Comments on: Open Thread NY @ LA Lakers

By: Thomas B.

Thomas B. — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:41:57 +0000

Berman’s dream backcourt would be Marbury and Iverson. Ask Larry Brown how that worked out in the 2004 Olympics.

Yeah it sucked in the 2001 All star game too…oh no wait it didn’t.

2004? was that not the year marbury set some kind of olympic scoring record?

By: totti

totti — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:04:13 +0000

It can turn out even worse if you think about….15/20 wins given this roster. It’s just like a sacrifice before redemption

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:45:28 +0000

Well there could still be the off-season of 2011, plus having all that cap room also makes it alot easier to make big trades so all would not be lost.

Its been tough now but still the plan of getting all this cap space for next year was still the right way to go considering the horrible roster Isiah put together.

By: SJK

SJK — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:59:27 +0000

Okay, I really hate to say this because I like to be optimistic, but what if there is no free agent bonanza?

By: tastycakes

tastycakes — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:57:08 +0000

BK, well said.

I just hope this year doesn’t turn out so badly that Donnie feels pressured into removing D’antoni. Mike should get another shot after the 2010 free agent bonanza.

By: totti

totti — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:28:58 +0000

The worst thing can happen to berman is to be never more mentioned or red by anyone of us.

By: BK

BK — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:21:27 +0000

Wayne Winston says the best Knick lineups have Hughes, Gallinari and Harrington, and that Hughes is the Knicks’ most effective player, based on adjusted +/-:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wayne-winston/the-nbas-unsung-heroes_b_370851.html

By: totti

totti — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:19:59 +0000

Gallo moved his body on the court in a very different way 2yrs ago in europe. First, he was maybe a couple of inches shorter. Second, he did not have the back injury. The thing of him that captured my soul was his intangibles at the venerable age of 18, then his allround skills. i think that he is healed, still far from being completely recovered. He can’t push his body at full throttle so far. He will improve, little by little, no matter all this mess surrounding him at this moment. He will get his experiences, like to be blocked by some big men, to be stealed of the ball by artest or pierce, shooting airballs instead of driving to the rim, got frozen out by the rest of team etc… At the end he will be a knicks for the years to come always honouring the jersey. All those struggling and injuries problem will make him only mentally stronger. As for me, well, i’ll be up this night too, only to watch his game vs sacramento.

By: SeeWhyDee77

SeeWhyDee77 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:17:07 +0000

I know i’m gonna be on thin ice with this, but I don’t see why we’re so pumped up about Douglas. He’s great defensively, we drafted him to be a possible PG of the future and he did look good in summer league-but all this guy does is score when he enters the game. I may be wrong about this b/c maybe D’Antoni puts him in the game to be a scorer, but I haven’t seen him move the ball or find guys within the offense all season. Part of me thinks that we’ve been seduced by the couple of nice scoring games that he’s had so far. Look at the box scores-where’s the assists? That may be the reason why Duhon still gets so much PT. Regardless, I think D’Antoni owes it to us to play the rooks more. My fear is what if we get to a point where we have no choice but to play Hill and Douglas and they are nowhere near ready. It’s very possible, everybody in front of Hill (Lee and Harrington basically) are in the last year of their deals..and ditto for Douglas. On top of that, our best interior defender gets no PT. I’d say D’Antoni is doing a questionable at best job at coaching, regardless of the talent level he has to work with. I know the big FA’s would love playing for D’Antoni, but if he doesn’t do a better job (especially with the defense), we may all be chanting “Fire D’Antoni”-LBJ or not. He can at least lose one of the guys on his staff and hire a defensive specialist, or at least use Herb Williams as the defensive specialist on the staff. And not just give him a token 5 minutes to teach during practice either.

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:06:16 +0000

Berman’s dream backcourt would be Marbury and Iverson. Ask Larry Brown how that worked out in the 2004 Olympics.