Da Grinch

this may seem like swearing around here but if toughness is needed the answer is jerome james , he has to become the enforcer.

he doesn't mind laying his 6 fouls on some1, he is a lane defender and a shot blocker and he is a guy who the team would rally around as he is surprisingly among knicks one of the most popular people on the team.

the perimeter guys are for the most part on the tough side. marbury , nate, francis, richardson , none of these guys have toughness issues and make up for jalen and jamal's sometimes soft play ...and jamal and jalen are really only soft on the defensive end , they both put their bodies on the line and draw fouls well. but toughness reputations are built on the foundation of interior players

curry and fyre are not tough guys but frye to me is not a problem , i put him in duncan like category of he wont pick a fight but he isn't very likely to get picked on either same to a lesser degree for curry but i dont see them really coming to the aid ofother teammates like jerome james can and would. Mo T is kind of a tough guy he'll fight but he isn't an enforcer either ...ditto malik and david lee and jared jeffries...


to me you only need an element of toughness , the whole team doesn't have to be a bunch of tough guys they need to stick up for themselves and hustle on defense and they will be fine. there are a bunch of good defensive teams who may only have 1 or 2 guys who you would describe as "tough" but the teams really defend and to me thats all that matters.

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