| Melo shut it down. He wasn’t resting for the all star game. It was a huge cooincidence that he took off the game before and got surgery two days after. Pablo Prigioni was traded and Alexey Shved joins the team. I don’t think we should be asking ‘will the Knicks win another game this season’. We should be asking ‘will the Knicks cover the spread in any game for the rest of the season’. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Galloway, Langston | Langston ended his one game good shooting streak against the Cavs but got some rebounds and assists to kinda sorta make up for it. Good enough for the #1 spot. | 5 |
| 2 | Calderon, Jose | Seriously, no one on the team can string together two good games in a row. Jose looked good against Miami…on offense at least. Playing well on one end of the court for 1 game in a row is good enough for the #2 spot. | 2 |
| 3 | Bargnani, Andrea | Yup, the 3 best players this week were a d-leaguer, a guy who is 33 but plays like he’s 38, and Bargnani. That dunk alone would have gotten Bargs into the top 3. | 13 |
| 4 | Wear, Travis | As predicted, Wear benefits from Melo shutting it down and made the most of it. A pretty solid week from Wear. | 14 |
| 5 | Acy, Quincy | Is that what I think it is? Yes! A Quincy Acy sighting. There were a whole bunch of random, not very good players that were unchained from the bench after the departure of Amare and Melo. Continue reading | |
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Episode 285 – Later Amare
Marc and Jay talk about the Amare buyout, all star weekend, Melo shutting it down, the Prigioni trade, all the trade deadline moves and almost 100 listener questions
The New York Knicks Podcast 