Warriors star point guard Stephen Curry (ankle) likely will miss tonight’s game. Curry’s agent,...

here's to wishing that Tyreke Evans and Marcus Thornton

develop some sort of food ailment from celebrating New Year’s a but too early. :crosses fingers:

by renovator on Dec 28, 2011 11:25 AM EST reply actions

gots to win these then

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by Rorschach44 on Dec 28, 2011 11:27 AM EST reply actions

He just don't want none of DWTDD

by flossy on Dec 28, 2011 11:41 AM EST reply actions

Hey given that Rondo had more turnovers 3 than points in the 4th quarter 2, you might be right!

by Robert Curre on Dec 28, 2011 3:03 PM EST up reply actions

Sweet!

Can’t wait for the whole sporting world to start complaining about how we beat teams ravaged by injuries, and how the NBA scheduling is biased.

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

Vince Lombardi

by moose35 on Dec 28, 2011 11:50 AM EST reply actions

except we are a team ravaged by injuries so it might not fly.

by Robert Curre on Dec 28, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions

it'll fly

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by stingy d on Dec 28, 2011 3:14 PM EST up reply actions

Yep

ESPN can give a story like that more wings than Red Bull.

Thanks for making us a contender, Donnie.

by StarksMiddleFinger on Dec 28, 2011 4:12 PM EST up reply actions

Normally this gets me a little upset

I like facing other teams’ good players, and I like to think that we can beat them fair and square….

But for this season, I kinda just want to get wins and give our team less problems on the court so that they can gel a little quicker. Also, for D’Antoni’s sake, I want this team to win and win quickly so it shuts up the lynch mob for a bit

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by WSD on Dec 28, 2011 11:53 AM EST reply actions

agreed

thing is though, we’d get flack either way.

it’s all about beating teams we’re supposed to be able to beat and finding ways to win. if their star player is out and we lost, ESPN would be all over it saying how we’re pretenders after all.

on a side note, the teams that are gonna scare the crap out of me come play off time are the Pacers and Sixers. sure we have melo this time around, but being better than these teams on paper isn’t enough. but i am liking what i’m seeing from our team this year so let’s go get some wins!

by renovator on Dec 28, 2011 12:06 PM EST up reply actions

ESPN just loves to rag on the Knicks...

It makes me happy that the Celtics and Lakers are 0-2 only thing that would be better is if the Heat were 0-2 as well.

I think it’s ok that these teams aren’t at 100% because neither are we without Baron.

by robk on Dec 28, 2011 12:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Ditto

It’s weird to be happy that you won’t be getting a team at 100%, but the potential for this team to actually accomplish that one seemingly impossible goal of a championship feels so delicate right now that anything to help that cause is welcome.

by rzor on Dec 28, 2011 12:11 PM EST up reply actions

Now now, I spent all weekend making this noose and dammit i want to use it!

Fire D’Antoni!!!!!!!

by Robert Curre on Dec 28, 2011 3:05 PM EST up reply actions

getting a few early wins

regardless of the competition- makes it less important for our injured guys to rush back too soon. and that will be key.

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by stingy d on Dec 28, 2011 3:26 PM EST up reply actions

so is Lin suiting up tonight?

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by Taylor Made on Dec 28, 2011 12:00 PM EST reply actions

i think yes

but not expected to play

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by stingy d on Dec 28, 2011 3:26 PM EST up reply actions

THE KNICKS ONLY BEAT TEAMS WITH INJURIES

Oh wait I’m not a Celtics fan.

only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles

by metseaglesknicks on Dec 28, 2011 12:56 PM EST reply actions

Baron Davis?

by bababooey2 on Dec 28, 2011 1:59 PM EST up reply actions

I love the Celtics fans that use Pierce's injuries as an excuse

But last year when we mentioned Billups being out and Amare playing hurt it wasn’t allowed

only thing more overated and soft than osi umenyora is the 2011 eagles

by metseaglesknicks on Dec 28, 2011 2:19 PM EST up reply actions

Exactly. The hypocrisy never ends. This year all scores w/ all teams will be settled.

The Knicks are the Corleones and the Heat are the Tatagglias, the Celtics the Barzinis, the Bulls are the Cuneos and Pacers are the Straccis.

by bababooey2 on Dec 28, 2011 2:33 PM EST up reply actions

Does this mean Melo's gonna have to run hide in Italy

and fall in love and get married only to see his wife assassinated with a car bomb?

Thanks for making us a contender, Donnie.

by StarksMiddleFinger on Dec 28, 2011 4:15 PM EST up reply actions

Metaphorically speaking, it means that Clemenza(Melo) will be sitting behind Carlo(Lebron) as Lebron is being escorted to the "airport."

by bababooey2 on Dec 28, 2011 4:41 PM EST up reply actions

that was so weak on their parts . . .

first of all, it’s the first game of the season. you don’t need to be so eager to start making excuses yet.

Anxiously awaiting the day my username will be appropriate

by knickswin on Dec 28, 2011 6:57 PM EST up reply actions

I with ya

A win is a win. Get as many as possible, by any means necessary. Make the playoffs and let some guys rest for the marathon that ensues.

by vegan hoops on Dec 28, 2011 1:21 PM EST reply actions

Agreed^

I was going to make the point how people are going to say that were only getting the wins because of injury, but looks like everybodys aware of that. Hopefully TD can defend Monte Ellis though.

by HalfTaino on Dec 28, 2011 1:37 PM EST reply actions

Because of injury? What about Baron Davis. Knicks have their own injured stars too. Geeez

by bababooey2 on Dec 28, 2011 1:59 PM EST up reply actions

Would have been fun to see Shump guard Ellis

Damn you, Chris Wilcox!!

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by WSD on Dec 28, 2011 3:55 PM EST up reply actions

don't really care who is in or out during this road trip.

Only thing that matters is whether the knicks can figure out a rotation that can beat Miami and chicago.

Period.

All else is just espn talking head blather.

The heat have already been crowned this year and yet, a Pierce-less Celtics without Jeff Green and a decent center gave Miami all they could handle last night.

by cynickfan on Dec 28, 2011 2:33 PM EST reply actions

try telling that to some of the Heat worshippers here and on ESPN....they just trotted out a stat today that the Heat are averaging 9 more possessions per game...The fact that they only played 2 slow and old as a fuck injured teams didn't deter these

sportswriters for disseminating their bullshit. Also apparently the Knicks, Bulls, Thunder and every other contender are simply not as “motivated” and “determined” to win a championships as are the Heat. They just simply aren’t equally motivated. Why? Because last year every team in the NBA won a championship except the Heat.

by bababooey2 on Dec 28, 2011 2:43 PM EST up reply actions

The Heat are playing faster but what you should be pissed about is where are all the people

screaming that scoring 115 pts a game will not win in the playoffs! If the Knicks win 115 to 107 the cry will be, “Fire that Fucking coach,” and “when are the Knicks gonna play defense?” The Heat win a game while giving up 107 pts and they are a fucking juggernaut! Good to see however that I was right, that a team that actually scores points can win games tho!

by Robert Curre on Dec 28, 2011 3:12 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs

+1

by bababooey2 on Dec 28, 2011 3:34 PM EST up reply actions

Actually this is bad news. Curry plays zero defense so having him on the court is a good thing

by Robert Curre on Dec 28, 2011 3:07 PM EST reply actions

He is also a tremendous shooter

Who can and will hit open jumpers. The Knicks are very good at leaving people open for jumpers.

by Mikel L on Dec 28, 2011 3:09 PM EST up reply actions

Curry may actually play

But…even still, will being guarded by Curry or Ish Smith make much of a difference in how Toney Douglas plays?

Posting and Toasting: DWTDD.

by Seth on Dec 28, 2011 3:21 PM EST up reply actions

It shouldn't one bit. Toney needs to attack both of them offensively and be aggressive defensively

Whether people realize it or not Toney Douglas is not in the NBA because he projected to be the next John Stockton in college. Toney Douglas is a NBA player because he was ACC defensive player of the year and averaged 21.5 pts per game which was good enough for 2nd in the conference in scoring. Shooting the damn ball and playing defense got him to finish 3rd in the conference player of the year voting and if not for some pretty obvious North Carolina bias, should of been player of the year in the conference. Shooting the ball and playing defense is what go him to the dance. And now that he is here, shooting the ball and playing aggressive defense is what he needs to do to help this team win games. He is not Steve Nash or jason Kidd and he will lose this team games if he tries to be. The best chance for him to help us win games is to play as hard as he can on defense and shoot the damn ball on offense. You succeed doing what you do best. Running offenses and playmaking is not what he does best. D’Antoni Knows this, but he chose to start him, why because D’Antoni believes that what Toney Douglas can do is good enough to win with and as long has he does it, then D’antoni will figure out how to get some playmaking done! We love to say DWTDD around here, well it is time to walk the talk!

by Robert Curre on Dec 28, 2011 3:44 PM EST up reply actions

Dang son, your on fire today.

We all know its about B.Diddy once he gets back, and from what I gather about herniated discs, you can prevent them through daily rigorous back exercises and less than 10 percent of them require surgery. So once he gets back, the Knicks are done, and so is the league. Till then Melo’s playmaking-induced 5 TOs worry me a bit.

by bababooey2 on Dec 28, 2011 3:54 PM EST up reply actions