Krypto-Nate

[jbaer10314]

Let NO ONE EVER doubt this guy's impact on a game again. 41 points in an overtime win after being benched for 14 games. 'Nuff said.

[ironman95]

Wow~! 41 points and they win in OT with Nate's 11 in OT. Wow! Just when you think you've got it all figured out.

[ReneNYG1]

Unstopable
Nate was Great

[rxmeister]

don't forget the 8 assists. D'Antoni knows that Nate can light it up, he wants to see a well rounded game. The assists are probably as important to the coach as the points.

[whensly]

I can see Walsh working the phones today trying to off Curry and using Nates as the sweetner...Hellooo Houston.

[garyd]

Jan 1, 2010 22:04:06 GMT -5 jbaer10314 said:

Let NO ONE EVER doubt this guy's impact on a game again. 41 points in an overtime win after being benched for 14 games. 'Nuff said.

For those that ever doubted this guys ability to affect a game good or bad, yesterday is a reminder. He got in only because Hiughes is just as streaky and is in one of his bad streaks.Heck Gallinari is streaky from half to half in a game.

It was an absolutely amazing perfromance and yet we still have posters wanting to pack him away in a trade. Just remember that before the recent years the Boston Celtics were as bad as the the recent Knicks but for a longer time, and they turned guys over weekly.

[jbaer10314]

<< Yesterday at 10:04pm, jbaer10314 wrote:Let NO ONE EVER doubt this guy's impact on a game again. 41 points in an overtime win after being benched for 14 games. 'Nuff said.



For those that ever doubted this guys ability to affect a game good or bad, yesterday is a reminder. He got in only because Hiughes is just as streaky and is in one of his bad streaks.Heck Gallinari is streaky from half to half in a game.

It was an absolutely amazing perfromance and yet we still have posters wanting to pack him away in a trade. Just remember that before the recent years the Boston Celtics were as bad as the the recent Knicks but for a longer time, and they turned guys over weekly. >>

Jeez, Gary--don't you know the Knicks get rid of their good young players all the time? That's how we wound up with that excuse for a team during the Zeke years. Apparently, some of us want that team back, or why else would we call for Nate et. al. to be traded?

[whensly]

I don't know about WANTING to trade him
but the fact is that Nate is a FA at the end of the season and it's almost a given he will not be back.

Walsh's mission is to unload the Curry and Jeffries contracts. Nate just had the game of his life
which means his stock is high, and always better to sell high.

Meanwhile for all of Nate's greats last night Wilson Chandler had a whale of a game himself.

[mercury]

Nate played a great game. However, next year he is a free agent and will most liikely not be resigned by the Knicks. This means Nate is a candidate to be traded. This does not mean we trade him for a bag of peenuts. The Knicks should only trade him if he can be sent along with Curry of Jefferies, or for a high draft pick.

[ironman95]

It just appears that Nate is not a D'Antoni type of player, and rather than letting him walk away, try and package him with one of the albatrosses and do the deal. As I have said before, it's a love/hate relationship with Nate. He can fire up a crowd, he can fire up a team, but he can also destroy both. It's not intentional with him, like it was with Starbury, because Nate has heart and soul, where Starbury had neither. I don't see him coming back, so might as well get something for him. But wow, what a game. I think the real game plan is 2011 now, which means, just maybe, sign Nate for another 1 year contract. Make our two or three big signings LeBron and Lee and ? We need a point guard. Then in 2011(I hate saying that) 17-18mil comes off the books, and the job gets done, and there will be a draft pick that year too. Lee's just added so much to his game, that he has to be retained. He's on the cusp of making the all-star team. He made Ben Wallace(3-time defensive player of the year) look like an old man, while playing out of position center again, most of the night. We're looking all over for free agents to sign, and we've got one we need to sign right here in our own backyard.

[whensly]

sounds like we all just said the same thing.

[mercury]

Yes we did, I was actually agreeing with your original point that Nate is not part of the long term plan. I hope he stays on fire the next few weeks. I this happens some team will be willing to give some value for him. I would look to the Kings, Grizzles, and Thunder. These are teams with young players who are close to competting for the playoffs. They might be willing to deal for Nate.

[rxmeister]

anyone who DOESN'T want to trade Nate has lost sight of the big picture. It's not about sneaking into the playoffs this year with a sub .500 record and getting swept in the first round, it's about the long term. The Knicks will have to renounce their players next year for maximum cap space, and Nate will have to go as will David Lee. As well as Lee has played, he's going to be looking for 10 mill plus per season, and he's simply not that good. There's a reason nobody gave him what he wanted after last year and he came back to the Knicks. I give him credit for improving his perimeter game, but there's better fish on the FA market after this season, and giving him a huge contract would be a mistake. As for making Ben Wallace look like an old man, it's probably because he actually is one.

[irish2u2]

Like everyone else I was blown away by Nate's game against the Hawks. Blown away.

I might be more impressed by how Nate handled his month long stay in the dog house than the 41 points he scored. He was a cheerleader off the bench, he kept his mouth closed (remember his agent asked for the trade) and he worked hard to get back in D'Antoni's good graces.

Perfect.

Now trade him. ; )

Seriously.

To borrow/steal from Mouse the market will never be higher on him, it's a shot to package him with Curry and when all is said and done he is still a FA at the end of the year and still 5'9. Maybe. Nate will always be a defensive liability and if his athleticism slips even a bit he is a very ordinary basketball player.

It was a great game but it's one game and we have a whole future's worth of games to consider.

[irish2u2]

I just noted my post count was 599. ; )