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Three and two? We haven’t been this good in years

I can not remember the last time the New York Knicks were over .500, and I’ve been paying close attention to the formerly poorly managed team over the past eight or so years.

The buzz right now is about David Lee being benched for one game while Wilson Chandler gets the start at 3/4 (depending on your perception of exactly what Zach Randolph does for the Knicks). D’Antoni claims this was just for the match-up against Jamison (he still put up 24 and 12 against us), but when you consider that D’Antoni likes players that can shoot and are well-rounded in terms of basketball skills, I don’t think it will be Chandler’s last start of the young season, especially with the contract extension issues between David Lee and the New York Knicks.

Everyone seems to be playing well right now. I want to give credit to Walsh and D’Antoni for picking up Duhon and trusting that he can run the show. Nate Robinson has been phenomenal in D’Antoni’s system, and there was a time during the game when Crawford was on the bench and Nate was in the game and I just felt glad.

I don’t know about Roberson. If you let anyone in the NBA shoot that many threes, eventually you’ll make one, does that make you a three point specialist? Part of me wishes we’d kept Patrick Ewing Jr, but since we’re going for LeBron in 2010, how much burn would he get by then anyway?

The keepers thus far in a house-cleaning season:

Nate (second in the league in points off the bench last I checked)

Chandler (upside city)

Duhon (at least until LeBron or Wade gets to bring up the ball dressed in Orange and Blue)

Lee (a competitor, despite the slight loss of hops, he’s got the fire and desire that eddy curry wishes he could just buy)

Hey, Crawford and Randolph are playing well in the system right now, but I’d still rather move them down the road.

In the meantime, LGK.

3-2.

Who would have thought that kind of record would please Knicks fans so much? We’ve come a long way since the 90’s, when anything less than the eastern conference finals was a disappointment for knicks fans.