Knicksbiggestfan

I haven't seen him play in a while but somethings been on my mind, I hope someone here can shed some light on it.


In Europe Maciej was around 230-240 and played SF, that seemed where his game was oriented.


When he came over he gained a lot of weight and now he is thought of as a center. He looks slow, unused to his body, and has no real center skills.


Does anyone think we just took a legit 3-4 and ruined him? Or is he good enought to adapt to anything?

NYKBaller

In the summer league he was playing like a 3 driving in the lane and having a three point shot. Though Chaney says he has good inside moves moving him to more of a power forward...

Jmonty580

I think he is more of a pf, and that we are just trying to make him into a center because we need one. Really we should work on putting sweetney at the 3 spot so that in the future we can have a front court of Sweetney 6'9, Lampe 7'0 and maybe Vranes at center if he ever develops 7'5, thats got to be one the tallest front court in the nba. I really wish that Lampe would get some pt now, beucase i really think that he can do just as good a job as KVH or better, right now.

Knicksbiggestfan

I get nervous when I see us fatting him up, good to see that a few other Knickers ( haha) have noticed too.

whiterhino

Do you guys still have Lampe on the IL, is he ever gonna get a chance to play? I'm waiting to see him, think he has mad talent.

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Knicks Junkie

If the season continues like this, then he will get a chance to play real soon. I am anxious to see what kind of game he has.

Perennial All Star

Don't count on it. You'd probably see W'Spoon and Othella before these guys come offf the IL.

AMR

In May, I saw Lampe twice.. it was the playoffs of spanish LEB league (Division II) and his team (Universidad Complutense) was wiped by Murcia, the team of my city.. he didn't play as a SF really, he played as a PF and shoot outside but he didn't have too much dribbling or outside moves.. in the first game he scored 29 pts and 5/7 in 3pts... I doubt he'll ever be a shooting forward... Gasol played the SF spot because he was fast enough and had dribbling and a average outside shot (in Spain he shooted a lot), but I think Lampe won't..

Rashidi

I think we took Dirklite and turned him into Raef LaFrentz (minus the shotblocking).

beb0p

You can't be serious!

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Tapseer

Hey, fellas. What's up? I hope there is some way to get Lampe some pt also. I would play him at the four. I don't think he is a center, but we all must remember he is only 18 years old, played in Europe, and still has time to adjust to different frontline positions. I would want him to get acclimated to the NBA style of play before passing any type of judgement on him. Isiah has already jettisoned Vranes and put Sweetney onto the active roster, so we know we are going to get a long look at him. Which he should, he's the 9th overall pick in the draft. Sweetney sitting on the bench on IR, just said so much about what Chaney thought of him. If you're not able to draft people who are able to help immediately picking that high, then you shouldn't be in position to draft (see ya later Layden). Anyway I hope that Isiah gives Lampe (and us fans a chance to see him) some pt.

Knicksbiggestfan

Now that he is out of dallas, I just gotta say.

I hate LaFrenz's game so much. His game is so friggin weak. I pray we don't have a whiny center with a better 3 pt shot than a post move.

benfica

whats that all about. The Knicks could use a player like Lafrentz.

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Isiah

as for Spoon's future...
``at this point we are in some discussions with his agent. We will see where those discussions lead.''

On Lampe:
Thomas had a less-than-stellar evaluation of Lampe, who has yet to see action this season. The 6-foot-11 forward is on the injured list with shin splints.

``This is a guy who needs to work his tail off to get to where I think he needs to be,'' Thomas said. ``I let him know that if he thinks he's going to get where he thinks he needs to be working the way he's working, that's not going to happen. I need to see a better work ethic from him. ...I think he's a guy that should live in a gym for a long time.''

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