Monday 21 January 2008

New York Knicks like this forever.....probably

The mess with the New York Knicks continues getting worse on a daily basis. Isiah Thomas must be holding on to his job by the skin of his teeth. Everyone knows and agrees that he has built horrible teams full of even worse contracts over his tenure at Gotham city.

Fixes’ are coming thick and fast from all angles and arguably they all have merit. Stephon Marbury who is probably there most talent player hasn’t been able to get them to win and now seems to have his own personal feud with Thomas that has destroyed any hope of team chemistry. Marbury would probably welcome a trade if Thomas survives the rest of the season but who would take him? The only team I can think may benefit could be the Lakers. He’s the type of guard that could flourish in the triangle but defensively he doesn’t fit the Phil Jackson job description. Jackson likes big guards, who make open shots and play aggressive defensive. Think Ron Harper. Or long range marksmen like John Paxson, Steve Kerr (sans D) or Derrick Fisher. These guys all accepted there role. Would Marbury do that?
Possibly but too many question marks are hovering Marbury whose career seems to always be at the crossroads.

The acquisition of Zach Randolph has turned into a huge mistake. It’s been reported that he stood up in the locker room and pleaded with Thomas to trade him. Not exactly the result you want for trading for a player with a max deal and shoddy past. This has also contributed to Eddy Curry becoming crowded on offence. He must be wondering what he has done wrong after his career year last year. Thomas got it right the second half of last season playing Curry at the 5 and David Lee extensive minutes at the 4. Lee went on to average a double double which is remarkable for a player who solely relies on hustle plays for his offence. At the same time this was the perfect complement in the front court for Curry who while being very talented offensively isn’t a great rebounder or help defender. These are 2 areas that Lee excels.

So many issues left but it's all getting very boring from Jared Jeffries to Jerome James we could be here for hours. But enough of the doom and gloom the knick do have some positives. They have a great young talent in Lee who has tremendous upside. Nate Robinson is the smallest 2 guard in the history of the game but is an impact player and is on a very small contract. Funny to see his production is better than James and Jeffries combined. OK where searching here but that's a positive. Jamal Crawford has gone from ordinary combo guard to the missing piece for building a championship team in the last 3 weeks. He has been on a tere in there latest 3 game win streak

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