Nalod wrote:jrodmc wrote:Nalod wrote:jrodmc wrote:So I wonder if this gets bumped if we win Game 1. Interesting.We go from 23-win seasons to .600 ball. In the same weak division that Gallo and Co were toiling away losing games by 30 and 40.
We win the division. Not something anyone was hoping for back in Gallo and Wilson days. Even when Stat was well on his way to burning both knees out at both ends.
We finish the season on a 13 game win streak, going 16 and 2! 16 and 2! Say that to yourself.
We get out of the first round, Denver goes home in the first round, without their important bit player. Who'd they lose to? Why, the newest shining one man show in the NBA!
Yes, if you're a Knick fan, or someone with some remedial math skills, and not a piss hardon brought about by a deep Melo loathing, you can say we won the trade.
With a fairly clear conscience. Sure, there's some homerism there, but it's all good fellas.
REVERT TO FORM, BEAT INDY BY 20 IN GAME 2!
Think the knicks would not have made any other play or that gallo and wilson, with dead knee Amare would be toiling in the 23 win mark for all enternity?
And exactly who was coming to dinner?
Thought the Knicks yoots with IR Stat! were going to suddenly bring us where we are today? We played the games. We watched the games. We won lots of games. And here we are.
Hey Donnie, nice words for someone you were forced to take:
Anthony earned a bit of admiration before the game from Pacers president of basketball operations, Donnie Walsh, who was the GM in New York when Anthony was acquired. "I think he's one of, if not the best player in the game, he's up there with all of them," Walsh said."No qualifications like, offensive player. He can do everything. He can defend. He can rebound. He can pass. He's a tremendous player."
I get it. Only one, maybe two chips will put this thread to death. Maybe.
And that's okay.
Watch the games. (Copyright Nalod LLC, 2013)
Donnie is taking "Larry Brown" high road of complimenting the opponent.
"He can do everything. He can defend. He can rebound. He can pass. He's a tremendous player."
I wish he would do more of the other things when the shot is not going.
And exactly who was coming to dinner?
Thought the Knicks yoots with IR Stat! were going to suddenly bring us where we are today?
Who else? Dwight shook loose, Chris Paul shook loose, Deron Williams shook loose, Rudy Gay shook lose........
Im not saying those guys instead, but we had a package and it was sold. What I am getting to is there could have been other combinations than just "Melo or keep Gallo/Wilson"!
Thats all. Its obvious Denver achieved a flexiblity and in a tranisition year with different objectives they won 57 games. They get a free pass because they did not push their chips to the middle of the table. We have.
Now, I can't temper everyone else's expectation so lets not lump Nalod with everyone.
We are a 2 seed and I expect us to be in the ECF's!
Walsh's statement is polite and the high road. His actions speak louder than words. He left the Knicks.
Im looking not for an arguement but for a good series.
Game 2 is big for us. Very big!
Lawyers get paid by the word. They're trained to think before talking, especially into microphones. Donnie's record here had plenty of actions; Very, very, very good job accomplished; made IT a really bad memory. I can understand a 70 something looking to go back home. No hard feelings. We all know BluesBoy is a douche. No arguments there.
What you're talking about is Rudy Gay??? We really talkin about Rudy Gay???
1. 300 ball to .600 ball. Check.
2. Routinely beat anyone and everyone. Check
3. No more laughingstock 40 point Christmas day losses that make you tune into NASCAR by the second quarter. Check.
4. Division Champs. Check.
5. 50 wins. Check.
6. Second Round. Check.
Tell me again about what the Nuggets list was, and how our results compare to theirs? Not ethereal dreams of other combos in the clouds, or flexibilities and "potenshulls".
I've read where rationality is the coin of the realm here in UK for the discerning, intelligent Knicks fan.