Duhon = bad? No suprise here

MSGKnickz33

The Gold Mac
MSG, what you fail to realize is that it's not being a Duhon supporter, it's being a Knicks supporter, period. Duhon has done what has been asked of him, he has exceeded expectations (see: abcd at the beginning of the season posting Duhon's stats to mock him, only to remove them when they became respectable).

I am a KNICKS fan, and as a KNICKS fan I support this team getting better. This team is better over last year, period. It's not about Marbury or Duhon or D'Antoni it's about the team that puts on the blue and orange every night. Marbury refused to do that this year, when asked. Marbury QUIT on ALL OF US, this report has just come out

MARBURY never wanted to play for this team. He quit on me, he quit on everyone on this board, and everyone in NY, just like he quit on Mike D'Antoni in Phoenix (as D'Antoni has said).

MARBURY did not want to be here, when given the opportunity HE DID NOT PLAY, HE "PREFFERED" NOT TO! WHAT KIND OF "CHAMPION", "LEADER", "WARRIOR" OR SELF RESPECTING BASKETBALL PLAYER REFUSES TO PLAY BASKETBALL? He quit because he wanted to win for himself, he quit on Larry Brown, he quit on Isiah, and he quit on NY...how you continue to defend this man is beyond me.

Duhon has exceeded expectations? I would hope he would be able to average at least 12 and 8 in this system. Thats not really good, considering the way we play.

Marbury didnt quit on the team, the team quit on marbury.

If I know theres a chance im gonna get waived, im gonna wanna talk to other teams and have other things lined up. Your point of view is strongly biased on this, and not respectable.

Stop paying attention to the media and draw your own conclusions. Theres not really a whole lot I can say about your post, other then your wrong. He didnt even have a jersey in his locker when D'antoni asked him to play after Crawford and Z-bo were traded. Read between the lines. Your smarter then this.

Bolded players that are not better, no pointguards, or are not starters, even though you said they were.

So we got a wise guy, eh? :3stooges:

Id like to put you in a head lock and give you a nuggie.

Every player that I listed would perform better in D'antoni's system then Duhon has. Thats all that matters doggie :smokin:

What ppl don't get about he pass first aspect of a point guard, is that it isn't just him that it affects. It is the whole team. the PG is the floor leader. When he looks for his teammates before himself, he is setting that precendent to the rest of the team. He is having them follow by example. In turn, they look for their teammates more and become a more passing orientated, less selfish, more ball movement orientated team.

So whats wrong with a point guard that can score and pass? Chris Paul, Deron Williams, and Chauncy Billups are all point guards that can score 20 points and dish out 10 assists.

Stop saying Marbury is selfish. Thats not true, he averages almost 8 assists for his career...which is impressive considering his time spent in New Jersey and with the Knicks, where he had very few players to pass to.
 

Knicker23

Benchwarmer
Duhon throws the ball away in clutch time once again. Knicks resort to this little pick and roll way too much..especially down the stretch like tonight...don't get me wrong Lee and Duhon have a nice thing goin, but they rely on it/ mess it up too much to go to it as much as they do..Lee got away with it at the end of the game with a few lucky plays to keep us in it, but it wasn't enough....

Duhon started the game so well too shooting. sad to see him finish so poorly. along with the others.
 

Akamu

The King
Starbury could retire for 5 years, come back and play blindfolded and still make better plays then Duhon.
 

goldenchild1688

Benchwarmer
i dont know what happen to duhon.

he started the season off so well but hes turned into as turnover machine as of late. his jump shot is erratic and he consistently tries to force feed the ball. he definitely isnt our answer at pg
 

smokes

Huge Member
Stop paying attention to the media and draw your own conclusions. Theres not really a whole lot I can say about your post, other then your wrong. He didnt even have a jersey in his locker when D'antoni asked him to play after Crawford and Z-bo were traded. Read between the lines. Your smarter then this.

Sorry but I have to ask, where exactly are you getting your information about Marbury from? The Knicks lockerroom? Or the media? Or even the man himself who is obviously not biased in his own favour...

I don't dislike the guy, but this "stop paying attention to the media" shit is so worn out, you believe what he says in the media, others believe what Coach D or teammates say in the media. No difference whatsoever.
 
I have to say this, while duhon looks to be getting exploited recently, I partially blame it on the fake D LEE mr over rated is his only real option off the pick and roll. lee gets his shot swatted left and right, DUhon isnt that bad, but he isnt that great, I blame LEE And his piss poor defense on the reason we lose so many games, before I blame duhon. GET RID OF LEE
 

LeFlume

All Star
He was stucked on the bench in Chicago for a reason. He dosn't have what it takes to be a starter. Give me Raymond Felton. He would be perfect for the Knicks. He was schooled by Roy Williams who play an uptempo game. Duhon was schooled by Coach K who have great college kids but they suck at the next level
 

KBlack25

Starter
MSG, Duhon has certainly exceeded expectations. I went back to the thread when Duhon was signed. You said he was nothing more than a bench player.

Then there were these quotes

Pointless

This Goes Up There With Gettin Tim Thomas, Steve Francis, Vin Baker, Penny Hardaway, Muggsy Bouges, Scott Williams, Felton Spencer etc.....



In my humble opinion, your first mistake was titling this thread with exclamation marks (Knicks Get Duhon!!!!!!!!!!!!!), as if us Knick fans should be excited by this signing. All D'Antoni seeks is another flunky for his system just like our latest draft pick, Gallinari, whose dad was a friend to D'Antoni.

This move was a waste of the mid level exception. We should of rode out Marbury's contract till season's end, then executed a sign and trade.

I agree Duhon is a super star role player that will bounce around the league, he is far expected to be the answer.

This is another questionable move.....

Duhon isn't that good offensively.
He cannot beat his man off the dribble.
He has below average speed for a 6"1 PG.
This leaves Duhon stuck on the perimeter a lot as a spot up shooter( a shooter Duhon isn't).
Offensively Duhon is VERY limited.

Duhon is a defensive specialist, not a NBA starting PG.
Listen to this:
Duhon is a PURE PG, yes. Why? He can only play the PG position.
What kind of level of pure PG Duhon is?
C level at best. He isn't Paul, he isn't even Andre Miller. Hell, Sessions/Arroyo/Knight > Duhon.

Has Duhon not exceeded those LOW AS HELL EXPECTATIONS? I would say he has...


And then this post from resident Duhon hater metrocard:

Don't be silly.

Duhon is entering his prime.

It was a decent signing.

This from Kiyaman

The Knicks have a serious problem of to many Bad Attitude Cancer Players that has no respect for their coaches that must be traded ASAP. Marbury, Q.Richardson, and Zach outrightly disrespected President Coach Isiah Thomas publically and has been a Cancer Player on their previous teams, so its not something new. There are other Cancer Players on this Knick Roster besides them. If the Knicks ever needed a big clean-up of their roster this is the one right here. The Layden Roster did not need a clean-up, over half the Players had ending contracts in that season and the next season. Plus Layden left the Knicks with a "DEFENSIVE-Roster".

Duhon has been loathed on this board, unfairly. He's been a good player for this team, especially for the low cost they have him at. Talent is relative. Duhon isn't Chris Paul, but he doesn't make Chris Paul MONEY. He isn't Steph, but he doesn't make STEPHON MARBURY MONEY. For where we signed him and for how much, he's been more than adequate.
 

Paul1355

All Star
You guys shouldn't be surprise here.
Duhon has never be a quality PG.
Not on the level to start and lead a quality NBA team.
Never been, never will be.

He's slow Howard Eisley with overrated D.

His handles?
Below average.

His speed/quickness/agility to move from the perimeter to the hoop?
Eric Snow-like

Passing ability?
Limited

Scoring creativity?
Jamison Brewer is superior here.


Duhon is LAME, always will be.


Look at Steve Nash.

NOT A BEAST, very good PG, one of the best...but look how inflated his numbers were under D'Antoni. D'Antoni is good at deflating his players stats.

Duhon at best can give this team 10 ppg and 7 assist, nothing more.
Its no surprise he's declining now...declining back to the level he is.

Guys like Sessions, Arroyo, Augustin...etc, ball handlers who can score too and rank up assist would average Steve Nash type numbers in this system.


We need a QUICK.
CREATIVE
UNLIMITED
BALL HANDLING
EFFICIENT PASSING
YOUNG
DEFENSIVE
STARTING QUALITY
ALL STAR POTENTIAL

POINT GUARD>

Simply.

D'Antoni had NO REASON to not play Marbury this season.

Marbury is superior in everyway possible.
This team isn't that good with Duhon and can't be better than they would of been with Steph.

What a complete fail...**** D'Antoni and Walsh for now..till they find a new PG.

Can't believe we passed on D.J. Augustin and Brook Lopez.

We're so lame.

Ok Marubry's gone...that saga is over...without Duhon we wouldnt even be talking playoffs....i think everyone can agree with that.

Duhon is a pure PG who has been an A+ move for the money he is getting and how much he has exceeded his expectations.

No one thought he'd be this good and he plays more minutes than anyone else on this team for a mid level exception.

Put him with an all star in the back court and you are going to see more points and assists from the back court than on most teams.
 

KBlack25

Starter
Sorry but I have to ask, where exactly are you getting your information about Marbury from? The Knicks lockerroom? Or the media? Or even the man himself who is obviously not biased in his own favour...

I don't dislike the guy, but this "stop paying attention to the media" shit is so worn out, you believe what he says in the media, others believe what Coach D or teammates say in the media. No difference whatsoever.


Precisely my point. Believe Marbury all you want, I'm not going to stop you. But to say someone is not smart for believing Mike D'Antoni, Donnie Walsh, Knicks teammates or anyone in the media who does not buy into everything Steph says is equally short sighted and stupid.

MSG, YOU buy into the media, so I think perhaps you should heed your own advice. DON'T just take Steph at his word every time he says something. I suppose you believe Steph is the best PG in the league because Steph said, "I'm the best PG in the league?" Get real.

P.S. Steph just left the game after throwing up a brick. 0 points, 3 assists, 2 turnovers, 4 fouls...What an awesome line.
 

MSGKnickz33

The Gold Mac
Sorry but I have to ask, where exactly are you getting your information about Marbury from? The Knicks lockerroom? Or the media? Or even the man himself who is obviously not biased in his own favour...

I don't dislike the guy, but this "stop paying attention to the media" shit is so worn out, you believe what he says in the media, others believe what Coach D or teammates say in the media. No difference whatsoever.

Whos to say whos wrong or right? But if haterburys use the media to their advantage, what makes them think that I wont do the same?

MSG, Duhon has certainly exceeded expectations. I went back to the thread when Duhon was signed. You said he was nothing more than a bench player.

Then there were these quotes


Has Duhon not exceeded those LOW AS HELL EXPECTATIONS? I would say he has...


And then this post from resident Duhon hater metrocard:



This from Kiyaman



Duhon has been loathed on this board, unfairly. He's been a good player for this team, especially for the low cost they have him at. Talent is relative. Duhon isn't Chris Paul, but he doesn't make Chris Paul MONEY. He isn't Steph, but he doesn't make STEPHON MARBURY MONEY. For where we signed him and for how much, he's been more than adequate.


I dont see how he exceeded expectations.

Hes been average at best...His offense is more predictable then Eddy Currys, hes turnover prone, and hes not really that good. It was stupid to sign him when Carlos Arroyo was available. At least Arroyo has some ball handling skills. If 12 and 8 is the best Duhon can do in this system, then thats just average to me. Exceeding expectations would be 15 and 10, which most point guards are capable of averaging in this system.

Precisely my point. Believe Marbury all you want, I'm not going to stop you. But to say someone is not smart for believing Mike D'Antoni, Donnie Walsh, Knicks teammates or anyone in the media who does not buy into everything Steph says is equally short sighted and stupid.

MSG, YOU buy into the media, so I think perhaps you should heed your own advice. DON'T just take Steph at his word every time he says something. I suppose you believe Steph is the best PG in the league because Steph said, "I'm the best PG in the league?" Get real.

P.S. Steph just left the game after throwing up a brick. 0 points, 3 assists, 2 turnovers, 4 fouls...What an awesome line.

Im only playing the game that haterburys play, why shouldnt I? If anything, I think what Marbury says is more valid then D'antoni and the media...I wont include Walsh in this, hes the only one that seems somewhat honest.

My father sells insurance...part of his job is reading people. I have that ability myself. Its very easy to tell that Mike D'antoni is a liar.

I also have to question how happy of a person he is, he seems very uptight. He doesnt look very healthy to me. Compare his body language to Walsh's, big difference.

Marburys not the best speaker but what he says seems to be coming from his heart. He doesnt seem to be smart enough of a speaker to throw people off and thats why I believe him.

Donnie Walsh is the best speaker of all them. He rarely looks tense, or uptight. Hes extremely calm.

The media will do whatever it takes to sell some newspapers.

The last thing you said, about Marburys stat line, is where the biggest mistake in your post is. How many players would be putting up good stats after not playing the whole year?

Im surprised to see that he doesnt look tired, but his timing is clearly off.

The fact that you brought his statline up, and sarcastically described it as being "awesome" shows your bias, and hatred/disliking against him. You seem to be agitated that there are knicks fans defending Marbury...If you were confident in your opinions, you would have no problem with people supporting Starbury.

Whether you have a reason to question yourself or not, you are questioning yourself on the inside. You realize theres a chance that Marbury might prove you wrong. But you dont really care, you will look for new excuses when that time comes. I got one for you, who wouldnt do good on a team with so much talent?

Its obvious to me that you dont like me, or starbury. You probably dont like me because I still support Marbury. The bigger issue here is that you dont like yourself. I did not insult you once in my first response to you. I told you to read between the lines because i know your smarter then that. I gave a good reason why I believe what Marbury says in his interviews. Like I said before, hes not a good speaker but at least he sounds like hes coming from the heart where as D'antoni is more tense then someone who's about to get married, and the media will say whatever to sell some newspapers.

I suppose you believe Steph is the best PG in the league because Steph said, "I'm the best PG in the league?" Get real.

Not true, but the fact that you would bring this up shows that your agitated. Relax, calm down, think things over, and then reply like a man. You have it in you Kblack, you can be an elite poster. You just need to get that hatred out of you.
 

smokes

Huge Member
Whos to say whos wrong or right? But if haterburys use the media to their advantage, what makes them think that I wont do the same?

I agree, but it was you who said not to believe the media, and you who said that KBlack was wrong. The above quote was reasonable, the previous one was not, hence why I pointed it out :beer:
 

KBlack25

Starter
I dont see how he exceeded expectations.

Hes been average at best...His offense is more predictable then Eddy Currys, hes turnover prone, and hes not really that good. It was stupid to sign him when Carlos Arroyo was available. At least Arroyo has some ball handling skills. If 12 and 8 is the best Duhon can do in this system, then thats just average to me. Exceeding expectations would be 15 and 10, which most point guards are capable of averaging in this system.


Im only playing the game that haterburys play, why shouldnt I? If anything, I think what Marbury says is more valid then D'antoni and the media...I wont include Walsh in this, hes the only one that seems somewhat honest.

My father sells insurance...part of his job is reading people. I have that ability myself. Its very easy to tell that Mike D'antoni is a liar.

I also have to question how happy of a person he is, he seems very uptight. He doesnt look very healthy to me. Compare his body language to Walsh's, big difference.

Marburys not the best speaker but what he says seems to be coming from his heart. He doesnt seem to be smart enough of a speaker to throw people off and thats why I believe him.

Donnie Walsh is the best speaker of all them. He rarely looks tense, or uptight. Hes extremely calm.

The media will do whatever it takes to sell some newspapers.

The last thing you said, about Marburys stat line, is where the biggest mistake in your post is. How many players would be putting up good stats after not playing the whole year?

Im surprised to see that he doesnt look tired, but his timing is clearly off.

The fact that you brought his statline up, and sarcastically described it as being "awesome" shows your bias, and hatred/disliking against him. You seem to be agitated that there are knicks fans defending Marbury...If you were confident in your opinions, you would have no problem with people supporting Starbury.

Whether you have a reason to question yourself or not, you are questioning yourself on the inside. You realize theres a chance that Marbury might prove you wrong. But you dont really care, you will look for new excuses when that time comes. I got one for you, who wouldnt do good on a team with so much talent?

Its obvious to me that you dont like me, or starbury. You probably dont like me because I still support Marbury. The bigger issue here is that you dont like yourself. I did not insult you once in my first response to you. I told you to read between the lines because i know your smarter then that. I gave a good reason why I believe what Marbury says in his interviews. Like I said before, hes not a good speaker but at least he sounds like hes coming from the heart where as D'antoni is more tense then someone who's about to get married, and the media will say whatever to sell some newspapers.



Not true, but the fact that you would bring this up shows that your agitated. Relax, calm down, think things over, and then reply like a man. You have it in you Kblack, you can be an elite poster. You just need to get that hatred out of you.

I don't dislike you MSG, quite the opposite. I think you're a pretty good poster which is why it's frustrating for me to see someone so balanced in other posting aspects and so skewed towards Starbury...

My problem with Starbury is exactly that, an issue where I don't really like him, and so when people defend him, to me it's defending someone I hate. You can call D'Antoni a liar or whatever, and if you say you can read people when they're lying that's fine. What I will say is (and yes, MSG, I have noticed little quirks when D'Antoni talks) is that I don't think D'Antoni is the type of person we're used to having in NY. He seems kind of like a quiet, introverted guy who doesn't much enjoy the spotlight, he just loves basketball. Love or hate D'Antoni, at least he's into the game (unlike Isiah, who would just sit with a dumb look on his face). That's where I attribute his awkwardness during interviews. I just don't think the NY media is something D'Antoni is used to, it happens in every sport when a new guy comes to this city. Steph on the other hand relishes the spot light, from crying on TV when he was drafted until today, he loves being the center of attention. That's why he doesn't seem as awkward to me, because he WANTS to be there.

The fact the Duhon is average I don't think is a knock on Duhon. Fact is this guy was signed for the MLE, something usually reserved for "average" players. Guys like Kapono are signed with the MLE, the fact that we now have a serviceable (love him or hate him he's serviceable) point guard that doesn't count against our cap and affords us no real financial hit is definitely a positive, I don't see how it isn't.

And the reason I brought his statline up was because Starbury supporters on this board posted a whole new thread dedicated to the fact that Steph scored 8 in his debut. If they can bring up that line, how come I can't bring up the more recent line?

And you seem to give Steph a lot of deference in the media, believing everything he says, which is fine. But Steph did once say he's the "best PG in the league" (his words not mine) which shows conclusively that what Marbury says is not necessarily Gospel.
 

clumsy

Rotation player
Duhon has exceeded expectations but my expectation is that he was a terrible player on the bulls. He's been solid....which is good enough for the short term.

I'm tired of people who say the system doesn't affect stats. You are retarded if you think that. That is all.
 

jpz17

Starter
I have to say this, while duhon looks to be getting exploited recently, I partially blame it on the fake D LEE mr over rated is his only real option off the pick and roll. lee gets his shot swatted left and right, DUhon isnt that bad, but he isnt that great, I blame LEE And his piss poor defense on the reason we lose so many games, before I blame duhon. GET RID OF LEE

get off this site, we wouldn't be anywhere right now without him, screw Nate Lee is thew best player on the team hands down
 

GetRealistic

Starter
Maybe its the snow storm coming, but some of you people are crazy.

Duhon was not signed to be an ALL STAR. He was signed to be a two-year stop gap at the point gaurd position. Hes had a bad few games (that play last night was Lee's fault) but he's also played the most minutes on the team. Duhon has played good and done his job. Its not like hes making a ton of money or that he's the long term soultion so again you people need to chill.

Its weird how as soon as Marbury comes back all the stupid internet fights and stupid threads reappear. Like i said in an earlier thread everybody got all fired up about maybe making the 8th seed and now that we hit a bad spell everybody is getting emotional.

Duhon is here he remainder of this season and next. And if he comes back after this next season itll be at a small cost and most likely as a backup. Is Chris Duhon really are biggest problem people?

Lee and Nate play zero defense. Nate has bad shot selection on alot of nights but because they are our home grown players we let it slide and don't harp on those mistakes. We have no superstars on this team. We actually have no second option players on this team. So the fact we are competing should be commended.
 

Paul1355

All Star
Maybe its the snow storm coming, but some of you people are crazy.

Duhon was not signed to be an ALL STAR. He was signed to be a two-year stop gap at the point gaurd position. Hes had a bad few games (that play last night was Lee's fault) but he's also played the most minutes on the team. Duhon has played good and done his job. Its not like hes making a ton of money or that he's the long term soultion so again you people need to chill.

Its weird how as soon as Marbury comes back all the stupid internet fights and stupid threads reappear. Like i said in an earlier thread everybody got all fired up about maybe making the 8th seed and now that we hit a bad spell everybody is getting emotional.

Duhon is here he remainder of this season and next. And if he comes back after this next season itll be at a small cost and most likely as a backup. Is Chris Duhon really are biggest problem people?

Lee and Nate play zero defense. Nate has bad shot selection on alot of nights but because they are our home grown players we let it slide and don't harp on those mistakes. We have no superstars on this team. We actually have no second option players on this team. So the fact we are competing should be commended.

getting a rep point for this one.....Duhon is not a problem what so ever. He is a huge positive to this team and actually dishes a high amount of assists unlike everyone else on the team.

agreed, People are getting emotional after we became too optimistic...we can still make the playoffs...if we go on a short streak and any of those teams were fighting start to fall off the map...then we are in, simple.

Its going to be a fight for the spot and if we keep losing these close games that WE SHOULD win like against Philley, then our team will once again watch the playoffs on ESPN.

ANd Duhon's crazy amount of minutes, assists and clutch shots= a mid level exception....compare that to Jerome James, Malik, Curry...guys that were worth double his salary that didnt do anything.

Duhon is worth every penny and deserves more.


AND good point....Nate can play some D with his amazing blocks that he shows once in a while but David Lee SUCKS at defense. His offense is good and rebounding an A but his defense is a D- at best.....we need a defensive Center to help Lee in the post or else we should just trade Lee for a rebounder who can block shots. Defense is more important to this team right now and for the future.
 
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