Landry Fields will participate in the Rookie-Sophomore game.

by Seth on Feb 8, 2012 2:18 PM EST in News

So, we have our second (and probably final) Knicks addition to the All-Star Weekend lineup. Landry Fields, just as he did last year, will play in the Rookie-Sophomore game. Here's the news as twat by Howard Beck:

Landry Fields chosen to play in rook-soph game at All-Star weekend. No Shumpert (or Lin).

No Iman Shumpert is kind of a bummer, but reasonable. No Jeremy Lin is obvious, but you can be sure that it got brought up when they were making the Sophomore team. Even if the guy in charge chortled and was like "Ha! He's not an NBA player! He's going to digress to the bean or whatever, right guys? Stupid Knicks.", he totally got considered, and that's a win.

If you're curious, here's the list of folks who made it over Shump via John Schuhmann:

Rising Stars Challenge rookies: Irving, Rubio, Brooks, Knight, Leonard, Morris, T. Thompson, Walker, D. Williams

Shump's not far below those guys, but the selections seem fair to me. Anyway, I look forward to watching Landry in the Roo-- I'm just kidding. I'm probably not gonna watch that.

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This will be the landriest rookie-sophomore game ever

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by Russ on Feb 8, 2012 2:21 PM EST reply actions

Shump not making it is a joke

Put up better numbers than half of the rookies that made it ahead of him

by Dylan87 on Feb 8, 2012 2:26 PM EST reply actions

Landry was basically automatic since he was on the rookie team last year.

and it is rare that a guy gets picked as a rookie and not as a Soph

by Robert Curre on Feb 8, 2012 2:39 PM EST reply actions

Congrats to Landry

39th pick in the draft. Steal.

As far as Shumpert goes, he was jobbed (does Marshon Books ever even play?). But hey he will get some rest and hopefully use the time to evaluate his performance over the first half of the season. Maybe use the snub as motivation. Future is bright for the 21 yr old.

by the mecca on Feb 8, 2012 2:44 PM EST reply actions

Brooks actually is having a good year but the kid has been hurt and has missed the last 5 games

for the NYets I think.

by Robert Curre on Feb 8, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions

Walker and Knight over Shumpert is debatable

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by mindfeck on Feb 8, 2012 3:16 PM EST reply actions

Definitely

Posting and Toasting: DWTDD.

by Seth on Feb 8, 2012 3:23 PM EST up reply actions

I think that embarrassment on National TV

killed any chance of Shump getting on this team.

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."

by gbaked on Feb 8, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions

Note the draft position

Walker and Knight were drafted higher than Shump. I think Shump has to have clearly outplayed them to get in.

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by fuhry on Feb 8, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions

honestly

i dont htink shump really deserves it. he has been good… but not that good.

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."

by gbaked on Feb 8, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions

don't like this comment

but its the truth

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by stingy d on Feb 8, 2012 4:34 PM EST up reply actions

Once Reggie Miller went off on him during that broadcast it was a wrap

I will go to my grave believing that if the Knicks had picked up Earl Barron before the 2011 Playoffs, we would not have been swept by the Celtics.

by east_harlem on Feb 8, 2012 5:18 PM EST up reply actions

hes shown the chops

but this team has been in disarray, its not surprising he doesnt have teh stats to back up a selection like this.

He can get their, maybe he will play next year in it.. but he hasnt had the consistency needed to really take off as a rookie.

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."

by gbaked on Feb 8, 2012 7:00 PM EST up reply actions

yep, dead on

he’s looking a lot better coming off the bench. puts him in a position where we need him to be aggressive, and thats where he thrives.

he’s not mentally ready to set up carmelo anthony and amar’e stoudemire, while not neglecting tyson chandler and landry fields when they are open, but still attacking the defense for playing off of him. its too much for a rookie. but a more simplified role of: attack the second unit and push the tempo, get to the rim… thats something he’s ready to do. and hopefully catch wreck.

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by stingy d on Feb 8, 2012 10:14 PM EST up reply actions

Also the teams are mixed this year (rooks + sophs playing together)

and were drafted by Charles and Shaq who are "GM"ing from a pool selected by assistant coaches. Final decisions made by those two = snubbed Iman Shumpert.

by mp987987 on Feb 8, 2012 3:49 PM EST reply actions

(Chances are, Iman was in the pool)

by mp987987 on Feb 8, 2012 3:50 PM EST up reply actions

well then its no surprise shump didnt make it

it was a TNT game where shaq picked iMan to dominate that he shot the ball 252 times without making a basket. Its prob for the best he isnt in it, he may try to hard to make up for that game.

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."

by gbaked on Feb 8, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions

bill walker told him to pee in it

they kicked him out.

sreh ladien e' ta janjia

by Lord Smackington on Feb 8, 2012 4:00 PM EST via Android app up reply actions

wait, i lied

misunderstood, the pool IS everyone playing. Shump wasn’t selected by the assistants. But yeah, he’ll make a point of regaining relevancy in our real games, which matters more

by mp987987 on Feb 8, 2012 4:31 PM EST up reply actions