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2012 NBA Mar |OT| Knicks fans now drinking JD in straight shots

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captmcblack said:
Whatever it is, it's our team and we keep coming here and rooting for them. That's really all we can do. We wish they'd be winning more with all the things they have, but they're not...so we have to figure out why. It's a crazy lockout season with less games and no time in between games to rest and practice. Players are injured, there's been no training camp or time to learn how to operate in this system, the team didn't have a functional point guard until roughly 16 games ago, there's endless personnel turnover, etc.

We think they'll shake their issues out and get good enough consistently to win more games, get into the playoffs and maybe even make a run in it. They have the talent to do it. It could be the coach that sucks; you know we're collectively not very fond of D'antoni (search for "firedantoni.com" in these threads; see how many of those posts are mine, lol). We have to see.

This season is a failure if it doesn't work out better than last season. Last year, we finally made it to the playoffs but didn't win a game. Let's see if we make the playoffs and win games and get to the next round.
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And you guys call me a homer?
 
SoulPlaya said:
This is for you.

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reilo said:
And you guys call me a homer?
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How does that make me a "homer" and not a "fan"...unless those two things are the same, maybe?

Is the implication here that I'm not being objective about the Knicks? I said they're losing, and it sucks. I also said that I think they'll eventually straighten out and win games, make the playoffs and win games in the playoffs. I said this season is a failure if we don't improve on the last season. I don't see what's unreasonable or non-objective about that.
 
Jarlaxle said:
I just saw this posted at the bottom of the Suns-Mavs game recap on ESPN:

The Suns are 6-1 at home since the players dressed up a model skeleton in the locker room with Warrick's jersey, headband and shoes

WTF?

Also, this terrible Suns team has the same record as the Knicks. 18-21 lol
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This terrible suns team has steve nash and grant hill.

EDIT: I really wish they would trade grant hill and nash to a contender. Maybe even the heat.
 
J.R. Smith's Twitter As Shameless As His Jumper

Last night was a much-needed night off for the Knicks. Landry Fields, Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak all goofed around on the campus of Marquette, where Novak went to college. Baron Davis read the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and got jealous. And J.R. Smith took a picture of a woman's bare ass lying on his bed and posted it for the world to see...
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(She's actually wearing a thong but I still don't think it's safe to post.)
 
giri said:
To which TCB replied

Not yet anyway! lol well done TCB.
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I stand by both of those statements.

masud said:
Knicks have shown short flashes of actually being able to play up to the sum of their parts.
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What.

No they haven't. How are your takeaway from games "the Knicks bench kept pace with the Spurs bench!" and "they showed flashes, man! Flashes!" when all they are doing is pulling up for asshole 3 after asshole 3.

captmcblack said:
It's a crazy lockout season with less games and no time in between games to rest and practice. Players are injured, there's been no training camp or time to learn how to operate in this system, the team didn't have a functional point guard until roughly 16 games ago, there's endless personnel turnover, etc.
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wait till

baron is healthy
amare is back
melo is back
lin and melo/amare mesh
d'antoni is fired
baron starts
they play in an unshortened season together
 
We don't get to practice!

No one gets to practice. D'Antoni's "fuck it" offense should be rolling through teams.
 
I don't even feel like watching the Knicks tonight :/ 2nd time this season I've felt this way. Carmelo Anthony sucks the life out of this team. I remember the days of Linsanity... sogood.gif

I guess I'll still watch because of Lin and Novak.
 
The Crimson Blur said:
wait till

baron is healthy
amare is back
melo is back
lin and melo/amare mesh
d'antoni is fired
baron starts
they play in an unshortened season together
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The point is that compared to the teams the Knicks want to be compared with, the good teams like the Thunder, Bulls, Heat, etc, those teams have their core in place who are used to playing with each other and know their teams "identity". Problem with the Knicks is this is the fourth time in two years we've had to "figure out" how to play together, while with the other teams, once they figured it out, they kept it. We finally had something going with Linsanity but adding the rest of the guys back in threw a wrench in it. It's not an excuse for the lack of effort that seems to stem from Melo, but it is what it is. The knicks are just dysfunctional. lol.

Here's hoping Dwight stays in Orlando and knowing Deron will leave, the Nets trade him for Carmelo. <3
 
29. Paul George
28. Sergeballu LaMu Sayonga Loom Walahas Jonas Hugo Ibaka
The best stage for a rising young star: That "new car smell" phase when you haven't been paid big money yet (but it's coming), you go for too much in every fantasy auction, your rookie cards are worth twice as much as they should be, you're measured by your potential (not the actual results), everyone remembers your good games/moments (and not your bad games/moments), you're playing in the right situation for the right team, you're undeniably overvalued … only nobody cares, because you'll have these moments/sequences/games that make people say, "That dude is GOING places."
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lol
 
reilo said:
How is Serge Ibaka more valuable than Nic Batum and James Harden and Stephen Curry? Wtf Simmons?
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It's weird that Ibaka doesn't seem to have made any real improvements to his game this year, is an 8 and 8 guy who can't create and is on a mediocre defensive team, and yet is still considered a future star. Not really seeing it.
 
ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
It's weird that Ibaka doesn't seem to have many any real improvements to his game this year, is an 8 and 8 guy who can't create and is on a mediocre defensive team, is still considered a future star. Not really seeing it.
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He leads the league in blocks man! Don't you get it? His defense is amazing!


BLOCKS!
 
dIEHARD said:
well one of those guys never plays.
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Curry played on Wednesday and put up 15 on 7-11 shooting. Yeah, the ankle is worrisome, but the kid is 23 and is putting up 49/46/81. That's stupid.

ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
It's weird that Ibaka doesn't seem to have made any real improvements to his game this year, is an 8 and 8 guy who can't create and is on a mediocre defensive team, and yet is still considered a future star. Not really seeing it.
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Only reason I can see is that he's not up for an extension until next year, but even then, he's half the player that Harden is and they are on the same team.
 
reilo said:
Curry played on Wednesday and put up 15 on 7-11 shooting. Yeah, the ankle is worrisome, but the kid is 23 and is putting up 49/46/81. That's stupid.
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If I'm a shitty team going nowhere, I trade for him, then Paul Pierce/Wade it up for a year or two... GS tried to kill this kid.
 
Black Mamba said:
probably something about bigs in the league being worth more. That and Simmons gets fooled by highlight plays a lot.
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But there are so many quality bigs out there that he gets lost in the shuffle. Would you pick Serge over Paul Millsap? Simmons thinks you should.

If you want a big that rebounds, blocks shots, and plays defense, why would you choose Serge over Noah, Horford (this year's injury nothwithstanding), Marc, Varejao, and a slew of others I'm missing besides the argument for "age" and "contract"? He's not as good as any of those guys, and I'm not sold that he ever will be.
 
47. Derrick Favors
46. Evan Turner
Let's see &#8230; Philly needs to get bigger &#8230; Utah needs to get better on the perimeter &#8230; both teams have talented no. 2 overall picks who aren't playing enough &#8230; both teams are a little too attached to those guys &#8230; the Trade Machine approves &#8230; (can't we just call this one in????)
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Maybe the dumbest idea Simmons has ever had.

Also just factually incorrect, is it really that hard to look up where guys were drafted, Simmons?
 
reilo said:
But there are so many quality bigs out there that he gets lost in the shuffle. Would you pick Serge over Paul Millsap? Simmons thinks you should.

If you want a big that rebounds, blocks shots, and plays defense, why would you choose Serge over Noah, Horford (this year's injury nothwithstanding), Marc, Varejao, and a slew of others I'm missing besides the argument for "age" and "contract"? He's not as good as any of those guys, and I'm not sold that he ever will be.
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I didn't look at the list, yet, so I was guessing. Ibaka shouldn't be over Marc, even with age and contract. Or Millsap.
 
Hollinger posted 8 trades today:

Ramon Sessions and Daniel Gibson to Portland; Jamal Crawford and Greg Oden to Minnesota; Luke Ridnour, Anthony Tolliver and $3 million to Cleveland

Craig Brackins and a second-round pick to Sacramento for J.J. Hickson

Boris Diaw for Lamar Odom and $2 million cash (lol)

Rajon Rondo and Brandon Bass to Indiana; Darren Collison and Josh Smith to Boston; Jermaine O'Neal and Roy Hibbert to Atlanta

Ray Allen and Trevor Ariza to the Clippers; Chris Kaman and Eric Bledsoe to Boston; Chris Wilcox, Randy Foye, Ryan Gomes, Chauncey Billups, and Brian Cook to New Orleans

Pau Gasol, Steve Blake, Jason Kapono and Troy Murphy to Houston for Luis Scola, Goran Dragic, Hasheem Thabeet, Marcus Morris, Chase Budinger and New York's 2012 first-rounder (wtf no lowry no dice)

Jeremy Pargo, Sam Young and $1 million to Boston for Keyon Dooling


Michael Beasley, Daniel Orton, Justin Harper, Anthony Randolph and Orlando's first-round pick to Milwaukee; J.J. Redick, Beno Udrih and the rights of Fran Vazquez to Minnesota; Jon Brockman, J.J. Barea and Ersan Ilyasova to Orlando
 
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