I like guys who hustle, but that's pretty much all he can do. Hustle his way into stupid fouls. Balkman won't be missed.
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I like guys who hustle, but that's pretty much all he can do. Hustle his way into stupid fouls. Balkman won't be missed.
[QUOTE=Pointguard]Wow, D'Antoni is not into energy players. Balkman is kind of a surprise to me. He has versatility too. Has you wondering if Balkman letting Isiah Thomas steal the ball at the end of the blowout earned him the dog house. D'Antoni is weird like that. Small Forward is one position we are not deep at.[/QUOTE]
Which is why I want to see Fields play SF more often.
fields and shumpert can play sf
So are we expecting Smith to come straight in and start or be used as bench scorer?
[QUOTE=redrich2000]So are we expecting Smith to come straight in and start or be used as bench scorer?[/QUOTE]
More than likely off the bench, but I would start him, and he'd be on the floor at the end of games.
[QUOTE=franchize]That explains why the only kid I saw you root hard for was Jeremy Lin lol
So, out of curiosity, who DO you like? The only players I've seen you rave over are Lin and Azabuike. N we've both been posting for a while[/QUOTE]
[B][COLOR="Navy"]I dont see why Knick fans here dont love Lin as much as I do.
This kid has improved this team in every phase of the game. Not any other player acquisition has affected the team this way (not so subtle hint!).
What player do I like, I love the Knicks. I hate bad basketball.
I am not a fan of other players from other teams in any sports but I respect skills. I personally dont like it when people are fans of multiple teams and fans of players from other teams. Old school that way.
Jr is a dangerous character for a team that lacks leadership and I do think that this team until Lin-Sanity lacked it. I hope this rejuvenated locker room can keep this big talent personality in check.
If thats the case he may be able to start here. I kinda think initially he will come off the bench but I have a sneaky suspicion they promised him the money and minutes.[/COLOR][/B]
How about we see who plays better with who and award the starting spot to that player... the old fashioned way of doing things.
I honestly wish Balkman got more playing time. He played well in the preseason and in spot minutes. I think he does all the things people claim Jeffries does. He's also a pretty good finisher. I can't say I'll miss Balkman, and JR Smith is certainly an upgrade, but it woulda been nice to see him get his just due. Much rather see Bibby go who's proven he sucks now :oldlol:
JR Smith @TheRealJRSmith
New York Knicks It Is!
[QUOTE=knickscity]JR Smith @TheRealJRSmith
New York Knicks It Is![/QUOTE]
:rockon: :rockon: :rockon:
[QUOTE=Rameek][B][COLOR="DarkOrange"]I dont like stupid players...:facepalm [/COLOR][/B][/QUOTE]
Who do you think wins.......
Tyson's leadership or JR's stupidity?
Awkward....
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i think if the guys keeps they egos at the door, this can work
we have 5 guys who can score at any time, just with proper ball movement, we can find the open guy with teams trying to switch and double
I'm so excited.
J.R could be a difference maker if he fits in well.
I hope he and Melo will share the ball instead of chucking 30 shots per game and holding the ball for 20 seconds.
[QUOTE=Clutch]I'm so excited.
J.R could be a difference maker if he fits in well.
I hope he and Melo will share the ball instead of chucking 30 shots per game and holding the ball for 20 seconds.[/QUOTE]
Melo's # of shots are at his lowest level in the last 4 years.
Do you check stats or just go with what other people are saying?
[QUOTE=Sarcastic]Melo's # of shots are at his lowest level in the last 4 years.
Do you check stats or just go with what other people are saying?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I'm not getting that either.
Melo hasn't taken more shots since he's been here, but he has taken more threes, but that's due to the offense.
[QUOTE]This kid has improved this team in every phase of the game. Not any other player acquisition has affected the team this way (not so subtle hint!).
[/QUOTE]
Nobody hates Jeremy Lin. I just hate kneejerk comments. You know...kinda like this one. How exactly did Jeremy Lin improve EVERY aspect of the game? I think anyone would be foolish to hate on Lin. He's playing out of his mind. I just don't think blowing things out of proportion and declaring him "franchise saviour" is a pre-requisite to be a Knicks fan. Forgive me but I'd like to see a little more than 2 weeks of beating up on bad teams before I declare him an elite player.
[QUOTE]Yeah, I'm not getting that either.
Melo hasn't taken more shots since he's been here, but he has taken more threes, but that's due to the offense[/QUOTE]
Every year we search and search for our team's cancer because the media declares one player the Achilles' heel or malcontent.I finally realize what the problem is. The NY media is the Knicks Achilles Heel. They mirror what is going on in politics right now. Conservatives blaming Obama for things when the stats say the exact opposite. (ex "Obama wants to kill private sector jobs")
You got me wrong. Of course neither J.R.Smith or Melo will take 30 shots per game.
But there are times when both of them shoot too much.
I just wanted to say they need to play within a system.
I don't mind Melo taking 20 shots per game if he takes them in rhythm or in a few post up/isolations plays.
But I don't want to see him holding the ball for 10 seconds and taking a tough shot.
Same thing with J.R.Smith. He takes a lot of dumb shots. Sometimes they go in but I want him to play smart and not chuck shots anytime he gets an opportunity to do so.
Check out my posts. I've been defending Melo since he got here.
[QUOTE=Clutch]You got me wrong. Of course neither J.R.Smith or Melo will take 30 shots per game.
But there are times when both of them shoot too much.
I just wanted to say they need to play within a system.
I don't mind Melo taking 20 shots per game if he takes them in rhythm or in a few post up/isolations plays.
But I don't want to see him holding the ball for 10 seconds and taking a tough shot.
Same thing with J.R.Smith. He takes a lot of dumb shots. Sometimes they go in but I want him to play smart and not chuck shots anytime he gets an opportunity to do so.
Check out my posts. I've been defending Melo since he got here.[/QUOTE]
You'll be pulling your hair out, this system encourages shooting the ball when open.
When JR comes in he will have games when he will be firing away.
Which is probably why he's here, there are times when our guards won't take a shot, trying to look for a better one, only to contribute to an unnecessary turnover.
JR helps in this regard.
[QUOTE=knickscity]You'll be pulling your hair out, [B]this system encourages shooting the ball when open.[/B]
When JR comes in he will have games when he will be firing away.
Which is probably why he's here, there are times when our guards won't take a shot, trying to look for a better one, only to contribute to an unnecessary turnover.
JR helps in this regard.[/QUOTE]
I encourage shooting the ball when wide open. I don't have any problems with that,especially because J.R.Smith is a good shooter.
But I don't want to take him contested threes in transition with 20 seconds left on the shot clock and I saw him doing that multiple times.
[QUOTE=Rameek][B][COLOR="Navy"]I dont see why Knick fans here dont love Lin as much as I do.
This kid has improved this team in every phase of the game. Not any other player acquisition has affected the team this way (not so subtle hint!).
What player do I like, I love the Knicks. I hate bad basketball.
I am not a fan of other players from other teams in any sports but I respect skills. I personally dont like it when people are fans of multiple teams and fans of players from other teams. Old school that way.
Jr is a dangerous character for a team that lacks leadership and I do think that this team until Lin-Sanity lacked it. I hope this rejuvenated locker room can keep this big talent personality in check.
If thats the case he may be able to start here. I kinda think initially he will come off the bench but I have a sneaky suspicion they promised him the money and minutes.[/COLOR][/B][/QUOTE]
What do you mean he has improved the team in every phase of the game? We still get outrebounded, and our 3 point shooting still stinks.
What he has done is made the team cut down on taking the bad long 2 pointers. He is attacking the rim and we are shooting a much higher percentage of good shots.
[QUOTE=franchize]Nobody hates Jeremy Lin. I just hate kneejerk comments. You know...kinda like this one. How exactly did Jeremy Lin improve EVERY aspect of the game? I think anyone would be foolish to hate on Lin. He's playing out of his mind. I just don't think blowing things out of proportion and declaring him "franchise saviour" is a pre-requisite to be a Knicks fan. Forgive me but I'd like to see a little more than 2 weeks of beating up on bad teams before I declare him an elite player.[/QUOTE]
Honestly I would honestly say Lin has essentially saved the season, and he's doing it playing as good as any pg in the league.
Do I expect him to keep this up? Not the scoring but the kid has showed some things that I do expect to continue, mainly good pg play, setting up teammates for a good shot, running the pnr, and dictating the pace of the game.
Sure he's done it against some of the not-so-goods in the league, but I'm sure those opponents all believed they had done their math.
[QUOTE=franchize]Every year we search and search for our team's cancer because the media declares one player the Achilles' heel or malcontent.I finally realize what the problem is. The NY media is the Knicks Achilles Heel. They mirror what is going on in politics right now. Conservatives blaming Obama for things when the stats say the exact opposite. (ex "Obama wants to kill private sector jobs")[/QUOTE]
I try to avoid politics at all costs ( I leave that to my wife to chat about).
I do think that the Knicks media policy helps control what comes out though.
Honestly Melo is taking more heat than Ewing did, and it's plain sad.
His college coach should not have to go on radio shows defending Melo like he's done.
Some have seriously called him a "cancer", and that's just plain ridiculous.
Every great player doesn't win it all, but even if Melo did it, some still would not be happy.
Lin has been huge for our offense.
You could see that just by watching the Kings game.
With Lin in the lineup offense looks smooth.
Lin attacks the basket and sets up teammates for either an easy dunk/alley oop or a wide open three pointer.
With Shumpert at the point all the team did was standing behind the three point line and chucking bad shots. Why ? Because there was no one who could penetrate and create easy opportunities for the rest of the team.
I think Lin will be able to keep this up. I don't expect him to play like he did recently but I'm pretty confident he will be able to attack the basket and create for his teammates for the rest of the season.
13/8 is something I expect and I would be very satisfied with that.
[QUOTE=Sarcastic]What do you mean he has improved the team in every phase of the game? We still get outrebounded, and our 3 point shooting still stinks.
What he has done is made the team cut down on taking the bad long 2 pointers. He is attacking the rim and we are shooting a much higher percentage of good shots.[/QUOTE]
Yea I think brother Rameek's post was an example of going too far lol No way you can say Lin is a better defender than Shump at the point. Nor can you say our turnovers have gotten better.
Lin has been our best facilitator all year however. Furthermore, he is the bets pg fit in this system since Steve NAsh.
When I first heard that jr was coming to the Knicks I was happy. But now I am really thinking about it and think that this was not a good decision. Jr is a problem child and he could easily remove the rhythm of the game that Lin has created and knock fields and shump back to minor minutes. So far Lin is working well with chandler, fields, and shump. Amare seems to need more time to progress with Lin but I think they can be a real tag team.
Jr smith will not be a good addition to the teams chemistry. But then again I may eat my words and I hope I do.
[QUOTE=MightyWhitey]When I first heard that jr was coming to the Knicks I was happy. But now I am really thinking about it and think that this was not a good decision. Jr is a problem child and he could easily remove the rhythm of the game that Lin has created and knock fields and shump back to minor minutes. So far Lin is working well with chandler, fields, and shump. Amare seems to need more time to progress with Lin but I think they can be a real tag team.
Jr smith will not be a good addition to the teams chemistry. But then again I may eat my words and I hope I do.[/QUOTE]
I think bringing in Smith makes the rotation correctly proportioned, instead of some of the sets we see out there.
This team needs scoring on the wing besides Melo, and JR definitely is not afraid to shoot it like Fields is at times, and more accurate than Shump is from there.
But he won't be taking their minutes, he'll be ensuring that the one's who really are playing too much stay within their normal effective minute allotment, thus getting his fair share of 20-25 minutes in the process.
I fully expect Tyson out of all of the players, to make sure JR doesn't even think of messing things up.
signs two-year, $4.3M deal
That's good. I like J.R. I hope we keep him for a long time. Regardless, he is a scorer and will gel easily. We need players knocking down shots, makes it difficult on the defense.
[QUOTE=franchize]How about a quarter water?[/QUOTE]
No one outside of NYC uses that term. NO ONE! :oldlol:
I used it when I first moved down to MD and had to explain what I was trying to get. Down here they call them "huggies"
End of the day, we got rid of a guy who wasn't getting any burn and got back a guy who could potentially crack the starting lineup for a huge discount. I remember wanting Nick Young and this guy is actually cheaper than Nick's qualifying offer.
[url]http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/nyk/roster[/url]
Will wear #8, and be the best player since Sprewell to don the number for the Knicks. :pimp:
[QUOTE=Sarcastic][url]http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/nyk/roster[/url]
Will wear #8, and be the best player since Sprewell to don the number for the Knicks. :pimp:[/QUOTE]Thats messed up, sprees number should be retired.
spree reincarnate
J.R.Smith could play tonight.
Baron too but not as likely.
This will go down as one of the greatest signings in the nba- you will be amazed how easily he creates shots for both himself and others- if d'antoni plays him with the other scorers he will be way more efficiant of a scorer and more of a playmaker than the "chucker" you might be expecting- things like a starting pg off the rookie wage waiver list and a guy like jr smith for 2 million dollars for 2. Years- these are championship building moves, total luck in a way but also not because of the timing and the way the knicks have been putting the team together.
Great pick up for the Knicks. :applause:
His energy was amazing today. Also the fact that he can actually create a shot off-the-dribble, something which I forgot existed as a Knicks fan.
Still don't like him but a few more games could change my opinion otherwise.
:roll: t[QUOTE=The Ownage]His energy was amazing today. Also th:roll: :roll: e fact that he can actually create a shot off-the-dribble, something which I forgot existed as a Knicks fan.
Still don't like him but a few more games could change my opinion otherwise.[/QUOTE]how come you dont like him?!!! The mandoes nothing but his job, alot of you people i dont understand, he works hard, he is humble, and we win! What more do you want a part of his salary?!!!!
J.R.Smith can definitely ignite the crowd.
After he made those 3 threes I was yelling "Shoot it again,shoot it again" :lol
I'm really excited,this team is legit.
Maybe not so much for the regular season but no one would like to play against them in the playoffs.
He puts em up! Dude hasnt been off the plane 24 hrs. He came out the airport shooting lmao. I dont mind tho. Broussard said it best. He is like a 6'5" Nate Robinson. Some days you'll love him. Some days you'll hate him. I'll take a guy like that over a career sacrub any day.
[QUOTE=percelloveknicks]:roll: thow come you dont like him?!!! The mandoes nothing but his job, alot of you people i dont understand, he works hard, he is humble, and we win! What more do you want a part of his salary?!!!![/QUOTE]
:confusedshrug: He's definitely talented, in fact I think many teams could've used his services, notably the Bulls. But you also have to understand that he's just not the smartest player there. If he knows his limitations and goes with the flow for every game, then I'll be more than happy and he'll convince me that this was 100% the correct signing. I just don't want to jump into the conclusion yet that he's going to be a solid, consistent impact player for us.
I hope he comes off the bench to provide a spark with Shumpert. If he plays smart the rest of the year he could have a 6th man of the year type impact for us and I couldn't ask for anything more.