Comments on: Tempered Enthusiasm

By: mase

mase — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:52:00 +0000

anonymous,
replace Frye with Jerome James and you got a deal

By: scutterdmd

scutterdmd — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:27:03 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks Crawford is absolutely terrible as a PG. Once the ball is in his hands, there is a slim chance he is giving it up. At least Marbury knows how to pass. When Crawford runs te point it seems like others become disinterested. I hink they know the guy is a chucker.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:32:10 +0000

hows this trade look Knicks fans?
New York Knicks

Incoming Players
Samuel Dalembert
Salary: $9,464,307 Years Remaining: 5
PTS: 8.5 REB: 8.1 AST: 0.3 PER: 15.01

Wayne Simien
Salary: $932,760 Years Remaining: 2
PTS: 2.2 REB: 1.6 AST: 0.2 PER: 2.80

Rodney Carney
Salary: $1,439,760 Years Remaining: 2
PTS: 4.7 REB: 1.1 AST: 0.3 PER: 10.13

Earl Barron
Salary: $744,551 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 7.0 REB: 4.7 AST: 0.3 PER: 24.22

Bobby Jones
Salary: $412,718 Years Remaining: 2
PTS: 0.3 REB: 0.5 AST: 0.3 PER: 3.27

Theo Ratliff
Salary: $11,666,666 Years Remaining: 2
PTS: 2.5 REB: 3.5 AST: 0.0 PER: 6.90

Outgoing Players: Channing Frye, Steve Francis, Eddy Curry, Jamal Crawford

Boston Celtics

Incoming Players
Kevin Ollie
Salary: $3,196,050 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 4.4 REB: 1.8 AST: 3.4 PER: 9.64

Allen Iverson
Salary: $17,184,375 Years Remaining: 3
PTS: 31.2 REB: 2.7 AST: 7.3 PER: 24.00

Antoine Walker
Salary: $7,606,820 Years Remaining: 5
PTS: 9.7 REB: 4.2 AST: 1.4 PER: 7.80

Outgoing Players: Kendrick Perkins, Wally Szczerbiak, Theo Ratliff

Philadelphia 76ers

Incoming Players
Channing Frye
Salary: $2,325,000 Years Remaining: 2
PTS: 7.6 REB: 5.5 AST: 0.4 PER: 8.99

Kendrick Perkins
Salary: $1,689,410 Years Remaining: 5
PTS: 4.4 REB: 5.6 AST: 1.0 PER: 10.94

James Posey
Salary: $6,392,100 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 5.2 REB: 3.8 AST: 0.8 PER: 8.35

Steve Francis
Salary: $15,070,000 Years Remaining: 3
PTS: 11.0 REB: 3.7 AST: 4.5 PER: 17.30

Eddy Curry
Salary: $8,171,103 Years Remaining: 4
PTS: 16.9 REB: 7.3 AST: 0.7 PER: 14.94

Outgoing Players: Kevin Ollie, Samuel Dalembert, Rodney Carney, Allen Iverson, Bobby Jones

Miami Heat

Incoming Players
Wally Szczerbiak
Salary: $11,775,000 Years Remaining: 3
PTS: 19.6 REB: 3.6 AST: 1.9 PER: 19.00

Jamal Crawford
Salary: $7,200,000 Years Remaining: 5
PTS: 15.3 REB: 2.6 AST: 3.4 PER: 13.60

Outgoing Players: James Posey, Wayne Simien, Earl Barron, Antoine Walker

By: Ted Nelson

Ted Nelson — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:23:33 +0000

In regards to who should lose minutes when Jeffries and Frye return or if the rotation were to be shortened, Crawford gets my vote.

First, he’s an inefficient shooter, yet still takes 2 more FGAs than anyone on the roster. Some might argue that he’s being aggressive. I think it’s either that he’d rather shoot than play within an offense or that Isiah has told him to shoot the ball whenever he wants (neither being a positive thing).

Second, he’s redundant. As I see it, every one of his skills is also possessed by one or more of the other guards. He’s a combo-guard capable of shooting the 3 (maybe not well), creating his own shot, creating shots for others, and stealing the ball. So are all of the Knicks guards. The difference is that the only categories in which he leads the other guards are FGAs and 3ptFGAs and, therefore, points.

Third, the general consesus seems to be that he’s more tradeable than Marbury and Francis ($)and Richardson (health/insurance).

By: mase

mase — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:22:39 +0000

Our starting pg should be someone with some ability to lead a team, not a negative influence. Having said that I dont think Marbury is our best pg.
Marbury makes stupid decisions and has lost a step since Wally fouled him; also he gets burned by quicker guards. In the game against Toronto he fouled T.j. Ford while he was going to call a timeout and sent him to the freethrow line ending the run we put together and in effect costing us the game. no starting pg does that!

Crawford plays well at the point I would start him; for every bad shot Craw takes he does something to redeem himself ie., steals, clutch shots, perimeter defense, getting to the free throw line.

Francis’ turnover’s kill us, he constantly carries the ball without getting called for it and he dosen’t see wide open players particularly on the screen and roll; I dont trust him down the stretch with the ball so why would I start him?

By: Hudson River

Hudson River — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:54:15 +0000

Marbury should be our starter because he playing the best PG of anybody on the team. His numbers don’t look great, but his turnovers are down, and he playing solid defense. Q is definatly our starter at 2 because of his versitility, and Jefferies plays excellent defense and rebounds well. Frye should start because he is an offensive weapon, which this group should use. Curry is clearly our center because he is playing so well of late.

David Lee, Jamal Crawford, Balkman, Francis and Nate are most effective off the bench, but they should not all be played as a unit. Rather they should supplement the starting line-up, and provide support.The knicks can actuallly become a tough team, something they lacked in the post-ewing, Houston era.

By: Nixluva

Nixluva — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:58:20 +0000

Still we get the Marbury hate. I just wish fans would give it a rest already. When he’s on his game he’s STILL the best PG we have. He’s far less prone to the chuck fests that Jamal and Nate have and he’s more decisive then Francis, who still get’s caught too often dribbling the air out of the ball. Tho I feel francis has been VERY good. I think Steph and Francis should be the lead guards. Francis the PG off the bench and Jamal SG off the bench.

Steph, Q, Jared, Lee, Curry
Francis, Jamal, Frye, Balkman

Solid 9 man, with some spot minutes for Nate.

By: Marc R

Marc R — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:54:06 +0000

Marbury can opt out of his contract after this year. The idea that he will do so is beyond preposterous considering he is due over $40MM over the next two years.

By: Ken "The Animal" Bannister

Ken "The Animal" Bannister — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:31:53 +0000

What option?

By: Dan Panorama

Dan Panorama — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:23:34 +0000

Marbury does not work coming off the bench. He gets pissy and takes the team with him. Furthermre he’s been playing well as of late on both ends of the floor, so there’s no point antagnozing him. Francis has actually given us some decent games off the bench and it would mean less distractions. There’s no reason to bench Marbury right now.