Comments on: Knicks Morning News (Wednesday, Sep 12 2012)

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:51:48 +0000

massive: So we almost had Matt Barnes, but Mike Woodson said no. His WS/48 last year was .142, and his WP/48 last year was .217. He put those numbers up in 1,440 minutes (22.9 minutes a game). Not signing him for the vet’s minimum is a bad decision.

shot creation blah blah blah defense blah blah blah spot-up jumpers blah blah assisted rate blah blah blah In other words, Mike Woodson knows something you don't know, obviously.

By: er

er — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:27:08 +0000

This is baffling i think he would have been a great spark plug at the backup 3 SF would have been melo, novak,brewer,white,barnes In these 5 you basically have everything from shooting to offense to defense. I hope we can get the rationale behind this decision

massive: So we almost had Matt Barnes, but Mike Woodson said no. His WS/48 last year was .142, and his WP/48 last year was .217. He put those numbers up in 1,440 minutes (22.9 minutes a game). Not signing him for the vet’s minimum is a bad decision.

By: er

er — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:24:37 +0000

I vote for Melo

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:15:15 +0000

I vote for Jeremy Lin :-)

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:07:46 +0000

I vote Chandler, but Shump is very close behind. Shump is a blast to root for. He is a bundle of energy. It is like rooting for Avery Bradley (another highly rootable guy).

Woodson seriously said no to Barnes? I wonder why. Perhaps because he knows they don’t have minutes for him and he figured Barnes wouldn’t react well? I dunno why they can’t just give Extra E an invitation to training camp. See if he still has something left.

By: JC Knickfan

JC Knickfan — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:11:24 +0000

ess-dog: So Jon votes for Shump, Flossy votes for Chandler. Btw it sounds like we’re looking at Malcolm Thomas for the last guaranteed spot.I love this.I think he could be helpful defending and rebounding from the forward spots.Another young guy to root for.

Chris Smith and Copeland have non-Guaranteed contract. There should 2 spot left for 7 people to battle out for. If Thomas sign and I'll surprise if guarantee, that bring roster to 20 players which is max for training camp. Given Stat injury history and Thomas is 40, I would say we need another PF. Sure Melo could start at PF, but we still need defensive backup.

By: massive

massive — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:00:01 +0000

So we almost had Matt Barnes, but Mike Woodson said no.

His WS/48 last year was .142, and his WP/48 last year was .217. He put those numbers up in 1,440 minutes (22.9 minutes a game). Not signing him for the vet’s minimum is a bad decision.

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:52:27 +0000

So Jon votes for Shump, Flossy votes for Chandler.

Btw it sounds like we’re looking at Malcolm Thomas for the last guaranteed spot. I love this. I think he could be helpful defending and rebounding from the forward spots. Another young guy to root for.

By: flossy

flossy — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:38:24 +0000

ess-dog: Yeah, I would probably choose between Shump and Chandler, though it’s weird that they are both primarily defensive players. Plus, one is out most of the year and the other is at the tail end of his career.

Chandler is at the tail end of his career? That's going to come as a surprise to... Tyson Chandler.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:25:59 +0000

the word the other day was that Shump would hopefully be back in December, hardly “out most of the year”.