Okay this is my third post so Ill try not to make a fool out of myself.
Suggestions. Not to get on anybodys bad side but here I go. Everyone says Trade Trade Trade, but there are only so little trades we can still pull off and as of right now I think the best thing for us unless we can trade for someone like Kevin Garnett which is impossible we should stay put. Our team has only been playing together as a unit for this year, they are finally getting use to eachother.
Heres the people Ive heard mentioned in some of the internets "great ideas". Allan Houston, Tim Thomas, Jamal Crawford, Kurt Thomas among almost the rest of the team except Marbury. Its ridiculous.
Allan Houston- NO ONE is going to accept that 3 year 17-which will end up being 20 by the time its done-million dollar contract. He has too many injuries, he's getting older and he's getting scared to drive it to the hoop, defend decently, or even hold the ball for god sakes.
Jamal Crawford- We had him not even a year yet and people are upset with him. He has put up some HUGE numbers and like it or not he is our future at the 2 spot. Okay I understand you are mad that he doesnt drive it into the lane as much as he should and he takes premature shots but thats a COACHS job (which ill get to soon) to put into his thick skull.
Kurt Thomas- Will some one give this guy the credit he is due. He's 6-9 (which is sad to call tall for a team but for us it is), hes cheap, hes efficient, great defender and hes averaging some great numbers. Unless you can get a reallly good PF or a good big man dont even think about trading him. Especially in some Wally crappy deal.
Tim Thomas- This is the one Ive been waiting for, Everyone says Tim is an underachiever and dont get me wrong he is. BUT if you look at his stats for the most part every year hes played hes average over 10 ppg a season, In no way is that overly good but its good for what hes supposed to do on our team. We have Nazr who is steppin up and putting in big numbers, you have Kurt who gets the rebounds and averages over 10 a night, you have Crawford (when hes playing) averaging almost 20 ppg and Marbury who takes cares of the assists and 20+ ppg. With all them taking care of the ball each night where does that leave Tim??? No way is he able to put down HUGE numbers like everyone expects him to when everyone around him is putting down 10-15 buckets per person! Hes a big guy, 6'10 240, a decent defender and with all the problems at home settled Im sure hell step it up even more.
C Mohammed/Baker/Sundov
PF Thomas/Sweetney/Williams
SF Thomas/Ariza/Hardway
SG Crawford/Houston/
PG Marbury/Norris/Brewer
Honestly we dug ourselves into a hole with large contracts. Unless we wait until next year to see who wants to trade for a package of Penny and TT (which is hyprocritical for me to say) who will be in their last years of their contracts we have nothing really to work with.
POINT being well have to stick with what we have and just improve else where, like another COACH! Who wants to adapt to the times. Thanks for listening GO KNICKS!