<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>anyone heard last game, when someone asked isahia who was the best defender from all the guards he has... his answer: MARDY COLLINS</div>Question: what is the biggest deficiency in the knicks' play? what do they struggle executing night in and night out? why do the knicks fall behind by so much? why did the wizards shoot 14-20 from three?Answer: they don't play defense.this has been a problem for some time now and it boggles my mind why nba basketball players can't play defense. now I wish I could send this thread to isiah thomas because I don't know if he really does have a clue of who to play but isiah, you need to play mardy collins. I don't know how many of you guys were listening to the crowd during the game when marbury entered in the 4th quarter. it was something we've been accustomed to hearing since last season, BOOES. you know what else I heard, cheers. except the cheers were not for marbury, they were for mardy collins, our rookie pg of the future (at least in my opinion). he impressed me and I think the garden crowd knew what they were doing. mardy I think knew they were cheering too. I know it was garbage time but in 4 minutes of play he scored 7 points and got to the free throw line 4 times. now I don't know if they were sarcastic cheers but they were still cheers nevertheless. it was as if he could do no wrong and the fans were behind mardy, unlike marbury. I also liked what I saw from him defensively, obviously. he was getting low and in the players face, something marbury and francis don't do. collins should be getting burn because of his defensive ability alone. that's why maggette isn't starting in LA. quinton ross who is a really good defender is starting over him because he plays defense. I'm saying to start collins but some minutes would be beneficial.now I haven't seen collins play a lot but what I've heard over and over again is that he is a very good defender. he's also from temple coached by john chaney so collins has certainly been well coached and disciplined. that quote by isiah thomas I hope is an indication that collins is going to get more minutes because I really believe that if we have a pg that can play defense we will be a good team. I just really thought it was interesting when collins hit his first bucket he received a loud cheer. isiah, play this man because you said it, he's your best defensive guard. put him out there if you wanna save your job.
I loved Mardy Collins at Temple last year, and I thought he was going to go much higher in the draft than he did. When he was picked late in the first round, and the Knicks fans booed, I was thinking "what?" I mean it shows they didn't know a thing about Collins at all, that was a very good pick considering where it was, IMO. He's about 6'5'', a PG, an excellent defender, he's long, he runs, he plays under control, he's a good rebounding guard, he can hit the open jumper, and he works hard. He is Aaron McKie 2.0, and he's going to be in the league for a long time.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Dec 7 2006, 05:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I loved Mardy Collins at Temple last year, and I thought he was going to go much higher in the draft than he did. When he was picked late in the first round, and the Knicks fans booed, I was thinking "what?" I mean it shows they didn't know a thing about Collins at all, that was a very good pick considering where it was, IMO.He's about 6'5'', a PG, an excellent defender, he's long, he runs, he plays under control, he's a good rebounding guard, he can hit the open jumper, and he works hard. He is Aaron McKie 2.0, and he's going to be in the league for a long time.</div>Yeah I think he should play simply because of his defense. I think if he's as good of a defender as everyone says, he should play. I never saw him play in college so I don't know how good he really is but the word is that he's an unselfish pg and is obviously big at 6'5" and an excellent defender. play this dude. marbury doesn't play d, he does it's simple.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>He's a good defender but he doesn't do anything really well. I'm sure he's not playing for a reason.</div>he's an unproven rookie on a team full of guards. he has crawford, q rich, marbury and francis ahead of him. his offensive skill are questionable Yeah but who cares? the dude plays defense the knicks don't need any more offense added they need defense, that is why they lose games.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Dec 7 2006, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He's a good defender but he doesn't do anything really well. I'm sure he's not playing for a reason.</div> Maybe he doesn't shoot exceptionally well, or have a killer crossover, or drive the lane with ease, but you know what he does do offensively that no other Knicks guard does? He plays under control the entire time he is out on the floor. He always makes the right play, or the smart play. That, mixed with his defensive abilities (which we all know the Knicks need) is something the Knicks could use out there.
