

By: massive

massive — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:32:10 +0000

I’m wondering, could the Knicks be looking to bring back Patrick Ewing Jr? I don’t see who else they would bring back with the open roster spot.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:02:03 +0000

You know who I think about when I think about that same point? Joe Borowski, the baseball player. He stuck around in the Majors for a long time and even led the Majors in saves one year (which is a sign that having a lot of saves is really not that big of a deal), but I remember when he was younger and he was a dominant pitcher. The guy that local sportswriters would spend columns on and people would go out of their way to see. And he was his team's best hitter, too! If you play professional sports, you are one of the most gifted athletes in the world. It's really an amazing thing.

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:49:12 +0000

Z – His Wins Produced was higher but I crushed him in adjusted +/-.

He had 36 and 19 and dunked about 12 times before I succeeded in fouling him out. His team won pretty easily. I am just happy that our rebound differential was smaller than our height differential.

When people talk about how bad X or Y player is I often think of him. The guy is a ridiculous specimen of a human being. He is literally a two legged pterodactyl. Never underestimate how freakishly talented and unusual you have to be to make the NBA.

By: Z

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:23:33 +0000

Didn’t Owen once out-rebound Gadzuric in high school?

By: d-mar

d-mar — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:50:12 +0000

I remember Gadzuric having a few good games against the Knicks simply by out hustling and out working us, but then again, he’s just one of a very long list of below average players to do that to the Knicks over the past few years.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:20:12 +0000

@143 True - the cherry on top is that he was a brutal 3-point shooter even in college, but hit 4 or 5 in the championship game. That alone probably moved him up 10 spots. Anyone know that Mozgov got married in Vegas over the All-Star break? He was wearing his track suit and blogged that he felt like he was at the McDonald's drive-thru. He's never gonna make us think of Patrick Ewing but I can't help but miss the guy.