[BKKnicksfanParticipant]

Keep Billups and Turiaf– Of all the Knicks free agents, Billups and Turiaf should be kept. Turiaf is a player option, Billups should be brought back for a 2 year, 16 million dollar deal. Both are key pieces to this team being rebuild. Head Coach- Once Rick Adelman got fired, I wanted him to be the next Knicks head coach. For one, he can coach defense, and his numbers where underrated at Houston. He has a history of coaching stars, so give him Stoudemire and Anthony and watch him do work. People forget, Adelman coached Drexler, Hardaway, Richmond, Webber, Yao and McGrady. All different personalites so he has experience

The Draft– In the draft, we need to play to our weakness. Let’s get another post player in here. Would I love Bismack Biyombo at 17? Yes. His size and defensive ability is something that Turiaf can help bring it out. Imagine Biyombo getting practice reps with Turiaf and Stoudemire. Being more realistic, the Knicks will probably land someone like Tobias Harris, thinking he can be a stretch 3/4 or take Jordan Williams, who can play both power forward, or center. The real question, who should NY bring in as a undrafted guy? I would like to see Richmond’s Kevin Anderson, or maybe buy a second rounder and draft Jamie Skeen.

Free Agency– Right now, the Knicks probably have 6 real players for next season’s rotation. Billups, Fields, Stoudemire, Anthony, Douglas, Turiaf. With Adelman, we probably go 9, maybe 10 at time, to get the rookie in a spot time. We need to add some defensive help. The first player I’d call is Jeff Foster. One, he’s a veteran, but he also provides toughness. Laugh at me, I think he can be a solid backup. Nazr Mohammed, depending on what OKC does, can be a solid guy. Let Mohammed and Foster get PT at center, with Stoudemire getting other time. Another couple guys I’d look at is Shane Battier, Rasual Butler Jonas Jerebko and Sonny Weems. All 4 can fit a important bench role.

Here’s what I would like our team to look like in 2011-2012

Billups, Fields, Anthony, Stoudemire, Foster

Mohammed, Douglas, Walker, Turiaf, Butler Tobias Harris

Thoughts

[goneParticipant]

Knicks should go after Caron Butler. Let him heal bring him in as a 6th man

[goneParticipant]

Couldnt edit but Fields is nothing more than a bench player. I dont want my SG getting rebounds, thats Amare’s job. They need a sg who just plays defense i.e. Afflalo or Stevenson….

[cward23Participant]

Fields has clearly shown he is more than a bench player and the knicks need him to get rebounds because Amare has shown through his career he isn’t one of the elite rebounders in the Game. If fields doesn’t get those boards the other team will because Amare has a limit to how many rebounds he gets

8reb a game
6 a game in this years playoffs

[goneParticipant]

You say his niche is rebounding but look at his stats this round 2ppg 1.7rbs. So he isnt rebounding and he isnt scoring that looks like a bench player to me

I dont see 6rbs anywhere?

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/landry_fields/index.html?nav=page

[llperez]

His season average is 6.4 rebounds

[cward23Participant]

6 reb is what Amare is averaging.

[BKKnicksfanParticipant]

I like the Butler idea, but Dallas has his bird rights. I wouldn’t be shocked they kept him on the cheap.

[BKKnicksfanParticipant]

Bump!

[TallmanNYCParticipant]

Look at what Fields did before the Melo trade. It is what got him rookie of the year mentions (though after Griffin of course). He was a fine starter prior to the Melo trade and could continue to be one. Right now he is confused and just trying to figure out a way to play with Melo that involves more than just crashing the offensive boards from the shooting guard position. As for the four games in the playoffs. Well of course he is not ready for the NBA playoffs. How many rookies are? And it is worse because he is playing the veteran Celtics who know every trick in the book at this stage. The kid is outclassed (by Ray Allen and Paul Pierce (oh the shame!!), but that should be expected.

"Everyone falls the first time."

Fields is not the problem.

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