Morris & Chandler
Catching up with Randolph Morris
February,10
Not much going on today, so here are some excerpts from a Q & A with Randolph Morris that ran in today?s paper.
He?s kind of become the forgotten rookie.
It can be difficult for most players who come into the league and discover they are no longer stars guaranteed playing time, so I asked how that was going.
?Yeah, it?s an adjustment for everybody, but better players than me have done it. They?ve learned from it, so I?m just going to have to wait my turn.?
And what?s he do away from the game?
?I like to play video games,? Morris said. ?They dominate most of my down time.?
For the record, his favorite is Call of Duty 4.
?I can spend close to all day on that,? Morris said.
The lowest-paid man on the roster is under contract until the end of the season. He doesn?t know what?s in store, and plans to wait until the end of the season to worry.
There is likely to be some minutes coming up in the coming weeks so the Knicks can evaluate where he ranks.
Isiah Thomas dont know how to COACH!
Remember Coach Isiah BENCHED a healthy Reggie Miller for a season.
That had to make Owner Walsh blow his top to hand Isiah his Pink Slip (after Isiah talked Jermain O'Neal into resigning).
When a Teams weakest defense is at the Guard spot that team has to have some defensive Bigmen to make up for that.
When a Team has weak defense in their Guards & their Bigmen that team has a habit of losing by 20 or more points. Was'nt that the case early in the season before Coach Isiah put Nate & Balkman in the rotation?
Randolph Morris & Jerome James would be the right Defensive Center alongside of PF-Zach Randolph defenseless talents.
Randolph Morris defense, Rebounding, and Put-Back ability would play well at PF alongside of Curry post up moves.
There is nothing wrong with playing David Lee at SF vs alot of Knicks opositions during a game with the above Bigmen lineups. Q.Richardson has sucked throughout his entire tour in a Knick uniform at SG & SF.
I would LUV to see the Running Lineup of Morris, Lee, Balkman, Chandler, and Nate out RUN alot of Knick oponents on offense/defense for 7 to 12 straight minutes of playingtime in the third quarter this season.
Isiah Thomas just relying on Curry, Zach, and Lee has minimized the fouls given to oponents scoring in the paint.
This entire season the Knicks been needing Balkman, Chandler, and Morris to crash the boards on the Defensive side of the court for rebounds & Fouls to make this TEAM Presence known in the NBA (Shotblock Highlights or Hard Fouls highlights), that's 18 fouls sitting on the bench.
I liked when Jerome James used to come into the game and pickup 2 or 3 quick fouls because it showed us Knick Fans how Knick oponents was used to this team not playing any defense in the paint since the departure of Kurt Thomas & Mutombo.
Those who always complained about Jerome James picking up quick fouls used to make me angry, because he is a BIG-BODY in the paint that must be recognized by Knick oposition even if he fouls out 20 straight games to the new rules Stern & Jackson keep adding each season.
