alanhahn Alan Hahn
Amar'e-led minicamp, to precede training camp, likely to be held at IMG Facility in Florida. All expenses covered. #Knicks
36 minutes ago » alanhahn Alan Hahn
Amar'e Stoudemire is looking to organize a minicamp for his #Knicks teammates starting as early as this Thursday, sources told Newsday. #fb
37 minutes ago
If ANY good has come out of this training camp, it's that Amar'e has gotton his rest.
Allanfan20 wrote:If ANY good has come out of this training camp, it's that Amar'e has gotton his rest.
Yea and there will be a shorter season. Even with more games packed together it's still less wear on him than a full 82. It will be interesting to see how this effects him. MAN it's good to be talking BB stuff.
Silverfuel wrote:How about Monday?
I like the sound of that.
He had to cancel it because Melo and Billups didn't want to come.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball...
According to multiple sources, after Stoudemire reached out to his teammates, two of the most important players -- Carmelo Anthony and Billups -- were not in favor of the idea and instead wanted to hold workouts in New York so players could get settled in for the suddenly impending NBA season.
Silverfuel wrote:He had to cancel it because Melo and Billups didn't want to come. http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball...
According to multiple sources, after Stoudemire reached out to his teammates, two of the most important players -- Carmelo Anthony and Billups -- were not in favor of the idea and instead wanted to hold workouts in New York so players could get settled in for the suddenly impending NBA season.
This is disappointing, but not the end of the world. CB I expected would be most resistant, but Melo surprises me. I see no real reason why he couldn't fly down and make it happen. The thing that's crazy is that CB and Melo don't even have a place to hold the practices yet. At least STAT has a facility and everything worked out. Just disappointing
In all fairness all of our players don't live in nyc in the off season. Guys need to move back to nyc and get settled.
AnubisADL wrote:In all fairness all of our players don't live in nyc in the off season. Guys need to move back to nyc and get settled.
agreed.
DurzoBlint wrote:AnubisADL wrote:In all fairness all of our players don't live in nyc in the off season. Guys need to move back to nyc and get settled.
agreed.
I dont know man, it takes a day MAX. I'm not saying start full strength the first day.
Don't they now have at least access to the Knick practice facility? Maybe a Y somewhere?
Anything but continuing to hang around anywhere near the Isaiah Cancer Center
Silverfuel wrote:DurzoBlint wrote:AnubisADL wrote:In all fairness all of our players don't live in nyc in the off season. Guys need to move back to nyc and get settled.
agreed.
I dont know man, it takes a day MAX. I'm not saying start full strength the first day.
I do know, and that is bullshit. I flew 16.5 hours in coach, dropped my shit off at the hotel, and put a nine hour day in on my first day of work on this job. These guys have people on payroll to sort their lives out. All they have to do is fly to Florida, train, fuck the concierge at some five star hotel, call their people to make sure they got WiFi hooked up, fly 2.5 hours to NY, fuck the flight attendant, go to bed, then go to the training facility. That's it.
These are men that travel ALL THE TIME! I just think it was a bit selfish for them to beg off from doing what they said they'd do earlier in the year. It's not the end of the world, but they better be ready to go this year.
These men also have families. They are not single men like Amare. They have wives and children. Sure they can pay for everything, but unhappy wife = unhappy life. I do hope that guys like Melo and CHauncey didn't let themselves go in the offseason.
Killa4luv wrote:These men also have families. They are not single men like Amare. They have wives and children. Sure they can pay for everything, but unhappy wife = unhappy life. I do hope that guys like Melo and CHauncey didn't let themselves go in the offseason.
Given the lockout, they've already been home more than normal. I would think many would want to get out already.
But, maybe not.
These bitches gotta have a few days to get their wardrobes together!
Whats wrong with you guys!
Why can't they do the same thing in NY?
