I personally wouldnt have done that trade, and I am a Melo fan,
I just think that with a cap you have to use your money wisely,
U dont necesseraly need 3 “superstars” to be a top team, Chicago has one and some good solid players, and look where they are.

What superstar even mean ? Espn superstar ? to me Noah is a star for the Bulls more then Bosh is for Miami.

I think we were covered at SF position wiv Gallo and Chandler,
and I think we needed, to get to the next step, a great PG ( CP3, Dwill ) and a solid C.

Yes, probably we couldnt have traded for Dwill now, then I wouldnt have done any trade at all and waited for FA, we are not goin to win anything this year anyway..

The Honorable Cock Jowles:
I actually read this piece that said researchers found that fans rooting for underdogs had a better time than those rooting for the favorites. Something to do with exceeding expectations. ’07 Giants, anyone?Overvaluing the average pieces that we currently have won’t do anything for your mental health. Being realistic will make victory all the more sweet.  

Im as big a Yankee fan as I am a Knicks fan, maybe even slightly more so since I only played baseball when I was younger and work as an umpire so baseball is my favorite sport although only slightly so.

So trust me I know the differences between rooting for the underdog than the favorite lol. Probably same reason I enjoyed the 1999 playoff run alot more than I did the 1994 playoff run as a Knicks fan.

But shit man we are fans not statistical analysts. Cant we just enjoy rooting for our favorite team period without worrying about the odds or actual reality of their chances of winning????

BigBlueAL:
You are such a party pooper….  

I actually read this piece that said researchers found that fans rooting for underdogs had a better time than those rooting for the favorites. Something to do with exceeding expectations. ’07 Giants, anyone?

Overvaluing the average pieces that we currently have won’t do anything for your mental health. Being realistic will make victory all the more sweet.

The Honorable Cock Jowles:
Yeah, but PER grossly overrates volume scorers, so…  

You are such a party pooper….

BigBlueAL: From Hollinger’s Insider piece today on his playoff predictor simulation:“Just looking at the early rounds, it immediately becomes clear that for anyone in the East, avoiding New York is the key. Boston, for instance, has an 88 percent chance of beating projected No. 7 Philadelphia and a 90 percent chance of beating projected No. 8 Indiana … but shows up only as a 70-30 proposition against the Knicks. Similar odds face the Bulls and Heat in their prospective matchups.”Fear us baby!!lol  

Yeah, but PER grossly overrates volume scorers, so…

Mike Kurylo:
Huh? Dickey didn’t start until the age of 28, and didn’t have a good season until the age of 35. DeJuan Blair is 22 years old with a career PER of 17.6. Maybe Fernando Valenzuela is a better analogy. Someone you’d guess is going to fall off the cliff due to injury. Perhaps Hideo Nomo who had ~1000 IPs in Japan in just 5 seasons.  

Maybe I’m thinking the wrong sport. Eddie George? Earl Campbell?

Doug: DeJuan Blair is the R.A. Dickey of the NBA. How much longer can he keep this up? I wonder what happens if he gets a knee injury and there’s no ACL to tear.  

Huh? Dickey didn’t start until the age of 28, and didn’t have a good season until the age of 35. DeJuan Blair is 22 years old with a career PER of 17.6. Maybe Fernando Valenzuela is a better analogy. Someone you’d guess is going to fall off the cliff due to injury. Perhaps Hideo Nomo who had ~1000 IPs in Japan in just 5 seasons.

Ben R:
I think we should “help” them unload Biedrins. This summer we could trade Turiaf, Balkman, Walker and Rautins for Biedrins and solve our hole in the middle with a young center whose value is at an all time low. Or keep Walker and S&T one of the Williams’ instead.  

Is his value really that low?

stratomatic: Then I’d try to find a way to unload Biedrins (probably impossible) and find the type of C that belongs with Lee.

I think we should “help” them unload Biedrins. This summer we could trade Turiaf, Balkman, Walker and Rautins for Biedrins and solve our hole in the middle with a young center whose value is at an all time low. Or keep Walker and S&T one of the Williams’ instead.