Thursday, October 06, 2005
The New Rotation?
Here is my nine man rotation with ages as of opening day:
PG: Marbury (28), Nate (21)
SG: Crawford (25)
SF: QR (25), Ariza (20)
PF: Taylor (29), Frye (22),
C: Curry (22), James (30)
PG: Marbury (28), Nate (21)
SG: Crawford (25)
SF: QR (25), Ariza (20)
PF: Taylor (29), Frye (22),
C: Curry (22), James (30)
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Where Overrated, Overpaid and Damaged Bulls Go to Die
Subject to a battery of medical tests, we're now going to be led in the post by Eddy Curry. We've roughly given up: (i) Sweetney; (ii) the Tim Thomas contract; (iii) our 1st round pick next year; (iv) the Bulls can swap 1st round slots with us in 2007. That leaves us with the Spurs' 1st round pick next year ... no doubt very far from the lottery and functionally equivalent to a 2nd round pick.
I am not going to budge on this issue. We've made yet another mistake and we're going to pay for it for some time to come. Isiah can talk of the tandem of Curry and James all he wants, I am not biting. All this means is that we are spending lavishly on a backup center (James) and hoping wildly that everyone else was wrong about the health/desire of our starting center (Curry).
It is very likely that this move makes Knicks better this year. As said below, Curry is better developed than Sweetney. But I believe that Curry is not the #5 you can build a team around. Maybe the best evidence is his closeness to Jamal Crawford.
It seems like the Knicks are where overrated, overpaid and damaged Bulls go to die . . .
I am not going to budge on this issue. We've made yet another mistake and we're going to pay for it for some time to come. Isiah can talk of the tandem of Curry and James all he wants, I am not biting. All this means is that we are spending lavishly on a backup center (James) and hoping wildly that everyone else was wrong about the health/desire of our starting center (Curry).
It is very likely that this move makes Knicks better this year. As said below, Curry is better developed than Sweetney. But I believe that Curry is not the #5 you can build a team around. Maybe the best evidence is his closeness to Jamal Crawford.
It seems like the Knicks are where overrated, overpaid and damaged Bulls go to die . . .
Monday, October 03, 2005
Marbury vs. Brown
For lawyers, this is a bad pun, putting together the names of two landmark Supreme Court cases. For Knicks fans, this is going to be the coming battle in our South Carolina training camp.
Brown is in a tough spot. His best team in the short run would feature Marbury, warts and all. His best team of the future requires disciplined, unselfish play that starts with good defense. All of those are not in Marbury's repetoire. Brown also needs to grow devotion to the team and the system. Marbury is his own team and his own system.
I'd love to trade him but I know we can't without creating even more serious problems (read contracts we'd have to take).
Let's see if Brown can work a miracle. I hope he does, but I am not holding by breath.
Brown is in a tough spot. His best team in the short run would feature Marbury, warts and all. His best team of the future requires disciplined, unselfish play that starts with good defense. All of those are not in Marbury's repetoire. Brown also needs to grow devotion to the team and the system. Marbury is his own team and his own system.
I'd love to trade him but I know we can't without creating even more serious problems (read contracts we'd have to take).
Let's see if Brown can work a miracle. I hope he does, but I am not holding by breath.
