Owner: F — character and integrity starts from the top…ain’t nuthin’ home…
Coach: F — and, no, I don’t give him credit for draft picks. It’s about winning, and his draft picks haven’t helped us win. Sorry Balkman lovers, the guy doesn’t score 5 a game…can’t shoot free throws. He ain’t the magic man…
Center: C — scores in the paint very well, doesn’t do much else well at all.
Forwards: C — generous grade maybe. Randolph a B so far, Richardson a D at best.
Guards: D — Steph doesn’t win. Anywhere. Without KG at least…immature, ego-maniac, doesnt’ deliver the goods. Kinda like our coach. Crawford too streaky.
Bench: B- Likable bunch, don’t make the difference in W’s though…If Chandler is a great draft pick, how come he doesn’t play on a 5-11 club?

Would rather have Charlotte or Atlanta talent to build from than ours…would rather have Orlando talent or Boston talent to win now…Either way, we got much of nothing here in the Apple…

Team grade: F — The Knicks — sorry Mr. Black, but TNYKs just suck…

I should have said if Randolph OR Curry didn’t exist…

I don’t see much debate to the issue of whether Curry and Randolph make much sense on the court together. If one of them disappeared (off the court, not on it, as has been too often the case this year) we’d be better.

I’d rather it be Randolph because a) he plays a position we can replace in house and b) his contract is fatter and longer. Other than that

If Randolph and Curry didn?t exist we would still be 5-11. Maybe better. Not worse.”

Not suggesting we play 3 on 5… just that Lee should get starter’s minutes, and one of those other guys would see less PT. (like a 36-30-30 split, or 36/36/24)

You’d see much better defense and overall ball movement.. and while he’s not AS good an individual player on offense as either Curry or Randolph, he’s solid… and beyond that, those two cancel each other out – when one has the ball, the other doesn’t, and is on the court for basically no reason at all. Let’s say it was Randolph whose minutes were cut – Curry would get extra shots, which would be just fine.

If Randolph and Curry didn’t exist we would still be 5-11. Maybe better. Not worse.

Balkman not only missed training camp with the high-ankle sprain, he got hurt again the first week of the season… so he’s definitely been limited by injuries.

Even with slow starts, IMO both these guys are upgrades over Randolph (or Curry) and Q, respectively. But I won’t rehash that argument.

He could solve world hunger by getting Jerome to share.

“Alright, I will take the under?

And let?s do another one, David Lee posting a ts% above 55%, you want the under? ”

Hmmm thats a tough one. If Curry does not play, I take the over because Lee will have room to work in the post and he will catch a few more fast break dunks. IF Curry does play, then Lee wont have a ts% of 50 tonight.

I like Lee alot but it seems that he has lost some lift/explosiveness followng that high ankle sprain. Is he 100%? Come to think of it, Balkman looks a tad slower than he did over the summer. But that could just be becuase he is playing against better talent now.

“‘My apologies for confusing you Z.’

I was being a wise-ass.”

Yeah I know. I was being a wise-ass back at ya. :-)

I agree. It is unfortunate that Thomas cut two players (Dan and Demitrius) that could help this team while holding fast to two players that really bring nothing to the table. Those two players being Burger King James and Malik Rose. I would much rather have Dirty Dan and D-Nice on the bench, especially when James and Rose do NOTHING!!