Comments on: Knicks Morning News (Wednesday, May 02 2012)

By: 2FOR18

2FOR18 — Wed, 02 May 2012 22:29:43 +0000

jon abbey: Mike Lupica has been brain-dead for decades.

We absolutely agree on that.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:31:32 +0000

Mike Lupica has been brain-dead for decades.

By: hoolahoop

hoolahoop — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:32:32 +0000

From Mike Lupica
“All we know is that before Jeremy Lin and before Carmelo, Stoudemire was The Man around here, if briefly.
Stoudemire was the first to change the worst and most dismal basketball culture in the history of the place.
Stoudemire was the one who came here and said all the right things and played his ass off and began to remove the stink of the Isiah Thomas era from the Garden. . . .

“Yeah, Stoudemire looks older than his years, and beat up. But he sure was something those first few months after he hit town, had them chanting “MVP” at the Garden. So go ahead and run him out of town now if you want to. Or pile on. It just means you don’t remember what things were like before he got here, the Garden not a mecca of basketball. Just a dump.”

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:49:41 +0000

No, I know. Ruruland committed to not discussing Melo until the end of the Knicks playoff run. Having a bit of trouble with that….

I am going to keep up my end, and refrain from discussing him. Doctor’s orders also….

By: Nick C.

Nick C. — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:35:05 +0000

If people didn’t post about Melo, even if it is the same argument day after day after day, there would be very little activity on the non-game threads beyond the occasional trade, can we resign Novak/JR inquiries.

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:12:05 +0000

“Many great/efficient offensive players combine their own-shot making with easier looks created from penetration by others.. melo is not affforded those right now.”

Ruruland – I thought we weren’t posting about Melo?

By: d-mar

d-mar — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:06:25 +0000

Wow, Beck going a little overboard in his gloom and doom piece today, calling Anthony’s 12-26 shooting “ghastly”

Also, one of the recurring themes in the “Knicks have a doomed future” posts from a prior thread was the fact that we may lose both Smith and Novak next year. I love Novakaine, but when it comes to playoff basketball, it’s become pretty apparent his value diminishes significantly. And look at guys like Anderson and Korver, who do pretty much what Novak does – make 3′s. They’ve basically been non-factors in their series as well. And JR? Yeah, he’s a nice guy to have come off of the bench, but there are nights when he will just kill you with bad decisions and bad shots.

Both of them are replaceable, IMO.

By: SeeWhyDee77

SeeWhyDee77 — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:44:45 +0000

In my perfect world we’d be able to move him to ATL for Smith. Hell, I might even take Williams and cap fodder. At least Williams would defend and stay outta Chandler and Melo’s way on offense. That said, I have a list, focusing on players who play or can play the 4, whose production doesn’t match their deals. Unfortunately this may be the lot Grunny is forced to choose from unless he wants to trade big for small. Villanueva, Tyrus Thomas, Frye, Chuck Hayes, Blatche, Odom, and to a lesser extent Scola and Okafor. Yuck. But what other options do we have. Chandler and Melo are obviously going nowhere unless another team blows Grunny away with an offer. Good news is Melo doesn’t have to worry about on court chemistry the rest of the series because Stat’s probably done til next season unless we oust Miami. As far as next season, if Stat is moved, I have no problem with building around Melo, Chandler and Lin…that’s nothing to shake a stick at. Those guys are good. So, hope for the future is not lost..especially if we can dump stat. get ready for a crazy offseason..whenever ours ends- I still think we can beat Miami. It’s gonna be super tough..but not impossible since we have good 3 point shooters for Melo to kick it out to and keep the defense honest.

By: SeeWhyDee77

SeeWhyDee77 — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:27:12 +0000

Get ready 4 the Knicks 2 get back very very bad return for Amare’. I think he just shoveled the last bit of dirt on his tenure in NY. There’s no way Grunny trades Melo after what he’s shown the end of this season even if he will get a far more superior return package. Stat is stil a valuable player, problem is his value doesn’t match his contract. Me personally, I prefer movin him for Channing Frye and high priced players PHX doesn’t want. I also think he would do well in NO or ATL, but I see no way those 2 franchises would want him. But I have no doubt that Grunny is gonna exhaust every option in trying to move Stat. I couldn’t see this a year ago because he was playing so well, but his presence is handicapping the squad. Before, I didn’t believe he and Melo’s skills overlap..but they do for sure. And with Chandler’s main offensive skill being within the P&R, it renders Stat obsolete in NY. I held onto the idea that Stat and Melo would work for so long because I hoped..err..prayed that Stat would post up more. Nope…as big and talented as he is he just wouldn’t do it. I’m so disappointed. Especially when u consider that Stat’s ego won’t let him become the 2nd option and find a way to fit in next to Melo’s offensive splendor so we can win some ball games. So disappointed. It burns even more to see Melo’s increased activity on D while Stat sleepwalks. So dis…ah f it u get the point.