Should only be a matter of weeks before something gives and a real roster spot for Ewing opens up.
Of course you could argue that we need more immediate help in the back court.
But I’d like to hear anyone argue that we don’t need any help playing fundamentally sound interior defense.
It is true what they say, you can’t teach height. But it seems equally true that you can’t teach heart, otherwise Eddy Curry would be an all-star every year and would play defense for once.
Knicks need this win in Jersey tonight pretty badly.
I think they have a good chance to win, but Jersey obviously has the better record, so we’ll see…
I had to include this photos of the amazing alley that Chandler threw to Q. You’d think it would be the other way around but if you saw it, you know it was a great play.
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you can really tell Al Harrington LOVES being a New York Knick.
Can’t say that about some of the other guys brought in by the other guy (Curry, James, Francis, MARBURY as of late).
this one looks like a wrap.
good to get a w in Jersey.
We have a team now because we have a real point guard for the first time in a long time.
chris duhon just gave yet another lap dance to a girl in the second row from courtside.
don’t know what i’m talking about? google search his name…
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Agree wholeheartedly about not being able to teach heart, add to that hustle drive desire, competitve hunger. Curry couldn’t get that now he is hunkering down the Bench as a book end expense on the Knicks roster which could be used to resign a player on this current squad who might make a 2010 reconstituted Knicks team- if it can be accomplished- an even bigger threat.
Good win for the Knicks seems like last night they lost a game many thought they should win, and tonight they evade the recieving end of a blowout on tired legs and pull out a double digit win.
Surprise surprise. But I think the Knicks will surprise against some opponents they shouldn’t beat and dissapoint against certain adversaries they should beat.
Best of luck to Ewing Jr. hope to see his presence back at MSG to take up his fathers missions and fill in our EZpass express to the lane that really needs to be shut down.
Lets Go Knicks!
I agree you can’t teach height or heart but can’t we at least teach weight ??? lol.
Any word on D Lee ? The fall didn’t look horrible but it couldn’t have felt good.
I agree that there is major absence of interior defense, but I like how some of the guys have adopted a no easy layups policy. Lee, Chandler, and even QRich are hacking the nonsense out of guys instead of giving up easy buckets. I love it. It reminds me of Oakley, who would send a guy to the foul line with a numb elbow before he let someone dunk on his hoop. This kind of attitude has been missing the last couple years.
Now that Mobely has retired, what’s the move? Is Ewing a lock? A backup point guard? A shooter? A big guy to defend and block shots? Or the best player available?
bro watch the Dwayne Wade interview on Espn.com they way he’s talking about 2010 makes it obvious that he wants to play with Lebron. Its towards the end.
You have to get a guard, Duhon can’t keep playing those minutes.
from RealGM:
With Nate Robinson due back from injury Saturday, Donnie Walsh is in no hurry to fill the roster spot left vacant by the retirement of Cuttino Mobley.
The Knicks could be interested in Jannero Pargo or Carlos Delfino, both of whom are currently playing in Russia. The team could also explore trades involving Sacramento’s Quincy Douby or Portland’s Sergio Rodriguez.
Patrick Ewing Jr. has officially has signed with the D-League and seems to be in the Knicks’ short-term plans. But the team’s more immediate need is at guard and Ewing Jr. most likely will take the roster spot that will open when Stephon Marbury is bought out and released.
Any word on D Lee ? Anyone ? Bueller ?
My knowledge on D Lee is as good as yours JohnQ.
I’ve read that Delfino is a pretty good defender has lenght it more of a Shooting Guard Small Forward type. But if a back up to Duhon is needed would Pargo be the better answer. Perhaps Douby?
Any thoughts.
IMO Nate is the guy to back up Duhon. Q should be permanently moved to the 2. In that scenario, Delfino is the guy we need.
JQ I agree I always felt that QRich should have always played 2 here… I has a fighters heart but physically he’s a thick 2… reminds of Bruce Darymple that used to play for Ga Tech back in John Salley’s day…
also because the team usually has a least 2 other guys that can handle the ball(on the court) other than Duhon Qrich does not really need to handle the rock so much… lastly he still has a great post up game.. and they need to use that at least once a quarter when Q rich is on the floor..
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=496294
KD thanks for the article it presents some valid points
no problem SaipanKnickster
anyone watching the game right now?
I can’t.
BUT, I did hear Kamla say today that Nate is the starting two guard for the rest of the season.
That’s big.
Or little, depending on how you look at it.
5’7″ two guard.
In Mike D’s system, it may just work.
But what happens when the opposing team has a 6’9″ two guard? that’s not unheard of in this league.
I guess we switch Chandler on to him and let nate guard a Small Forward.
Ha.
69 points at halftime for your knicks.
I bet there were some games last season that the Knicks didn’t total 69 points for the entire game.
And people are still talking smack about Walsh and D’Antoni. I know the Kings are one of the worst teams right now, but I do believe this team is better than they were at this time last year.
Yes we have major defensive problems but we had those last year too.
harrington is an awesome Knick so far…
nate with the sliding assist.
good stuff…
So now the real question is was Nate safe w/ his slide/pass to Harrington ? He looked safe to me !!! lol. Seriously that was a great pass to hit Al in stride for the 3 ball. Exciting game last night. I’m proud to see NY at 11-12
Knicks don’t have to many offensive lapses under O’toni. The D has always been an issue with the Knicks, no argument there.
Actually I was thinking the other day that the Knicks are the NBA’s version of the Cleveland indian team in the First Major League Movie.
Why I say… well b/c it seems that with all the attention to 2010 and grilling and killing of the refuge from the past regime, alot of the media coverage and even overall takes by bloggers emphasize that its all about 2010 and not whether the Knicks made good from the trades they made recently.
But…
It seems that this squad of Knicks exiles and cast offs from other squads- e.g., Harrington, Thomas, and Duhon- coupled with the remnants of discredited Knicks teams of the recent past, coached by a coach who met a less than ideal breakup with his former team in Phoenix, collectively may have alot of reseaons to take the headlines from as a team worth rooting for. A team which might make the playoffs and surprise many whose focus is in the the free agent future of 2010 or still miring in the malaise of the recent past.
Given that there are really only 3 elite NBA teams this years several second tiered caliburred contenders coupled with a large mass of also rans and pretenders, the Knicks may be able to make them playoffs with the smoke and mirrors of a team lacking better interior defense prone defensive lapses and the ocassional overeliance on the three ball instead of offensive balance.
Lets Go Knicks of course!