Knicks · watching Nate in these playoffs what would you prefer? (page 1)
Bonn1997@ 5/7/2013 8:07 AM
Obviously Nate. I thought the most we could offer JR was 4 yrs, 20 mil though.
fishmike@ 5/7/2013 8:10 AM
Bonn1997 wrote:Obviously Nate. I thought the most we could offer JR was 4 yrs, 20 mil though.
Is that true? I thought by having him here this year he got his full bird rights
jrodmc@ 5/7/2013 8:27 AM
C. Stephen Curry D. Jeremy Lin E. The guy who destroyed Westbrook's knee F. Whoever wins Euro League SG of the Year G. Ray Allen
Allanfan20@ 5/7/2013 8:27 AM
Nate, but that's accepting the consequences. Although he's doing great in Chicago, he's still a spark off the bench and his defense and posturing is still pretty bad.
I've lost my trust in JR Smith.
Bonn1997@ 5/7/2013 8:33 AM
fishmike wrote:
Bonn1997 wrote:Obviously Nate. I thought the most we could offer JR was 4 yrs, 20 mil though.
Is that true? I thought by having him here this year he got his full bird rights
Basically, the league will save Dolan from himself.
haha, in a vacuum, dolan is giving JR 5 years and 72 million bucks
AnubisADL@ 5/7/2013 8:56 AM
Neither.
yellowboy90@ 5/7/2013 9:15 AM
Go crazy pick both.
Vmart@ 5/7/2013 9:25 AM
Thibs has Nate buy into the system. That is a most difficult task maybe the reason why Nate floated around for a few years. Nate saw that his foot was almost out the NBA door he finally changed his approach to meet team needs.
knicks1248@ 5/7/2013 9:49 AM
I started to post a thread like this right before the playoffs started, and even thought about yesterday, but my judgement is cluody since jr is in a funk, and the stupid susupension not to mention nates 27 4th quarter performence against the nets to force triple OT.
If Jr plays like we saw him play the last 6/7 wks of the season, then I stay with J since his coach and teammates love him, and the chemistry is good.. But on the flip side, nates a more willing passer and he is one of the quickest (we lack speed on this team more then anything) guards in the league and could flat out score from anywhere, I'm just not sure he can play with melo.
DurzoBlint@ 5/7/2013 10:06 AM
Blame Pringles for us NOT having N8. Blame our GM for letting him sit on his coach for so many months before Chicago picked him up when he'd have been a very cheap scoring option off the bench. He's much better than White.
He's not worth losing what JR gave us this year and the 2 aren't comparable since N8 plays the point. You'd have been better if the choice was between Prigs and the answer would be no to N8 if that was the case.
DurzoBlint@ 5/7/2013 10:10 AM
Vmart wrote:Thibs has Nate buy into the system. That is a most difficult task maybe the reason why Nate floated around for a few years. Nate saw that his foot was almost out the NBA door he finally changed his approach to meet team needs.
I think its more of being a product of whatever environment he's in. Same with Zach Randolph.
If we had been an organization worthy of respect when N8 was here, things might have been different with him but, the Knicks were a mess. You rarely get guys going nutty on a franchise that isn't in free-fall
SupremeCommander@ 5/7/2013 10:15 AM
Nate looks like a different player this postseason... Boston even gave up him. Let's see if it lasts
martin@ 5/7/2013 10:25 AM
SupremeCommander wrote:Nate looks like a different player this postseason... Boston even gave up him. Let's see if it lasts
This. Doc Rivers game up on Nate too. Different situation, different year, different player production.
ChuckBuck@ 5/7/2013 10:43 AM
Maybe he's finally matured...nah, who am I kidding!
DurzoBlint@ 5/7/2013 10:56 AM
that ^pissed me off. N8, go at a real player, not a fringe bench player like Novak who talks smack to NOBODY. You made your self look weak and even more foolish than you usually manage which really says something.
3G4G@ 5/7/2013 11:06 AM
ChuckBuck wrote:Maybe he's finally matured...nah, who am I kidding!
Thank Steve Novak for this for calling him....Lil Nathans
Dollars to Donuts Bulls fans are referring to Thibs as
This
for Nate
Funny how the shoe looks on the other foot isn't fellas?
knicks1248@ 5/7/2013 11:56 AM
DurzoBlint wrote:Blame Pringles for us NOT having N8. Blame our GM for letting him sit on his coach for so many months before Chicago picked him up when he'd have been a very cheap scoring option off the bench. He's much better than White.
He's not worth losing what JR gave us this year and the 2 aren't comparable since N8 plays the point. You'd have been better if the choice was between Prigs and the answer would be no to N8 if that was the case.
+1
VCoug@ 5/7/2013 12:12 PM
Both those options are wrong. We can offer JR a 4-year/$21M contract and Nate a 3-year/$9M contract. Even with the all the problems going back to Game 3 I'd still rather have JR; he's been the 2nd best player on the team all year and, until now, was completely irreplaceable by anyone on the roster.
