Ray Ray is out, Melo's a question mark. Poison pill game? Kings will play the Knicks tough. I don't want this to be a close game so Knicks need to play smart, defend well and close this out as early as they can.
Cousins maybe playing. He was reinstated.
Just get through this game with a W and we get the return of STAT at the Garden on New Years Day!
Marc Berman @NYPost_Berman
No melo tonight.
Great! Thanks again Camby!
This is like the "soup kitchen" after christmas version of game threads.
Where's the dressing???
gunsnewing wrote:Marc Berman @NYPost_Berman
No melo tonight.
Great! Thanks again Camby!
Nah its better this way. Gotta focus on maintaining our health for our playoff run
gunsnewing wrote:Marc Berman @NYPost_Berman
No melo tonight.
Great! Thanks again Camby!
At least we don't have to watch Felton take 25 shots. Still the team needs a healthy Melo.
Lets finish this year on a win, don't want to go into a 3 day break dwelling on a loss, especially against the Kings.
Chuck bringing the gravy and the stuffing.
Gonna have to miss this one tonite.
Half the team down and SAC is boring.
Be great to grind out another win and build the confidence of the 2nd and 3rd unit.
JR Smith gets to play top dog again! He keeps doing this his price will keep going up.
Dolan will slip him "a mickey" and he'll fail a drug test. That will ensure the "Home town discout!"
Grunny exec of the year!
I like this whole "toy with them fellas, don't forget, there's 4000 people or so paid good money to come see this..."
"Yeah, JR, I want at least 5 sick threes like those Phoenix ones with about 2 minutes to go...play with them..."
ChuckBuck wrote:
This. +1. Nice work, ChuckBuck!
We're without 4 starters tonight.
PF: Amar'e Stoudemire.
SF: Carmelo Anthony.
2G: Iman Shumpert.
PG: Raymond Felton.
Tyson Chandler is our only starter in which should be starting tonight.
So please, if the Knicks only win by 1 point and/or even lose... Please, stop with the complaining.
NYKMentality wrote:We're without 4 starters tonight. PF: Amar'e Stoudemire.
SF: Carmelo Anthony.
2G: Iman Shumpert.
PG: Raymond Felton.
Tyson Chandler is our only starter in which should be starting tonight.
So please, if the Knicks only win by 1 point and/or even lose... Please, stop with the complaining.
Crazy- how many other teams could have 4 of their starters out and still be expected to win? Maybe the Clips and the Spurs- what other deep teams are out there?
smackeddog wrote:NYKMentality wrote:We're without 4 starters tonight. PF: Amar'e Stoudemire.
SF: Carmelo Anthony.
2G: Iman Shumpert.
PG: Raymond Felton.
Tyson Chandler is our only starter in which should be starting tonight.
So please, if the Knicks only win by 1 point and/or even lose... Please, stop with the complaining.
Crazy- how many other teams could have 4 of their starters out and still be expected to win? Maybe the Clips and the Spurs- what other deep teams are out there?
Exactly. Knicks and Clippers are by far, the deepest teams from top to bottom.
C: Tyson Chandler.
PF: Kurt Thomas.
SF: Chris Copeland.
2G: J.R Smith.
PG: Jason Kidd.
Bench: Ronnie Brewer. Pablo Prigioni. Marcus Camby. Steve Novak. James White.
That's the starting 5 I'd like to see tonight. With Felton and Melo being out, we're going to need scoring. Forget bench power, we need scoring tonight; and that's where both Copeland at SF and J.R Smith at 2G come into place.
If J.R ever deserved a start, it's tonight. Ronnie Brewer. Pablo Prigioni. Marcus Camby and Steve Novak should all be able to contribute off the bench.
Isiah Thomas on NBA TV (just like the Bulls massacre last week) + Robert Randolph = automatic loss
NYKMentality wrote:smackeddog wrote:NYKMentality wrote:We're without 4 starters tonight. PF: Amar'e Stoudemire.
SF: Carmelo Anthony.
2G: Iman Shumpert.
PG: Raymond Felton.
Tyson Chandler is our only starter in which should be starting tonight.
So please, if the Knicks only win by 1 point and/or even lose... Please, stop with the complaining.
Crazy- how many other teams could have 4 of their starters out and still be expected to win? Maybe the Clips and the Spurs- what other deep teams are out there?
Exactly. Knicks and Clippers are by far, the deepest teams from top to bottom.
C: Tyson Chandler.
PF: Kurt Thomas.
SF: Chris Copeland.
2G: J.R Smith.
PG: Jason Kidd.
Bench: Ronnie Brewer. Pablo Prigioni. Marcus Camby. Steve Novak. James White.
That's the starting 5 I'd like to see tonight. With Felton and Melo being out, we're going to need scoring. Forget bench power, we need scoring tonight; and that's where both Copeland at SF and J.R Smith at 2G come into place.
If J.R ever deserved a start, it's tonight. Ronnie Brewer. Pablo Prigioni. Marcus Camby and Steve Novak should all be able to contribute off the bench.
WOW.....we've come a long way. Missing 4 starters and we can still win.
