Comments on: Knicks Morning News (Friday, Jan 06 2012)

By: Robert Silverman (@BobSaietta)

Robert Silverman (@BobSaietta) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:51:44 +0000

Shameless self-promotion dept. – I’ve got another NY Times ditty up if anyone wants to take a gander. (though the editors there don’t seem to fancy my verbosity and have sliced and diced it as Clyde would say. Grumble, grumble)

http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/humphries-the-boo-birds-new-king/

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:32:48 +0000

the interesting thing about Howard is how the right matchup (admittedly only a few) can totally shut him down one on one, more than any other superstar I can remember. Rasheed Wallace and Kendrick Perkins are the two main ones, I wonder what his career numbers look like vs. Tyson Chandler too.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:30:51 +0000

The Honorable Cock Jowles: I’d rather argue to convince jon abbey that he’s wrong about anything than have to read that mindless, time-wasting nonsense.

heh, I'm wrong about plenty, I was pro-Eddy Curry for quite some time. I wish Berri would admit as much.

By: Ben R

Ben R — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:30:08 +0000

The Honorable Cock Jowles: Did you miss the part where he’s FOURTH in league history in effective field goal percentage?

I was not saying Howard was ineffective at all. I think Howard is very effective in the Orlando offense but they have always opted for stretch fours that were poor defenders and poor rebounders under the guise that Howard needed a team full of shooters to be effective. I think Howard can be just as effective with a traditional 4 and a more dynamic offense. The problems with Orlando offense's is that if the opposing team can guard Howard 1on1 Howard might still have a great game but the rest of the offense will grind to a halt. That is not a knock on Howard, like I said 2nd best player in the NBA, dominant on both sides of the ball. It is a knock on the team Orlando has always tried to put around him.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:22:28 +0000

@52 I like that D’Antoni put it our there to see if Landry and TD respond. Tell you one thing, if Shump outplays those two guys again, how unnerving will it be for Landry and TD to hear “We Want Shumpert” from the Garden crowd right from the start of the next home game?

By: art vandelay

art vandelay — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:53:49 +0000

Not sure if this was already posted but this is what D’antoni had to say concerning his rationale behind NOT starting Shumpert:

“I want to make sure everybody is good and confident and everything,” he said. “Every time you throw a pebble in the water, there’s ripples. I just want to make sure the team’s good, healthy mentally.”

Not even a thinly veiled attempt to point out that they are doing whatever necessary to keep Fields’ confidence up…I like him and all, but as a second year player who was a 4-year college baller, do we really need to be babying him to the point where a demotion would likely break his already precarious confidence? I mean, c’mon already….

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:51:50 +0000

rohank: I think we desperately need Spree to post “Firsties” in tonight’s game thread. We’re 1 for 1 (1.000) when he does that. ;-)

Agreed. Bring it, Spree.

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:51:49 +0000

rohank: I think we desperately need Spree to post “Firsties” in tonight’s game thread. We’re 1 for 1 (1.000) when he does that. ;-)

Small sample, hardly representative. Also, this is a place for grown, literate men (and women?). Not a place for grown, literate men to unironically write "firsties" so he feels special on an internet message board. I'd rather argue to convince jon abbey that he's wrong about anything than have to read that mindless, time-wasting nonsense.

By: rohank

rohank — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:39:09 +0000

I think we desperately need Spree to post “Firsties” in tonight’s game thread.

We’re 1 for 1 (1.000) when he does that. ;-)

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:02:58 +0000

Ben R: I have always thought Orlando misused Howard a little. He is probably the second best player in the NBA but he is not Hakeem or Shaq offensively. This isn’t a dig it just isn’t his game yet Orlando really wanted to turn him into a pound it in player and always surrounded him with one dimensional shooters. This only works when he is playing against teams that lack true centers, against teams with a good defensive presence in the middle they can guard him 1 on 1 and no one else can do anything. I actually would love to see him play on a team where he is paired with a great defensive PF and can be the second option. Focus on owning the paint defensively and scoring on putbacks and pnr’s.

Did you miss the part where he's FOURTH in league history in effective field goal percentage?