Comments on: Knicks Morning News (Saturday, Jul 07 2012)

By: ruruland

ruruland — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:07:50 +0000

taggart4800: As for the Knicks, I think we must accept that this team isn’t winning the championship anytime soon.

I really don't get this at all. The Knicks have a chance to have the most well-rounded starting lineup in the NBA, certainly one of the best, with Camby, Kidd, JR Smith, and Novak coming off the bench -- that's a great team, and I'd argue one that's markedly better than the Mavericks of '10.

By: ruruland

ruruland — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:04:23 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/sports/basketball/carmelo-anthony-welcomes-addition-of-jason-kidd.html

Like I said last month, this was the plan all along after it was apparent Lin was going to be a stud. Last year it was pick and roll ballhandling. This year it’s getting down to about 230 and becoming more of an off-ball player.

“Expect less of that next season with the addition of Kidd, Anthony said.

“He is a guy who can get everybody involved,” Anthony said. “I don’t have to do too much ball-handling. Right now, my mind-set is to start working off the ball a lot more.”

By: taggart4800

taggart4800 — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:56:54 +0000

An interesting aside in all of this free agency frenzy, is that like it or not Stern’s plans are creating a more competitive and exciting league.

As for the Knicks, I think we must accept that this team isn’t winning the championship anytime soon. It will however be nice to support a well constructed, coherent team. We now have point guards that can like, you know, pass. Then we have C’s that are like, alive, big, rebound and try and stop people scoring!
ECF is all i am hoping for and that Camby doesn’t go to Miami. Really disappointed that Allen went to Miami to ride their coat tails. Thought more of him than that. Emotions and team allegiance aside, I just don’t see the gratification in joining the perennial favourites and defending champions to steam roll the league. He will only achieve the expected and never the unexpected. In Boston they brought the title back to a struggling franchise, I get that, but this move just seems a little easy to me.

By: Robtachi

Robtachi — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:07:41 +0000

Also, my god, how many $3mil signings are out there that can put a team “over the top”? Are we presupposing another diamond in the rough scenario like what happened with Lin? Because I don’t see that guy out there. The nature of a $3mil/yr player is that they’re never going to put you over the top because they’re not so good they can have that effect, hence the low salary

By: Robtachi

Robtachi — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 06:59:09 +0000

Jafa: @ 61: Robotachi, the problem I have with the Kidd signing is that it feels like an impulse signing.Nobody was interested in Kidd because he is 39 years old, coming off a bad year and the Mavs were offering him 3 years and $9 M.All of a sudden we get spurned by Nash, Brooklyn steals the headlines (resigning DWill, trading for JJ) and we jump to make a splash by signing a name. Kidd is a great signing at 1 year and $1.4 M.Kidd is an ok signing at 3 year and $9.7 M with a team option on years 2 and 3.So I reserve the right to change my mind if this contract contains team options in years 2 and 3.However, if its all guaranteed money for 3 years, Kidd is a horrible signing.He does not put us “over the top” of the top 2 teams in the East (Heat and Celtics) and may hinder our future cap and trade flexibility (nobody is touching Kidd in a future trade, but if we have a young PG making that salary, someone may be convinced he has enough “upside” to trade with us).

Yes, Jason Kidd is the reason the Knicks will not have cap flexibility the next three years... I am willing to listen to any reasonable argument for or against signing Kidd, but that is simply not a valid one. But I'll be sure to phone up Jimmy Dolan and relay him your touching concerns for his luxury tax dollars.

By: SeeWhyDee77

SeeWhyDee77 — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 06:40:05 +0000

RE: Rounding the roster out..how about if we do land Camby, and retain Novak and Earl..how about takin a flier on Redd? I don’t know how washed up he is..but he’s gotta help off the bench. Nope…scratch that..I just thought about the fact he couldn’t do anything in PHX. We do need another 2 guard but who’s out there that’s attainable and will contribute? I hear Extra E may be interested in returning, but he’s a SF an that would make our back up forwards Novak and Extra E. But both are only suited to play PF in a small ball lineup. This Landry Fields thing hurts a little more than we think, I believe. Rite now, the only 2 guard we have on the roster is injured. I’m not quite sure if Earl’s a lock to return. If he does he’ll be the only healthy one for a while. We need 1 who can start and actually fit in that starting lineup while Shump recovers. Earl is better as a 6th as he is given a green light. He can problee be an effective starter with extreme discipline and coaching..but we need him to be our new Starks off the bench. I think he’s a capable defender as well but he doesn’t seem engaged unless he’s getting his shots. So him and Kidd will make a good backcourt tandem off the bench. But back to Camby..if he comes back home that would be amazing to have he and Kidd’s veteran presence on the team. I hope it happens. JJ will be missed..but if Camby replaces him..then maybe not so much. It’s kinda sad tho cuz I was beginning to think JJ is now damn near indispensible..but Camby’s just a better player. I wish we had room for both..but JJ’s offense gets him replaced

By: Z-man

Z-man — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 06:06:48 +0000

Well, with the pressure to win now in Toronto being so great, plus the intense media scrutiny, how could Landry possibly do better there than he did here?

By: massive

massive — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 06:01:19 +0000

One thing I noticed about this site is that people are bigger fans of their opinion than of the team’s success. So yeah, Landry Fields will be very relevant here next season, whether he does good or bad.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:40:35 +0000

[sarcasm]I, for one, am highly anticipating the game-by-game “told you so”s about Landry Fields in Toronto.[sarcasm] Whether he excels there or does poorly, we’ll be sure to see a whole lot of virtual ink in the comments section here talking about him one way or the other. I can’t wait!

By: JK47

JK47 — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:02:32 +0000

Dave Berri’s followers are dogmatic to the point of abandoning common sense. Go over to the wages of wins blog– they’re STILL riding Landry Fields’ dick over there. Yes, that Landry Fields, the player that opposing NBA defenses don’t even bother to guard, the shooting guard who shot .250 from 3 and 56% at the line.

They can’t believe the Knicks are going to pass up on the opportunity to pay Landry $20M.