Another leap of blind faith
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- October
- 28
I parachuted into practice to fill up a notebook for a season preview, and was not surprised to hear all kinds of high expectations.
Naturally, the Knicks expect to win.
Every team in the league is offering similar quotations today, even one that gave up before Thanksgiving and finished with a miserable 23-59 record.
“I think we should make the playoffs,” Wilson Chandler said.
Right.
I believe my follow-up was something along the lines of, “Seriously?”
Chandler, though, made a nice recovery.
“The atmosphere alone gives us 10 more wins,” he said.
It seems the players are going along with Mike D’Antoni, which after last season is critical. The rotation is going to create a little animosity, though.
Eddy Curry is on the outside looking in right now.
D’Antoni confirmed the lumbering big man is not in his circle of friends right now.
“I’m definitely stunned, especially since he didn’t tell me that,” Curry said. “I haven’t talked to him. I’m here with him every day. All he has to do is tell me, let me know what’s up. So I’m definitely stunned to hear that from you guys, but we’ll see what happens.”
We’ll have to wait and see what that does to the attitude.
“Change is different,” Jamal Crawford said. “We still have a lot of the same players, but the way we’re going to play is so different from what we’ve done in the past. That’s not a knock on anybody. It’s just a new offense that everybody embraces. That alone brings hope. When people see change, they can believe in it, kind of like Obama.”
On the news front, Wilson Chandler expects to play against Miami on Wednesday. The sprained knee has survived two days of practice, and there was a lot of contact during today’s scrimmage.
Danilo Gallinari is also ready to play. His conditioning isn’t great, but D’Antoni indicated he may use the rookie depending on how the game plays out. The back isn’t perfect. He is still experiencing some discomfort.
“I just have to live with it,” he said.
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This is awesome news. Tough love is exactly what Curry needs. Get your fat @ss into shape or sit. Sounds great. Dantoni is the best. I’d vote for him for Pres just like I’d vote for Obama. “D’Antoni…for the change we need”!!!
Yes! Jamal for Obama!
Right on Alex and thanks FridayJones and Co. Let’s get on with the season and see what happens.
Right now I’m just stoked for hoops. The team looks like they’re moving in the right direction. It may take a while, but at least there’s some reason for optimism. I don’t mind Chandler predicting playoffs right now. It’s time to feel good about this team for a change.
If they give up 150 a game and Steph gets an intern pregnant in December I’ll be the first to spit bile into my computer but right now I’m encouraged by:
The play of Wilson Chandler and Nate Robinson.
The fact that Eddy will sit until he is less fat.
The fact that we have a real coach who will make guys pass the ball.
The fact that it looks like we are learning to switch and help on defense.
Isiah does have an eye for talent. Maybe this season can be some vindication for him in that a good coach may be able to coax a coherent team performance out of these guys.
I was excited about Isiah, Steph, Zach, etc and gave them the benefit of the doubt until they erased all doubt. Let’s see what this team can do before we dump on them. People on this message board killed Duhon after one preseason game and have been willing to give up on the team for cutting Ewing Jr. let’s be objective.
Danillo has been dealing with some health issues. No doctor has said it’s a chronic issue. Let’s try to turn this blog into something an intelligent person would want to read. That requires some thought and nuance on the part of the participants.
Couldn’t agree with Alex any more.
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Wow, Seems to be a LOT of leaps of blind faith lately.
Jiff
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on the d/l…
knicks have some secret weapons for use off the court as well.
who are they bringing in to do their statistical analysis????
i know.
l like NBA