NBA

[Jim05]

Melo comes back and we lose to the friggin Nets

I reckon I saw melo and Lin have a bust up trade melo now and build around lin

Trade Lin for max value IMO

No way!!!
He has brought some energy to the club and is only going to get better IMO.
Id rather keep Lin and trade Melo

[Dissident]

Lin won't get better.

He's currently playing the best basketball he can, and will ever do.

Regardless of what people think of Melo, he's a far better player than Lin.
Lin has had the luxury of having the ball in his hands for a LOT of the possession time.

With Melo and Amare having the lions share - I'd like to see how effective Lin is with the ball for four seconds.

Whilst the Cinderella story is nice (No, I won't use that pun), the hype and "mania" at the moment is far higher than the kid's talent.

[Johno6]

i reckon id rather melo also.

[mighty hounds]

Lin won't get better.

He's currently playing the best basketball he can, and will ever do.

Regardless of what people think of Melo, he's a far better player than Lin.
Lin has had the luxury of having the ball in his hands for a LOT of the possession time.

With Melo and Amare having the lions share - I'd like to see how effective Lin is with the ball for four seconds.

Whilst the Cinderella story is nice (No, I won't use that pun), the hype and "mania" at the moment is far higher than the kid's talent.

Like I mentioned before rose will put him back in his place!

[Jim05]

Lin may not get better but at least we are winning.
Whenever Melo plays we look ordinary, way too selfish.
I just want us to win some bloody games.
Give the kid a go he may well turn out just fine

[Grahaml]

Lin may not get better but at least we are winning.
Whenever Melo plays we look ordinary, way too selfish.
I just want us to win some bloody games.
Give the kid a go he may well turn out just fine

He'll never be one of the players we look at as MVP type players. But if this is as good as he gets then the Knicks have a fair player if he produces consistently over time. My worry for the kid is that this is a long, long way over what he can produce long term and that in 2 years time he's been traded a couple of times and is over in Europe trying to "rebuild his game".

[RoosterMarty]

It will be interesting to see if he is still playing this well come the end of the season. Teams will have already started to prepare for him better so he could find things a bit tougher, will be a good test for him.

He still put up good numbers against the Nets but Deron went mental - he said he was sick of seeing tweets like "Lin destroyed Deron Williams" after Lin's breakout game and he had this one circled in the calendar.

[Jim05]

Lin may not get better but at least we are winning.
Whenever Melo plays we look ordinary, way too selfish.
I just want us to win some bloody games.
Give the kid a go he may well turn out just fine

He'll never be one of the players we look at as MVP type players. But if this is as good as he gets then the Knicks have a fair player if he produces consistently over time. My worry for the kid is that this is a long, long way over what he can produce long term and that in 2 years time he's been traded a couple of times and is over in Europe trying to "rebuild his game".

He probably wont ever be a superstar or MVP but its the best we have so we have to work with it. None of the so called big guns is ever going to come to the Knicks so we just have to make do, ill be happy if Lin is still putting up similar figures at the end of season. We havnt had much to cheer for over the years so Lin has been a breath of fresh air around a stale club and he is actually made watching the Knicks enjoyable again.

[saintal]

yet another knee op for Greg Oden

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=A ... azers-oden

On the plus side it was good to see us spank the spurs by 40 yesterday.

[Jim05]

Knicks beat the Hawks 99-82
Wolves came back from 13 down in last to beat the Jazz on the buzzer

[Jim05]

Knicks totally outclassed by the Heat today.
Shooting was woeful today by the Knicks.
We have a long way to go to get anywhere sides like this

[brod]

Standings at All Star Break

EAST

Atlantic
20-14 Philadelphia
17-18 NY
15-17 Boston
10-23 Toronto
10-25 NJ
Central
27-8 Chicago
21-12 Indiana
13-18 Cleveland
13-20 Milwaukee
11-24 Detroit
SouthEast
27-7 Miami
22-13 Orlando
20-14 Atlanta
7-26 Washington
4-28 Charlotte

WEST

NorthWest
27-7 OKC
18-16 Portland
18-17 Denver
17-17 Minnesota
15-17 Utah
Pacific
20-11 LAC
20-14 LAL
13-17 Golden State
14-20 Phoenix
11-22 Sacramento
SouthWest
24-10 San Antonio
21-13 Dallas
20-14 Houston
19-15 Memphis
8-25 New Orleans

[brod]

The Breakdown

Kobe Bryant
- Leads the league in uasge rate, using 37.2% of his team's possessions when he is on the floor
- Shooting (28%) in clutch time (last 5 min of fourth quarter or OT with score differential of five or less), which ranks 47/52 of players who have taken at least 20 clutch shot attempts.
- Equal most clutch time turnovers
Chris Paul
- Lowest TO rate among starting Point guards
Kevin Durant
- Scored the most points in clutch time, helped by shooting 22/23 from the line in that time
Blake Griffin
- Leads the league with 195 FG from within five feet
Andrew Bynum
- Shooting 15/18 in clutch time
- Shoots 47% on the second night of back to backs, and 58% with at least a day rest
- Has attempted 92/2% of his shots from inside the paint (3rd most)
Kevin Love
- Leads the league with 165 second chance points
- Has shot 49% against teams .500 or better, only 38% against teams below .500
Dirk Nowitzki
- Lowest TO rate amongst All Stars, just 7.3TO/100 possessions
Tony Parker
- 2nd most clutch points and most clutch time Free Throws made
Russell Westbrook
- Leads the league in unassisted field goals
- Leads all guards with 150 field goals from within five feet

[brod]

The Breakdown

Dwayne Wade
- Shooting % declines as the game goes on - 1st 58%, 2nd 56%, 3rd 46%, 4th 40%, OT 20%
LeBron James
- Leads the league in +/-. The heat have outscored opponenets by 311 points with James on the court and have been outscored by 7 with him on the bench
- Of players that have attempted 20 clutch FGA, only James has more FTA (24) than FGA (21)
- At 75.9% James has the second best (behind Tyson Chandler) FG% within five feet
Chris Bosh
- Has shot 57% in clutch time, second behind Hedo Turkoglu (min 20FGA)
Luol Deng
- Ranks second in +/- at +274
Roy Hibbert
- Has league leading 12 clutch offensive boards
Andre Iguodala
- Has a league low 30% FT shooting in clutch time
Deron Williams
- Has made the most (3) shots from beyond mid court, most of any All Star

[Johno6]

Irving is tearing this game apart. 7-7 3 pointers

[brod]

Kyrie Irving win the MVP in the Rising Stars games
34pts
12/13FG
8/8 3ptFG
9 ast

[brod]

Linsantity hits a speed bump??

- Looked exhausted in the Rising Star game (was only player in team to score in single figures..2pts)
- Had his worst game as a starter in the last game prior to All Star Weekend v Miami
34min
1/11FG
0/2 3pt FG
6 reb
3 ast
3 ste
8 TO
8 pts

[Johno6]

I think he might of even said in a interview that he is gettin tired coz he's not used to the minutes etc
Really needs to cut down his turn overs

[Dissident]

And stop falling on the floor.

[beef]

Dunk contest another fizzer, no one wants to see no names who cant get on the floor during season in the dunk contest. They all do the same dunks now anyway. Time to put it away for a year or two to get interest back and hopefully "real" players will be in it.