Nalod wrote:martin wrote:OGkush121 wrote:and again, not trying to be captain hindsight over here, but I wanted the Knicks to sign him up at the start of the season, and I really couldn't believe no other team went for him that long.
That may have been nostalgia on my part but seeing Melo, JR and K-Mart on the same team again just puts a smile on my face.
it utterly baffles me why ANY team didn't sign this guy.
I thought he held out for more money. Rumored to be going to miami for a while.
Boston was rumored to have been suitors too, but Ainge and Doc said no somehow. Imagine things would be greatly different if Boston's front office didn't bumble it:
K-Mart:
“It’s their fault,” he said following the Knicks 100-85 win. “They lost. There was talks, there was negotiations, they chose not to do it. It was out of my control. I’m a Knick now, so they lost.”
Doc:
“I don’t know,” Rivers said when asked why Martin didn’t wind up with the Celtics. “We looked at all the guys, we were still looking at guards at the time. So we were in no hurry at the time for a big. We were looking for more a big of size, if you know what I mean. And by the time we got around to it, he was gone.”
martin wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:VDesai wrote:I think the Knicks are far from blessed in the sense that they've had so many players with crucial injuries. That said they were very lucky to pick up Martin- but that's not a ton of luck. Martin is a known quantity in the league and people chose not to sign the guy, so it is what it is. They were more fortunate to strike gold with a guy like Copeland Or PRigioni.
It's really just Amare who's out and the team seems to be much better without him.
Sheed, Camby. If those 2 guys are healthy the Knicks are a much more complete team. Kmart as picked up the slack for those 2.
They're vet min players. They could help but I was just referring to main pieces.
It's different if you have both you're starting forwards out or you're franchise player (Denver and Chicago).
Nalod wrote:Pablo, Felton, JR smith, Copeland, Novak, and Lin have all been good luck.
Why is it "Good Luck" whenever the Knicks find someone & a savvy move by experienced Basketball minds when someone else does it???
ActionJackson wrote:Nalod wrote:Pablo, Felton, JR smith, Copeland, Novak, and Lin have all been good luck.
Why is it "Good Luck" whenever the Knicks find someone & a savvy move by experienced Basketball minds when someone else does it???
Maybe it's both and not a knock?
martin wrote:ActionJackson wrote:Nalod wrote:Pablo, Felton, JR smith, Copeland, Novak, and Lin have all been good luck.
Why is it "Good Luck" whenever the Knicks find someone & a savvy move by experienced Basketball minds when someone else does it???
Maybe it's both and not a knock?
Yup; Grunwald has done an outstanding job acquiring pieces.
ActionJackson wrote:Nalod wrote:Pablo, Felton, JR smith, Copeland, Novak, and Lin have all been good luck.
Why is it "Good Luck" whenever the Knicks find someone & a savvy move by experienced Basketball minds when someone else does it???
Luck: When opportunity and preperation collide.
Its not like Grunwald just looked down and found a $100 bill on the sidewalk. Thats good luck. If he found it in the street and got hit by a bus, thats bad luck.
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?
Grunwald as GM is like a frickin renaissance compared to layden and isiah. 90% of his moves are good ones. Doesnt even feel like this is the knicks. Believe it or not i am starting to miss the dysfunction!!!
Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?
just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess
gunsnewing wrote:Grunwald as GM is like a frickin renaissance compared to layden and isiah. 90% of his moves are good ones. Doesnt even feel like this is the knicks. Believe it or not i am starting to miss the dysfunction!!!
its interesting that you mention that. I read something recently about that very phenomenon. It said that Knicks fans are so accustomed to the past dysfunction that they don't know how to deal with positivity. They said that if you eat crap long enough, you develop a taste for it and that many fans will find it difficult to be happy WITHOUT the drama.
ActionJackson wrote:Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?
just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess
Boston went on a tear after Rondo which is how they got to the playoffs.
A 2 seed winning two at home against a 7 seed is really not a big deal. Lets be honest, knicks are not exactly known for its defense so lets not get too sensitive.
Its really combo of both. Who cares what the media thinks anyway is a cry we hear often.
Proof is on the court.
Lets get our split in Boston and finish this in 5!
1st round is really dragging on the calander!
Nalod wrote:ActionJackson wrote:Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?
just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess
Boston went on a tear after Rondo which is how they got to the playoffs.
A 2 seed winning two at home against a 7 seed is really not a big deal. Lets be honest, knicks are not exactly known for its defense so lets not get too sensitive.
Its really combo of both. Who cares what the media thinks anyway is a cry we hear often.
Proof is on the court.
Lets get our split in Boston and finish this in 5!
1st round is really dragging on the calander!
To hell with a split my good man, bring the brooms to Boston. Win big and come back here as watch Nalod wax poetic about it :)
DurzoBlint wrote:Nalod wrote:ActionJackson wrote:Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?
just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess
Boston went on a tear after Rondo which is how they got to the playoffs.
A 2 seed winning two at home against a 7 seed is really not a big deal. Lets be honest, knicks are not exactly known for its defense so lets not get too sensitive.
Its really combo of both. Who cares what the media thinks anyway is a cry we hear often.
Proof is on the court.
Lets get our split in Boston and finish this in 5!
1st round is really dragging on the calander!
To hell with a split my good man, bring the brooms to Boston. Win big and come back here as watch Nalod wax poetic about it :)
Yeah, phuch dat, lets just close it out in 3! cuz 3 is better than 4! Beat them so bad the league will envoke a "mercy Rule" and just cancel the series!" Bring the Broom? Why, can't you bring a Dyson Vac? Heavy duty suction cleaning power! Broom? Dat for witches, Btches! Yeah, Bring a floor polisher, some heavy duty scrbbing pads and midEvil cleaing solution to demoralize the Celtics at home!
Nalod wrote:DurzoBlint wrote:Nalod wrote:ActionJackson wrote:Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?
just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess
Boston went on a tear after Rondo which is how they got to the playoffs.
A 2 seed winning two at home against a 7 seed is really not a big deal. Lets be honest, knicks are not exactly known for its defense so lets not get too sensitive.
Its really combo of both. Who cares what the media thinks anyway is a cry we hear often.
Proof is on the court.
Lets get our split in Boston and finish this in 5!
1st round is really dragging on the calander!
To hell with a split my good man, bring the brooms to Boston. Win big and come back here as watch Nalod wax poetic about it :)
Yeah, phuch dat, lets just close it out in 3! cuz 3 is better than 4! Beat them so bad the league will envoke a "mercy Rule" and just cancel the series!" Bring the Broom? Why, can't you bring a Dyson Vac? Heavy duty suction cleaning power! Broom? Dat for witches, Btches! Yeah, Bring a floor polisher, some heavy duty scrbbing pads and midEvil cleaing solution to demoralize the Celtics at home!
You think someone on the Knicks could deploy this on the Boston parquet floor?
Nalod wrote:ActionJackson wrote:Nalod wrote:Pablo, Felton, JR smith, Copeland, Novak, and Lin have all been good luck.
Why is it "Good Luck" whenever the Knicks find someone & a savvy move by experienced Basketball minds when someone else does it???
Luck: When opportunity and preperation collide.
Its not like Grunwald just looked down and found a $100 bill on the sidewalk. Thats good luck. If he found it in the street and got hit by a bus, thats bad luck.
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?
Luck, good: Linsanity, Stat2010, StreakyNovak
Luck, bad: Stat thereafter, IamCambyDammit, PlayoffNovak, JeremyDoesHouston
Opportunity, preparation, savvy good GM skills: Sheed at the start, Priggy Smalls, JKidd, KMart, Shump is still here at the end
Felton came with a chip on his shoulder, not luck.
JR Smith has a coach he apparently will buy into. Nice trophy. Who knew?
Copeland is a relatively old project, more to come, watch the games.
Somewhere, Grunny is smiling, despite the whole "hiding in a hotel closet Houston style" episode.
Nalod wrote:DurzoBlint wrote:Nalod wrote:ActionJackson wrote:Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?
just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess
Boston went on a tear after Rondo which is how they got to the playoffs.
A 2 seed winning two at home against a 7 seed is really not a big deal. Lets be honest, knicks are not exactly known for its defense so lets not get too sensitive.
Its really combo of both. Who cares what the media thinks anyway is a cry we hear often.
Proof is on the court.
Lets get our split in Boston and finish this in 5!
1st round is really dragging on the calander!
To hell with a split my good man, bring the brooms to Boston. Win big and come back here as watch Nalod wax poetic about it :)
Yeah, phuch dat, lets just close it out in 3! cuz 3 is better than 4! Beat them so bad the league will envoke a "mercy Rule" and just cancel the series!" Bring the Broom? Why, can't you bring a Dyson Vac? Heavy duty suction cleaning power! Broom? Dat for witches, Btches! Yeah, Bring a floor polisher, some heavy duty scrbbing pads and midEvil cleaing solution to demoralize the Celtics at home!
you know what, considering what that City is suffering, maybe we should "give" them one :)
NYKBocker wrote:Nalod wrote:Pano's, one day its "cursed" http://www.ultimateknicks.com/forum/topi... and the next its "blessed"......Make up your mind!
It's like Sweet and Sour Pork. It's all good no matter what. 
not in the days of healthy eating
DurzoBlint wrote:Nalod wrote:DurzoBlint wrote:Nalod wrote:ActionJackson wrote:Nalod wrote:
Really splitting hairs on this one ActionJax?
just wondering why any & everything the team does well is spun as lucky or fortuitous instead of being the result of hard work & preparation. Sort of like the national sports media focusing on the offensive maladies of the Celtics w/o Rondo instead of the Knicks playing shut down D. it's just a perception thing i guess
Boston went on a tear after Rondo which is how they got to the playoffs.
A 2 seed winning two at home against a 7 seed is really not a big deal. Lets be honest, knicks are not exactly known for its defense so lets not get too sensitive.
Its really combo of both. Who cares what the media thinks anyway is a cry we hear often.
Proof is on the court.
Lets get our split in Boston and finish this in 5!
1st round is really dragging on the calander!
To hell with a split my good man, bring the brooms to Boston. Win big and come back here as watch Nalod wax poetic about it :)
Yeah, phuch dat, lets just close it out in 3! cuz 3 is better than 4! Beat them so bad the league will envoke a "mercy Rule" and just cancel the series!" Bring the Broom? Why, can't you bring a Dyson Vac? Heavy duty suction cleaning power! Broom? Dat for witches, Btches! Yeah, Bring a floor polisher, some heavy duty scrbbing pads and midEvil cleaing solution to demoralize the Celtics at home!
you know what, considering what that City is suffering, maybe we should "give" them one :)
I know......BUt this is not about the city of boston, its about the franchise and a basketball game.
I loved Doc's response about not using what happened as motivation. He really just thought the mear mention of it was out of line!
Im not being greedy or super cool here!
I figured a split and we close it in 5. 2 beating on a 7. I hate what happend there last week, but its just a game.
