Da Grinch

Its only the SL but I feel at least partially vindicated in my assertion that IT grabbed 2 guys that are worthy of their draft positions and will greatly help the team.

also the offense looks fluid and effective , the team shot 48% the group of Dlee , frye, nate collins and balkman shot 50% and the duo of balkman and collins combined for 58%...in reality the most established guys frye and nate looked the worst while lee, balkman and collins looked the best...but all looked at least decent.

supposedly its the same one that was run in indy while zeke was coach , but in ny the knicks have far better offensive talent, so the results in theory should be better.

balkman played very good defense ran the floor , brought energy basically did what was expected of him ....with 1 flaw his turnovers are too high considering his role.

collins played well enough , hit a shot here and there, but didn't play enough pg for my taste, nothing spectacular , but was solid.

david lee was great scoring rebounding played good defense,

nate was good at times erratic at others

frye was ok until he got hurt .

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alphadog

One concern I have is the Marbury/Francis backcourt. I just find it hard to believe that those guys will move the ball as willingly as the young guys. If they do....and they D it up.....this could be a great year. Do you think there is a place for Udoka? I don't see a spot and personally, I'm not a real fan of his.

Da Grinch

the marbury/francis backcourt is really the least of my concerns for 2 reasons , the offense is built around creativity and finding your niche in it , so in theory the better players and more versatile players have the biggest advantage in finding their place in it, especially if they dominate the ball, or move without the ball well. and the 2nd and probably most important reason is zeke has shown he will bench you if he thinks you are costing him games in indy...so i expect that trend to continue in ny especially with what he has at stake.

jalen was the star of that team there and he sat frequently for al harrington until the switch was more expected than not in the 4th quarter...likewise to a lesser extent jamal tinsley for jamison brewer or travis best.

i think zeke's coaching style is the simplest there is ....play the way i want you to ...or sit until you do , and with the knicks depth it should push players who want to play especially at the perimeter spots.

and i feel there is no spot on the roster for udoka although IT likes to keep a purely defensive player on the roster just because he knows he can trust him to play D(ie. jamison brewer) the knicks have 17 players basically not counting any summer league players that caught Thomas' fancy and i have to assume that udoka is below Qwoods on the depth chart because woods can do everything udoka can do ...when motivated , but can also be an absolutely perfect fit for the offense due to his excellent skillset and rebounding ability....and if butler returns not even woods will.

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