For years, Ew2 has been tryng make the team.

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The Knicks may have given up on Rudy Fernandez; they are signing Roger Mason to one year deal worth $1.4 million.

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Apparently he has a bad back.

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Dominique was one of my favorite players ever.

He could fill up a stat sheet like no one else.

He was guaranteed to do at least 5 amazing things in every basketball he played in during his prime.

And yet, he never went deep into the playoffs during his Hawk days.

There is more to basketball than just statistics, that’s what John Hollinger doesn’t understand when he’s counting all those beans.

You could not put a price on what players like Oakley did for the Knicks. There are intangibles beyond the numbers game.

Walsh’s big challenge then is to assemble a team with good team chemistry. We haven’t had that kind of winning culture team chemistry since ’99.

Good thing we only have 2-4 guys coming back from last year.

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According to this, the Knicks offer to Shannon Brown is around $4 million a year? Too much for a backup, but this could just be a rumor. I know Donnie knows what he is doing between Brown, Rudy Fernandez, Chris Paul and down the road, Carmelo.

I forgot to put Billy Walker in the poll as a possible starting two guard candidate, but lets face it, his Vegas Summer Pro League performance was for the most part forgettable.  The excuse I heard is that he is getting used to the weight loss.  I hope he gets used to it sooner rather than later.

Some stuff by Rudy Fernandez

PS – Anybody seen Earl Barron?

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Literally the next day after the Rudy Fernandez to New York chatter picked up on the radar, we now have official word that the Knicks have tried to make their next move since the Golden State trade and Mozgov signing.

Shannon Brown, the player who’s name is probably linked to more nasty dunks on youtube than any player currently on our roster not named Amar’e, has been offered a contract by the New York Knicks.  Brown is waiting for Los Angeles to resolve their luxury cap issues by attempting to trade Sasha Vujacic (could care less about spelling it right, it is a Laker).

Not only does Ken Berger hook us up with this Knicks news, he also lets us know we don’t have to wait any longer to trade anyone we picked up in the Golden State trade, those guys could be used right now if the right deal for Donnie came along.

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PC found the definitive scouting report on our young center Timofey Mozgov the 7’1″ transition basketball, pick and roll specialist center from Russia, with love. Click here to see more videos like this one:

Fernandez-is he worth giving up Chandler for?  Portland wants to move him for a first round pick, but we don’t have one to give until 2014. Maybe we could do a three-way trade and use either Bill Walker or Toney Douglas and it would work. The cap is not the issue with this trade, only that Portland gets a 1st rounder.

Love that dunk on Dwight Howard at the end.

Everyone knows we need a two guard. Could it be Landry Fields? If we don’t get Fernandez, maybe Mike D’Antoni wants to use Danilo Gallinari at the shooting guard position this year. Think about the players he guarded last year. Now think about what he does well, stand on the wing and shoot. If I’m right, he might eng up being the tallest shooting guard in the NBA.

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Let me go on record as saying this year’s Knick team is really going to get up the floor more the the Knicks of the past two years.

The reason why I believe this is because in David Lee’s wake, we will get big performances from three guys who will each share a role in the rebounding opportunities up front.

Danilo Gallinari proved to me that he could obsolete David Lee with only improving his rebounding skills.  There were times this past season where Gallinari was as active on the boards as David Lee, and I knew then that Gallo would make Lee unnecessary, he has the same competitive fire Lee has plus more skill.

Amar’e is often critizied for not rebounding and defending enough, but I say he’ll be our biggest intimidator in the paint, because he can block shots and he will dunk on you.  He’s our best big man since Patrick Ewing, in my opinion.

No one will be expecting to see Anthony Randolph fly in from under the radar and catch rebound dunks like Marcus Camby in that run to the 1999 finals during the lockout year, but I will expect him to be as good as Marcus was in his first season in New York.  Man, was he great that playoffs dunking on Mutumbo and just catapulting us into the Finals.

Between those three guys, I think we’ll get opportunities to run.  I love the article I read on Randolph, where the coach made him get the rebound first before he could bring the ball up.  He had 19 rebounds that game.  Mike D’Antoni will definitely be using that knowledge to push Randolph harder than any player since he moved East of the Suns, West of the Moon.

I’ve heard from Hollinger recently that Felton isn’t that great of a pick and roll guard, but for some reason I don’t think it is going to matter that much when we are constantly in transition. 

This team will be more like the Mike D’Antoni Suns, and I’m not just saying that because Amar’e is here.  We have the young and long athletic types, that part is key to SSoL.

The back court is unclear.  Felton will be there for a majority of the minutes at the point, yes, but who else at the other starting guard position?  Bill Walker?  Azibuike?  Chandler?  Landry Fields?  Toney Douglas?  Could be any of those guys.  Training camp will determine which.

“We have to be able to play small, and we have to be able to play big,” Donnie Walsh said recently during an interview.  How would we look in either mode?

Small Ball for speed

PG Ray Felton

SG Toney Douglas

C  Randolph

SF Chandler

PF Amar’e

Big Lineup for power

PG Ray Felton

SG Azibuike

C   Turiaf

SF  Danilo

PF  Amar’e

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Read more here about our player trying to live up to his POTENTIAL.

He’s long, lean and unlimited.

Opportunity knocks for Knicks’ Randolph.

“Success is up to me.”

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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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