Knicks · 27yr old - 7ft/250lb center with starting role experience? (page 1)
callmened@ 8/2/2013 11:53 PM
I think we should take a flyer on Johan Petro. Yeah hes a scrub but hes a big body on defense who can handle BIG centers like hibbert. He doesnt need to play a lot of minutes or shoot the ball; Id be happy with him as our 15th man. But at least he has some NBA starters experience.
IronWillGiroud@ 8/3/2013 1:24 AM
ivan johnson > petro,
between ivan metta and kmart we have all the grunt filthy guys we need to make things ugly for pretty people in the paint
callmened@ 8/3/2013 2:41 AM
i definitely want Ivan! but i wouldnt mind Petro...for insurance if tyson cant handle hibbert
IronWillGiroud@ 8/3/2013 2:42 AM
callmened wrote:i definitely want Ivan! but i wouldnt mind Petro...for insurance if tyson cant handle hibbert
tyson CAN'T handle hibbert,
petro would help us if we can't get ivan, you just throw petro out there
EnySpree@ 8/3/2013 8:08 AM
In a perfect world Tyson would be gone right now...so would A'mare. Ivan kmart and any of the big men signed thus of season is better value than 14 million dollar Tyson and 20+ million dollar A'mare.
ramtour420@ 8/3/2013 9:22 AM
Petro's jumpshots and his recent freethrow %(as of 2 last years) are his biggest assets. In every other aspect of the game he is just not very good (8 year nba player we are talkin about). Pretty much I do not want him on the team, see my Hamed Haddadi responses for a much better option
Clean@ 8/3/2013 9:49 AM
are we seriously thinking about signing Petro? Seriously?
callmened@ 8/3/2013 10:29 AM
for the record, there are NO reports linking the knicks to Petro. Its an idea i thought of (just trying to be creative)
If Petro is not very good then, Hamed Haddaddi is awful. im not looking for a superstar to back up tyson. just a big man who knows what hes doing. This guy (only 28), has started many games in the past two years (nets and hawks)..so he has experience
EnySpree@ 8/3/2013 10:41 AM
How come Petro can make a jump shot and shoot the jump hook well and Tyson can't? I though Tyson was a better player....
Finestrg@ 8/3/2013 11:18 AM
IronWillGiroud wrote:ivan johnson > petro,
between ivan metta and kmart we have all the grunt filthy guys we need to make things ugly for pretty people in the paint
2 different players -- one guy's a 4 that might be able to play a little 3 at times; the other guy's a legit C. We could use both for more depth.
VCoug@ 8/3/2013 11:25 AM
EnySpree wrote:How come Petro can make a jump shot and shoot the jump hook well and Tyson can't? I though Tyson was a better player....
He can't. In an 8 year NBA career he's shot over 45% from the field three times. The other 5 years he's shot 41% three times, 43%, and 44% and he's a 46% career shooter.
gunsnewing@ 8/3/2013 11:35 AM
IronWillGiroud wrote:ivan johnson > petro,
between ivan metta and kmart we have all the grunt filthy guys we need to make things ugly for pretty people in the paint
What's you all time grunt filthy starting 5
Mine is: Pekovic Oakley Artest Sprewell Payton
ramtour420@ 8/3/2013 12:18 PM
VCoug wrote:
EnySpree wrote:How come Petro can make a jump shot and shoot the jump hook well and Tyson can't? I though Tyson was a better player....
He can't. In an 8 year NBA career he's shot over 45% from the field three times. The other 5 years he's shot 41% three times, 43%, and 44% and he's a 46% career shooter.
And his jumpshot is the best part of his game. Petro does not belong in the NBA. Don't worry guys he is not coming to the Knicks.
CrushAlot@ 8/3/2013 12:57 PM
ramtour420 wrote:
VCoug wrote:
EnySpree wrote:How come Petro can make a jump shot and shoot the jump hook well and Tyson can't? I though Tyson was a better player....
He can't. In an 8 year NBA career he's shot over 45% from the field three times. The other 5 years he's shot 41% three times, 43%, and 44% and he's a 46% career shooter.
And his jumpshot is the best part of his game. Petro does not belong in the NBA. Don't worry guys he is not coming to the Knicks.
Watched Petro quite a bit when he was on the Nets. He might not be a bad signing but I would be a lot more excited about Haddadi.
callmened@ 8/3/2013 1:22 PM
why would you prefer Haddadi? what has he done in the NBA for you to be "a lot more excited"...lol...im not criticizing you, i honestly want to know
EnySpree@ 8/3/2013 3:40 PM
I'm just talking about the jumpshot and hook shoot....a scrub has that in his arsenal yet all world center like Tyson does not. Does working on his game consist of weights and cardio? Let me find out Tyson hours to the nysc too
ramtour420@ 8/3/2013 4:44 PM
callmened wrote:why would you prefer Haddadi? what has he done in the NBA for you to be "a lot more excited"...lol...im not criticizing you, i honestly want to know
he has a much more polished game AND he never got a chance to show it. Fair enough ?
callmened@ 8/3/2013 6:01 PM
When and where did he show that hes more polished?
RonRon@ 8/3/2013 6:49 PM
Finestrg wrote:
IronWillGiroud wrote:ivan johnson > petro,
between ivan metta and kmart we have all the grunt filthy guys we need to make things ugly for pretty people in the paint
2 different players -- one guy's a 4 that might be able to play a little 3 at times; the other guy's a legit C. We could use both for more depth.
For Ivan Johnson, I think you are just looking at his height, and trying to justify his position at SF He is a undersized PF/C, nothing is wrong with that, I don't think many people watched Atlanta or Ivan Johnson actually play but I have watched him for the past 2 years on limited basis, not just vs the Knick's either
Similar to Kmart, Blaire, Jason Maxiel, Glen Davis, and many other players who are all undersized PF/C
It is almost calling Faried a G/F with great rebounding ability and great athleticism Melo is closer to a SG than Ivan is to a small forward
Height is not the only deciding factor when it comes to defining a position and productivity of a team Not nearly as important as other physical abilities, skills, weakness's of the player, and the ability to DEFEND the position If height was the greatest factor, we should play a line up of
JR/Iman Melo AB/Artest AB/Kmart/STAT Chandler
I tried to assemble a line up that actually has other skills to with their height too, not just a team with height to prove a point, like 5 Shaq's, CWEB's, but 5 Pippens, Magic Johnson's, or Lebron's might work LOL
Just my opinion and not a personal attack btw, agree with a lot of your posts in general
chewy@ 8/3/2013 9:13 PM
Kwane Brown is about to be brought out. I will like the knicks to sign him.
CrushAlot@ 8/3/2013 9:29 PM
chewy wrote:Kwane Brown is about to be brought out. I will like the knicks to sign him.
