Nalod wrote:GodNa7ion wrote:misterearl wrote:GodNa7ion - what are your top 5 criteria for Captain?Extra incentive is never a good reason to name someone Captain. If you need a title to give supreme effort, I don't want you around.
Extra incentive meaning putting even more responsibility on their shoulders
when you're a captain you have to be a do-it-all player, say less to the media and more in the locker room.
Melo is by far and away our best player and a top 5 NBA player, idc idc idc
STAT is our 2nd best player and both of these guys are the highest paid players on the team
They get the C on their chest
Tyson is our emotional leader
Rasheed, Kurt and Camby are the enforcers
Kidd is the wise man
Felton is the floor general
Smith is the clown
Shumpert is the kid
Novak is the white guy
Prig in the foreigner
White is the freak athlete
Brewer is the wild card
Woodson is the Godfather
And the fans are the family
everyone has a role and as such they need to play it
Missing is the "fat funny guy!" Everyone loves the fat funny guy!!!!
Baron Davis yeah there we go
Earl you mean Mychel Thompson. Klay's brother
melo isn't a leader so how could he possibly be captain save in name only?
it's ideal when your most expensive player is also a leader.
it's a problem when he isn't.
it's also a problem when lesser players who have little to do with winning and losing have to keep the locker room on an even keel.
this team is a troubling mix.
Kobe announced "it's still my team"...He didn't get the memo that coach named Chris Duhon and Antawn Jamison are the captains...
dk7th wrote:melo isn't a leader so how could he possibly be captain save in name only?it's ideal when your most expensive player is also a leader.
it's a problem when he isn't.
it's also a problem when lesser players who have little to do with winning and losing have to keep the locker room on an even keel.
this team is a troubling mix.
The new coach doesn't rely on players to keep his lockerroom on an even keel. Also, I think the Knicks have a lot of high character guys and veteran leadership. Ew was never just the cap. He was a tri-captain. I wouldn't worry too much about who the captain is. There are some guys on this team that know how to win and play team ball.
Good Catch
gunsnewing wrote:Earl you mean Mychel Thompson. Klay's brother
gunsnewing - you are paying attention. At least The Answer Man did not cheapen Steve Novak's contribution by labeling him the white guy.
Klay's Dad would light it up during pickup games at the U of M on Saturday mornings. Our brief run against them was not pretty.
CrushAlot wrote:dk7th wrote:melo isn't a leader so how could he possibly be captain save in name only?it's ideal when your most expensive player is also a leader.
it's a problem when he isn't.
it's also a problem when lesser players who have little to do with winning and losing have to keep the locker room on an even keel.
this team is a troubling mix.
The new coach doesn't rely on players to keep his lockerroom on an even keel. Also, I think the Knicks have a lot of high character guys and veteran leadership. Ew was never just the cap. He was a tri-captain. I wouldn't worry too much about who the captain is. There are some guys on this team that know how to win and play team ball.
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/woody_loves_golden_oldies_lsxzH80cWOppRl4GQBC3sM
I don’t think that’s necessarily true, considering that most of the players the Knicks got this past summer are old enough to be assistant coaches in the league, I bet they will have a lot of influence in the locker room, otherwise why go extremely old?
Mike Woodson is the captain of this team. Nobody else has earned that title as of yet.
I think the Kidd played a role as captain in Dallas.
KnicksFE wrote:CrushAlot wrote:dk7th wrote:melo isn't a leader so how could he possibly be captain save in name only?it's ideal when your most expensive player is also a leader.
it's a problem when he isn't.
it's also a problem when lesser players who have little to do with winning and losing have to keep the locker room on an even keel.
this team is a troubling mix.
The new coach doesn't rely on players to keep his lockerroom on an even keel. Also, I think the Knicks have a lot of high character guys and veteran leadership. Ew was never just the cap. He was a tri-captain. I wouldn't worry too much about who the captain is. There are some guys on this team that know how to win and play team ball.
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/woody_loves_golden_oldies_lsxzH80cWOppRl4GQBC3sM
I don’t think that’s necessarily true, considering that most of the players the Knicks got this past summer are old enough to be assistant coaches in the league, I bet they will have a lot of influence in the locker room, otherwise why go extremely old?
Maybe I wasn't clear. The previous coach relied on his players to police themselves. The players have talked alot about Woodson holding them accountable. I don't think there is any doubt who is in charge.
just win games, play hard and smart..know your role
Melo says that he is
the leader of the team. It would be silly not to name him a captain when he's told us repeatedly that he is the leader/captain of the team.
We all know how the real leader is though.
knickscity wrote:Amare is the leader in all the knicks players eyes.None would have came to NY had he not made the first step.
How can a team have a captain that is such a horrible example on the defensive end? If leadership does not start with defense then I don't know what a captain is.
Chandler should be the captain but since he can't score a lick outside of dunks, I don't see it happening. He should certainly be a defensive captain but I don't think it works that way.
