In a sense you are right about the Celtics lack of real substantial depth in the interior. But despite that lack of depth, percieved or otherwise, their main interior palyers stayed healthy enough to get that shiny stuff.

Actually do you or anyone else think that the rest of the East beefed up in response to the tough/dense, yet not so deep, interior play of Boston last year?

Hey as to Methbury getting the boot. I would love for Boston to take him, maybe he’ll detonate right in their midst. I really doubt it though they have stronger more established personalities over in Beantown.

But it would beautiful for him to blow up in Beantown and take them down with him. Our own version of the Trojan Horse..

If he really said the following in the Sleuth article then, me thinks Pierce would love to get a point gaurd on the cheap!

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/2008/07/10/2008-07-10_paul_pierce_advises_knicks_to_dump_steph.html

a young doc rivers running the point and basically giving the ball every single time to dominique, who would always do something amazing.

‘nique was my second favorite player at that time right after ewing but just before chris mullin.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/basketball/nba/blog/2008/07/brand_to_philly_what_really_ha.html#comments

But after that terrible knee injury I wonder if he can regain any semblance of is previous form?

should the Knicks take a flyer on him and trade one of our excess contracts????

Anyway I whish him well hope he makes a comeback. Love redemptions songs!

“Do you think that the reason why so many of our third years and younger players are in the Summer League is also possibly to not only assess whether they’ll be keepers but also to boost their value for purposes of packaging them with some of the Knicks dead weight contracts?”

No doubt you’re right. Mardy has no trade value currently and Balkman’s has dropped big-time with the bad sophomore follow-up to what was a promising rookie season.

I believe if Chandler is 100% healthy, Mike D will want to keep him for that 7-second offense. For D’antoni, Nate might be a keeper, moreso than Jamal. I think Walsh would move Jamal if he got a good deal for him, because Mike D wants team players who play both ways. players that make smart decisions with the basketball. Jamal’s shot selection is often erratic, forced, ect.

So I think Walsh had Mike D’s back, and will remake the Knicks according to D’Antoni’s preferences.

I know walsh found Antonio Davis and Dale Davis to compete with our Mason, Oakley and Ewing front line, I hope he can find that kind of player for us in the paint, someone who will block shots and get rebounds and keep people away from the basket.

I have no idea who D’antoni wants to keep, but if I were to try to read his mind I’d guess he wants to work with Lee, Nate, Q (assuming health), Chandler (again assuming health). He’ll work with either Eddy or Zach but they both won’t still be here in November if they can do anything about it. We are rebuilding, or restructuring, whichever word you prefer to use.

they might keep stephon until the trading deadline. especially if they don’t think they will be in contention for a playoff spot early in the season.