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[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

There were signs at the arena calling him Yellow Mamba. His story is great though. Just think, the Knicks were all set to release him on Tuesday so that they wouldn't have to pay his contract for the rest of the season if he was still on the roster by Friday. Now, he's the likely conference player of the week, outplaying Kobe in the Garden, and has scored more points in a game than any Knick this season.

The funniest thing in it all is when the coach says he finally has a guy smart enough in NY to run his offense. The other point guards on the roster have to love hearing that. Also, what's going to happen when Baron Davis is ready to play?

You are kidding right?

Baron has to be about 260 by now.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Baron has to be about 260 by now.

Age or weight?

[horseofcourse]

I'm more interested to see what happens when Stoudamire and Anthony come back as opposed to Davis. Davis will simply be the backup point guard

With those two out it appears Lin just has free reign as they need the scoring. When those two come back they need lots of shots. I think Lin will adjust.

[3kings]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

I'm more interested to see what happens when Stoudamire and Anthony come back as opposed to Davis. Davis will simply be the backup point guard

With those two out it appears Lin just has free reign as they need the scoring. When those two come back they need lots of shots. I think Lin will adjust.

I think a lot of Lin's success is based on he is fresh and the people he is playing against have been playing 5 games a week since X-mas. I doubt he'll be blowing by everyone once
his minutes pile up.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by 3kings

I think a lot of Lin's success is based on he is fresh and the people he is playing against have been playing 5 games a week since X-mas. I doubt he'll be blowing by everyone once
his minutes pile up.

While other teams will make adjustments and he did noticably get tired in the 2nd half against MN, his quickness is not going to change.

[King Glorious]

No, I'm not kidding. I think Davis is garbage. I thought it was a bad pickup. But they did pick him up and he will be ready at some point and they will have to address it. If Davis doesn't get the time and shots he wants, he will become a distraction. Can Lin keep this up? As long as he does, he plays. But what happens when he plays a week or two of games at a level more indicative of his true level and the novelty starts to wear off?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

No, I'm not kidding. I think Davis is garbage. I thought it was a bad pickup. But they did pick him up and he will be ready at some point and they will have to address it. If Davis doesn't get the time and shots he wants, he will become a distraction. Can Lin keep this up? As long as he does, he plays. But what happens when he plays a week or two of games at a level more indicative of his true level and the novelty starts to wear off?

Davis isn't ever going to be ready. He wasn't a good fit here anyway but they needed somebody to play PG and there were virtually no other options. D'Antoni isn't going to give Davis big minutes unless he needs him which right now it doesn't look like they will. Davis won't become a distraction because they can just cut him loose as he is on a cheap, one year deal.

Obviously Lin isn't going to continue to score 25 a game when AS and CA return but he has lead guard skills and should do fine as long as he can continue to hit the open jumpers that will be there. The thing everyone seems to be missing is that his role will change with Amare and Anthony returning but it will be something that is much more suited to his skill set anyway. The thing that might hurt Lin the most is that he has gone from not playing at all to playing 35 minutes a game in a compressed schedule. Fatigue causes turnovers as much as anything.

[Bigsmc]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/stor...-race-not-play

[knickslions2]

Boom Lin for 3

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/stor...-race-not-play

Clearly been punched too many times.

As a Knicks fan, it's given me a reason to watch the NBA again. I probably hadn't followed closely in 15 years. I loved this kid in college playing for my dad's alma mater but in no way did I think he was anything more than a 5 minutes a game filler in the NBA. The guy obviously has talent- NorCal player of the year is no joke- but it's refreshing to see a guy who doesn't necessarily "fit the mold" just blow the league up. He's just awesome.