Gymkata wrote:All Felton ever did was sign on with us for a short deal, play his ass off, showed lots of Knick pride, get swallowed up in a huge trade, and evidently entered a sustained period of depression or something, before coming back to the team that shoved his ass out the door. And now because Houston signed Lin to a ridiculous contact that is scaring off the Knicks because of Dolan's pitiful ego or Woodson's game-planning or whatever, he suddenly gets dumped on. Give the dude a chance. I always value guys who embrace the craziness that is MSG and the Knicks and all the pressure and pride wearing the laundry brings.
I value guys that help us win basketball games better than the players they're replacing.
VCoug wrote:Gymkata wrote:All Felton ever did was sign on with us for a short deal, play his ass off, showed lots of Knick pride, get swallowed up in a huge trade, and evidently entered a sustained period of depression or something, before coming back to the team that shoved his ass out the door. And now because Houston signed Lin to a ridiculous contact that is scaring off the Knicks because of Dolan's pitiful ego or Woodson's game-planning or whatever, he suddenly gets dumped on. Give the dude a chance. I always value guys who embrace the craziness that is MSG and the Knicks and all the pressure and pride wearing the laundry brings.
I value guys that help us win basketball games better than the players they're replacing.
Great. Then give him a chance to prove it.
Amar'e orchestrated this. He went behind Lin's back to management and said bring back Ray Ray because lin only plays with Tyson.
Gymkata wrote:VCoug wrote:Gymkata wrote:All Felton ever did was sign on with us for a short deal, play his ass off, showed lots of Knick pride, get swallowed up in a huge trade, and evidently entered a sustained period of depression or something, before coming back to the team that shoved his ass out the door. And now because Houston signed Lin to a ridiculous contact that is scaring off the Knicks because of Dolan's pitiful ego or Woodson's game-planning or whatever, he suddenly gets dumped on. Give the dude a chance. I always value guys who embrace the craziness that is MSG and the Knicks and all the pressure and pride wearing the laundry brings.
I value guys that help us win basketball games better than the players they're replacing.
Great. Then give him a chance to prove it.
We're not talking about a rookie here, he's been in the league for 7 years. There isn't anything left to prove for him, he is what he is and that's a mediocre point guard.
I am happy to see Felton back. If Lin's deal isn't matched, which appears to be the way the Knicks are going (and I am cool with that too), Felton will surely get hated on by scorned Lin fans, among others who expect him to fail. He will just have to elevate his game, come to training camp in shape, and be ready to rock when the season starts so he can hopefully perform even better than he did during his last tenure in NY. After he slipped of a bit and was traded last year, he knows that can happen again if he doesn't step it up and earn his place on this team.
If/when Felton becomes a Knick again, and he hits the ground running, this team will be better than OK. Much better.
earthmansurfer wrote:I really liked Felton when he was here, but does anyone else remember how his play just took a dive the last 10 games or so before he was traded. I'm afraid he was just playing over his head.Hope he gets himself in shape and doesn't hit the buffet bar too much.
Yes, I remember that, but if you look at the stats he was averaging 40mins a game- that's a lot of mins for a tubby guy. As with Amar'e, dantoni ran him into the ground.
I'm glad to have him back, he was a tough dude, but he has to come to training camp in shape and with his head right, or we're sunk. I'm rooting for him.
ATrain wrote:PresIke wrote:AnubisADL wrote:People loved him before the Melo trade. Now they hate him. Hilarious.
dude started playing pretty poorly before he was delt, hence why i was more than fine with moving him back then.
once his jumper went away the team started to struggle.
that being said, he's back with us and did well with amar'e in the pick and roll, which could be good for us.
Uh...they all did. Including the beloved Gallo. IMO, Felton was just starting to get the hang of the offense(cause we know he struggled for a while in the beginning) and play at his best before the trade rumors came at full force. Once the trade rumors came, they all started to struggle.
yeah, but in that system you need a guy who can hit the open jumper.
once he stopped hitting it it meant that defenses would not come to guard him, and meant other players had a harder time hitting shots...because they were better defended.
gallo, stat, etc. all fell off as a result.
holfresh wrote:Felton will be great for this squad...We just added yet another hard nosed dude to the line up...Tough player when engaged and he knows what it takes to be in NY...he will be ready...Felton, Shump, Melo, Amare, and Chandler with Kidd and Camby off the bench..Tough group...
You're still writing this, aren't you?
How's your savior Marbury doing these days?
