the knicks have won 3 in a row after beating the c's 101-86. crawford had 31 points and is really showing consistency. in 5 games in april he's averaging over 25ppg. usually when crawford would have a big game he'd follow it with a poor one. i think the knicks look like a much better team without marbury. crawford has really matured as a player due to larry brown, is there hope for next season?
In other words hes their main trade bait who they will try to package up with one of the players they will try to get rid of (Marbury, Francis etc.) whom no one else would want to trade for otherwise..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hoopskidd5 @ Apr 9 2006, 07:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>In other words hes their main trade bait who they will try to package up with one of the players they will try to get rid of (Marbury, Francis etc.) whom no one else would want to trade for otherwise..</div>trade bait? yea that sounds about right considering he's a favorite of larry brown and is listening to what he says. if anyone is being traded it has to be francis or marbury.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nykfan4life @ Apr 9 2006, 09:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>trade bait? yea that sounds about right considering he's a favorite of larry brown and is listening to what he says. if anyone is being traded it has to be francis or marbury.</div>What makes you think anybody is going to want Francis/Marbury. My point is he could be used as a part of a trade to ship out one of the many headaches on the team that would be otherwise impossible to deal.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zards @ Apr 9 2006, 09:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I dont know what the hell he is doing coming off the bench...</div>he starts now bud.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hoopskidd5 @ Apr 9 2006, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What makes you think anybody is going to want Francis/Marbury. My point is he could be used as a part of a trade to ship out one of the many headaches on the team that would be otherwise impossible to deal.</div>there is no way they trade one of the few bright spots of the season.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nykfan4life @ Apr 9 2006, 10:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>he starts now bud.there is no way they trade one of the few bright spots of the season.</div>Youre not understanding this. When you trade for someone, you have to give someone up, and in order to get someone to take on one of your players (Marbury, Francis etc.), you will have to give up someone to make the trade worthwhile for the other team. Nobody wants to have a player like Marbury on there team, and its clear you wont win with him here, so the only way to trade him is to give up something along with that, one of those few assets being Crawford..
wow crawfords had 3 good games, lets just celebrate and rejoice because the knicks have 1 guy that actually played solid for a few games..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kingjamez @ Apr 9 2006, 10:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>wow crawfords had 3 good games, lets just celebrate and rejoice because the knicks have 1 guy that actually played solid for a few games..</div>shut up and let me enjoy the moment. crawfords giving knicks fans hope. many people have talked about how crawfords game has changed thanks to brown. you wouldn't know that because you're not from ny.it hasn't been just 3 games either you idiot. it's actually been the entire last 2 months of the season.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nykfan4life @ Apr 9 2006, 11:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>shut up and let me enjoy the moment. crawfords giving knicks fans hope. many people have talked about how crawfords game has changed thanks to brown. you wouldn't know that because you're not from ny.it hasn't been just 3 games either you idiot. it's actually been the entire last 2 months of the season.</div>Giving you hope for what? If anything its false hope..I wonder what great acquisitions Isiah is going to make in the offseason..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hoopskidd5 @ Apr 9 2006, 11:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Giving you hope for what? If anything its false hope..I wonder what great acquisitions Isiah is going to make in the offseason..</div>yes hope. the knicks have won 3 straight. i'm not saying they've turned it completely around. i am just happy they got 3 wins agianst quality opponents.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nykfan4life @ Apr 10 2006, 12:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>yes hope. the knicks have won 3 straight. i'm not saying they've turned it completely around. i am just happy they got 3 wins agianst quality opponents.</div>I give you credit for those three games, they werent easy teams and your team pulled them out. Its a start, but they still have a long way to go. Its good for the fans to win some of these games down the stretch, however and give them hope albeit I dont know how much hope there is for the imediate future..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hoopskidd5 @ Apr 10 2006, 11:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I give you credit for those three games, they werent easy teams and your team pulled them out. Its a start, but they still have a long way to go. Its good for the fans to win some of these games down the stretch, however and give them hope albeit I dont know how much hope there is for the imediate future..</div>yea they do have a way to go but at least they showed some fight unlike they have throughout the season. the knicks are gonna be making some moves this summer no doubt and hopefully marbury will realize that larry is in charge and do it his way because i don't think he can be traded with that enormous contract.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nykfan4life @ Apr 10 2006, 11:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>yea they do have a way to go but at least they showed some fight unlike they have throughout the season. the knicks are gonna be making some moves this summer no doubt and hopefully marbury will realize that larry is in charge and do it his way because i don't think he can be traded with that enormous contract.</div>Thats the problem, the Knicks trade for players with bad contracts whom other teams dont want. It looks good on paper, but those players dont always mesh and the payroll turns into a mess. It will be hard to trade some of those guys, but I think you need to get rid of Marbury if you want a winner..I think you need a pass first PG like a Brevin Knight..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hoopskidd5 @ Apr 10 2006, 11:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Thats the problem, the Knicks trade for players with bad contracts whom other teams dont want. It looks good on paper, but those players dont always mesh and the payroll turns into a mess. It will be hard to trade some of those guys, but I think you need to get rid of Marbury if you want a winner..I think you need a pass first PG like a Brevin Knight..</div>yea he is certainly a pass first pg and he plays D. i think brown said he wanted him as well as eric snow. i think marbury has to go too although i like him but it isn't working here or anywhere haha. i think crawford though should stay here. he had another good game with 26 points tonight. i like his game a lot now.
I think Knight would be a nice option for you guys, he should be avaible as a free agent in the offseason since Charlotte has had a lot of recent success with Raymond Felton..
the people for the knicks are francis,crawford,n robinson,.......................................................