Read more here about our player trying to live up to his POTENTIAL.
He’s long, lean and unlimited.
Opportunity knocks for Knicks’ Randolph.
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I have no idea have to see the preseason to see how well Mr. Walsh assembled his roster. He says it is more balanced, but we still need a legit shooting guard, unless we can make one out of any of the following players: Danilo, Anthony Randolph, Toney Douglas or Landry Fields.
Starks4three, yeah, you’re right, we need another guard for a three-man rotation. How well did Landry Fields handle the ball in the vegas summer pro league? I don’t recall him bringing the ball up, only TD.
maybe we should trade one of our centers for another guard? I really trust Walsh to do the right thing. who knows, we may have put ourselves in position for a midseason trade, especially if we start winning some ball games with our best five on the floor?
what is our best five on the floor right now? i don’t even know if Mike D and Walsh know that, they said every position except Felton’s and Amar’e’s are yet to be determined and can be earned in training camp.
If i were a betting man, and i can be a betting man, I would say this could be our best five, maybe not our starting five:
PG Ray Felton
SG Wilson Chandler
C Anthony “Mr. Potential” Randolph (as Dickie V would say)
SF Danilo Gallinari
PF Amar’e Stoudemire
with the first big off the bench being the experienced Ronny Turiaf and the first guard off the bench being Mr. Toney Douglas. That’s a strong 7. the 8th man could be Landry Fields and if our bigs get in foul trouble we could bring in Mozgov and Jerome JOrdan to earn their quick six each.
we would be fast to say the least, transition basketball, SSoL.
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http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9H6U6PG1.htm
“According to his former coaches at LSU, Mr. Randolph needed incentive on occasion. Midway through his only season at LSU, he was averaging about eight rebounds per game—good but not great for someone with his size and athleticism. So before the team played at Vanderbilt, assistant coach Butch Pierre made a surprise announcement in a team meeting: Mr. Randolph would spend some time at point guard. He was thrilled. His teammates were shocked. But Mr. Pierre said he included an important caveat: Mr. Randolph would be permitted to bring the ball upcourt only after he grabbed a defensive rebound. He finished the game with 19 rebounds.”
more on ray felton
http://www.nba.com/bobcats/player_profile_raymond_felton.html
good video footage in the above link.
Turiaf might be a better starter (playing no more than 25 per) beacuse of his toughness energy and shotblocking… It would help set a tone urge his teammates and prevent the lackluster starts of last season. also he can do things on the court w/o plays being called for him. he will get alleys and chippies from doubles on Amare and he would move w/ o ball.. all helpful to get an early flow.
With Amare @ the 5 to start we would be quicker to start w? AR upfront but teams like Miami, Boston and ORL would be sure to issue an erly beat down on Amar’e to wear him down.
bring AR of the bench with about 7-5 mins left in first to cahnge the games pace and another ball handler and have weak side shot blocking.. just my 2 centavos
but back your point KD the above best five you mentioned is what I see as well… depending on what Kaz brings
this link is a complete review of Mozgov’s game: http://nbaplaybook.com/2010/07/27/overseas-scouting-report-timofey-mozgov/
it’s a really nice review with a lot of video clips. def worth checking out.
hollinger: ‘the knicks did OK’
“I have already named the offseason winners and losers. What I’ve yet to discuss is the most interesting group: the survivors.
Every team came into the summer with a Plan A, but those plans don’t always work out. For these teams, for a variety of reasons, their initial goals didn’t happen.
Nonetheless, each of them made good, helpful deals that put them in at least as strong a position as when the summer started, both for this season and the future. As a result, these six teams are my top survivors of the 2010 offseason:
New York Knicks
After two years of predicting Armageddon if they couldn’t land LeBron James, Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh, the Knicks missed out on all three of their top targets. But their offseason still worked out OK. After signing high-scoring Suns forward Amare Stoudemire, New York — among the league’s worst shot-blocking teams each of the past two seasons — was able to parlay David Lee into human fly-swatter Anthony Randolph and then sign Raymond Felton to a relative bargain deal. The inability to use all the cap space on superstars also had a silver lining: the Knicks were able to keep $854,000 bargain Bill Walker, who could emerge as a force next season on the wings.
Was it a perfect summer? Of course not. I’m not sure Felton, a mediocre pick-and-roll guard, will thrive in a Mike D’Antoni system, and the difference between Stoudemire and Lee at the offensive end is relatively minor. (As odd as this sounds, Stoudemire’s comparatively less-awful defense is his main advantage over Lee.)
But the Knicks will live to fight another day. The Lee deal brought in two potential expiring contracts, giving New York the flexibility to get well under the cap in 2011 … and again in 2012. They also have enough pieces to put together deals before then, beginning with their efforts to pry Chris Paul from New Orleans. For both the short and long term, the Knicks are better off than they were a year ago. That’s pretty good for Plan D. “
That was a good breakdown of mozgov.. very good…at the least he looks like he’s potential with a foundation of skills…being a European palyer he seems to be more familar and comfortable with moving without the ball