*The Official 2011-12 NBA Thread*

On the "Threes" front...

Before playing us..Dorrell Wright had made 1 three. He hit 6 of 9 vs. the Heat. Before playing us..Austoin Day had hit 1 three all year...he then went 4-8 vs. the Heat.

it is a LOCK that some scrub somewhere will pop up with a huge game from Three against us.

I am setting the Line...you tell me which "scrub" goes nuts from three:

Landry Fields +250
Mike Bibby +200
Toney Douglas +150
Iman Shumpert EVEN
Josh Harrelson -145
Bill Walker -175
Steve Novak -200

 

I will even call the number...Bill Walker will go 4-9 from three. That's the winner.

let's go.

call your scrub and his numbers.

 

You missed a historical element. Guys who used to play for us but aren't really good anymore.

Bibby 3 for 5. You heard it here!

 

John Starks -120

 

I smell a PICTURE ONLY sig bet....gimme the Heat -10!!

 

Wow, one of the most respected NBA cappers I follow is taking NY +11 and look at what he said, it may sound familiar!

I may lay off this bet and play the over 194

 

Paul Millsap.

/argument

Edit: Also, D-Wade is back tonight.

 

This convo isn't fun now that the Knicks fans admit that their team sucks.

 

For the record I played Miami -11, Over 194.5...

 

Not even the Knicks fans on RealGM are homering it up anymore. That says all you need to know. Carmelo is the reason for their mess, not Stoudemire. Need to fire that GM.

 

Why? A Vampire knows the sky is blue...he hates it, but it is what it is.

 

Sect, you know where can I see the Floridians intro?

 

[video]http://www.theonion.com/video/washington-wizards-rallying-league-to-restart-lock,27096/[/video]

 

Should I tell you the Knicks record with Carmelo and the Knicks record without Carmelo? And the Nuggets record with and without the last 2 years? Hint, the Knicks were better without Carmelo, and so are the Nuggets. Gallinarri and Wilson Chandler are better than one Carmelo. And let's not even forget the Knicks had the PG they needed to run the pick and roll. Raymond Felton was averaging 17 points and 9 assists in 54 games. That's all star caliber. The Knicks would be much better off if they never traded for Carmelo, and replaced D'Antoni with a coach who understands the importance of defense. They would of been just as productive offensively (probably even more so without Carmelo being a black hole) and would of had the pieces to be a great defensive team granted they still drafted Shumpert and still signed Chandler. And they would also have kept their 2014 1st round pick, and a solid backup C in Mozgov.

So yes, Amare might be struggling this year, but he wasn't last year when he actually had a PG. Meanwhile Carmelo is jacking 20 shots a game shooting under 40% from the field. Just terrible.

 

Winner.

 

So about somebody getting hot from the 3...

 

If Miami could play some perimeter defense they would be just fine...

 

As far as the Melo, Amare debate Ill say this. Neither is as good as they should be. Amare is very inconsistent in the paint and not a reliable scorer, Melo being in the lineup forces the hand of Antoni to give him the ball and let him play one on one. Sect is exactly right, they are moving the ball very very well and the Knicks really fked themselves by getting Melo too early and sacraficing some very good role players. At this point if NY is going to keep both stars they are going to have to get lucky and find a quality PG and a legitimate 3 point threat.

 

Man Mario Chalmers did him nasty on that block. Damn.

 

Hey I would be just fine with that..but you forgot one key factor. Ax the defensless wonder that is Antoni....Id rather have Isiah Thomas truthfully.

 

Thats been bothering me all season.

 

Trade Wade

 

Amare and Bosh are having a brick fest...

 

That Wade fella...

 

Dunks beat 3s

 

Clearly we cant win with Wade in the lineup.

 

Pretty Alley-oop. Clearly they're better without Wade.

 

That really was a perfect pass though.

 

LOL. Heat using the Knicks players as props in their dunk contest.

 

As much as I love Rubio I really think Kyrie Irving is a BEAST and should win RotY. Cleveland just needs a real big man.

 

Couldn't have been 11 could it...Bosh was bad tonight

 

I'm 100% sure it would have been a blowout with Melo. Those three balls are the only thing that kept the Knicks alive. With Melo at least half of those 3's never happen.