Preseason: Celtics VS Knicks - Friday, October 9th

MaxwellSmart · Post #2 » by **MaxwellSmart** » Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:40 pm

ANOTHER Blacked Out Pre-Season game for the rest of the country's Celtics Fans---Way to go David Stern-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #3 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:43 pm

Is that really the Knicks starting 5?I didn't even know Lee started at C for them..mhmm...

Well...I hope somebody streams this..NOBODY streamed the last one, and it pissed me the hell off!!ugh...

SonicYouth34 · Post #4 » by **SonicYouth34** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 12:46 am

How do they not start Chandler and Gallinari?

Banks2Pierce · Post #5 » by **Banks2Pierce** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 12:59 am

Yea. At least I can watch this one since I live in NYC now.

King Of The 4th · Post #6 » by **King Of The 4th** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 1:03 am

I'm praying that this game won't be blacked out (although I'm pretty sure it will be).

celticfan42487 · Post #7 » by **celticfan42487** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 1:42 am

KG looked really horrible mobility wise in the second half of the last game.

I hope he can make it through this one's 15mins without having to play on one leg.

Dogen · Post #8 » by **Dogen** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 2:31 am

Banks2Pierce wrote:Yea. At least I can watch this one since I live in NYC now.

Yeah, MSG has it's own network so they show just about everything.

truth serum · Post #9 » by **truth serum** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 10:50 am

SonicYouth34 wrote:How do they not start Chandler and Gallinari?

D'Antoni said not to read too much into the starting line-ups for now. I'm guessing he's just giving the vets a nod since he's only had training camp to get a look at these guys. Jeffries and Harrington have played well, but Hughes is garbage and I'd love to see Gallo and Chandler be the eventual starters...so we'll see. I'd guess that if they're not starting opening day, one or both of them will be by the all-star break. Knick fans are anticipating big years from both of these guys.

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #10 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 11:30 am

At The Mecca wrote:
SonicYouth34 wrote:How do they not start Chandler and Gallinari?

D'Antoni said not to read too much into the starting line-ups for now. I'm guessing he's just giving the vets a nod since he's only had training camp to get a look at these guys. Jeffries and Harrington have played well, but Hughes is garbage and I'd love to see Gallo and Chandler be the eventual starters...so we'll see. I'd guess that if they're not starting opening day, one or both of them will be by the all-star break. Knick fans are anticipating big years from both of these guys.

I thought Hughes ran the point? Didn't he run point when he was in Washington and Cleveland?Or am I crazy? That's why I was like 'Whoa' when I seen that starting line-up. I thought you would have either Duhon or Hughes running point, Nate at the 2, Harrington or Jeff at the 3, Lee at the 4 and Chandler at the 5...but idk much about the Knicks..lol...Perk and Sheed would have a field day against this starting line-up with Lee at C..

truth serum · Post #11 » by **truth serum** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 11:48 am

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:
At The Mecca wrote:
SonicYouth34 wrote:How do they not start Chandler and Gallinari?

D'Antoni said not to read too much into the starting line-ups for now. I'm guessing he's just giving the vets a nod since he's only had training camp to get a look at these guys. Jeffries and Harrington have played well, but Hughes is garbage and I'd love to see Gallo and Chandler be the eventual starters...so we'll see. I'd guess that if they're not starting opening day, one or both of them will be by the all-star break. Knick fans are anticipating big years from both of these guys.

I thought Hughes ran the point? Didn't he run point when he was in Washington and Cleveland?Or am I crazy? That's why I was like 'Whoa' when I seen that starting line-up. I thought you would have either Duhon or Hughes running point, Nate at the 2, Harrington or Jeff at the 3, Lee at the 4 and Chandler at the 5...but idk much about the Knicks..lol...Perk and Sheed would have a field day against this starting line-up with Lee at C..

Whoa....def not lol. Chandler at the 5?? He's a 3 and will probably spend a lot of time at the 2 this year actually. Duhon is definitely the point with the rook, Toney Douglas backing him up. He's been great in camp so far. Hughes used to play some point but has been a 2 with the Knicks. He's by far my least favorite Knick now that Q is gone and Jared has shown some signs of life. He seems the least interested out of everyone and is just a chucker. Hopefully he falls out of the rotation and should if D'Antoni is serious about winning.

GuyClinch · Post #12 » by **GuyClinch** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 12:16 pm

This had better be on in NYC..

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #13 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 12:29 pm

At The Mecca wrote:
BRUNiNHO91 wrote:I thought Hughes ran the point? Didn't he run point when he was in Washington and Cleveland?Or am I crazy? That's why I was like 'Whoa' when I seen that starting line-up. I thought you would have either Duhon or Hughes running point, Nate at the 2, Harrington or Jeff at the 3, Lee at the 4 and Chandler at the 5...but idk much about the Knicks..lol...Perk and Sheed would have a field day against this starting line-up with Lee at C..

Whoa....def not lol. Chandler at the 5?? He's a 3 and will probably spend a lot of time at the 2 this year actually. Duhon is definitely the point with the rook, Toney Douglas backing him up. He's been great in camp so far. Hughes used to play some point but has been a 2 with the Knicks. He's by far my least favorite Knick now that Q is gone and Jared has shown some signs of life. He seems the least interested out of everyone and is just a chucker. Hopefully he falls out of the rotation and should if D'Antoni is serious about winning.

LMAO...Ohh man.. I thought we were talking about Tyson Chandler..now why in the hell would I think Tyson Chandler was in NY?? :banghead:

So Larry Hughes is that bad now huh?I used to think he was a good player..

BakersDozen · Post #14 » by **BakersDozen** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 1:23 pm

I hate the Knicks with a passion.... but looking at that roster the only player I really dislike is Robinson. I remember the glory days when they had craptacular players like Crawford,Curry,Tim Thomas,Steve Francis,Qbitch,Marbury and his constant drama... and the overhyping of players like Frye and Balkman (who I both like....as ROLE PLAYERS) They also had the perfect coach for such a despicable crew,Isiah Thomas. I actually like Chandler and I am intrested in this Gallinari kid. Now I feel dirty.

BillessuR6 · Post #15 » by **BillessuR6** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 2:08 pm

Hopefully there is a stream tonight...

BTW, there is a torrent of the first game against the rockets available at usual site for all of you who haven`t seen the game...

Dogen · Post #16 » by **Dogen** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 3:27 pm

BakersDozen wrote:I hate the Knicks with a passion.... but looking at that roster the only player I really dislike is Robinson. I remember the glory days when they had craptacular players like Crawford,Curry,Tim Thomas,Steve Francis,Qbitch,Marbury and his constant drama... and the overhyping of players like Frye and Balkman (who I both like....as ROLE PLAYERS) They also had the perfect coach for such a despicable crew,Isiah Thomas. I actually like Chandler and I am intrested in this Gallinari kid. Now I feel dirty.

Yeah, I live in NY now and two years ago they were almost unwatchable, last year just tolerable, and this year I actually hope they get the 8 seed and play the Celtics. Gallinari, Chandler, Lee, Hill, even Harrington and Jeffries now--- players I can actually root for. It's basically a team full of tweeners who can shoot the ball a bit, but still pretty entertaining style and much less punk oriented these days.

truth serum · Post #17 » by **truth serum** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 5:09 pm

BakersDozen wrote:I hate the Knicks with a passion.... but looking at that roster the only player I really dislike is Robinson. I remember the glory days when they had craptacular players like Crawford,Curry,Tim Thomas,Steve Francis,Qbitch,Marbury and his constant drama... and the overhyping of players like Frye and Balkman (who I both like....as ROLE PLAYERS) They also had the perfect coach for such a despicable crew,Isiah Thomas. I actually like Chandler and I am intrested in this Gallinari kid. Now I feel dirty.

Ahhh....Walsh's plan coming into fruition. The guy knows how to build a team, and in this instance, tear down a terrible one. We're more watchable this season than we've been in almost a decade. I'm glad some people agree. The only Isiah players left are Chandler, Nate, Lee, Jeffries and Curry. Not too bad considering how untradeable Curry is at the moment.

The Knicks won't be world beaters, but they will be competitive and likable for a change. And I think this is the year we start to get some credit for having good young talent. There's really no scrubs on this team. People will say Jeffries is a scrub, but I'm sensing a pretty good year from him. His jumper is much improved and he seems motivated to silence the haters. Our biggest pitfalls are Curry for obvious reasons, and Hughes who is talented but undesirable. Something about him doesn't sit right with me, especially when he's going to take minutes from the guys we're looking forward to most. He has no future with this team whatsoever and he acts like it. I hope D'Antoni keeps him on the bench.

Anyway, sorry for the Knicks promo

Good luck tonight, even though the Celtics have much bigger fish to fry than a preseason game against the Bockers. For Knick fans...at least ones like me....I'm looking forward to this game more than I am the Yankee game tonight. The Knicks have me whipped, so it's always fun to see them go up against a team like the C's to see how we match up, even in the preseason.

truth serum · Post #18 » by **truth serum** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 5:14 pm

Also, Toney Douglas should play some decent minutes tonight. I'd like to hear some of your opinions on him. A lot of people are saying he has Rondo type potential. He's not quite as athletic, but he's an absolute beast on defense and knows how to run an offense. He was quite the scorer in college as well so he could turn out to be an interesting player.

SonicYouth34 · Post #19 » by **SonicYouth34** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 5:28 pm

At The Mecca wrote:Also, Toney Douglas should play some decent minutes tonight. I'd like to hear some of your opinions on him. A lot of people are saying he has Rondo type potential. He's not quite as athletic, but he's an absolute beast on defense and knows how to run an offense. He was quite the scorer in college as well so he could turn out to be an interesting player.

I thought he was more of a combo guard? Someone in the mold of Jason Terry.

Dogen · Post #20 » by **Dogen** » Fri Oct 9, 2009 5:52 pm

Toney could make the rotation in NY this year. He's one of those momentum changer types that coaches like to go to. I'm not sure about the Rondo comparisons yet.

Jeffries looked pretty good in the Nets game. I should apologize to the Celtics poster who suggested trading TA/Scal for him. I didn't like the idea since I didn't see what Jeffries can bring, but if he seriously has developed that 3-ball, he will earn minutes in Dantoni's system. So far so good.

Now, Hughes, OTOH, I can't believe what a waste of space he has become. I just don't get it--- how did he lose his ability so quickly? Man, he and Curry could be the toast of the town if they turned it around, but I guess you could say that about quite a few current and ex-Knicks over the past few years.

Anyway, I'll be rooting for the Celtics tonight of course (not that they really need a preseason win), but I find it unconscionable that NY has not had a playoff level NBA team for years now. They should be up there with the Lakers, Celtics, etc--- I mean it's such a popular destination for star players, right? The management has just been inexcusable, and now D'Antoni and Walsh have started to turn it around.

2011, game 7, ECF, LeBron's Knicks at Boston. Be there.