Comments on: Total Regicide, or, Amar’e's Returned, or, Knicks 120 – Kings 81.

By: Thomas B.

Thomas B. — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:29:18 +0000

jon abbey: haha, Thomas, are you really giving yourself credit for that? that’s like saying “I predicted if Woodson can just win a ton of games, he won’t get fired. see, I was right!”. much love, but come on.

I can't give myself credit for being right. I already had the credit. Nobody else was saying it could work. Well nobody but me. Oh and when will we get to ruru's Amare article btw?

By: Juany8

Juany8 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:36:25 +0000

Z-man: http://knickerblogger.net/knicks-2013-preview-the-carmelo-amare-conundrum/

Ridiculous game but I’m glad they won haha

By: Z-man

Z-man — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:02:48 +0000

PS: Go Ravens!

By: Z-man

Z-man — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:01:38 +0000

Here’s my favorite quote from that thread:

“Amare has to realize that he does not need to average 20+ points a game on this team, and that’s a GREAT thing for him in that it will keep him healthier and more fresh for a long playoff run. He may have to virtually eliminate the part of his game that is better performed by Melo, such as the iso from the elbow area, and focus completely on P&R, spot-ups and post-ups. In other words, play David Lee’s game with less rebounding and more shot-blocking.”

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:51:51 +0000

Gotta love abbey’s brutal honesty :-)

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:46:09 +0000

and as usual, ruru’s first comment below that piece is dead on, much more so than your article.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:42:32 +0000

actually, after clicking through on that, it’s even worse. your argument was that Amar’e needed to start contrary to what other people were saying, and clearly that’s not the case thus far.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:36:10 +0000

haha, Thomas, are you really giving yourself credit for that? that’s like saying “I predicted if Woodson can just win a ton of games, he won’t get fired. see, I was right!”. much love, but come on.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:23:09 +0000

Oh, and I couldn’t agree more on Cousins. With talented rookies, you really see the difference between good organizations and bad ones. I’d say that now that the bobcats have Cho, the Kings and Raps are the two worst organizations in the league, with Kings easily the worst. Cousins is clearly a taller version of Z-Bo with a better passing game and actually seems to be less trouble off the court than early career Z-bo. Both depend on solid organizations.

As long as the Kings remain who they are, Cousins will never reach his full potential without being traded. I’m sure there are lots of good teams that are doing their best to take Cousins off the Kings’ hands.

Finally, in fairness to Gasol, it’s not just a matter of his ego preventing him from coming off the bench. He’s right to be annoyed that a stubborn coach cannot communicate directly with him (and, as we saw in NY, would rather talk to the media about a player than to say anything to his face) and try to use his talents in the most productive manner.

By: Thomas B.

Thomas B. — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:17:18 +0000

There was a writer for this fine blog who said in a season preview that the key to Amare coexisting with ‘Melo was finding a way for Amare to score with very high efficiency. Looks like he might have been on to something.

http://knickerblogger.net/knicks-2013-preview-the-carmelo-amare-conundrum/