Streaky, I got the pictures. I'll put them up later tonight. Thanks very much.
Somebody should make the suggestion at the Pop Show and tell him to try Rasho off the bench/without Tim on the court. Maybe he hadn't hat the idea yet.
BTW: Did you receive my Mail Kori?
Streaky, I got the pictures. I'll put them up later tonight. Thanks very much.
A timid bystander? Don't tell me he's related to Rasho.
Great! I have to thank you for hosting them. They aren't very good but some fans might be interested.
Seems to be a busy day for the fans all around the league.
I go to sleep now.
Streaky
the only reason I wonder, hes a good tall center for New York, with a small contract. Young too.
I mean, the game I went to in November New York against Indiana, this guy was hanging RIGHT WITH O'Neal, that is NO Joke folks, this guy was playing Jermaine O'Neal straight up, and was playing great defense.
Blocking shots like no one's business either.
What I mean if he has his head on straight, in Atlanta he was critisized for his work ethic, and I don't know what his deal was in New York, but guys, Popovich and Buford would NOT make a trade, unless it would improve the team.
This isn't the Bob Bass days of making a trade for the of it.
Timvp I guess we have to come up with a new prop for the roundtable now......
I hadn't heard anything about that. That's why I asked.Atlanta he was critisized for his work ethic
Ummm ... the Spurs better check this guy out before they finalize the trade.
This could explain his drop in numbers.
Lets take what the New York Post thinks about players with a grain of salt.
The New York media can be pricks.
There were some direct quotes of Nazr in the story. Doubt they'd make that up in the Sports section.
Not bad. Sounds like Nazr played Shaq well.
from a business standpoint its an awesome trade.
from a personal standpoint it sucks.
malik will kick some ass in new york though.
Trying to do too much? Sounds familiar.Knicks notebook: Mohammed in scoring slump
Monday, January 24, 2005
BY COLIN STEPHENSON
Star-Ledger Staff
NEW YORK -- A month ago, some people were starting to tout center Nazr Mohammed as a potential All-Star. Now that thought seems far-fetched.
Mohammed scored just three points in 13 foul-plagued minutes yesterday in a loss to the Bucks. His absence as a scoring threat is one of the reasons the Knicks, who have lost 10 of their last 11, are struggling. In the past six games, Mohammed, who is averaging 11.8 points, has scored seven, two, seven, 16, nine and three points.
"I play off my teammates," Mohammed said. "When we're getting penetration and I'm able to get to the rim, they're able to dump it off to me."
Foul trouble has hurt Mohammed lately, sending him to the bench early in the first half in a several recent games. Against the Bucks he picked up his second foul just 2:25 into the game and went to the bench immediately, in favor of Michael Sweetney.
"I feel I've had a couple of bad calls, but sometimes it's penetration and I'm the 'help' guy," he explained. "I think I try to do too much sometimes. sometimes I try to be the help guy and I try to also get back to my man. I've just got to count on my teammates and realize that they're going to be there instead of trying to do both."
It's going to be simply a question of "Can we actually use him?", because we just weren't using Malik. Not because Pop is an idiot or had anything personal against Malik, but because in the Spurs system, there are consequences for mental lapses in defensive execution, and Malik just kept making mental mistakes. He'd get out of the doghouse, and put himself right back in. The amount of talent or heart he has is irrelevent if he's not on the court. If he doesn't earn time on the court, he doesn't play. He doesn't earn it consistently (according to Spurs standards, which call for execution as well as effort), so all his talent and heart are wasted on our bench. Maybe Nazr will learn and efficiently fit into our system, maybe he won't. It became quite clear that Malik just couldn't consistantly live up to the standards of execution within the system. Consequently, he's not going to see significant court time. Effectively, we traded away someone who (based on the amount of playing time he earned) had value to the team equivalent to a 9th or 10th man. Obviously, Malik is more valuable and more talented than his playing time/production indicates, but he couldn't keep himself on the court. Again, this is based solely on his performance. The standards for playing time in New York are significantly lower. Malik should see a lot of court time (which is great for him, if you care about him so much), will get lots of exposure in the big apple (as hard as New York is, they'll love his heart and hustle. There's no way you couldn't), and I personally think he's going to thrive in the Eastern Conference. This is a great move for Malik, and it's a great move for the Spurs.
Mohammed is a ing scrub, nothing more than lethargically gained stats. Malik was much more than that and his feistiness will be missed in the playoffs.
I see why the Spurs did it, but it's not really a good trade for the purposes of winning a le. Malik would have helped us more.
Mohammed does nothing, absolutely nothing to improve our le chances this year.
There's a reason the Knicks suck...
Mohammed has been battling a groin injury and thats a big reason why his numbers have come down recently.
It was a good trade for the spurs. They get a true center, trim salary and dump a bad contract in Rose who they have been trying to trade for awhile now. They also add an inside player bigger than Malik and won't have to rely on Rasho as a banger and inside rebounder where he is weak.
Well, thats going off foggy memory Kori dont totally hold me to it, I remember when he was there, he was pretty overweight, and I cant remember the coach at the time, but he mae comments of, if Nazr could improve his practice habits and such.
But if those are problems?? What better team to come to?? Stephen Jackson was horrible in discipline and such, and he came to the Spurs and now look at him.
The Spurs are the surgeons of undisciplined players.
Although trying to do too much on defense, which probably won't be too much of a problem with Pop.
On offense, it sounds like he says he just tries to play off his teammates, which Pop will love, and which was probably Malik's greatest failing on O.
If you're all still scurred of Shaq there's no trade that will satisfy you save Pryzbilla or Cato, and that ain't happening.
The Spurs are full of young players now, so that's another reason to deal the 1st round picks. We can probably look forward to signing Scola, resigning Devin and maybe seeing LJ III and/or Sato some year.
He's no help to us from the doghouse.Malik would have helped us more.
I just don't know what to say to that...he hadn't been in the doghouse lately and he had been playing well.
And his stint in the doghouse last season hurt us more than it did him.
If Robert Horry is healthy, how much time does Malik get, minimum numbers.
Mohammed will be reinvigorated by this trade, come wanted to prove himself, that, and playing next to Duncan.
This is IMO a very good trade, I cant believe it only took Malik.
When I first heard this on the radio in passing I heard Malik Rose and Rasho Nesterovic.
I was wondering what in the world HUGE blockbuster had been made.
I agree with Mark Stein though, this trade is a great and perfect one for the Spurs.
Acquiring him moves some players around and maximizes the current roster.
Charles Smith had a ty knee and was on the wrong side of 30. Nazr's deal also has only 1 year, plus the remaining 20-something games from this year left, and it's relatively friendly at that.Charles Smith had a ty coach.
Had we pried Ariza from Zeke too this would have been an A+ trade.
Pretty good as it is though.
I get the feeling we're keeping LJ3 and Sato if it's possible, so the picks would've been traded away during the summer anyway.
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