Blow it the F*CK up! Official Trade Thread

metrocard

Legend
They both suck and don't know how to play team basketball. But Crawford didn't abandon his team and blackmail his coach. I was a Marbury supporter last year and the beginning of this year, but once he pulled that selfish bullshit, I lost all respect for him and want him gone.

Didn't Marbury accept his role and on the court gave Curry the opportunity to be a primary scorer? Both Crawford and Curry averaged career highs playing with Marbury. If Marbury "was" selfish, he wouldn't buy into Isiah's losing system.

I don't care if you're a Marbury supporter or not, you need to get over this "Selfish" bullshit. I rather Marbury be selfish than have Curry and Crawford fuck everything up and make terrible decisions consistantly.

Marbury being selfish = improved play of the 2nd half of the 06-07 season.
Marbury being selfish = 20 and 9 ppg 23-19 playoff apperance in 04.

Blackmail his coach?

Look pendejo, Isiah has been an ass ever since he got; and Marbury has been used right after the Knicks made the playoffs. Marbury did his thing at 20 ppg and 9 asssist; shouldn't be built around? Nope, instead Isiah gets Crawford a soft guy who can't shoot, plays no defense and averages a lot of turnovers. Then he wanted to build Curry, another soft guy with a lot of turnovers and no defense and a lot of limitations offensively. Where should Marbury stand on this? He should of been the main focus from day 1. Marbury is the BEST player on the team anyway, making him take the seat for inferior limited players like Jamal and Eddy isn't smart stragedy for the team or the relationship with Marbury. The result showed it too; we hit the lottery every year(most years the picks went to Chicago).

Deadass, I'm gonna probably sound classless saying this but you sound mad homo when you say "Marbury abandoned" the team.

WHAT TEAM? This roster is so poorly built and organized, and Isiah continued to built shitty chemistry with the best player on the team and told Marbury he was allowed to leave the team(since his aunt died in BK).

Just really homo Isiahsexual comments that have been said. Marbury lost his dad and his aunt within in a month, plus he has a dickhead coach who's too stupid to realize when Marbury produces we win. When you limit his role and let Crawford and Curry run a circus, we lose.

Damn, I can't believe Isiahsexuals still come out...thats another thing I will never forgive with Isiah shitting on the Knicks for 4 years; Isiaihsexuals defending a guilty man.
 

metrocard

Legend
Ay, I know I'm late but I want in on this. My team would destroy both of your teams! And my dad can kick your dad's ass. Ok, seriously I'd like some feed back on this one. I know Brad Miller is 30 but his contract is expiring and he is still a machine.

*Curry/Crawford for Artest/Miller - This trade works but it can be tweaked.
*Jeffries/Robinson for Earl Watson/Delonte West- Jeffries brings Defense and the salaries match.

1st Unit

Watson
Richardson
Artest
Randolph
Miller

2nd Unit

West or Collins
Jones
Balkman
Lee

Having Marbury, Crawford and Randolph in the same line up will not work. Too many scorers. This threesome must be split up. My trade brings us a good PG and Center and adds defense with Artest.

Watson is a bench player.
Brad Miller is Eddy Curry with a jump shot a little passing but no ability in the post.
Richardson can't shoot or move anymore, having him at shooting guard will only slow down the offense. Watson is a low FG% shooting too. That team would shoot as bad as this one.

The bench doesn't look any different.

My roster doesn't have Crawford, Richardson, Randolph or Curry. I drop away 4 negative players and add Artest(defense, passing rebounding, scoring, toughness, QB), Garcia(defense, passing, shooting, platanos), Odom(everything except consistent scoring), Brown(defense)


It doesn't really matter; I just want everyone to under, cap space does matter. I've been preaching this for years and no one, especially Isiahsexuals wanted to hear it because they thought we could win just added more contracts to the team and signing loser players to bigger contracts.

Check this out

http://www.knicksonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3103

Look at all the Isiahsexuals

"give Isiah a break"

Sounding like Isiah's left nut or one of his grandsons.

and do da knicks really need a kobe bryant type player??i say ron artest is more valuable for the knicks


lmao.

HAHAAAAAA. Metro you must have been bored to start up this topic again. I'm just happy that you labled me donvito and not a monkey or a stalker. LoL.

I've come to Isiah's aid before for my own personal reasons and it has nothing to do with sexual preference because mine is pussy. I really didn't want to get on this but I've always felt that some people did not like the idea of NY having minority coaches or GMs. Sorry to be the first to play the "race card" but I think this point may be valid. Now this is not to say that Thomas hasn't made bad choices because he clearly has. I just don't remember this same outrage when Layden was running the show. It's been pointed out before of how so many fans love David Lee, a solid role player but not a star. Many of these same fans want Thomas' head for not starting Lee. You've got to wonder if race, scratch that, I hate that word, Ethnic background has anything to do with the love and hate of certain players.


I didn't even read that post; but I just realize you defend Isiah because he's a minority...say people wanted Lee to start because he's white.

I'm a minority too, that doesn't make any sense. People hated Layden as much as they hated Isiah. Plus Isiah is a majority in the NBA. Blah, dumb silly topic to bring back on, but man you guys WERE bad back in the day. Theres a lot of bad quotes in there, same with other threads in the past many people doubted me about.

Anyway, its funny to look bad on these things and see how silly people were thinking especially at the prime stage of Isiahsexuality.
 

metrocard

Legend
I doubt you watch any games; especially being in the middle of no where, if you did you would understand Crawford has been the 2nd major factor for our losing.

Blah, once again weakly scapegoating Marbury, it gets played out and corny.

Unforgivable? Did Marbury sex your mother? No, don't take it personal. Marbury just went home over his aunt's death. Personal life > Basketball; you got your feelings hurt over that?

I watch the games, break it down, and use the stats to add the strength to my arguments. Where did I say stats are "everything"(such a cliche phrase; especially since you can't hold a legit argument against me with what I layed on the table for you)

Marbury's dad died again last year too? Diablo.

Emotionally, Marbury is out of it. For you to expect him to show emotions at a time like this, you're just being a straight up asshole(I couldn't phrase it any other way don't overreact to this)

Why did you delete your post? Not too confident in what you wrote?
 

LJ4ptplay

Starter
Didn't Marbury accept his role and on the court gave Curry the opportunity to be a primary scorer? Both Crawford and Curry averaged career highs playing with Marbury. If Marbury "was" selfish, he wouldn't buy into Isiah's losing system.

I don't care if you're a Marbury supporter or not, you need to get over this "Selfish" bullshit. I rather Marbury be selfish than have Curry and Crawford fuck everything up and make terrible decisions consistantly.

Marbury being selfish = improved play of the 2nd half of the 06-07 season.
Marbury being selfish = 20 and 9 ppg 23-19 playoff apperance in 04.

Blackmail his coach?

Look pendejo, Isiah has been an ass ever since he got; and Marbury has been used right after the Knicks made the playoffs. Marbury did his thing at 20 ppg and 9 asssist; shouldn't be built around? Nope, instead Isiah gets Crawford a soft guy who can't shoot, plays no defense and averages a lot of turnovers. Then he wanted to build Curry, another soft guy with a lot of turnovers and no defense and a lot of limitations offensively. Where should Marbury stand on this? He should of been the main focus from day 1. Marbury is the BEST player on the team anyway, making him take the seat for inferior limited players like Jamal and Eddy isn't smart stragedy for the team or the relationship with Marbury. The result showed it too; we hit the lottery every year(most years the picks went to Chicago).

Deadass, I'm gonna probably sound classless saying this but you sound mad homo when you say "Marbury abandoned" the team.

WHAT TEAM? This roster is so poorly built and organized, and Isiah continued to built shitty chemistry with the best player on the team and told Marbury he was allowed to leave the team(since his aunt died in BK).

Just really homo Isiahsexual comments that have been said. Marbury lost his dad and his aunt within in a month, plus he has a dickhead coach who's too stupid to realize when Marbury produces we win. When you limit his role and let Crawford and Curry run a circus, we lose.

Damn, I can't believe Isiahsexuals still come out...thats another thing I will never forgive with Isiah shitting on the Knicks for 4 years; Isiaihsexuals defending a guilty man.

Where in my post did I say that Crawford is a good player and should be the starting SG? Where in any of my posts have I suppoted Isiah or Curry? You should read posts before you argue against them. Another typical Metro post. Once someone disagrees with you, you must insult them and call them an Isiahsexual because you are too stupid to think of anything else. I know what pendejo means, asshole. You should have stayed banned from this website. I supported Marbury last year and I supported Marbury at the beginning of this year. But once he pulled that SELFISH bullshit, I lost all respect for him. So Marbury didn't abandon the team? Is abandon too big of a word for you? Definition: "To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; to desert". Why do you continue to support him? Stats aren't everything. Your love for Marbury is troubling.

You are either:

1.) Marbury himself

2.) The intern (you gettin' in the truck?)

3.) His secret homosexual lover
 

MSGKnickz33

The Gold Mac
what u b reading... can u post where i said "D" does not count... where???

u ain't winning shit without "D"... look at the winning teams.. spurs, pistons, even dallas (maybe not this year)... then look at the suns (who by the way, i luv their wide open game) who play little "D"

let me know where i made the no "D" comment so i may edit my post..
peace

Whoa my bad Paris, I meant to say Lilman Bklyn.
 

donchris

Next season, keep waiting
Watson is a bench player.
Brad Miller is Eddy Curry with a jump shot a little passing but no ability in the post.
Richardson can't shoot or move anymore, having him at shooting guard will only slow down the offense. Watson is a low FG% shooting too. That team would shoot as bad as this one.

The bench doesn't look any different.

My roster doesn't have Crawford, Richardson, Randolph or Curry. I drop away 4 negative players and add Artest(defense, passing rebounding, scoring, toughness, QB), Garcia(defense, passing, shooting, platanos), Odom(everything except consistent scoring), Brown(defense)


It doesn't really matter; I just want everyone to under, cap space does matter. I've been preaching this for years and no one, especially Isiahsexuals wanted to hear it because they thought we could win just added more contracts to the team and signing loser players to bigger contracts.

Check this out

http://www.knicksonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3103

Look at all the Isiahsexuals

"give Isiah a break"

Sounding like Isiah's left nut or one of his grandsons.




lmao.




I didn't even read that post; but I just realize you defend Isiah because he's a minority...say people wanted Lee to start because he's white.

I'm a minority too, that doesn't make any sense. People hated Layden as much as they hated Isiah. Plus Isiah is a majority in the NBA. Blah, dumb silly topic to bring back on, but man you guys WERE bad back in the day. Theres a lot of bad quotes in there, same with other threads in the past many people doubted me about.

Anyway, its funny to look bad on these things and see how silly people were thinking especially at the prime stage of Isiahsexuality.

I no longer support Thomas because none of his plans have worked out. At the time I did because he needed time to work things out. He's had the time, it's still not working and now it's time for him to go. That being said, Thomas never really got a fair shot from the beginning. People immediately wanted him out before he made a single move. You have to wander why that is. It's hard to even thing about at this point because frankly, it's a moot point. He's done a shit job and should go, but 3 years ago that wasn't the case. This situation is similar to what occurred in Miami when Brian Grant and Eddie Jones were brought in. On paper the team was a beast, just like on paper the Knicks are a beast. But the line up didn't work out for Miami and Grant and Jones were quickly shipped out. The difference is that Miami quickly regrouped from the poor rebuilding afford. Can NY do the same?

Yes Metro, it appears that you were right and you were wrong at the same time. Your criticism of Eddie Curry proved to be correct but your unwaivering support of Marbury proves to be illogical. No doubt Marbury is talented but he like Thomas have proved to be incapable of leading this team.

Watson has a better assist percentage than Ridnior and he's way cheaper. We need a replacement for Marbury and Watson knows how to move the ball. Unlike Curry, Miller is a defender and rebounds the ball plus he has an expiring contract. All good things. Richardson is a contract that we are stuck with unless we are willing to part with Lee or Balkman. I'm not so I say keep him.
 

metrocard

Legend
DonChris, I can't disagree, I could understand why you think I'm illogical defending Marbury; but it has to be done...Knicks nation have bought into Isiah's propaganda that has been put against Marbury.

I deleted my post because I didn't read your 2nd reply until now and then I realized what an asshole you are. I felt it was necessay to add a few things.

Don't be so weak.

Isiahsexual is just a term I made up, don't get your feelings hurt or waste post on me. Take it to the private messages if you're sensitive.

Since more you're interesting in bitching than chatting, back to my thread topic

I was on hoopshype.com and T'Wolve and Laker fans said they would agree to this deal.

"I think NYK could switch Curry for Walker. 'Toine has only 2 years left, (2 next are team-options) so he would expire at the same time Marbury does."

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/featur...=617~881~990~1017&teams=18~18~16~13&te=&cash=
 

LJ4ptplay

Starter
DonChris, I can't disagree, I could understand why you think I'm illogical defending Marbury; but it has to be done...Knicks nation have bought into Isiah's propaganda that has been put against Marbury.



Don't be so weak.

Isiahsexual is just a term I made up, don't get your feelings hurt or waste post on me. Take it to the private messages if you're sensitive.

Since more you're interesting in bitching than chatting, back to my thread topic

I was on hoopshype.com and T'Wolve and Laker fans said they would agree to this deal.

"I think NYK could switch Curry for Walker. 'Toine has only 2 years left, (2 next are team-options) so he would expire at the same time Marbury does."

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/featur...=617~881~990~1017&teams=18~18~16~13&te=&cash=

Sorry man, when somebody calls me an asshole (in english or spanish) I take it personal. I'll try to be civil with you from now on.

You're right, back to the thread. Besides, I think we will just have to "agree to disagree" about Marbury. There is no way I will convince you that Marbury is a poor teammate and part of the problem, and there is no way that you will be able to convince me that he is good for the Knicks.

Anyway, 'Toine for Curry? Would that benefit us at all? Walker is another chucker like Crawford. If your idea is to dump salary then I like it but doesn't 'Toine have almost the same contract as Curry? What about Curry for Theo Ratliff? I know Theo is injured, but he has an expiring contract. Plus, if he get's healthy, he is not a bad defender, even for his age. A Curry at center and Jefferson at power forward combo might be attractive to the T-Wolves.
 
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paris401

Starter
all this trade talk.. imo (everyone's got one) we have almost nothing that other teams want... aside from some of our younger guys like balkman and lee, we are holding a bag of shit..

curry... who the hell will want this wide load??.. if u are a gm rebuilding , would u build your team around this fat-ass?? - ask isiah how that is working out

zach... portland gave him to us for free... is owed 50m for 3 more year after this season..

jamal... will hit for 35 on 12/15 shooting one nite, 12 the next nite on 3/15.. way too streaky..

starbury... owed 20+ mill next year.. maybe tradeable feb 09.. until then he is all ours

q-rich... has 2 more years after this year on his contract which is uninsurable vu his bad back... which i think is still balky.. pity cause i like him

the bench

james/jefferies... no need to waste space on these two

fred jones... seems to hustle... with only a 3m contract tho not worth much

malik.. one more year on 7.5m contract..

and the rest of the roster are our young guys..


maybe trade malik and starbury in feb 09.. but for who??? we will have to take back 30m in contract.. and i bet they will not be expiring ones either.. maybe just keep em, and start all over in the summer of 09...

i'm leaving now... i will check back with ya in 2014
 

knicklover

Benchwarmer
Since I am one of the last standing Curry supporters, I have to at least ask a question.

Why is having a one dimensional defensive, shot blocking, rebounding center superior to having a one dimensional offensive center that draws double and triple teams and still has a FG percentage in the 55% range?

IMO, neither is superior.

What matters is having complimentary players.

If you have a primarily defensive guy, you'll probably need some serious firepower at PF and elsewhere. A guy at PF that can score 20 and post up etc....

If you have an offensive guy, you'll need a guy that rebounds, plays good defense, blocks some shots etc... at PF.

In Curry, we have one of the best offensive centers in the league. He already proved that last year. His numbers are down because of Zach, not because of any decline in his own skill level.

Either Zach or Curry probably has to go, but just because Curry is not Dwight Howard, Yao Ming, Chris Kaman, or Amare Stoudemire doesn't mean he's a bum or that we can't win with him if we had the right pieces.

If we had some consistent outside shooting at SG and SF and put Lee at PF Curry would blossom even further offensively because it would be harder to double team him or open up our shooters. We could live with 7 rebounds a game from Curry with Lee at PF getting 35+ minutes because Lee would pick up 12 or more rebounds.

As much as I hate the idea of getting Artest because of the potential off court and locker room distractions, that's the kind of player we need instead of Zach. Another would be a Richard Jefferson, Rashard Lewis etc.... We need consistent scoring and shooting at SF and SG not at PF.
 

lilman_bklyn

Rotation player
How many games did you watch this season? I've watched all of them.

Benching Marbury was inexcusable.

At the time Marbury was averaging 15 ppg 5 assist on two turnovers; over 40% from 3pt and over 45% from FG. We were 2-1; Crawford was shooting under 40% and had 3 turnovers per game.

The next two games Crawford went 5-15 against Orlando then 4-14 against Miami in both losses.

These two losses changed the whole season.

Isiah turned the team against Marbury and created a negative locker room. Despite the fact Crawford was playing terrible, Eddy Curry was non existant, Randolph was a ball hog, and Richardson was shooting 1% from everywhere. He used Marbury as the scapegoat and completely took his role away from the team, an important role that helped us win our first two games in the reason.

Since you don't watch the Knicks and focus on Jamal's useless losing stats so much, let me break it down to you.

When we benched Marbury

Lost @ PHX 113-102
Lost @ LAC 84-81 (4-12 FG 4 turnovers, typical Crawful night)
Lost @ SAC 123-118 (Crawford: 9-27 FG 2-9 3PT 6 turnovers)
Lost @ DEN 115-83 (a nice 8 point preformance by Crawford on 2-7 FG)
Lost vs GSW 108-82
Lost vs DET 98-86

Then when Marbury was a STARTER and finally got comfortable again, we beat Chicago @ the Garden. 85 - 78

19 points
6-12 FG
2-3 3pt
6 rebounds
4 assist
ZERO turnovers

Hinrich went 5-18 and 0-5 and Gordon went 4-17 on 5 turnovers...Marbury did an excellent job when he was guarding both.

Then the next game, it was ANOTHER WIN! Marbury against Utah Marbury played like STARBURY.

When Isiah has Marbury just dump it off to Curry, we LOSE, that doesn't work, Curry is terrible and inefficient.

Against Utah Marbury had 28 points 6 assist 2 steals and 1 block He shot 9-14 FG 3-3 3PT. How many times have you seen Crawful have a 9-14 night?


After the Boston debacle, we lost against PHONEIX where Crawford went 2-11 and went 0-5 from 3pt. We could of beat them especially with Marbury's 21 point 7-13 FG effort, but no thanks to Crawful once against shooting us out of the game.

The back to back losses to Philly (without Marbury) and the 3 losses at home against Dallas, Seattle and Chicago

Crawford took 101 shots. Thats 20 shots a game. Guess how many shots he made?

38 to complete a 37% FG

Typical Crawford.

So in order for Crawford to average 20 points, he has to take 101 shots in 5 games.

Why would any logical and passionate Knick would want a poor excuse for a basketball player like Jamal as their primary scorer? He's the least efficient scoring in the NBA by far.


Give you give someone like Eddie House 40 minues a game, they would do exactly the same like Crawford, except House is a better shooter, same with guys like Flip Murry, Bonzi Wells, and etc. Instead the coaches of their respected teams realize its more important to WIN than baby feed Crawford and Curry 40 minutes so they can have their little stats while the organization and the fans have to suffer through the losses.



Has Crawford ever led this team to the playoffs? How about in Chicago? Marbury led us to the playoffs with a limited old and no offensive roster where the 2nd best option was Tim Thomas. That team was 23-19.

When Crawford came to New York, we've been a lottery team for 4 years in a row already.

Chicago was a lottery team when Crawford was taking the most shots on the team.

Now us?

You? You're actually going to sit here and try to convince Crawford is worthy? I suggest you take a timeout and watch the games. If you already did, watch them and focus on the real problems and be a more aware and logical Knick fan instead of a defendant.

I understand Marbury's weaknesses and limitations; but the man is superior to Crawford and can be used to help this TEAM more than Crawford can ever. When we let Marbury be more freely, he averages 20 and 9 and we play competitive basketball. When we let Crawford play freely(all the time) He takes 500 shots in two games so he can get his useless 20 points at the same time we'll lose by two to shitty teams.

I'm convinced Crawford is the worst starting SG in the NBA. You have to be silly to think just because Jamal has a higher PPG average that he's better than others. I'm looking at the whole game here. A guy like Bogans plays defense and hits a higher percentage of 3's and plays defense. Same with Sasha Pavlovic or starting SG's of that role.

Crawford's role is lead, make smart decisions and be an efficient scorer since he's taking the most shots on this team.

He has failed all three, miserably, in the last 4 years.


If it doesn't take you 4 years to realize that Jamal Crawford has been one of the most cancerous players in Knicks history, how long will it ever take you to grasp and understand that?

Isiahsexuals just can't understand. :cool:

Son you are a loser... Check it out, Firstly Marbury did play against the Sixers, so I guess your statement about watching every Knick game is already full of shit. You watch the games where he performs well in, lets say that. You bring up 9-15, okay how many other times this season has Marbury equaled that amount, how many times has he taken over the game?, In that same game Jamal had 22pts 7-16 shooting. In every win this season, with the exception of the Chicago game, Crawford has over 20 points and was arguably the best knick player on the floor.

You say the Knicks were 2 and 1 when they benched Marbury. Again your statement of watching every Knick game comes into question Marbury Nut Hugger, because the talk of benching Marbury came after the loss to the Heat, you remember that game right, Marbury floating the ball to who the fuck knows in crunch time, after getting schooled by bullshit ass Jason williams, you remember that game right homey? And the game before that being schooled by run of the mill Jameer Nelson... You say you a knick fan, then you should know about these things.


You bring up 2-1, it is because of Crawford that we were 2-1.. nobody else. And that one loss, is because Marbury couldn't put a hand in the face of Gibson, and the Cavs beat us with 3's. So Marbury had an effect of the game, a losing one.

you bring up those games where Marbury was benched, well in all those games he still played over 30 minutes in each, with the exception of the Denver game which was a blowout... So stop the shit again son, and yea it all of a sudden was Marbury starting that made the Knicks win those games right, damn fool. After that Boston game, when the knicks needed a win bad, needed to step up, which Knick player stepped up to the plate, and hit the winning shot, and was the leader that the KNicks needed... JC Superstar was that man, on the court AND in the locker room.


And okay, so yea Crawford hasn't lead a team to the Playoffs... I understand that, but how is that a useful statement to make in this debate. He was only a starter one year with the bulls, and that was the year they traded Brand and drafted Chandler and Curry, it wasn't his team to lead to the playoffs dumbazz. I'm not a Marbury hater like some of the peeps on this site, I know that it was not Marbury's fault that he hasn't won a playoff series, but your argument about Crawford not leading a team to the playoffs are basically the same argument people use as to why Marbury hasn't won a playoff series. So you need to check your arguments homey, unless you agree with those who say Marbury is unable to lead a team pass getting into the playoffs.. hmmm

Son there is no debate here, you are trying to fish and find one, but there is none, Marbury is not better than Crawford this season, With all the crazy bullshit shots Crawford Takes he is only shooting percentage points lower than Marbury. His assist are basically the same as Marbury, his points are higher, his defense is better, his leadership is better... What exactly is the argument here? Suck it up and admit that so far this year Crawford is the Knicks best player.. point blank...
 

knicklover

Benchwarmer
Defense means a lot and this year Marbury hasn't played any another reason why Crawford best Marbury This season... watch the damn games

Gimme a break with this Marbury/Crawford debate.

Marbury is a talented player that can take it to the hoop and shoot from outside, but he's also a self centered player, distraction on and off the court, and a player whose game goes down a notch in the last few minutes when it counts.

Crawford is willing to take tough shots when it counts, stands up under pressure, and has some great games, but overall he's a bad shooter "for a SG", very inconsistent, turnover prone, and doesn't play much defense.

To be quite honest, we'd be better off without either of them. However, we are stuck with Marbury for a couple of more years until his contract runs out and replacing Crawford is not the #1 priority. Replacing Qrich and breaking up Curry and Zach are the #1 priorities. We can't win with our SF shooting 30% +/- and/or Curry and Zach on the floor at the same time.
 

Roy Munson

Rookie
Gimme a break with this Marbury/Crawford debate.

Marbury is a talented player that can take it to the hoop and shoot from outside, but he's also a self centered player, distraction on and off the court, and a player whose game goes down a notch in the last few minutes when it counts.

Crawford is willing to take tough shots when it counts, stands up under pressure, and has some great games, but overall he's a bad shooter "for a SG", very inconsistent, turnover prone, and doesn't play much defense.

To be quite honest, we'd be better off without either of them. However, we are stuck with Marbury for a couple of more years until his contract runs out and replacing Crawford is not the #1 priority. Replacing Qrich and breaking up Curry and Zach are the #1 priorities. We can't win with our SF shooting 30% +/- and/or Curry and Zach on the floor at the same time.

You have it right. Get rid of Randolph. He's a no-defense loser.

Trading Marbury is not an option because there are no other teams in the league dumb enough to want him. The best thing to happen there is for him to continue to pout/grieve/be injured/be suspended. The more he can stay away from the team, the better.

The long term solution for the Knicks won't come to being until both those selfish losers are gone. Then they can gradually start building things back up, and they SHOULD get some great draft picks in the near future. Then they can gradually weed out other problems and build their team.

For now, the Knicks are better off with Jones/Robinson getting all of Marbury's minutes, and Lee getting as many of Randolphs minutes as possible.
 

metrocard

Legend
Sorry man, when somebody calls me an asshole (in english or spanish) I take it personal. I'll try to be civil with you from now on.

You're right, back to the thread. Besides, I think we will just have to "agree to disagree" about Marbury. There is no way I will convince you that Marbury is a poor teammate and part of the problem, and there is no way that you will be able to convince me that he is good for the Knicks.

Anyway, 'Toine for Curry? Would that benefit us at all? Walker is another chucker like Crawford. If your idea is to dump salary then I like it but doesn't 'Toine have almost the same contract as Curry? What about Curry for Theo Ratliff? I know Theo is injured, but he has an expiring contract. Plus, if he get's healthy, he is not a bad defender, even for his age. A Curry at center and Jefferson at power forward combo might be attractive to the T-Wolves.

Nah, don't say sorry.

I presented the facts, stats, assessments of all the games I watched of the Knicks, and past history Marbury has with the Knicks particulary in his first season where he took us to the playoffs. I'm not saying Marbury is the solution, but he isn't the problem. If that can't convince you then you're being too delusional.

It would benefit us because Toine' contract expire. I wouldn't want Toine here, but I would do anything to get under the cap for once.

You're right; Theo has the best contract its a huge fat one(no homo) and an expiring. Getting it would help us in the best way. But I think T'Wolves are trying to get under the cap too.


knicklover, we can't win with Curry or build around him.


His love for the game of basketball is most questionable more than any other guy on this team.

His work ethic is awful.

He hasn't had any significant improvement in the last 5 years(rebounding, defense)

He's too out of shape now, he takes too long to get in position.

Curry moves well for a fatass, but if he lost 20-30 pounds, his agility would be amazing. Thats where his work ethic holds him back.

Curry is what he is. Isiah tricked you into thinking he's a franchise big man, now get over it and move on. We need to look to better things because Curry isn't. Curry is happy with his money and isn't a hungry basketball player anymore; he's not going to play hard for a new deal like a guy from the NBDL or some of that caliber. Having Curry on this team will only hold us back since he doesn't progress at an adequate or desired rate.


little man, you type a lot these days but haven't said anything relevant since the summer where you were screaming "FUCK RANDOLPH" in every post, even though I found that amusing.

Crawford is the biggest loser on this team, he has no playoff experience and has been in the NBA for 7 years already.

BTW, when Knicks usually win(lol @ how that sounds), majority of the credit goes to Randolph first.

You mention Nelson and Williams; do you realize how many players I can bring up that ass raped Jamal Crawford without spitting on it? I'm not going to do that because you already know. I'm here to educate you, teach you what you don't know, not chit chat on obvious shit.

When Marbury was benched his role was reduced, you can't expect much when Isiah has Marbury in the doghouse. I don't care if Isiah gave Marbury 47 minutes off the bench; Isiah is taking Marbury out of his element and sending a message to a guy who isn't the problem.

Jamal Crawford a superstar? He's a 6"5 Eddie House without the shooting and more minutes.

Crawford inability to be a leader(not just a leader scorer, but being inefficient and making the game easier for others) is my point.

Jamal didn't make it easy for Chicago when he was chucking 20-30 shots a night in losses. He hasn't done the same here.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/teams/schedule?team=chi&year=2004

Look at how many times Crawford was the leading score, but Bulls were averaging 90 points and giving up 100. Doesn't that sound familiar?

Crawford led a 23-59 team in scoring.

Crawford's first season as a Knick, we went 33-49. He averaged a career high of 17.7 ppg

That season Marbury was in his element 21.7 ppg and 8.1 assist

Then the next season Marbury's role was limited and we went 23-59. Crawford also was the worst starter for us that season.

Next year, 33-49.

So whats the trend here?

Does history support Crawford being a winning player?
No.

Does Crawford's super abilities of chucking, traveling and being invisibility on defense help any team to win?
No.

He's a loser, plain and simple.


You're just killed your argument by saying Crawford's defense is better than Marbury.

Marbury showed up defensively 5-6 times this season.

Crawford = 0

Weakest argument since people try to convince that Isiah is the savior for the Knicks.
 

LJ4ptplay

Starter
Nah, don't say sorry.

I presented the facts, stats, assessments of all the games I watched of the Knicks, and past history Marbury has with the Knicks particulary in his first season where he took us to the playoffs. I'm not saying Marbury is the solution, but he isn't the problem. If that can't convince you then you're being too delusional.

It would benefit us because Toine' contract expire. I wouldn't want Toine here, but I would do anything to get under the cap for once.

You're right; Theo has the best contract its a huge fat one(no homo) and an expiring. Getting it would help us in the best way. But I think T'Wolves are trying to get under the cap too.


knicklover, we can't win with Curry or build around him.


His love for the game of basketball is most questionable more than any other guy on this team.

His work ethic is awful.

He hasn't had any significant improvement in the last 5 years(rebounding, defense)

He's too out of shape now, he takes too long to get in position.

Curry moves well for a fatass, but if he lost 20-30 pounds, his agility would be amazing. Thats where his work ethic holds him back.

Curry is what he is. Isiah tricked you into thinking he's a franchise big man, now get over it and move on. We need to look to better things because Curry isn't. Curry is happy with his money and isn't a hungry basketball player anymore; he's not going to play hard for a new deal like a guy from the NBDL or some of that caliber. Having Curry on this team will only hold us back since he doesn't progress at an adequate or desired rate.


little man, you type a lot these days but haven't said anything relevant since the summer where you were screaming "FUCK RANDOLPH" in every post, even though I found that amusing.

Crawford is the biggest loser on this team, he has no playoff experience and has been in the NBA for 7 years already.

BTW, when Knicks usually win(lol @ how that sounds), majority of the credit goes to Randolph first.

You mention Nelson and Williams; do you realize how many players I can bring up that ass raped Jamal Crawford without spitting on it? I'm not going to do that because you already know. I'm here to educate you, teach you what you don't know, not chit chat on obvious shit.

When Marbury was benched his role was reduced, you can't expect much when Isiah has Marbury in the doghouse. I don't care if Isiah gave Marbury 47 minutes off the bench; Isiah is taking Marbury out of his element and sending a message to a guy who isn't the problem.

Jamal Crawford a superstar? He's a 6"5 Eddie House without the shooting and more minutes.

Crawford inability to be a leader(not just a leader scorer, but being inefficient and making the game easier for others) is my point.

Jamal didn't make it easy for Chicago when he was chucking 20-30 shots a night in losses. He hasn't done the same here.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/teams/schedule?team=chi&year=2004

Look at how many times Crawford was the leading score, but Bulls were averaging 90 points and giving up 100. Doesn't that sound familiar?

Crawford led a 23-59 team in scoring.

Crawford's first season as a Knick, we went 33-49. He averaged a career high of 17.7 ppg

That season Marbury was in his element 21.7 ppg and 8.1 assist

Then the next season Marbury's role was limited and we went 23-59. Crawford also was the worst starter for us that season.

Next year, 33-49.

So whats the trend here?

Does history support Crawford being a winning player?
No.

Does Crawford's super abilities of chucking, traveling and being invisibility on defense help any team to win?
No.

He's a loser, plain and simple.


You're just killed your argument by saying Crawford's defense is better than Marbury.

Marbury showed up defensively 5-6 times this season.

Crawford = 0

Weakest argument since people try to convince that Isiah is the savior for the Knicks.

I don't think I was being delusional when I said Marbury is part of the problem. If you actually think a team built around Marbury is of championship caliber, then I think you're being delusional. Regardless of his individual talents and statistics, I still think he is a bad teammate (just ask Kenyon Marin, Q. Rich, Kurt Thomas, Malik Rose, Kendall Gill, most of the current Knick roster and most of the NBA). When a team unanimously votes for a guy to not play, then you know you've got problems.

I agree with you about Curry. I heard someone say once, "smaller guys in the NBA play basketball because they love the game, big guys in the NBA play because they can". I think that holds true with Curry. He just plays because he is big and agile, not because he wants to. If he truly loved the game and wanted to play hard his work ethic would be stronger and his development would've been quicker. As far as trading for 'Toine, looking on RealGM, it says that his contract is 32.1 mil for 3 years and Curry's is 34.5 mil for 3 years. That wouldn't benefit us at all. I don't think the T-Wolves want to trade away Ratliff's expiring contract either, but a Jefferson/Curry combo might seem worth it to them. Ahh, who am I kidding. We are in a real jam here. Our only desirable players are our young guys, which have small contracts and trading them wouldn't get us under the cap. Not to mention, the young players are the only ones I want to keep. The rest of the roster is loaded with bloated contracts that nobody wants. We're screwed. Thanks again Isiah.
 

lilman_bklyn

Rotation player
Nah, don't say sorry.

I presented the facts, stats, assessments of all the games I watched of the Knicks, and past history Marbury has with the Knicks particulary in his first season where he took us to the playoffs. I'm not saying Marbury is the solution, but he isn't the problem. If that can't convince you then you're being too delusional.

It would benefit us because Toine' contract expire. I wouldn't want Toine here, but I would do anything to get under the cap for once.

You're right; Theo has the best contract its a huge fat one(no homo) and an expiring. Getting it would help us in the best way. But I think T'Wolves are trying to get under the cap too.


knicklover, we can't win with Curry or build around him.


His love for the game of basketball is most questionable more than any other guy on this team.

His work ethic is awful.

He hasn't had any significant improvement in the last 5 years(rebounding, defense)

He's too out of shape now, he takes too long to get in position.

Curry moves well for a fatass, but if he lost 20-30 pounds, his agility would be amazing. Thats where his work ethic holds him back.

Curry is what he is. Isiah tricked you into thinking he's a franchise big man, now get over it and move on. We need to look to better things because Curry isn't. Curry is happy with his money and isn't a hungry basketball player anymore; he's not going to play hard for a new deal like a guy from the NBDL or some of that caliber. Having Curry on this team will only hold us back since he doesn't progress at an adequate or desired rate.


little man, you type a lot these days but haven't said anything relevant since the summer where you were screaming "FUCK RANDOLPH" in every post, even though I found that amusing.

Crawford is the biggest loser on this team, he has no playoff experience and has been in the NBA for 7 years already.

BTW, when Knicks usually win(lol @ how that sounds), majority of the credit goes to Randolph first.

You mention Nelson and Williams; do you realize how many players I can bring up that ass raped Jamal Crawford without spitting on it? I'm not going to do that because you already know. I'm here to educate you, teach you what you don't know, not chit chat on obvious shit.

When Marbury was benched his role was reduced, you can't expect much when Isiah has Marbury in the doghouse. I don't care if Isiah gave Marbury 47 minutes off the bench; Isiah is taking Marbury out of his element and sending a message to a guy who isn't the problem.

Jamal Crawford a superstar? He's a 6"5 Eddie House without the shooting and more minutes.

Crawford inability to be a leader(not just a leader scorer, but being inefficient and making the game easier for others) is my point.

Jamal didn't make it easy for Chicago when he was chucking 20-30 shots a night in losses. He hasn't done the same here.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/teams/schedule?team=chi&year=2004

Look at how many times Crawford was the leading score, but Bulls were averaging 90 points and giving up 100. Doesn't that sound familiar?

Crawford led a 23-59 team in scoring.

Crawford's first season as a Knick, we went 33-49. He averaged a career high of 17.7 ppg

That season Marbury was in his element 21.7 ppg and 8.1 assist

Then the next season Marbury's role was limited and we went 23-59. Crawford also was the worst starter for us that season.

Next year, 33-49.

So whats the trend here?

Does history support Crawford being a winning player?
No.

Does Crawford's super abilities of chucking, traveling and being invisibility on defense help any team to win?
No.

He's a loser, plain and simple.


You're just killed your argument by saying Crawford's defense is better than Marbury.

Marbury showed up defensively 5-6 times this season.

Crawford = 0

Weakest argument since people try to convince that Isiah is the savior for the Knicks.

I want you to bring up the 5 or 6 times Marbury showed up this season... I can bring up many where Crawford defense showed up ... Chicago against Ben Gordon 1st game, The second half of the Bucks game against Redd 18 points first have 9 the second half, Pistons against Rip Hamilton... C'mon son stop the shit... stop hating on the dude. Aight you don't like him, thats understood, but give credit where credit is due... I already proved you are a bogus dude by not even knowing the games where marbury was benched, you are phony son at least try and gain some kind of respect by not hating so much geeze
 

MSGKnickz33

The Gold Mac
Arite son how you even tryin to argue that Crawford is a good defender? Crawford is not a defender. You cant even argue hes an average defender. He constantly gets lost by picks, he cant keep no one in front of him. Ive never seen him play good defense for half a game. You cant win this arguement. Im not a crawford hater, i like him just not on this team. Hes got some nice moves on offense, you can make a nice video of him crossin over other players but to say he plays average defense, I cant respect that and I dont know where you comin from (no homo). Marbury, when he gets into his zone he can shut his opponent down. We saw it in the games that Metro watched. If you watched those games then you know what Im talkin about.

Im suprised to see anyone who still believes we can build this team around Curry. Im not gonna talk about this, im just gonna laugh.

I got one arguement that will shut down the Crawford vs Marbury debate. People say Marbury is not a real leader becuz he cant get his team past the 1st round of the playoffs. Crawford and Curry are also captains so that would make Curry, Crawford, and Marbury the leaders of this team. Crawford has played more games than any other player in the NBA without ever playing a playoff game.

Crawford has 3 major weaknesses that prevented the Bulls and is preventing the Knicks from making the playoffs:

  1. Turnover prone
  2. Not a good shooter, check his stats they dont lie
  3. No Defense, Crawford has NEVER played good defense

He should be playing only 15 to 20 minutes a game. At least Marbury can lead a team to the playoffs. If he had the right players around him, who knows how far he can lead a team. Ill admit, Marbury cant pass like Kidd or Nash but hes a better scorer then both of them and he can defend as good as any other point guard. How many point guards can defend shooting guards? We saw this all the time last year, Marbury had to guard alot of players bigger then him and he did a good job. Just ask Jesus Shuttlesworth. There is no one Crawford can defend, not even Dan dickau.
 
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