**Official '11 NYK LOCKOUT thread*** lockout over

[mronegative]

I kinda liked it, even though it was 1/3 of a movie on loop.

We don't need any more horrors after Games 3 & 4, though.

 

[proshares]

Originally Posted by pr0phecy718

lol oh yeah, i be seeing simply dimply alot too but I feel that girl would give me the stoneface after the little debacle we had lol

  

No tap, tap, pull

 

[johnnyredstorm]

I shoulda tap tap pulled to TrueBlues that time I thought I saw him.

 

[big j 33]

It was 21 years ago that Donnie Walsh drafted a scrawny kid out of Texas-El Paso with the 45th pick who was athletic and promising but wasn't yet strong enough to compete with the manly men who populated the NBA. 

So Antonio Davis was sent first to Greece, where he toiled for two years for Panathinaikos, and then onto Italy, where he spent a season with Philips Milano. When he returned to the States in 1993, he was ready to play in the Indiana Pacers' frontcourt alongside Dale Davis and Rik Smits. 

"When he left, he was a big tall skinny kid who could jump out of the gym. When he came back he was a big, strong guy who could jump out of the gym and was ready to run through a wall," Walsh recounted. "He came back a man." 

The story of Davis' pre-NBA career merits mention for Knicks fans because Walsh brought his name up in discussing the status of Jerome Jordan, the second round pick (44th overall) of last June's draft, from Tulsa, whose rights were acquired in a draft night trade with the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for $500,000. 

Jordan spent this past season with KK Hemofarm of the Adriatic League in Serbia, averaging 15 minutes per game in the domestic league and shooting 73.5 percent from the field (averaging 7.8 points), while also appearing in four Euroleague games and shooting 68.8 percent, averaging 8.5 points in just under 12 minutes per game. 

In a normal summer, the Knicks would bring him back to the United States, see how he fared in summer league action and then make a decision on whether he should be allotted a roster space for the 2011-12 season. But this is not looking like a normal summer with a possible work stoppage on the horizon, and the Knicks are unsure what they'll do with the 7-footer after he reports back to the team's training facility in mid-June to meet with the coaching staff and members of the front office. 

"We'll see where he's at, and we'll see where is is after that," Walsh told ESPN.com."We'll see if he wants to come back, and we want to take a look. My understanding is he's gotten bigger and stronger and was taking the ball to the hole, whareas in Las Vegas last summer he was tending to take shots fading away. I've only watched film, but he looked a little more aggressive." 

As detailed in this blog earlier this week, the Knicks have an acute need for some depth at the center position with only Ronny Turiaf under contract for next season. 

Jordan is recovering from appendicitis that required surgery a month ago, Walsh said, and Jordan is currently sitting out the semifinals of the Serbian League playoffs against Radnicki Kradujevac. 

"It's good that he went over there and got a chance to play at a higher level, which improved him," Walsh said. "Being over there forces guys to grow up quick." 

That quote was what prompted Walsh to recall the Eurostashing of Davis, who went on to have a productive 13-year NBA career that included a 36-game stint with the Knicks in 2005-06 before he was traded to Toronto for Jalen Rose, cash and a first-round draft pick that was used to select Renaldo Balkman.

http://espn.go.com/blog/n...n-the-next-antonio-davis

 

[pr0phecy718]

hmm interesting

 

[mronegative]

In Don We Trust

 

[|A-Man|]

I don't even want to be teased with the idea that Jordan ends up being like Antonio Davis.

 

[you go boy]

Originally Posted by pr0phecy718

don't you think it'd be weird if I came out of no where and said "Ay Big Boobs!" 

and KingJay knows how it feels to be watched 

  its funny how i've been spotting NTers these past few months

whos the girl/nter with nice ****?

 

[pr0phecy718]

^^^^ inside joke lol...proshares psn id is bigbobbs87 but first time i saw it, i thought it was bigboobs87.

so whenever i feel like being a jerk, i just call him that name lol

 

[you go boy]

o ok thats kinda funny

but

at me beastin

 

[|A-Man|]

I thought you called Simply big boobs on the train or somewhere in public with what you said previously.

 

[pr0phecy718]

chill 

 

[king x riece]

After watching the Bulls playoff series im not upset that Dantoni is our coach. Seeing how horrible their offense is and how the coach of the year couldn't make minor adjustments to get Rose better shots (staying with the pick & roll even though they doubled Rose every single time) has me feeling if we can acquire some more talent with the draft this year and free agency and have our players actually play tough defense at least get timely stops I feel we aren't to far away

 

[|A-Man|]

We toasted the Bulls this regular season. I could never be envious of their coach or an MVP that jacks up 25+ shots a game.

To me defense and the Knicks has always been about personnel. Not forcing a culture of defense on bums. The way I see it we don't have to play lock down defense to get far. Look at the Mavs.

 

[king x riece]

A third scorer who can give us 17+ a night (J.R Smith) a REAL back-up PG (Darius Morris) and a defensive big (Chandler, Dalembert, a healthy Oden) could make us contenders immediately . We go from 5th or 6th best team in the eastern conference to second IMO . Likely with our cap situation we only get two of the three. I say we sign Smith draft Morris unless Jimmer or Biyombo is still on the board then at the deadline use Chauncey's expiring to get a big man hopefully by that time Morris can handle the PG duties and Douglas can provide the scoring off the bench

 

[duba169]

our offense has been #!$* at times also. you guys don't remember the terrible long periods of time where nobody scored? mostly in the 4th quarter?

you are nuts if you think we don't have to play D. the mavs play D. And even if they didn't, Mia and Chi play elite D in the East. you ain't getting passed the heat with only a good offense...

 

[cdonwashisname]

But you will if you have better offense

76ers, Celtics, and Bulls all had good D. They just had no offense to compete with the Heat.

The Knicks just need moderate D. A guy in the middle to just change people shots.

After watching the playoffs so far Im glad we got Melo. Cause Westbrook would of been laughed at by Melo and Freethrows would have been made in Miami and Chicago

 

[gangsta207therevolution]

Originally Posted by ATGD7154xBBxMZ

We toasted the Bulls this regular season. I could never be envious of their coach or an MVP that jacks up 25+ shots a game.

To me defense and the Knicks has always been about personnel. Not forcing a culture of defense on bums. The way I see it we don't have to play lock down defense to get far. Look at the Mavs.

Just like I aint envious of a team that has no superstars but claims they have 2.

  

 

[king x riece]

LOL WUT

 

[big j 33]

Ok

 

[king x riece]

Dam Eh

 

[|A-Man|]

We had trouble with our offense because the team never had time to mesh or actually form some type of competent team ball quickly.

If we get 2 of the 3 of what King x Riece just mentioned are offense won't be a problem.

When we get the defensive personnel and still suck at the defense I'll get back to being mad about the lack of defense from the Knicks. I'm convinced they're all bums at this point that wouldn't be safe with any lead.

Like I said look at the Mavs. They don't play lock down defense. They just get the stops when they need it. If we can do that we'd be in a much better place.

Originally Posted by gangsta207therevolution

Originally Posted by ATGD7154xBBxMZ

We toasted the Bulls this regular season. I could never be envious of their coach or an MVP that jacks up 25+ shots a game.

To me defense and the Knicks has always been about personnel. Not forcing a culture of defense on bums. The way I see it we don't have to play lock down defense to get far. Look at the Mavs.

Just like I aint envious of a team that has no superstars but claims they have 2.

What team are you talking about? The Spurs? I'm not sure what that got to do with what I said or the Knicks

Like you're obviously taking shots randomly at another team.

 

[mronegative]

Not even gonna bother.

 

[yeeupp]

If that 3-way Cavs-Detroit-Minny trade goes through... and they let go of R. Hamilton

Think he would sign with us for the min ? We could offer him the starting 2spot and he can play w/ billups.

Billups-RIP-Melo-Amare- ?




I would like to sign either RIP, Shane Battier or Grant Hill to the vet min, and Pryzbilla

 

[|A-Man|]

I dunno. Rip could help.

This team becoming a mashup of the Pistons and Suns now. Wouldn't mind if we had that offense and that defense.