1. The days of Inside the NBA winning awards appears to be over.
Gary Payton sucks at Inside the NBA. I can’t watch that show anymore. I have stopped watching it, Charles Barkley was bothering me because he seemed to be drunk on the air (I honestly felt this way before any DUI was reported) and almost everything out of his mouth was basically garbage. He’s one of the biggest Knick haters I’ve ever seen, and he did so even when the Knicks did not suck. The height of Inside the NBA in my opinion was when it was just Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith. It was all downhill from there, although I like when Magic comes on SOMETIMES.
Yeah Gary, we know you killed Stockton 1-on-1 but you reminded me of Marbury tonight with all that I should have been on there instead of him talk. You’re obviously still bitter about it, although you shouldn’t be considering your accomplishments since that time. You should be respectful if you’re going to be on tv, unless they hired you to come in and assume Barkley’s blatant disrespect.
And Chris Webber slouches to 45 degree angles in Magic’s spot. Sit up straight C-Webb, it doesn’t look good.
I feel sorry for Kenny and Ernie with all the screaming and nonsense that goes on now.
2. We do not need Jermaine O’Neal in New York, and I know this may be falling on deaf ears since Walsh obviously is a fan. Hold out for someone better, like Bosh or Durant. We have the money to burn, we just need the cap space to pull the trigger. Walsh is working on this of course. O’Neal would help with defense, but he is not a good choice due to his age and the fact that nobody wants to keep him.
3. All the Gallinari haters, I remember who you are. I hope he stays healthy long enough to prove all the doubters wrong. Fair-weather NYK fans are the worst. You trashed him for months, called him a Euro, called him white like Donnie Walsh, called him weak, now if he proves himself in NYK, please turn in your Knick fan card and go shopping for a new team, you haters.
And if he gets hurt again (hopefully not) go ahead and talk about Bayless again. I don’t care about bayless at all. I’ll still root for our draft pick. I rooted for Mike Sweetney until the day he was traded away for that matter.
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Being that former Suns assistant and this years Grizzlies coach Marc Iavaroni was fired today, does anyone think D’antoni might take Marc onto his coaching staff?
It seems that the Knicks defensively are improving little by little but as I recall Marc Iavaroni was the Suns assistant who handled the defensive side of the ball and he was the closest coach on that staff to being a specialist on that side of the ball. Would it make sense for D’antoni and the Knicks to pursue him?
Also, the sports ticker on ESPN 1050 pointed out that Walsh and Marbury’s union rep will get together to work further on obtaining a resolution to buying out Marbury. Specuation in a talk show on 1050 commenting on that news tidbit thought that the reason for the possible meeting today is that there is truth to the Greek offer to Marbury to play over seas.
knicks.com kind of sucks.
where is the box score?
http://www.nba.com/knicks/news/nykmemrecap090123.html
whoever is in charge needs to stop worrying about stupid flash apps and focus on more vital knick fan content.
THE BENCH!
Why the streak….
The Bench, a better commitment to defense, better balance on the starting lineup- Lee the bounder and hustle man, and Jefferies with his lenght and D on the opposing teams points and wings.
It’s a healthier balance overall, no pure overeliance on one or two players- Zach and or Crawford.
Now the starting 5 has a mix of capable scoreres, intangible/hustle players and set plays- Chandler, Duhon (Stability and Clutch shooting from the charity stripe and beyond the arc), Lee (Solid midrange J and working the pick and roll with Duhon), Q (being better utilized as a post up option against smaller 2s), Jefferies (lenght inside and being utilized to slow opposing teams point men and swings).
Add to that the bench has capable scorers who can be realed in if they are either not producing or become out of control- e.g, Nate, Harrington, Nilo, Thomas- and there is better balance and healthier player utilization overall.
Kudos to D’antoni has more tricks up his sleeve than many, including I, had pegged him for.
Good Job!
http://knicks.realgm.com/articles/34/20090122/galliari_impresses_while_new_york_waits_for_2010/
knicks at sixers:
we’re two and a half minutes from halftime, and yet we’re sitting on 61 points.
in the larry brown era, we’d be lucky to clear 80 for the game.
no, more points does not mean more win, Denver has proven that decade after decade.
what these high scoring games indicate is that there is a different system in place than the previous guy’s. in fact, there was no discernable system in place with the previous guy.
I hope the knicks continue to build on the recent solid play and that duhon stays limber semi-rested and healthy