Ronny Turiaf's head will start at center in Game 1.
by Seth on Apr 14, 2011 1:29 PM EDT
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PrintWell, his whole body will presumably start at center, but check the following from Marc Berman:
Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said Ronny Turiaf will be his starting center for Game 1, not Shelden Williams, who sprained his ankle last night in the fourth quarter, coming down on a Celtic player's foot.
Turiaf, who's had an injury-prone season, missing 19 games, started against Chicago on Tuesday and last night versus Boston.
D'Antoni said the matchups were good for Turiaf, but that things could change if Shaquille O'Neal gets healthy for Boston.
The Knicks don't really have a legit starting center on the roster.
"We'll have a three-headed center," D'Antoni said, adding Jared Jeffries to the mix.
Despite previous indications that it'd be She-Will, Turiaf's getting the go and I have no problem with that. (Coach D'Antoni, I'm sure, awaited my approval. Thumbs up, Pringles.) Turiaf's as big as Knick big men get, he put in a great performance in the last Knicks-Celtics match-up, and he surprisingly isn't the most recent center to sprain his ankle (although Shelden seems to be okay). The "three-headed center" thing suggests to me that D'Antoni will ride the hot hand, match what the Celtics are offering, and try to evenly distribute fouls. Turiaf probably makes the most sense on Shaq (should he play) with Williams spelling him off the bench. Jeffries could be useful against smaller line-ups, or if somebody needs to be elbowed in the face.
Meanwhile...
BEHOLD!
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Giant lobster claws would be an improvement
over whatever flaccid little flippers are currently attached to Jared Jeffries’ forearms.
Oh and more Turiaf = more awesome.
The drawing makes Shelden look LESS cartoonish
by Doug Chu on Apr 14, 2011 5:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
By the way
I like the idea of Ronny starting. They’re best with Ronny, until he gets hurt. But with playoff scheduling, he may be OK. I liked She-will’s rebounding, but it’s kind of disappeared.
But he also has that baseline jumper that's pretty nice
I agree, though, Turiaf was a beast in that last celtics game and he’s actually something of a serviceable center in spurts.
by Athony Mason's Haircut on Apr 14, 2011 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay,
so this pretty much means we’ll have a 9 or 10 man rotation in the playoffs? If we’re going with the three headed “monster” at center, then that’s 7, plus Shawne and Toney, that’s 9. And Bully? 10?
Fields, on the follow!
You forgot Carter
He’s Pringles most recent man crush, Plus someone will need to spell Billups when TD draws chase Ray Allen Duty, Carter would be prefect to either stick in front of Rondo or chase Ray which ever pringles prefers.
by Robert Curre on Apr 14, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn that drawing of Turiaf is ace!
I like Ronnie starting too, and She-Will I think does better off the bench.
I think Turiaf is gonna be really key to this series. When he plays well and mans the center position, as if he were a true starting center, the Knicks seem to play better. Rebounds, blocks and energy need to be Ronnie’s mindset
I love the attention to the gap between She-Will's eyes.
This picture needs to show up on the back page of the Daily News or NY Post.
The Knicks are back.
by StarksMiddleFinger on Apr 14, 2011 2:00 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
it almost seems like the five-head was an afterthought
so Seth drew his eyes on his cheeks.
I root for the Knicks, Mets and Giants, as well as the Seahawks and Mariners. Am I anti-winning?!?
http://lacomercia.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/shelden_welcome.jpg
He looks just like Geodude. http://pokefanaticos.com/galeria/pokemon/kanto/Geodude.jpg
by mindfeck on Apr 14, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He looks like Ken Griffey Jr. on the Simpsons
by Doug Chu on Apr 14, 2011 5:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Your Shelden Williams is evolving!
"It was one of those good, deep sleeps; you know, the ones where you wake up and a stream of drool is steadily racing down your shirt? Yes, that kind of sleep." -Landry Fields
by Thelonious Dunk on Apr 14, 2011 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
cue this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EcdckyjNLM
Victory goes to the courageous!!
NOT A BIG ENOUGH FOREHEAD :)
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
LET'S GO RANGERS!!!
well done sir
starts slow clap
I like safari starting.
I think it was Bobby V who said: "You are never as good as you are when you are at your best, and you are not as bad as when you are at your worst."
I think Seth should draw the whole team!
by the_knicks_are_back on Apr 14, 2011 2:53 PM EDT reply actions
That
may be the single greatest picture i have ever seen.
XBLiveGT- NYG1ANTS42 NBA2k11,madden11,fifa11
If the Celtics are as creeped out by Shelden's left eye trying to escape as I am, this series is in the bag.
THE BAG.
Jared’s squid mouth might help, too. Like if we got him to squirt ink on the parquet while he’s guarding Rondo or something.
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
I'm sailing on a cloud, they're trailing below/ My shrink told me it's a feeling they'll never know
The game ain't been the same since B.I.G. died/ And Wu swarmed on New York from out that beehive
by PJCarlisimo's Neck on Apr 14, 2011 3:45 PM EDT reply actions
Eh I am just glad Pringles is starting
what passes for a center on our roster and not go with the line up I had a nightmare about last night. Billups, Douglas at guards, Landry at Small Foward, Melo at PF and Amar’e at Center with Bully and Shawne the only ones allowed off of the bench! But seriously, it really does not matter which one fot he three amigos starts they are all gonna play, and whomever is having what passes for the best game between those guys will probably finish
Those better be Crayola.
None of that cheap Roseart shit.
"It was one of those good, deep sleeps; you know, the ones where you wake up and a stream of drool is steadily racing down your shirt? Yes, that kind of sleep." -Landry Fields
by Thelonious Dunk on Apr 14, 2011 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
Speaking of centers. Here is the list. Who? What? Why? Where? and How?
Nene, Denver Nuggets – $11.4 million – Early Termination Option ($11.6 million)
Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies – $3.6 million – Unrestricted*
Tyson Chandler, Dallas Mavericks – $12.6 million – Unrestricted
Yao Ming, Houston Rockets – $17.7 million – Unrestricted
Joel Przybilla, Charlotte Bobcats – $7.4 million – Unrestricted
Samuel Dalembert, Sacramento Kings – $13.4 million – Unrestricted
Greg Oden, Portland Trail Blazers – $6.8 million – Restricted ($8.8 million Qualifying Offer)
Spencer Hawes, Philadelphia 76ers – $3.0 million – Restricted ($4.1 million Qualifying Offer)
Nenad Krstic, Boston Celtics – $5.7 million – Unrestricted
Tony Battie, Philadelphia 76ers – $1.4 million – Unrestricted
Kyrylo Fesenko, Utah Jazz – $1.1 million – Unrestricted
Erick Dampier, Miami HEAT – $1.1 million – Unrestricted
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Miami HEAT – $1.4 million – Unrestricted
Jeff Foster, Indiana Pacers – $6.7 million – Unrestricted
Nazr Mohammed, Oklahoma City Thunder – $6.9 million – Unrestricted
DeAndre Jordan, L.A. Clippers – $0.9 million – Unrestricted*
Kurt Thomas, Chicago Bulls – $1.4 million – Unrestricted
Francisco Elson, Utah Jazz – $1.1 million – Unrestricted
Hilton Armstrong, Atlanta Hawks – $0.9 million – Unrestricted
Aaron Gray, New Orleans Hornets – $0.9 million – Player Option ($0.9 million)
Jamaal Magloire, Miami HEAT – $1.4 million – Unrestricted
Dan Gadzuric, New Jersey Nets – $7.2 million – Unrestricted
Ryan Hollins, Cleveland Cavaliers – $2.3 million – Player Option ($2.5 million)
Kwame Brown, Charlotte Bobcats – $1.3 million – Unrestricted
Theo Ratliff, L.A. Lakers – $1.4 million – Unrestricted
Etan Thomas, Atlanta Hawks – $1.2 million – Unrestricted
Jason Collins, Atlanta Hawks – $1.2 million – Unrestricted
Eddy Curry – $11.3 million – Unrestricted
Hamed Haddadi, Memphis Grizzlies – $1.8 million – Unrestricted*
Alexis Ajinca, Toronto Raptors – $1.5 million – Unrestricted
Read more NBA news and insight: http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=18192#ixzz1JWsyN0YM
how about eddy curry
he had a good season last year with the bulls….. o0o yea this is 2011
by SLAUGHTERHOUSE on Apr 14, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
is that too soon ..... are we still healing
by SLAUGHTERHOUSE on Apr 14, 2011 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
can't believe miami gave that bum multiple tryouts
Victory goes to the courageous!!
Yes it can
If he gets another season-ending injury, and we essentially waste (potentially) our MLE on nothing. I don’t get why anybody thinks he’s worht the risk right now. Maybe if he plays 50-60 games in a season, I’d say yeah. But right now…. pass
can we scrap 5 mil together for baby Gasol?
or how about we just offer D. Jordan double what he’s making? jeez, $900k? that’s peanuts, holmes.
Yes, I am a Giants fan. Now that we got that out of the way....
IMPEACH DOLAN!!!!
I will not - lose! -Jay Z-
we can get deandre by offering our mle
Victory goes to the courageous!!
if so get it done!
then bring Jerome Jordan over, and have the Jordan Towers manning the middle of the Garden paint.
Yes, I am a Giants fan. Now that we got that out of the way....
IMPEACH DOLAN!!!!
I will not - lose! -Jay Z-
i do believe that deandre will leave as how historically cheap sterling is
Victory goes to the courageous!!
I should save this for a separate fanpost(I probably wont) but keeping franchise players from walking depends on the decisions you make 3 years before their "decision" not 3 before months as the Cavs tried to do.
Cavs in 2003 drafted Lebron. Great!
Cavs in 2004 drafted luke Jackson with the 10th pick over Andrei Biedrins, Josh Smith, Jameer Nelson, JR Smith, Kevin Martin and Al Jefferson. Horrific Decision.
They compound this horrific decision by NOT picking up Carlos Boozer’s 800,000 dollar option for 2005 AFTER he posted 15 and 11 believe it or not. He of course signs max deal with Utah.
Cavs never recovered from those 2 major calamities. Everything transaction they did since then was of marginal value. Great opportunities really DONT come around again sometimes.
So if the clippers want to keep Griffin then they can’t take guys like DeAndre for granted. The clock started ticking last year.
Blake Griffin is staying there because
they will be able to offer him more than anyone else. The new CBA won’t change that seeing how the owners will be getting more or less what they want, as they always, always, always do
The Last CBA also gave the right to current teams to make higher offers, but if Griffin is an ultra-competitive guy-like he appears to be- and wants out of L.A. hell force his way out.
Remember Cavs and Raptors sign-and-traded their franchise players to Miami so they could get picks in return…at the end fo the day the franchise players will always call the shots.
Wrong but
I have an idea. Go make me a list of the star players who didn’t sign the first extension with the team that drafted them
I was making a general point was about the subtle cruelty of "costly decisions" teams end up paying for years into the future. I wasn't trying to speculate which player is mostly likely to make what decision at what point.
I understand even the big 3 waiting 7 years after all 3 had received their first big extension. My point in bringing up the Cavs FO atrocities is that the decisions teams like Clippers make today will most..
certainly affect their ability to retain once-in-a-generation talents like Griffin 3, 5, 7, 8 years from now- whenever it is they experience their first competitive epiphany. And that guys like DeAndre Jordan shouldn’t be taken for granted and deemed replaceable as a result.
Speculating on what player is most likely to do what is exactly what you're doing
LeBron wouldn’t have stayed if the Cavs had Boozer for 50 games a year or if they could redo the 2004 draft.
RETROSPECTIVE SPECULATION is more accurate because its based on events that have already occurred.
We know Lebron didn’t EXCLUSIVELY care about big in the “biggest market,” or staying “home,” or being “the man.” He cared about-literally- being on the best possible team to win a championship. And playing with Boozer(like Rose is currently doing) or trading him for a package of players commensurate to his value(like Denver did) AND drafting one of the 6 gems the Cavs passed over in the 2004 draft would have made it “likely” that he would have stayed IN LIGHT of what TRANSPIRED. Guessing what Griffin is going to do 3 years from now is PROSPECTIVE SPECULATION, because afterall, not every player as the same degree of, interests, goals, or timelines to acheive those goals. HOWEVER it would be foolish to GAMBLE on the fact that since no superstar rookie has ever turned down his first big contract offer, Griffin will probably do the same thing. And even Griffin did sign his first big extension who is to say that he doesnt do what the big 3 ended up doing(i.e signing a “shorter” contract to keep his “options open.”) Or what Tim Duncan almost did in 2000…and thats with a championship in the bag already!
Bro. Inside voice.
"It was one of those good, deep sleeps; you know, the ones where you wake up and a stream of drool is steadily racing down your shirt? Yes, that kind of sleep." -Landry Fields
by Thelonious Dunk on Apr 14, 2011 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
There you go speculating, incorrectly, again
how can we even know what was in Duncan’s head 11 years ago?
I’d say neither one of us has any more an idea about that than we do what kind of extension Blake Griffin might sign, which of course depends on where DeAndre Jordan is playing. Stop me if I’m getting this wrong.
out of all the odd caps lock decisions in that post
“TRANSPIRED” is easily the strangest. although “GAMBLE” isn’t far off.
I’d say “HOWEVER” is a nice SAS reference but I’m not entirely convinced that you’re not actually SAS.
"I feel like this: You can't hate me." -Toney Douglas
by The Rooster on Apr 14, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
that's how their owner rolls man the owner is cheaper than heisley and that is saying something
Victory goes to the courageous!!
Blake Griffin will stay
because let’s be real, Stern would kill Sterling before he let Blake leave LA in a post-Kobe scenario. they need that shit locked down.
still, letting Jordan walk would piss Griffin off, as they are best friends.
"I feel like this: You can't hate me." -Toney Douglas
by The Rooster on Apr 14, 2011 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
definitely not sold on bledsoe as your full time pg
Victory goes to the courageous!!
That was probably a good trade for them
It was motivated by Sterling being a cheapskate, but the extra cap space is worth the lotto pick in a bad draft and then some. They’ll just be kicking themselves if that pick ends up being top three.
"I feel like this: You can't hate me." -Toney Douglas
by The Rooster on Apr 14, 2011 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
fair point
Victory goes to the courageous!!
Let's sign Kwame Brown
He was a #1 overall pick. You can’t just get #1 overall picks easily these days.
His eyes have been
slowly drifting apart for the last 5 billion years or so, kind of like the Earth and Moon
i sincerely hope that drawing will make it on to the next p&t t-shirt
by patrickm23 on Apr 14, 2011 6:14 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
yeah, ima need a shirt of this ASAP
it is so excellent.
by eeeeeestern on Apr 15, 2011 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
with jared jeffries new found 3 point shot
this could be the most dominant funny looking monster since barbra strisan
by SLAUGHTERHOUSE on Apr 15, 2011 9:44 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Like Buttuh!
If Jeffries hits more than one 3 in this series, and misses less than he hits, things are looking very good for us in this series.
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