PreGame: Suns at Knicks
Steve Nash is a rock star. A huge crowd around him during pregame and he showed his class by taking the time to sign as many autographs as possible and even took a few photos.
Isiah Thomas said Nash is the best point guard in the NBA. You may snicker...
Thomas said Nash "plays the position better than anybody." He was saying this within a conversation about how the next step for Nash to achieve a level of greatness in the game is to win a championship.
Stephon Marbury (shoulder) is playing.
Watch Eddy Curry vs Amare Stoudemire in this one.
KNICKS
Marbury
Crawford
Curry
Randolph
Richardson
Injuries -- Mardy Collins is out with a sprained left ankle. He hurt it during the pregame warmup before Friday's game against the Bucks.
SUNS
Nash
Bell
Stoudemire
Marion
Hill
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Comments (9)
DOES ANYONE NOTICE HOW WELL THE BALL MOVES WITH CURRY AND MARBURY ON THE BENCH?HAVING CURRY AND RANDOLPH ON THE COURT AT THE SAME TIME IS LIKE HAVING TWO LEFT FEET.AS SOON AS CURRY AND MARBURY WENT OUT- AND LEE AND JONES CAME IN THE WHOLE CHEMISTRY CHANGED...NOW WE ARE ONLY DOWN BY EIGHT.
it forced Marbury to play team ball. Now you see the defense cannot catch up with the ball on offense. If Marbury cannot see this when he views the film. Then go to the D-League and find someone hungry . Now the game is a game . No crazy officiating to blog the game down.
Like I've been saying all day ,Marbury stops moving the ball. He wants to out play the best point guard in Steve Nash one on one. Same result Knicks lose. What does it take for Steph to understand his limitations. Isiah should have stuck with Eddy Curry ,Fred Jones,Zach Randolph, Jamal Crawford, and Q- Rich. Steph can not play within a winning game plan. He must let one on one play dominate his game making him ineffective.
WELLL ITZ OVER THEY PLAYED 3QZ AN KILLED THEM SELVES IN THE 4TH.FIRST THING U DO IS THE OWNER GOTTA TAKE IN SON OUTTA THERE SECOND FIND A GUY WITH BALLZ SO WHEN THINGS AINT GOING GOOD THE COACH/G.M GETZ AN HEAR FULL.SECOND START TRADING.5-11 THE KNICKS AINT GOOD ENUFF TO DIG THERE SELVES OUT OF AN HOLE.THEY MIGHT WIN 33 GAMES IF THEY PLAY SOME D LEAGUE TEAMS.LMAO.TIME TO START FIRING AN TRADING...
STEPH WASN'T THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME, THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME WAS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER DOWN BY A POINT AND 33 SECONDS INTO THE GAME, ISIAH SUBSTITUTES STEPH AND CURRY FOR JONES AND LEE, THAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME AND THE KNICKS GOT BEAT BY A 34 YEAR OLD VETERAN IN GRANT HILL. IF U ARE A COACH, U DON'T SUBSTITUTE IN TH 4TH QUARTER WITH 33 SECONDS LEFT WHEN THE TEAM IS PLAYING WELL AND NOBODY MADE A MISTAKE. U DISRUPT THE CHEMISTRY AND FLUIDITY OF THE PLAYERS. ISIAH NEEDS TO REASON UP AND MAKE GOOD DECISIONS DOWN THE STRETCH. IF U WERE ONCE A GOOD PLAYER, THAT DOESN'T MAKE U A GOOD COACH.
Marbury is basically refusing to pass the ball to anyone but Zach 75% of the time. Marbury is harboring a major grudge against Qrich, Curry, Jcraw and Malik Rose.
Mike I don't know that but it stands to reason Marbury passes to people he believes can make his assist numbers go up
Anonymous,
You cant play winning hoops thinking of your own statistics. A PG has to be willing to pass to everyone. Its not like Curry doesnt shoot a high percentage. I think the reason may actually have more to do with off the court issues.
PHILANTROPIST- Those were my thoughts exactly. Knicks fans and the coach need to wake-up! Why can our shooting guard shoot 2-11, less than 40% all year, have 2.7 T.O's/game, play defense worse than a CYO player ( does anyone but me see him below the foul line playing a pick&role?), plays more minutes than any Knick, and Stephon gets all the blame? How many times has Steph kicked out to Q. or J. after a drive just to see it miss? How many times do the knicks have to pass it to that black hole(Zach) see him tripled and turn it over 4 times a game? you want blame our 2 bigs avg. 2 assists a game and have the ball a lot! So i would say thats coaching!
Advice: shorten the rotation( have a plan) put Jones in the starting rotation with Steph, stop the black hole and get the bigs passing to open teamates. Comparing him to Nash and what he has is just wrong.
Stephon- my condolenses to you and your family.