Game Thread: Grizzlies at Knicks

Should be a fun one tonight. This is the type of team the Knicks really struggle with, big, long, quick, and athletic all the way around. Who’s guarding Z-bo tonight, Wilson Chandler? Very tough matchup, but Knicks need to start winning right now. Lets get a nice 5 game win streak going right now.

Stay Patient My Friends

ill be watching gallo closely.. ‘should be interesting.

Umm DVJ patience without the window my friend. As far as tonite Biggie you already know that Gallo is struggling bad as well as Tracy McGrady although his issue is conditioning and health. I aint worrying about Z Bo tonite although you know he wants to take it to the Knicks and D Lee. I am going to take a look at Rudy Gay who is a free agent as well. If he plays out of his mind he may be in the conversation if we either get Lebron or fail to get him.

_’antoni’s days are numbered.

“Stay Patient My Friends”

“I am going to take a look at Rudy Gay who is a free agent as well.”

Restricted.

I’m trying DVJ I’m trying. Thanks for the support.

“…but Knicks need to start winning right now. Lets get a nice 5 game win streak going right now.”

Why?

Just to keep my sanity my brother. No other needs than that lol.

definitely want to keep an eye on Rudy Gay, i’m very skeptical whether we should target him as a fallback option to LBJ. seems like he’d be massively overpaid in the mold of Isiah’s signings – talented, but not the superstar/winner that the knicks need to turn around the current losing culture. Gay’s put up good numbers but he’s been on a losing team every year of his career, and it’s not until they added Z-bo to a pretty stacked team talent-wise have they even been respectable. knicks need a guy that knows how to push his teammates to win, not just a very talented player. with that being said, i look forward to seeing what Gay can do.

I hope the basketball gods are reading what you just typed.

I am going to look at O.J. Mayo. I’ve been a fan of his since he was in HS. I think he going to be a star. Eventually a point guard in this league with underrated defensive skills.

lol i agree man, if utah gets a top 5 pick from us i might lose my mind

yea Mayo is good, real solid all around, but i don’t see the Knicks targeting him.

Disconnect man, disconnect. Trust me.

He is a soph in this league so he’s got a ways to go until he is a RFA but with a team like the Grizz you never know. They are the new Clippers…………..or the east coast clippers.

Why???

can’t help it, knicks r like a bad drug

for real. we need to at least keep utah out of the lottery

From the draft pick man.

is he hurt? breaking down? or not meshing?

something is up adn he needs to be monitored.

I just think that being a 2nd year player he defers too much and when he was getting comfortable he gets more veterans to defer too.

I don’t want to sound like I got connections or anything like that but I work with a family member of his and she talks to him alot and she has not said anything about any injury. Then again I don’t know if he would tell her.

Who is he matching up with today????

Heywood Workman is an official now??????????

Wow!!!!

Marc Gasol looks like …………………his brother just heavier.

I think Gallinari should be shut down and let him play for his national team over the summer so he can get his confidence back.

Bad idea. he gets hurt with the international rules.

No more typing. I am missing the game.

wow. Just incredibly awful start that is not at all surprising. Just getting completely dominated in all aspects of this game. I will add the obligatory nightly David Lee should be embarrassed. As should the rest of the team, who are not even attempting to hit the offensive boards and just leaving Zbo to gather up every rebound. Pathetic. Wake me up when this nightmare is over. This is honestly looking like it could be a 50 point blowout again lol.

Gasol is owning David Lee lol. Has I know Rudy is restricted but I doubt that Memphis would go but so high and worse comes to worse sign and trade. He and sadly Z Bo is the best players on the court right now as it is.

Lol. This team is just crazy. Its a free buffet line for guys like House or as I will call him fron now on Chucketts jr and Chucketts. But our “prized” rookies and young guys like Gallo and Chandler can’t get a freaking touch. Its so ridiculous. Damn this freaking team.

Eddie Winslow has more rebounds than our entire team

He didn’t get hurt until he got here in the states.

“Heywood Workman is an official now??????????”

For like 2 years already I think.

very nice comeback. Playing well now. Chucketts jr is balling rigt now.

Ok … 2nd quarter and we starting to play defense . Only if they would Give me 10 mins of stretches like the one they just had every game. But honestly they just don’t…. Al looks like he’s hot again tonight.. Hopefully we dont let him lose it at the end …. Tmnt ! Lets go eddie !!!

Love the effort tonight.

Really hate the mentality of a 4 on 2 break and we pull up for a three by Bill Walker.

How inexcusable is that.

I don’t think Mayo is a true NBA pt guard.

Then again I didn’t think Steph Curry would be either so waht do I know . . .

someone please tell chris duhon to sit down. every time i see the knicks miss a 3 pointer, i look courtside and see duhon standing with his arms in the air. he’s jinxing them with his orange, prison looking jump-suit. i get it duhon. ur a team player even when ur not playing. but ur not getting off the bench this year, so just sit down and put the towel over your head, marbury style.

Not in this “system”.

Let me guess, it was MD’s fault Bill Walker didn’t box out

Why are they wearing those “World Champions” warmups anyway?

If that’s some sick twisted joke, it isn’t funny. They’re not even in the playoff picture.

Sad this team has to wear McGuire’s number on their jerseys. Tarnishing the man’s number that way. It should just stay in the rafters.

Uh-oh Oakley Jersey sighting! Sugar Hill Gang in the house!

Yup.

LMAO! I was thinking the same thing… I would be a good cheerleader for $6mil myself.

Oh yesss number 34 sighting !!!!! Dam i miss oak …

“someone please tell chris duhon to sit down. ”

Why?

“every time i see the knicks miss a 3 pointer, i look courtside and see duhon standing with his arms in the air. ”

What’s wrong with that?

“he’s jinxing them with his orange, prison looking jump-suit.”

They all have the same thing on.

“but ur not getting off the bench this year, so just sit down and put the towel over your head, marbury style”

I’ll let that pass but one more idiotic comment like that and your going on the ignore list.

Come on playa…..

Nights like tonight the 2nd of a back to back are the reason why the Knicks should be able to sign McGrady cheap. He had nothing in the 1st half.

Is it Tommy’s fault for allowing you on this blog?

He just came back to the league.

Stay patient playa!!!!

I am not saying that McGrady is not playing well just saying that he won’t demand big money in the summer. Even though they just said his knee is hurting I like what i see from him.

“Gasol is doing whatever he wants to in the paint tonight!”

Sigh…

Is it just me or does Marc Gasol look like he is 20ft tall out there. Its not even fair.

Good hard foul by Walker on Gasol. Make him think twice before going at the basket.

LOL.. I waas gonna write the same thing..

it says 1970 1973 under it.

its totally embarassing….has to be a Dolan idea

Can the Knicks hold anyone under 110 pts.

my main point is that duhon’s actions seem a little contrived if you ask me. he’s support seems a forced and insincere. the rest of the ‘idiotic’ comments were just jabs. but i’ll tell you what. when i see someone on the sideline jumping around in celebration as we clank 3′s off back and front iron when we’re down 21-7, he deserves every single jab.

so do us both a favor and snuggle up to ur duhon jersey, and hit that ignore button… PLAYA

The Knicks held the Bucks to 83 pts earlier this week… of course, they only scored 67 points themselves.

I don’t care if the Knicks give up 110 points, as long as they score 111 or more. Well, OK, I would like to see them hold their opponents to fewer points, but the D’antoni offense creates more possessions for both sides so it’s only natural that the scores will be higher.

110 is too much to give up regardless of the offensive scheme.

Gallo looks awful. But I love how Chandler looks playing the four.

We wasted a whole season trying to turn him into a two guard.

I say trade gallo now before he regressess the same way radmanovic did lol……there’s no way I’d keep gallo over Chandler, it’s crazy how I’ve seen some people on here throw Chandler under the bus but come up with every excuse in the book to defend why gallo is not as good as expected

Everyone owns Lee he is like a prostitute, everybody gets a turn.

Funny, I’ve often thought the same thing about you.

Don’t worry he league is “evolving” right before our very eyes, Lee is a prototypical Center. Gasol is an aberration.

Lee is very effeminate.

Lol. Your hatred of Lee is borderline obsesive. You might want to see someone about that.

I had to with my hatred for Jerome James.

what u all think about a backcourt of

D-WILL
J-WALL
????????????????
IT CAN HAPPEN AN I THINK IT COULD WORK
just like
k.j an j.k in phoenix

Gallo was playing well before he got in foul trouble. He was posting up going to the whole and rebounding. I guess I am watching a different game.

Gallo may never be more than a role player.

If you don’t play D, you don’t win.

Another career rebounding night against Lee.

But seriously, he seems a little effeminate.

Nothing wrong with that though, Rodman had some tendencies too he played tough defense though.

I am not saying that Gallo will be a star but for people to say he is awful after playing in 84 games and only 21 yrs old is crazy to me! Time will tell I guess.

as for t-mac does this fool know if u don’t let ya shit heal 100% your just f-ing yaself an he been f-ed himself.
he should of took a year off without workingout etc
but na he wants to earn a new contract.t-mac your killing your own career buddy

Am I imagining things or did it look like Gallo mouthed off D-ant as he came past him after fouling out?

Wally Szczerbiak > Danilo Gallinari

z-bo is a better player than lee.
an if som1 doesn’t know that they krazy
i’m not saying z-bo is much better but he is

F-Bomb.

yea i think 2-5 years

Actually I said Gallo looks awful and he did. . . tonight . . . and for the past few games.

He has skills but I think that back injury is limiting him to the point where he will never be an effective NBA player over 82 games.

Z-Bo is much better, his footwork is ridiculous. It has to be because he’s so slow and can’t jump more that 6 inches off the floor. Lee is a more willing passer though obviously.

Gallinari is at least somewhat tough. Most of the rest of these guys are some of the weakest players I’ve ever seen–especially buckets and Lee. But that’s from the coach, who will never win a thing.

D”Antoni was starting ZBo over Lee. He knew it too.

_’antoni’s days are numbered…

“Stay Patient My Friends”

Lol. You can’t blame D’Antoni for Lee and Buckets not being tough.

That is just ridiculous.

Numbered?

Yeah, but that number is too darn big.

a taller version
but
GREAT COMPARISON

Oh really now?

Lee only got to play in the first place because he used to hustle, he has the ability to play D, so it’s on the coach. Buckets otoh–well, he probably should just be sitting so yeah that’s on the coach too.

Yeah Gallo is “tough” alright …. He’s freakin lucky he elbowed a gentlmanly Spaniard tonite … let’s see what happens if he tries that with someone from the hood !

He should go to Bender’s trainer-who knows might be just as good someday.

the jazz are going to luv it when they have the chance to draft wall an have a great backcourt

lmao

how is that against Lee? Lee was guarding Gasol all night.

I think you really love Lee but are just afraid of rejection……

your like the kid in kindergarten who pushes the girl he likes in the sandbox.

heyy TOMMY
don’t waste your time to write a post game report
or whoeva is doin it..

especially when donnie signs gay an some lower level talents this summer..

not really. gallo plays some D

I was actually talking about someone else said to trade him because he is getting worse. I think that Gallo was doing things that I liked today. early in the game he made a nice post move and was driving to the whole plus rebounding. I rather see that than him just shooting 3′s. This way he is not good o Wally Z. I sure hope that he is a better player than that scrub! But that was a funny comeback I must admit!

Hey HaS, instaed of “effiminate” let’s hope the Knicks go “Gay” on July 1st … I like Rudy’s game more than Joe Johnson’s …. oh, I forgot, at season’s end we’re getting LBJ, Bosh, D-wade, and Utah’s trading the pick back to us !

The TKB regulars have been seriously MIA.

Where is Myles? Where is Chris?

I’m telling you the Knicks have drained all the optimism out of TKB!!

I’m still watching for the development of Gallo, Chandler and Sergio. And to see Tmac.

But it ain’t looking pretty. Harrington has been our best player.

Tough guy from the hood like buckets right?

Who after getting up, practically apologized for hitting the ‘gentlemanly spainiards’ elbow with his ugly face.

Did you just reply to your own comment as if you didn’t post it?

Man things are getting weird around here . . .

he does
but he is wally 2.0

where was it when the knicks stayed in a haunted hotel.

I can imagine someone on this blog saying…

“the coach can not get a pass on this one. he needs to check the hotel for ghosts before the team makes reservations. this loss is on him. you can’t have your players playing scared”……..

ridiculous

the knicks are draining it all for summer 2010
lmao

lmao
na i just wanted to add that buddy

Gasol’s bow to Harrington was more accedental than Gallo’s to Gasol … check the tape …. guess you’re partial to the “prettier” types like Gallo since you’re characterizing how you think Al looks …. so “effiminate” of you (the word of the nite) …. When Gallo’s game approaches being as good as the game Buckets has, then THAT will be good lookin !

“your like the kid in kindergarten who pushes the girl he likes in the sandbox.”

Nah I’m the one who brings her a cookie, kisses and fingers her in the behind the jungle gym.

Was that your sis?

you think buckets has game?

lmao

The prisoners are starting to take over the prison.

yep …. and you don’t?

oh yeah GAYA…….

lets get this straight,We got rid of Z-BO,and lose for 2 years,so that we can have enough cap space to sign A guy who isnt as good as Z-BO,and give him max money! hmmmm …..that sounds normal

there is probs in boston
after a lost to the nets tonite
u know the c’s having issues

I just know that im gonna end up hating this fckin team next year.If they had only held on to Z-Bo,and added a little bit each year,made room for 1 FREE AGENT next year,we woulda been pretty damn good.I hate this team,and I hate this coach.T-Mac is done,and im so tired of lookin at Al Harrington and david Lee.Wehave no draft picks to look foward to(im talkin about past picks too Gallo,Douglas etc.This team is a constant suck and the only player good enough to do anything about it is LBJ ,who i’d like to beat the shit outta.I quit

What the knicks did the past 2 years,no team should be allowed to do in all of professional sports.Fans gripe because a team tanks the last month of the season to get a better draft pick.Well,the Knicks TANKED 2 entire seasons so they could get a shot,at a good FA.This is worse than that ref throwin the games.EFF David Stern,EFF lebron,Eff the NBA.(a 12-21 year old wiggers wet dream) ISNT THAT RIGHT …….PLAYA…… jagoff!!!~ Every highlight reel full of backround shit RAP music AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

THATS BECAUSE THEY TRADED FOR “LIL PRICK”

Gallo was awful tonight. The refs did not help matters at all. Some ridiculous foul calls. Im glad to see some great rebounding tonight, Zach Randolph Z’boed their weak interior d. Its crazy that the only 2 guys who demonstrated any physical toughness were Gallo and House. Nobody else seems to give a crap on defense. Atrocious.

oh and Douglas was awesome in his limited minutes. That coast to coast steal and and 1 made me kind of excited about his future. He needs pt though.

“We got rid of Z-BO,and lose for 2 years,so that we can have enough cap space to sign A guy who isnt as good as Z-BO,and give him max money!”

Which guy are you talking about?
More importantly, how do you know we’re going to sign this so called guy?

Help me out playa.

It’s called being undersized.

And who was the GM that came out on top in that trade?

I’d rather have Walker and House over Nate and Landry any day.

What about you playa?

Thank God.

We haven’t had cap space in so long….people here don’t know how to act. It’s like they forgot what it feels like to have that much $$ to blow.

This may be the best summer ever playa.

25 minutes 3/6 from the field with a timely three pointer
11 pts 5 rbs 2 ass …
define awful ?

brook Lopez another good game another good year & wow he is a much better passer then I knew! “my kingdom for a legit center” Jennings had a nice game today as well. I guess my point is damn we can be so much better then we are if only we had a real GM & not a washed up never was!

STOP WITH THAT FUCKING “PLAYA” SHIT! IS THAT a GAY THING,OR JUST A geek THATS TRYN TO BE SOMETHING HE ISNT? PLAYA MY AZZ!

YEAH …WE GAVE UP A 24 YEAR OLD WHO LOVES TO CHUCK FOR A MUCH OLDER GUY WHO LOVES TO CHUCK….DONNIE IS A GENIUS!!! im sure house and walker will be here for big CHRYSALIS

yeah!his future is gonna be huge as the 12th man in an 8 man roto

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I did not get to see the game yet but hold the hell on!! Did I just read Zbo had 31pts & 25rebs??? Are you fucking kidding me!! For real!?! Need I say any damn more about this damn GM’ing! Can you see why I say LBJ or bust? People pay money to go see these games to support this team & if you are going to throw away 2 years 2 lottery picks & any chance of being competitive for to str8 years you better lnad the big dog because anything less would be bullshit! I don’t want to hear a damn thing about 2011 zbo crawford JJ EC where all coming off the books in 2011 all could of been nice contracts expiring & worth a lot to teams making a last push for the playoffs where we could of stacked picks & had tons of cap space in 2011 this is why it’s LBJ or bust for the old fart in this off season!! Any other view is denile & the facts are the facts! If you wana save face trade gallo chandler TD & EC’s in whatever kind of pacage & make a full out push for CP3 if ur lucky you pull it off if not I’m sorry but what do we have to offer but less cash then the team there on can offer & a worse team then the one there on!! Just talking truth to nonsense my fellow knick fans!

black come on man … how many teams end up drafting THE BEST PLAYER at that pick? u can go back got ages and every draft see the same thing .. it happens … Lopez is better than Gallo yes, and hill over Jennings is a disaster,
bout how about Thabeet ? disaster of a pick … how bout james harden? maybe not the right pick in that spot?

Z BO makes 17 mill next year … does not come off the books bro

I think ur wrong I’m pretty sure we where free & clear in 2011 if not one thing changed I will check again forgive my delayed reply I’m on my cell….as for the draft Lopez was not the best player in the draft imo I like westbrook myself but lopez was the best center which was a need for us not a 6’10 sg…that draft was a fav to MD’s best friend & as I have said many times you build around PG’s & centers not wings unless there elite (lbj level) things like that are not luck there a matter of scouting & knowing what you need & filling said needs.

I just checked & Zbo is done after 2010/2011 so again my point is there are no other options it is LBJ or bust for donnie!

yes awful was too much. Bad would have been better word choice. He seemed a step slow, had 2 to’s to cancel out his 2 assists, and of course fouled out. His defense was bad, and it has been much better lately.

while we disagree on most issues i know your are intelligent enough to not truely believe that an nba coach and GM sacrificed the number 7 pick in the draft to do a friend a favor ..
and ZBO makes 17 mill just checked hoopyhype.
i know gallo has “played pro ball” for a while now … but give him some time.
NBA is a different game and he’s got a good basketball IQ and work ethic.
He’s going to be a good player in this league.
His biggest issue right now is that he’s in a strange spot w this team. Next years question marks, no defined roles, vets, etc etc … are they gonna develop him as a 3? as a 4? … still questions about his role …

Explain this to me; Why is it Lebron or bust? If they don’t get Lebron and put together any sort of playoff team through the free agency I would say it would be a major improvement of Isiah. I don’t get how it is Lebron or bust?

TKB Meetup at the viewing party monday anyone ??
tommy d ?

i worded zbo wrong .. correct he is free after 2011 not 2010

well,if its bosh,we killed 2 years,bosh aint much better than ZBO if at all

u been drinking a bit?

this dudes a hater. just ignore him. maybe he’ll go away.

i’m trying to slim down. so i keep a picture of me at my heaviest to use at motivation. gallo should keep a picture of wally as motivation

while i have bought into waiting for 2010, it should not be allowed in the league.

but the only way that it would happen is if the fans really took action and boycotted the knicks. the knicks still are the 2nd most profitable franchise in the league. so they can/will do whatever they want to to roster. if fans boycotted, mgt would be pressured to try and help them win NOW.

so u have a problem? put ur ty-dye on and get ur 1960s on.

someone throw that mute button on DJV aka the PLAYA. dude talks caca and cant back it up. DJV, go back to our thread and respond u terrified little girl.

bob go knicks is toasted LOL

“If they don’t get Lebron and put together any sort of playoff team through the free agency I would say it would be a major improvement of Isiah. ”

Knicks could have been a playoff team if they kept Zach and Jamal and all of their draft picks and would have had massive cap space in 2011.

It is Lebron or bust because the only other real championship caliber difference makers available this summer Dirk, Kobe, and Wade are not coming. And this is not about the playoffs, it is about championships.

How do you konw Gallo has good work ethic?

And what are you basing his “good basketball IQ” on?

Can’t just make these random statements as fact.

So now you were FOR the trades and giving up all those draft picks?

You have to be kidding me . . .

i never thought that gallo could be more than a good role player so i think he is right on course. He will be better next year. Never should be the go to guy but if we need a three he should be the first or second option. He would look pretty good on a good team and under a good coach.

84 games is lot when you are talking about a player who has previously played professional ball.

Not like Gallo came straight from high school.

But he has shown flashes. His back just looks screwed up and when I hear reports about him using special padding on the bench . . . sends up serious alarm bells for me.

“and fingers her in the behind”

See you got a little Rudy Gay in you huh?

j/k by the way Has . . .

If you think that coach Mike D aint responsible for drafting gallo over Brook Lopez, you are lost. Lopez would not even play in DAntoni’s system. If we had him now D’Antoni would bench him because he is not fast enough. DAntoni is very close to Gallo and is a major reason he was picked before Lopez. D’Antoni soes not play 7 foot centers period. He wants to RUN and i want to run this dumb coach out of this city.

Lebron or bust? ARE U Nuts? This team has not been under the salary cap in over 20 years BUDDY. We gave up some draft picks but we finally have money in the bank. Now its time to spend it wisely. ZBO at 17 mill is dumb and I would not give any player 17 mill a year unless he is a superstar. ZBO is an expensive role player. This is the first year he has been selected as an All-Star. He is surrounded by talented players. I would love to have ZBO for 10 or 11 mill but for 17 mill is crazy. you can find two ZBO’s for 17 mill. But the same old Knick fans want to over pay for average players. You would probably give Rudy Gay an Alan Houston100 mill to come here.

I’m not a Gallo fan at all and i wanted Brook Lopez but as far as i have seen he has a good basketball IQ. He is not lost like most rookies are on defense and he is still very young. He is not or never will be a superstar go to guy that people for some reason expect. He is on track on being what i thought he would be and that is a Tony Kukoc or Hedo Turk type of a player. He is the third option. He will look great with a good one two punch as in a good pg and a good low post player.

So Tmac shut himself down in the second half of a back to back.

Going to be a long end to this season.

LOL

“gallo should keep a picture of wally as motivation”

LOL

DVJ has learned a new word guys… I mean playas

” We gave up some draft picks but we finally have money in the bank.”

Lend me some man.

“This may be the best summer ever playa.”

And it could be the worst not only in franchise history, but the worst in NBA history.

Thank you for being honest and correcting yourself….its is hard for me to understand why you guys are having a hard time with the point that is clear. If we dont get Lebron in 2010 then donnie was a bust as a GM because we would of had huge cap space in the 2011 offseason if donnie never did a thing! add to that the fact that if he blows it on Lebron all he would have ended up doing in his time as GM is blow 2 lottery picks give away other draft picks hire a coach who has no concept of defense and put a crap team on the court and those things my friends are not achivements by any strecth of the imagination! I love my team as much as the next fan but I will not make excuses for incompatence and I will demand more and better because we pay for that with ticket sales and us watching the games genrates add revenue so as fans we need to demand more and much better and not make excuses but rather bring to light there short comings and demand better!!

Could be fun post an update on it!

I have no idea where you get me wanting to give him 17mil what I am saying is that he comes off the books next year just like EC just like JJ would of just like Crawford would so he would of in fact done nothing to change what would of been huge cap space in 2011 (please read my post below) by the way Z-Bo put 31pts & 25rebs on our post players and was an all star this year lol im just saying!! =)