nyKnicks126
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What are your predictions next season for our Knicks? Stats, players who will shine and who will not, standings, etc?
I agree. Good post.
balkman is definitely MIP and him or lee will be sixth man i think.
Haha...i dont think thats much of a good post if youve followed the knicks last year and this offseason.
Sure, Lee will be considered for 6th man, but most improved player? If he was to ever win that award it would have been last year. I dont think hell be improving much on his numbers, but he will still be a huge asset to the team.
Nate Robisnon will 100% not be a 6th man or MIP consideration because hell be like 10th man off the bench. Collins, Lee, Balkman, Fred Jones (if he stays) will all be getting more minutes than Nate because Nate can only score and there is plenty of scoring on the Knicks elsewhere. He will be nice to bring off the bench as a sparkplug, but lets not blow his performance in the summer league out of proportion.
Balkman doesnt need to prove that he is a better pick than Marcus Williams or Josh Boone. He hustles like no other player on the Knicks team, and is growing into a legit NBA small forwards. This man is able to blocks shots and dribble out on the break and either knock down the shot or make smart passes. There is a reason why Isaiah said there is absolutely no chance he will trade Balkman or Lee for Artest.
Everything else said by Knicks Fan is already understood. Curry is a bitch and needs to pick up the intensity, marbury needs to become a better team player, crawford needs to learn how to guard somebody and play better team ball, and Q needs to lose some lbs and stay healthy.
Thats great, everyone knows that.
Sorry for being a downer in the post, but oh well.
but my ideal starting 5 is still
Mardy
Q
Chandler or Balk
Z Bo
Eddy
I know it's not at all likely, but just what I think would be most effective
Who knows whats going to happen. They are good on paper but that doesnt win games. The coaches will need to run plays, something they didnt do as much as they should have last season, the coaches will also have to find a way to make randolph Curry ridiculous experiment work.. i dont have confidence in that but hey. And finally the coaches will have to find a way to start preaching defense to this team. perimeter defense mainly and good help defense. if those three things get addressed, the knicks could win 50 games. I dont think the players themselves need to be looked at as much as I believe the coaching staff needs to be looked at to see how the knicks will fare next season.
To early to say. On paper we're the 3rd best team in the east but I doubt it will play out that way. No question this is a playoff team. It was a play off team when we had Francis and Frye.
Starting Line up
Marbury
Crawford
Richardson
Randolph
Curry
The players that should watch out are Crawford and Richardson. We've got a bench that is stacked in those two positions SG and SF. I can see Balkman starting in the place of Crawford (Richardson would move to SG). There are lots of possibilities for our squad and all look bright. I wouldn't mind seeing Richardson/Crawford shipped out for younger, more consistent, healthy and less expensive players.