Knicks · Woodson setting up keeping Chris Smith? (page 6)

Kind of hoping Chris gets a healthy dose of boos if he plays tonight

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ChuckBuck wrote:Phucking joke of a franchise....

CAA really has their paws deep into the Knicks arseholes.

There's only one way to cleanse ourselves of this scourge; Allow Melo to walk when he runs to free agency at the season's end. We'll free up a ton of money and also put ourselves in the lottery for the 2015 draft. With the dollar Anthony will be getting, we could get 2-3 players that will strengthen our roster. We need a change.

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You are dreaming the owners care more about money than a championship. What Management just did should be illegal.

TeamBall wrote:Kind of hoping Chris gets a healthy dose of boos if he plays tonight

People that go to games are oblivious to that. These are the people Dolan targets by maxing out Carmelo. They are downright stupid

Just think about what Chris's bay hawks teammates feel about this situation

The reason why Chris Smith is still on the team is because Dolan likes this.

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nyk4ever wrote:apparently because he's jr's brother... seriously, woodson said that.

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This is the type of thing that makes me hate Woodson. What a PITA.

^this has nothing to do with Woodson. It's a deal between Dolan and JR

JR's brother said to the media he earned his spot!!!!! No way could I cheer for this guy. Being on my favorite team can not make me cheer for him. Woody said he would say in the D league. It is not sounding like he will be cut mid season guys. Of course he will not be cut for Tyler. That would be the smart thing to do. No way the Knicks do the smart thing for once.

CHris Smith shot 1-for-7 in a team-low 20 minutes in the first six preseason games.

He didn't earn sh!t

The only way I see this move as a positive is if the organization views keeping Chris as away to get jr to be responsible and be a big brother. I know jr paid for Chris to go to school so a needy kid could have his scholarship. If it is contract related the Knicks are f@cked. The owner seems to be putting the fun back in dysfunction and putting the village idiot stamp on the team.

The Chris Smith thing is criminal. How the hell is that guy on the team? Seriously, the NBA should investigate things and probably take away some picks from us. That will help to get dolan out of here - I am also willing to give up picks just to have Dolan step down (along with Mills).

If we cut Chris Smith after the date his contract is guaranteed it is like spitting on the face of the NBA. Seriously, this is just terrible. Chris Smith over a recovering Tyler or even Ike and the other guys. If Someone picks up Chandler I hope he goes off on us when Dolan is at a game. Just disgusting, really.

Man, this teams actions just pushes farther and farther from being a fan,
EMS

CrushAlot wrote:The only way I see this move as a positive is if the organization views keeping Chris as away to get jr to be responsible and be a big brother. I know jr paid for Chris to go to school so a needy kid could have his scholarship. If it is contract related the Knicks are f@cked. The owner seems to be putting the fun back in dysfunction and putting the village idiot stamp on the team.

i really like that, if it's true. this whole situation is a disgrace, but it's nice to hear about jr doing that.

If it's true? The kid can't play. He looked lost in summer league.

The Knicks have been pulling trash maneuvers like this for a long time. Catering to second rate talent, employing all of Marburys cousins, bending over for Eddy Curry and now making exceptions for JR Smith. A guy that had been terrible two years in a row when it matters.

The NBA is definitely going to crush the Knicks on this make no mistake about it.

It's so ridiculous I kinda hope the NBA does penalize us

I said this a long time ago, Isiah Thomas put in Dolan's ear to make sure the NY KNICKS aren't relevant with other major markets like LA, Boston,Chicago, Dallas, Miami ETC... but a tier beneath them. Coming close but not quite there, it leaves the fans with unfulfilled expectations every year. Bring back Pat Riley.

playa2 wrote:I said this a long time ago, Isiah Thomas put in Dolan's ear to make sure the NY KNICKS aren't relevant with other major markets like LA, Boston,Chicago, Dallas, Miami ETC... but a tier beneath them. Coming close but not quite there, it leaves the fans with unfulfilled expectations every year. Bring back Pat Riley.

Ha, the organization has been so inept for so long, it's made you wonder- no one can be this inept- it must be deliberate!

The more things change...

I didn't know that his brother was 26.

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Steve Popper on the NBA: Keeping Chris Smith questionable move by Knicks' GM
Sunday, October 27, 2013
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When the Knicks made their final roster moves Friday afternoon, the most notable — and controversial — decision came when the team kept Chris Smith.

It was a choice that was left to coach Mike Woodson to explain away, but in reality the move will be placed at the foot of general manager Steve Mills.

Mills had enough things to explain when he returned to the Knicks, not the least of which was why he'd want to return to the scene of the most tumultuous time of his career.

So for his first move since the abrupt firing of Glen Grunwald on the eve of training camp and his arrival, Mills orchestrated the sort of move that could cling to his feet much like the scent of what he stepped in his first time around with the Knicks.

Back then it was the hiring — and firing — of Isiah Thomas and the ugly Madison Square Garden corporate malfeasance involving Thomas, Anucha Browne Sanders and Stephon Marbury. Now, it's a lesser offense, but one that may prove more offensive to the fan base.

At least Thomas was a skilled basketball man and Marbury a skilled player. In handing a roster spot to Smith, Mills left himself with little explanation.

The résumé for Smith consists mainly of being the younger brother of J.R. Smith — not to mention the family ties of shared representation with his brother, Carmelo Anthony, Woodson, Allan Houston and Garden chairman James Dolan.

Until now, the Knicks could lay claim to the high ground of trying to put the best product on the floor and spending wildly to do it.

But in the younger Smith they opted for a player with a thin college résumé, and clearly the least productive player on the training camp roster.

In speaking with an opposing front office executive, scout and an agent, the unanimous assessment was the Knicks had done this for something other than basketball purposes — and that Smith was not an NBA player.

Perhaps with time he will be, but he's already 26 years old and coming off a major knee injury. And in keeping him, the Knicks let loose promising 22-year-old Jeremy Tyler and passed on, well, lots of players with more potential.

If you think the last roster spot can't come into play, just look back at the past two seasons when Jeremy Lin and Chris Copeland occupied those spots.

This is on Mills' watch and on his résumé now. He had better hope he's chosen wiser now than his first time with the Knicks.

Steve Popper Is On It

The résumé for Smith consists mainly of being the younger brother of J.R. Smith — not to mention the family ties of shared representation with his brother, Carmelo Anthony, Woodson, Allan Houston and Garden chairman James Dolan.

Until now, the Knicks could lay claim to the high ground of trying to put the best product on the floor and spending wildly to do it.

But in the younger Smith they opted for a player with a thin college résumé, and clearly the least productive player on the training camp roster.

In speaking with an opposing front office executive, scout and an agent, the unanimous assessment was the Knicks had done this for something other than basketball purposes — and that Smith was not an NBA player.

Not an NBA player

The least productive player on the training camp roster

playa2 wrote:The reason why Chris Smith is still on the team is because Dolan likes this.

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Doaln like this kind of publicity, remember the Isiah and Marbury Anucka Williams deal.

He didn't condemn them at all, or did he?

Jr Smith: the player so good, he takes up two roster spots

IronWillGiroud wrote:Jr Smith: the player so good, he takes up two roster spots

Nice.