New York Knicks vs. Los Angeles Clippers Game Thread 3/25/2009

[Kiyaman]

I havent watched em in 7 or 8 games now...i check in everyonce in a while on nba.com to see the score...but what's the deal, are they really tanking it now to get a better pick..

Hell Yeah! they are "TANKING" the season....especially at Home-Games.
Giving Larry Hughes 28 minutes of playingtime is the same as giving Jerome James 28 minutes.

Nate the Great was eating the no-defense Clippers up alive to pump up the Knicks to score 44 points in the first quarter. And Dantoni benches Nate the rest of the game not letting Nate play the last 11 minutes of the game.
Nate had 17 minutes of playingtime vs Clippers.

Without Hughes in the rotation....Nate, Chandler, and Lee could beat the New Orleans Hornets....so dont be suprise at that Knick win.

[GetRealistic]

Hell Yeah! they are "TANKING" the season....especially at Home-Games.
Giving Larry Hughes 28 minutes of playingtime is the same as giving Jerome James 28 minutes.

Nate the Great was eating the no-defense Clippers up alive to pump up the Knicks to score 44 points in the first quarter. And Dantoni benches Nate the rest of the game not letting Nate play the last 11 minutes of the game.
Nate had 17 minutes of playingtime vs Clippers.

Without Hughes in the rotation....Nate, Chandler, and Lee could beat the New Orleans Hornets....so dont be suprise at that Knick win.

There not tanking because no professional sports team actually tanks games but in reality we might as well tank games. We have no hope for the playoffs so the more we lose the more ping pong balls we have. At this point i highly doubt i'll watch another game this season so i really don't care if they win or lose.

And Kiya can Nate, Cahndler, or Lee do anything wrong in your mind.

Nate turned the ball over and played absolutely no defense like always thats why he didn't play the end of the game.

Lee continued his push to be named the NBA's worst defensive player.

And Chandler showed again he'll be a nice player but far from an actual building block.

[LJ4ptplay]

Without Hughes in the rotation....Nate, Chandler, and Lee could beat the New Orleans Hornets....so dont be suprise at that Knick win.

Dude...your posts have been getting progressively more ridiculous. Let's just play Nate, Chandler and Lee, as a 3 on 5 for 48 min a game, the rest of the season. We'll make the playoffs and sweep everybody to win a championship.

[GetRealistic]

Dude...your posts have been getting progressively more ridiculous. Let's just play Nate, Chandler and Lee, as a 3 on 5 for 48 min a game, the rest of the season. We'll make the playoffs and sweep everybody to win a championship.

Watch out. Kiya likes to claim his pin point posting and over the top antics got him booted from many Knicks forums.. My question is what does he have to do to get booted from this forum?

Courtney Simms and D Nich are the front runners for summer league MVP next season. So we got that going for us right Kiya?

[Kiyaman]

There not tanking because no professional sports team actually tanks games but in reality we might as well tank games. We have no hope for the playoffs so the more we lose the more ping pong balls we have. At this point i highly doubt i'll watch another game this season so i really don't care if they win or lose.

And Kiya can Nate, Cahndler, or Lee do anything wrong in your mind.

Nate turned the ball over and played absolutely no defense like always thats why he didn't play the end of the game.

Lee continued his push to be named the NBA's worst defensive player.

And Chandler showed again he'll be a nice player but far from an actual building block.

Reallistic....I thought u would've seen it comming....lets say the Knicks get a 1 to 8 lottery pick in this 2009 draft, whomever we select can not improve or help this Knick team when there is so many missing positions vacant in this season rotation.
Plus add the lost of energy 6th-man PG/SG-Nate and double-double C/F-Lee to the list of positions that will be vacant too and have to be filled this offseason (FA).....we will have a 2009-10 roster worst than any of Layden & Isiah roster put together next season (15 win season).....I feel for the Knicks 2009 draft pick b/c of the Knick teammates he will have to put up with for 82 games next season....when top teams will trade with other top teams b/c of all the FA in the 2010 FA.

Look at the Knick players that will be on the 2009-10 roster that the 2009 draft pick will have to put up with:

Larry Hughes 29 minutes of playingtime is the same as giving Jerome James 29 minutes.
Q.Richardson
Jefferies
Curry
Gallinari healing process from back surgery will take 82 games next season.
Chandler will be the number-one player asked for in any trade with the knicks.
Harrington pulling himself up on the rim like its a chin-bar rather than just hang on the rim till Thorton get from under him was a tanking-joke.
The only people that believe Duhon was a defensive guard was all the Knick-fans that read Isola article on Duhon's signing.
Duhon is a pass-first PG....inwhich we watch practically every guard this season beat him off the dribble the Bucks PG/SG-Session ate Duhon up worst than Andre Miller did in both those preseason games....that is why Marbury & Zach should've played all 82 games this season for the Knicks (Mardy Collins 10 minute defense was surely missed this season).

[OGKnickfan]

If we lose in OT D'antoni should castrate Harrington. No need for that technical

Wow: I've never seen a post where anyone has called for the castrating of David Lee, D'Antoni or Gallinari. I guess it's because you're just a passionate fan.

[GetRealistic]

Reallistic....I thought u would've seen it comming....lets say the Knicks get a 1 to 8 lottery pick in this 2009 draft, whomever we select can not improve or help this Knick team when there is so many missing positions vacant in this season rotation.
Plus add the lost of energy 6th-man PG/SG-Nate and double-double C/F-Lee to the list of positions that will be vacant too and have to be filled this offseason (FA).....we will have a 2009-10 roster worst than any of Layden & Isiah roster put together next season (15 win season).....I feel for the Knicks 2009 draft pick b/c of the Knick teammates he will have to put up with for 82 games next season....when top teams will trade with other top teams b/c of all the FA in the 2010 FA.

Look at the Knick players that will be on the 2009-10 roster that the 2009 draft pick will have to put up with:

Larry Hughes 29 minutes of playingtime is the same as giving Jerome James 29 minutes.
Q.Richardson
Jefferies
Curry
Gallinari healing process from back surgery will take 82 games next season.
Chandler will be the number-one player asked for in any trade with the knicks.
Harrington pulling himself up on the rim like its a chin-bar rather than just hang on the rim till Thorton get from under him was a tanking-joke.
The only people that believe Duhon was a defensive guard was all the Knick-fans that read Isola article on Duhon's signing.
Duhon is a pass-first PG....inwhich we watch practically every guard this season beat him off the dribble the Bucks PG/SG-Session ate Duhon up worst than Andre Miller did in both those preseason games....that is why Marbury & Zach should've played all 82 games this season for the Knicks (Mardy Collins 10 minute defense was surely missed this season).

I completely understand that next year will be more of the same. The only reason we will improve is because we won't have made 4 major trades during the regular season. But the fact you seem to miss is that Q, Hughes, Duhon and Harrington will be on the last years of their contracts which makes them gone after the season clearing up a ton of money or makes them extremly tradeable to other teams that would be trying to dump salary (Bosh, Melo, Etc). We also have the mid level exception that can be backloaded and really won't affect the future salary cap.

Next seasons honest goal should be to maybe make the playoffs but the real goal is to get Curry and or Jefferies traded which could easily happen if we package them with expiring contracts or use them in a sign and trade with Nate or Lee.

Next years roster will have Gallinari, Chandler, Expiring Contracts, Lee or Nate, the mid level exception, and this years top 10 pick.

I'll take that compared to the roster we had to start the season anyday.

[LJ4ptplay]

Wow: I've never seen a post where anyone has called for the castrating of David Lee, D'Antoni or Gallinari. I guess it's because you're just a passionate fan.

Quit it with the racist crap already. Move on.

[OGKnickfan]

Quit it with the racist crap already. Move on.

When you punks decide to move on, and start treating situations, and players, with some level of parity, then I'll move on. I know it bothers you: parity and someone calling for it, but I really don't care if it does.

I want to see a thread where someone calls for castrating or killing David Lee or Gallinari. I've seen numerous posts calling for that stuff, in regards to Black players. I guarantee you, if it ever happened, you'd see about 5 guys come to Lee's defense. It's really disgusting, how little people have truly changed, inside. The web, where they can hide behind the computer monitor, while showing bias, exposes them.

Take Care

[LJ4ptplay]

When you punks decide to move on, and start treating situations, and players, with some level of parity, then I'll move on. I know it bothers you: parity and someone calling for it, but I really don't care if it does.

I want to see a thread where someone calls for castrating or killing David Lee or Gallinari. I've seen numerous posts calling for that stuff, in regards to Black players.

Take Care

Umm. I haven't called for anybody to be castrated or killed. That's over the top. Plus, I think he was venting sarcastically after a stupid play. If Lee had been the one to be so stupid, then I would have called him out on it too.

There are several posts and threads about trading Lee and Gallinari being a bust. But for some reason you are preoccupied with race. You bring it up all the time. Do you hate white people?

[OGKnickfan]

Umm. I haven't called for anybody to be castrated or killed. That's over the top. Plus, I think he was venting sarcastically after a stupid play. If Lee had been the one to be so stupid, then I would have called him out on it too.

There are several posts and threads about trading Lee and Gallinari being a bust. But for some reason you are preoccupied with race. You bring it up all the time. Do you hate white people?

No, some of my best friends are White, and I'm not even Black, by the way: I'm Hispanic. My post is about the crazy comments made against Black players on this forum, which are extremely disparate to those made against White players. And your own example illustrates this: you're talking about people saying Lee should be traded, and this guy said someone should castrate Al Harrington, a guy who's been doing more than his part.

It's not everyone here, but there are a few people who engage in some seriously crazy comments, whenever they talk about Black players on this forum. Then, when it comes to Lee or Gallinari, you hear normal talk: trade him, let the contract expire, he's a bum, etc., etc. I don't know, maybe it's a strange coincidence.

[LeFlume]

Race crap, I can't stand the ignorance of some people. If you see a brown horse or black horse or even a grey horse do you think of them in terms of color, or is it just a horse?

[TunerAddict]

OG just continuing his witch hunt for racists...Thats the only reason he can see for people have differing opinions about the Knicks.

[abcd]

for one... Zach Randolph isn't great. He's average at best, his fat pushes guys around. He had so much potential, I'd trade him for nothing anyday to get that $ crap outa here

I never said Zach Randolph was great. I said he was one of the best power forwards in the NBA, which is a fact.

How many NBA power forwards average 21 points and 10 rebounds?

[Arod2k9]

Some of you Knick fans just don't get it! Labeling Gallinari a bust is such a ridiculous statement. This organization needed a change in the front office, coaching staff and new type of players. Eric Gordon didn't fit that notion, as his personality and play style would of resemble something between Marbury and Crawford. Someone who is talented enough, but someone who doesn't make others better. In his limited games and minutes, Danilo showed the contrary someone who makes others better while being a great teammate. Danilo's basketball IQ is much, much higher than Gordon's.

The Knicks didn't draft a savior but more of team concept guy someone in the likes of a Peja Stojakovic or Toni Kukoc. Look at the history of European players and you will see that need of at least one year to become really good players. Peja was drafted in 1996, but didn't arrive in Sacramento until he had stayed in Europe for two more years. In his first year, the lockout 1999 season he averaged 8 points a game. By 2002-2003 Peja was at 20 points a game. There is no doubt in my mind that Danilo will become a really solid player three years from now.