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Originally Posted by TwinkieFoot
The thing is though, I do not believe Isiah envisions David Lee being a starter and neither would I if we had a guy like Drew Gooden. As much as I do believe Zeke was attempting to run up Frye's value by starting and overplaying him, there was an instance where he was benched in favor of Jerome James. Isiah could have easily just played David Lee in his place and choose not to. That may have been a mistake but I'm not to sure that would be a problem necessarily with a guy like Gooden because of what he can bring to the starting unit as a whole. I think his versatility offensively is what makes him a solid fit for us and gives him a slight edge over David Lee whose energy/hustle is best utilized off the bench IMO.
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i dont think Thomas thinks Lee is a starter now either , but moreso for his lack of being what Thomas envisions for his 4 spot, even though people like to say otherwise he has pretty much let it be known he wants more rough and tough play out of his post players .
lee to me is a starter quality player , but doesn't do what is needed to start on the knicks and i generally dont endorse him starting for that reason , he is amonst the best bench players in the league to me simply because he is way more talented than just about all of them.
jerome james as i recall got the lump of his starts before the trade deadline , and failed miserably to improve his stock and the experiment was shelved, at its conclusion i think malik even got a start. Gooden may very well bring that and becomes a better fit than lee if aquired , i dont doubt that it can happen i just think its far from a definite , that he would even start over lee and if that happens i think he would be more trouble than he's worth , for that reason alone it may be worth starting him no matter what actually.
My views of the knicks as of now.
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