데이빗 리 부상관련뉴스, 아이재아 토마스 다년계약 뉴스

[Jerome]

구글 뉴스를 우연히 들어갔는데, 세상에 구글뉴스가 최고입니다

구글이 뉴스도 하는군요 (네이버 식의)

데이빗 리 복귀일은 아직 결정난 게 없는 것 같습니다.

다만, 계속 통증을 호소하고 있으니, 당분간 복귀는 어려울 성 싶습니다.

제 사견입니다만, 부상이 더 길어질 것 같고, 정규시즌 끝나기 전에 복귀하는게 개인적 소망입니다.

다만, 인디아나의 9연패!!!!!!!!!!!!! (인디 팬분들 죄송합니다만, 인디아나를 무척이나 싫어했던 관계로

- 레지밀러와 스트라이프 셔츠는 정말 치를 떨게 했던)로 7위와 반게임차이입니다.

웨이드 없이도 연승중인 6위 마이애미부터는 승차가 좀 많이 나므로, 현실적인 목표는 7위 진입과

조금 더 바라면 랩터스 잡기인데 랩터스 잡기엔 이제 좀 버거워보입니다.

번역은 좀 귀찮아서;;; 중요한 내용을 굵게 해놓는 정도로만.

다만 기사에도 좀 있는데, 닉스 공격에 있어서 축은 마버리-커리이지만, 리의 존재로 인해

커리의 리바운드 부담이 줄어들며, 커리의 인사이드 공격 루트가 더 다양해질 수 있는 것이고

이것이 결국 리가 잡아주던 리바운드의 스탯 이상의 가치라고 생각합니다

사실 저는 리의 득점은 오펜 리바에 의한 보너스라고 생각하고요. (물론 전부 그렇다는 것은 아니지만)

Playoff push hurts without sixth man Lee

March 11, 2007
 

Washington -- As of yesterday, David Lee said he still had "shooting pain" every time he tried to take off on his sore right leg.

You could almost feel the pain shooting right through the Knicks' playoff hopes, until they unveiled a new way to play in the absence of Lee and Jamal Crawford last night against the Southeast Division-leading Wizards.

   

It took three practice days to formulate this plan, and the result is that the Knicks have to play even uglier, more grueling and more dramatic basketball than they did when Lee and Crawford were healthy.

For a night, against a strange Wizards team that has a habit of playing down to the competition, it was oddly effective and even successful, considering a 90-89 victory over the Wizards that vaulted the Knicks into a tie for the eighth playoff spot in the East.

Isiah Thomas joked before the game that if they got this one, his reaction would be: "Stop the season, we're in the playoffs. No more games to play."

But they have 19 more, and who knows how many more will be without Lee? They have hung in so far, going 4-4 without him, including a game he missed with the flu on Feb. 21.

"Without Crawford and Lee, I'm impressed with where we've still been able to manage and hang out," Thomas said before the game. "But with Crawford and Lee, going down these last 20 games with those two, with that group? I think we'd be pretty damn good."

It seems absurd to say the Knicks miss Lee more than, say, Miami misses Dwyane. Wade. But with all his intangibles, and considering how dramatically his absence affects Eddy Curry, an argument could be made that Lee is the injured player in the decimated Atlantic Division whose team misses him the most.

Given Steve Francis' heroics last night, hitting the big shot that Crawford used to be called upon to hit, it is Lee -- not Crawford -- whom the Knicks miss the most.

Even without their leading rebounder, the Knicks outrebounded the Wizards 44-35 last night. But Lee's absence continued to confound Curry, who had only 19 points and shot 8-for-18 because the opponent no longer has to devote a full-time bodyguard to Lee under the basket.

The question now becomes, how much longer will the Knicks have to live this dangerously?

Lee's injury Feb. 23 against Milwaukee initially was described as a high ankle sprain and muscle strain with day-to-day possibilities for recovery. Days have turned into two weeks, with no end in sight.

"It's been very, very frustrating," Lee said. "Once this gets to the point where I can play on it and I can be any kind of effective on the floor helping our team, then I'm going to be out there and I'm going to give everything I've got."

Speaking at yesterday morning's shootaround, Lee sounded upset not only with the situation but with an overly optimistic prognosis that seems to have derailed his recovery.

"What's been tough is, so far I think I've been continuing to test it every day and irritate it over and over," Lee said. "I don't think has been helping the recovery, because it hasn't gotten much better. I'm going to continue to do shooting drills and do everything I can that Isiah wants me to do. But the important thing is me getting back for these games.

"If they would have said at the start, 'I think it's going to be four weeks or so,' then we wouldn't have been in this situation. But I think by being positive and being stubborn about it early, I've kind of set myself up."

The way Indiana and the Nets are falling apart, it is not out of the question that the Knicks could limp into the playoffs. If they do, they'll have an outside shot at having the worst record among the 16 playoff teams.

"I want to be better than .500," Thomas said. "I just think we've got to keep playing better and we've got to get past being average."

To do that, to finish a job that isn't getting any easier, they will need their sixth man, their resident garbage collector, their most important player not named Curry.

"When he's not playing," Thomas said, "we have to win with the guys that we have."

And sweat quite a bit doing it.

다음으로, 토마스 다년계약으로 재계약입니다.

구글 뉴스에서 맨 위로 걸어놓은 것은 뉴욕타임스인데

꽤 기사가 길지만, 그래도 팀 얘기가 있으니 붙입니다.

기사 읽으면서 제프 밴건디가 잠깐 등장하는데, 팻라일리가 감독할 때 밴건디가 코치를 했었나요?

사실 지금 휴스턴에서 보여주는 멋진 수비조직은 닉스에 있을 때도 보여주려 했었던 것 같은데

예전의 허슬디펜스가 그리워서 그렇습니다.

그런데, 왜 밴 건디가 그만뒀는지 아시는 분 좀 알려주세요

음 이건 완전 개인적인 얘기인데, 3주쯤 전에 몇달 예정으로 한국에서 프랑스로 건너왔습니다

미국과는 시차가 가까워서 게임을 좀 더 볼 수 있으려나 했는데, 이거 더 힘듭니다

미국동부 7시 8시 게임이 이곳에서 새벽 세시즈음하니;;

막상 한국에서는 그시간 아침이 되지만요.

Isiah Thomas Earns New Deal as Knicks Coach

By HOWARD BECK

GREENBURGH, N.Y., March 12 — Isiah Thomas survived his one-season ultimatum, with a month to spare. Thomas, the New York Knicks’ president and coach, has been given a multiyear contract extension and will continue to serve in both roles, the Knicks announced today.

James L. Dolan, chairman of Madison Square Garden, which owns the team, installed Thomas as coach after firing Larry Brown last June, and told Thomas he had one year to show “evident progress” or be fired.

With 19 games left in the season, the Knicks, though they are five games below .500 at 29-34, are nonetheless firmly in the playoff hunt. But Dolan said it was not the won-loss record that persuaded him to make an early decision on Thomas’s future.

“I feel that the team and Isiah have shown that signficant and evident progress, that they are a better team,” Dolan said this morning. “We’re all excited about the opportunity to make the playoffs. But I’m also excited about what this team is going to look like next year. And what that says to me, the fact that we feel that way, is that we have created a great foundation for building this franchise. And that is significant progress, to feel that way about the team.”

The decision was made in the last 10 days, Dolan said, and he broached the contract extension with Thomas about a week ago. Terms of the extension were not disclosed.

Both men said they felt it was best for Thomas to continue in both roles, as coach and team president. Last fall, the Knicks hired Glen Grunwald, a longtime friend of Thomas, to help run the front office.

“I feel good,” Thomas said after putting his team through practice today. “I feel there’s a lot of work still yet to be done. I feel good that the uncertainty about my professional situation is cleared up. But the most important thing is that we keep our team moving forward and we stay focused and continue to try to get into the playoffs.”

Over the weekend, the Knicks moved into eighth place in the Eastern Conference, which would qualify them for the playoffs. They have not been to the postseason since 2004. But Dolan said the timing of his decision was based on nothing except his own confidence that it was the right move.

“I think they had something to prove as a team, and he had something to prove as a coach and a G.M. And I think that they felt that they had proven it,” Dolan said. “They certainly have a lot more to do. But in terms of getting over that initial hump, they’ve done that. And when you’re tasked with something like that and then you accomplish it, I think it’s frustrating not to hear from the people that are in my position, that you have done it.”

Dolan’s decision came ahead of schedule — he had previously said he would wait until the end of the season — but it did not come as a surprise. The last time he met with reporters, on Dec. 12, Dolan expressed great enthusiasm about Thomas, even though the Knicks were 8-15 at the time.

During that interview, Dolan also indicated that he was reluctant to overhaul the front office and coaching staff. Thomas is the team’s fifth head coach since December 2001, when Jeff Van Gundy resigned.

Asked if it were wise to remove the pressure of the ultimatum, Dolan said, “They’re a team, and they’re pulling for each other. And to be honest, as motivations go, that’s not nearly as powerful as the one they have now about being a team.”

It was never entirely clear what Dolan considered to be “evident progress,” but the bar seemed to be lowered by the Knicks’ calamitous season under Brown. They lost 59 games last season, a franchise record, while winning only 23.

Under Thomas, the Knicks passed that 23-victory mark on Feb. 13. After stumbling to a 5-11 start, the Knicks have been solidly average since then, winning 24 games and losing 23. They are 15-12 since Jan. 2 and, if they stay on roughly a .500 pace, could finish with 38 to 40 victories.

The Knicks’ slow upward climb has been aided by an uncommonly bad year for the rest of the Eastern Conference. With the defending champion Miami Heat ravaged by injuries, the Detroit Pistons are the only powerhouse team in the conference. They are trailed by a handful of above-average teams, followed by a series of seriously flawed teams.

Although they have yet to climb above .500, the Knicks under Thomas have grown into a competitive, united, resilient team. Where Brown alienated most of the locker room, Thomas has restored the team’s confidence and given it a renewed focus.

Eddy Curry is having his best season. David Lee has blossomed into one of the league’s best rebounders. And Stephon Marbury, who openly feuded with Brown, has redefined himself as a team-oriented point guard.

“I think everybody was well aware of the circumstances,” Marbury said. “But I don’t think that we looked at it like we’ve got to do this just for Isiah. We wanted to do this for ourselves, just as far as just to win. And that’s what Isiah wanted for us.”

[nick1]

-방문- 네, 팻 라일리가 감독이었을 때 밴 건디가 어시스턴트 코치를 했었죠. 95시즌이 끝나고 라일리가 히트로 간 뒤 후임으로 돈 넬슨이 왔는데 시즌 도중 성적 부진으로 해고되고 제프 밴 건디가 후임감독이 됐었습니다.

[빅마마존슨]

팻 라일리는 닉스 중흥기 (유잉-오클리-스탁스)를 이끌고, 제임스 돌란과 감독수행에 대하여 DEAL을 합니다. 바로 구단지분을 스탁옵션으로 요구했고, 돌란이 거부하자 마이애미로 가서 팀하더웨이+알론조 모닝으로 동부지구의 강자로 떠올랐습죠.. 제프 벤건디는 팻라일리밑에서 어시스턴스 코치하던녀석인데 , 돈넬슨 이후로 아주 잘했습니다. 불운한것이 그당시 구단주가 삽질 대마왕 스캇라이덴이었습니다.

[빅마마존슨]

스캇라이덴의 능력이 무엇이였냐면, 하향세이긴 하지만 아직 쓸모있던 패트릭유잉을 내보내면서 글렌라이스 +@를 .. 수비 팀에서 수비약한 글렌라이스를 수급해준 단장이었습니다. 당시 로스터가 늙은 마크잭슨(부상으로 골골거리던 찰리워드) 위력적 엘런휴스턴- 라트렐스프리웰-커트토마스(LJ)-마커스캠비 였습니다. 이후 라이덴의 삽질은 광기를 더했죠. 락커룸 리더 LJ의 은퇴, 글렌라이스는 다시 트레이드 시켜버렸고, 네네+캠비=안토니오 맥다이스 , 이후 맥다이스 한시즌도 제대로 못뛰고 부상으로 먹튀전락, 맥다이스+샐러리맞추기=페니+마버리 이런 수순이었죠

[nick1]

마버리 데려온 건 레이든이 아니라 토마스였습니다. 단장 취임 후 첫 트레이드가 마버리 데려온 거였죠.

[빅마마존슨]

결국 제프벤건디의 사임의 이유는 그가 기자회견에서 말했던 "감독으로서의 스트레스가 너무 심해 사임한다"였습니다. 비정상적인 로스터 (한때 스프리웰이 이런 투정을 했죠?" 왜 우리팀의 빅맨은 다 키가 나만하냐? ")가 된 팀에서 그나마 8번시드의 기적을 연출한 감독은 , 이것이 결국 반짝효과에 지나지 않았고, 스캇라이덴의 뻘짓에 자기까지 다치기 전에 먼저 몸을 뺀것이라고 생각됩니다. 이런 제프벤건디의 처신은 아주 훌륭했습니다. 그이후 감독은 제대로 된 감독이 없었죠. 이후 토마스 단장만큼 오래 장수한 감독도 없을것입니다. 라이덴 단장은 다시 유타로 돌아가서 구단일을 해주고 있지만, 이제 끝이죠 그분은- _-

[Jerome]

예, 꾸준히 팀을 응원해서 선수 돌아가는 사정은 알고 있습니다. 그런데 언제 봐도 캠비 맥다이스딜은 울화통이 터지네요. 맥다이스 막상 처음에 와서 시범경기때 좋은 모습 보였는데, 시범경기중에 부상당해 시즌아웃된게 어제일 같군요. 막상 덴버의 떠오르는 신예빅맨었던지라 기대했던 것도 사실인데. (그래도 있는 빅맨 얼마나 된다고 내보냈는지 쩝) 질문을 한 계기는 예전의 팻라일리 농구(지금의 히트 농구와는 좀 다른 것 같은데)와 밴건디 농구가 어느정도 비슷한 점이 있는 것 같아서에요. 휴스턴 플레이스타일 좋아합니다. 팀으로서는 역시 9293의 한으로 인해 좋아할 수없지만요

[BGRANT44]

(난입)그래도 부상전의 맥다이스가 오면서 "후추"같은 곳에서도 최고의 딜을 했다. 뉴욕 기대하라. 그런 글이 올라왔던 것기억합니다.