Bad News Knicks
Though the depleted Knicks in winning 4 of 5, with single, double and triple overtime victories have put on an exciting show for their fans, they remain an undisciplined, badly coached mediocre bunch.
Not one player on the squad can be considered a complete player.
Eddie Curry, despite his prolific scoring of late (I had to use a Clyde Frazierism), is afraid of the ball, plays no defense and rarely gets an offensive rebound.
Jamal Crawford may be the most extreme hot-cold shooter ever. He makes Knick fans cry longingly for John Starks. If one compared Crawford to Starks, Starks’ shooting looks more like that of Jerry West; while Crawford’s looks more like Starks’ Game 7 performance in the 1994 Finals versus Houston.
Stephon Marbury, though scoring of late still has trouble playing defense, passing the ball and just doing his job which is to be a point guard.
Channing Frye is a soft player, a poor man’s Charles Smith; though I am sure Frye will never get the same chances to miss as Smith did against Michael Jordan and the Bulls on June 2nd 1993. The Knicks never got rich with Smith either.
Jared Jeffries is a nice bench player. Because of his brawling and lack of talent, Thomas sees fit to start him over David Lee.
David Lee is a great sixth man, if the Knicks truly had a third, fourth or fifth man; but that’s because he’s a workaholic. Once other teams take notice of how much he hustles, they’ll box him out so he can’t get 20 rebounds a game.
The other players are not really worth mentioning; though now we have ample evidence that Larry Brown was correct in describing Nate Robinson as a circus act. Moreover, the day Renaldo Balkman develops any shooting skills from more than 3 feet away is the day he will be able to throw Robinson through the basket.
It would be great if the Knicks could continue their winning ways in the exciting fashion that they have recently but unfortunately 2006 is coming to an end.
2007 will bring back the Knicks from hell.
Though the depleted Knicks in winning 4 of 5, with single, double and triple overtime victories have put on an exciting show for their fans, they remain an undisciplined, badly coached mediocre bunch.
Not one player on the squad can be considered a complete player.
Eddie Curry, despite his prolific scoring of late (I had to use a Clyde Frazierism), is afraid of the ball, plays no defense and rarely gets an offensive rebound.
Jamal Crawford may be the most extreme hot-cold shooter ever. He makes Knick fans cry longingly for John Starks. If one compared Crawford to Starks, Starks’ shooting looks more like that of Jerry West; while Crawford’s looks more like Starks’ Game 7 performance in the 1994 Finals versus Houston.
Stephon Marbury, though scoring of late still has trouble playing defense, passing the ball and just doing his job which is to be a point guard.
Channing Frye is a soft player, a poor man’s Charles Smith; though I am sure Frye will never get the same chances to miss as Smith did against Michael Jordan and the Bulls on June 2nd 1993. The Knicks never got rich with Smith either.
Jared Jeffries is a nice bench player. Because of his brawling and lack of talent, Thomas sees fit to start him over David Lee.
David Lee is a great sixth man, if the Knicks truly had a third, fourth or fifth man; but that’s because he’s a workaholic. Once other teams take notice of how much he hustles, they’ll box him out so he can’t get 20 rebounds a game.
The other players are not really worth mentioning; though now we have ample evidence that Larry Brown was correct in describing Nate Robinson as a circus act. Moreover, the day Renaldo Balkman develops any shooting skills from more than 3 feet away is the day he will be able to throw Robinson through the basket.
It would be great if the Knicks could continue their winning ways in the exciting fashion that they have recently but unfortunately 2006 is coming to an end.
2007 will bring back the Knicks from hell.
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