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[DoubleRussia]

Can't imagine Stoudamire will like being suddenly relegated towards the bench, possible battle for Center vs Dalembert?

[ThatKidNamedTae]

Knicks land Blatche with 2yr/$9.49M offer (Dec 12)

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Knicks Waive Ronnie Brewer (Dec 12)

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[ThatKidNamedTae]

James steps up with 37 as Cavaliers survive Knicks 96-95 (Dec 10)

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers
Dec 10, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New York (8-12)	19	29	19	28	95
Cleveland (14-7)	23	19	30	24	96

New York Knicks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jose Calderon	34	4/10	1/3	0/0	4	8	2	0	0	9
Iman Shumpert	34	3/9	2/4	5/6	2	1	3	1	2	13
Carmelo Anthony	35	7/16	1/3	4/5	7	2	1	2	1	19
Thaddeus Young	34	7/13	0/0	7/8	8	1	1	1	0	21
Samuel Dalembert	31	4/9	0/0	2/2	5	1	0	4	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Amare Stoudemire	17	4/10	0/0	2/2	2	1	1	1	2	10
Cleanthony Early	14	1/2	0/0	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Tim Hardaway Jr.	11	1/2	1/2	2/3	1	1	0	0	1	5
Shane Larkin	10	0/1	0/0	0/0	1	3	1	0	1	0
Jason Smith	9	0/1	0/0	0/0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Wroten	7	2/2	0/0	0/0	1	1	0	0	1	4
Ronnie Brewer	4	1/1	0/0	0/0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		34/76	5/12	22/26	38	20	9	9	9	95

Cleveland Cavaliers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Lebron James	38	16/22	1/1	4/7	17	6	0	0	4	37
TEAM TOTALS		41/84	3/11	11/17	51	24	4	2	13	96

Player of the Game

Stats: 37 Points, 17 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 73% Shooting

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DropxEm sits down with newly acquired Thaddeus Young

Dropxem: How you doing Knicks Nation? "Dropxem" here droppin' some knowledge with the help of your favorite Knicks players. Today I have with me the newly acquired Thaddeus Young. How you feeling man?

Thaddeus Young: Oh man I feel fantastic! Being in New York, this is it you know. I'm just ready to pull on a jersey and get to work.

D: And you definitely have been working Thaddeus. In your 5 games as a New York Knick, you've averaged 16.8 points and 8.2 rebounds. Including that 20 & 11 game you had against Orlando. What's the chemistry adjustment like when joining a losing record team mid-season? Any rifts?

TY: Thank you sir. That's what I suit up to do. Look let me be real. This may offend some people but I'm not gonna shade my words. Shout out to the Sixers for looking after me all these years but I've been losing for a long time. The thing with New York is that the Knicks are expected to win so we out there giving 150% every time. As far as chemistry goes it's great you know. Tony came with me so that's great to have a friend here with me. But the guys here welcomed us in real quick. And let's be real the "personalities" of this team are now somebody else's problem. I'm here to win.

D: Personalities? Sounds like a little shade at someone. Details?

TY: I don't know if I really need to say a name. Everybody is well aware of the antics that were happening here last season. I can assure everybody that we all about professionalism now

D: Alright well on to the next topic Thaddeus. What do you feel you bring to this team that they don't have? How can you make them better?

TY: A lot of what I bring is intangibles. You know. I got the attitude and the work ethic and most of all I'm hungry. Hungry for some playoff time, for a title man even for a divisional title.

D: Any specific players you excited to play with and why? Anyone you don't look forward too?

TY: Well you know I'm stoked on having Melo here. He's one of the best scorers in the game so anyone who isn't excited about playing alongside him is a fool. Then you have a guy like Sam who's a veteran of the league I just hope he's come to play all season long. The bs we heard about in Dallas can't be present here

D: Seems like you're quite the stern teammate haha. Well I'm going to let you go Thaddeus. Any words for the fans reading this article?

TY: Like I said man I'm here to win. End of the day that should be every ball players goal. Aye let me thank you for the time to speak my piece. Shout out to the fans at MSG for making me feel at home. I promise you we won't let you down.

D: There you have it Knicks Nation. This has been Dropxem droppin' some knowledge with your 2014-2015 starting PF Thaddeus Young. I'll see you all next week!


*Just wanted to thank BlindsideNZ for playing the role of Thaddeus Young

[JG80]

Quote: Originally Posted by DropxEm

James steps up with 37 as Cavaliers survive Knicks 96-95 (Dec 10) New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers Dec 10, 2014 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH SCORE New York (8-12) 19 29 19 28 95 Cleveland (14-7) 23 19 30 24 96 New York Knicks STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jose Calderon 34 4/10 1/3 0/0 4 8 2 0 0 9 Iman Shumpert 34 3/9 2/4 5/6 2 1 3 1 2 13 Carmelo Anthony 35 7/16 1/3 4/5 7 2 1 2 1 19 Thaddeus Young 34 7/13 0/0 7/8 8 1 1 1 0 21 Samuel Dalembert 31 4/9 0/0 2/2 5 1 0 4 0 10 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Amare Stoudemire 17 4/10 0/0 2/2 2 1 1 1 2 10 Cleanthony Early 14 1/2 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Tim Hardaway Jr. 11 1/2 1/2 2/3 1 1 0 0 1 5 Shane Larkin 10 0/1 0/0 0/0 1 3 1 0 1 0 Jason Smith 9 0/1 0/0 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Tony Wroten 7 2/2 0/0 0/0 1 1 0 0 1 4 Ronnie Brewer 4 1/1 0/0 0/0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Thanasis Antetokounmpo -- DID NOT PLAY -- TEAM TOTALS 34/76 5/12 22/26 38 20 9 9 9 95 Cleveland Cavaliers STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Lebron James 38 16/22 1/1 4/7 17 6 0 0 4 37 TEAM TOTALS 41/84 3/11 11/17 51 24 4 2 13 96 Player of the Game Stats: 37 Points, 17 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 73% Shooting ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DropxEm sits down with newly acquired Thaddeus Young Dropxem: How you doing Knicks Nation? "Dropxem" here droppin' some knowledge with the help of your favorite Knicks players. Today I have with me the newly acquired Thaddeus Young. How you feeling man? Thaddeus Young: Oh man I feel fantastic! Being in New York, this is it you know. I'm just ready to pull on a jersey and get to work. D: And you definitely have been working Thaddeus. In your 5 games as a New York Knick, you've averaged 16.8 points and 8.2 rebounds. Including that 20 & 11 game you had against Orlando. What's the chemistry adjustment like when joining a losing record team mid-season? Any rifts? TY: Thank you sir. That's what I suit up to do. Look let me be real. This may offend some people but I'm not gonna shade my words. Shout out to the Sixers for looking after me all these years but I've been losing for a long time. The thing with New York is that the Knicks are expected to win so we out there giving 150% every time. As far as chemistry goes it's great you know. Tony came with me so that's great to have a friend here with me. But the guys here welcomed us in real quick. And let's be real the "personalities" of this team are now somebody else's problem. I'm here to win. D: Personalities? Sounds like a little shade at someone. Details? TY: I don't know if I really need to say a name. Everybody is well aware of the antics that were happening here last season. I can assure everybody that we all about professionalism now D: Alright well on to the next topic Thaddeus. What do you feel you bring to this team that they don't have? How can you make them better? TY: A lot of what I bring is intangibles. You know. I got the attitude and the work ethic and most of all I'm hungry. Hungry for some playoff time, for a title man even for a divisional title. D: Any specific players you excited to play with and why? Anyone you don't look forward too? TY: Well you know I'm stoked on having Melo here. He's one of the best scorers in the game so anyone who isn't excited about playing alongside him is a fool. Then you have a guy like Sam who's a veteran of the league I just hope he's come to play all season long. The bs we heard about in Dallas can't be present here D: Seems like you're quite the stern teammate haha. Well I'm going to let you go Thaddeus. Any words for the fans reading this article? TY: Like I said man I'm here to win. End of the day that should be every ball players goal. Aye let me thank you for the time to speak my piece. Shout out to the fans at MSG for making me feel at home. I promise you we won't let you down. D: There you have it Knicks Nation. This has been Dropxem droppin' some knowledge with your 2014-2015 starting PF Thaddeus Young. I'll see you all next week! *Just wanted to thank BlindsideNZ for playing the role of Thaddeus Young

The Knicks needed a player like him.


Sent from Nawlins.

[BlindSideNZ]

Appreciate the shout out man. I had fun doing it. Nice being interviewed for a change. I'll definitely be following the rest of this now too having just read it all.

[ThatKidNamedTae]

Bucks lose 96-88; losing streak reaches 9 (Dec 18)

New York Knicks at Milwakee Bucks
Dec 18, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New York (10-15)	20	28	23	25	96
Milwakee (7-18)	25	13	26	24	88

New York Knicks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jose Calderon	34	3/10	3/6	1/2	4	7	2	0	1	10
Iman Shumpert	31	1/8	0/2	4/4	6	1	4	0	2	6
Carmelo Anthony	36	7/17	2/4	7/8	3	2	1	0	2	23
Thaddeus Young	33	7/13	0/0	7/10	8	1	0	0	1	21
Samuel Dalembert	25	2/5	0/0	0/0	6	3	0	1	1	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Amare Stoudemire	17	3/7	0/0	1/2	4	0	0	2	0	7
Tim Hardaway Jr.	16	1/4	0/2	2/2	2	2	0	0	0	4
Andray Blatche	13	2/4	0/0	1/2	2	1	1	1	0	5
Cleanthony Early	12	3/5	0/0	0/0	3	0	1	0	1	6
Shane Larkin	10	1/3	0/2	4/5	1	2	1	0	1	6
Tony Wroten	7	1/1	0/0	0/0	1	1	0	0	1	2
Jason Smith	6	1/1	0/0	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		32/78	5/16	27/35	45	20	10	4	10	96

Milwakee Bucks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ersan Ilyasova	32	8/11	1/3	6/7	7	1	2	0	1	23
TEAM TOTALS		30/68	6/24	22/34	46`	19	6	8	18	88

Player of the Game

Stats: 21 Points, 8 Rebounds, 54% Shooting

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Knicks fall to Raptors 116-112 (Dec 28)

New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors
Dec 18, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New York (13-17)	21	22	34	35	112
Toronto (13-15)	25	29	29	33	116

New York Knicks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jose Calderon	35	6/10	4/5	15/17	2	4	0	0	0	31
Iman Shumpert	33	1/4	0/3	0/0	4	8	0	0	2	2
Carmelo Anthony	36	8/14	3/4	6/7	9	4	0	1	1	25
Thaddeus Young	33	8/18	0/0	3/4	5	2	3	0	1	19
Samuel Dalembert	25	3/4	0/0	3/6	5	2	0	1	0	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Amare Stoudemire	17	3/5	0/0	2/2	2	0	0	2	0	8
Andray Blatche	14	6/9	0/0	1/1	4	1	0	1	0	13
Tim Hardaway Jr.	14	0/5	0/3	0/0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Cleanthony Early	12	0/2	0/1	0/0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Larkin	11	1/3	1/3	0/0	0	2	1	0	0	3
Jason Smith	6	1/3	0/0	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Tony Wroten	4	0/1	0/0	0/0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		37/78	8/19	30/3	39	24	4	5	5	112

Toronto Raptors
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Louis Williams	21	8/12	4/5	0/0	4	2	0	0	2	20
TEAM TOTALS		44/82	7/15	21/26	45	20	4	8	8	116

Player of the Game

Stats: 31 Points, 60% shooting, 80% 3pt shooting, 15/17 FT Shooting

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Amar'e Stoudemire Embraces Bench Role

Amar'e Stoudemire is accepting to his role as the New York Knicks' sixth man, two sources with knowledge of Stoudemire's thinking told ESPNNewYork.com.

"All he cares about right now is helping the team and winning," said one source, who has been around Stoudemire regularly in recent weeks. "He's fine with coming off the bench if that's what they want."

Many believe Stoudemire would be a better fit coming off the bench for coach Derek Fisher's developing Knicks team. Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony have had a tough time developing cohesion on offense, as the Knicks have a losing record while the two stars are in the same starting lineup.

Both Anthony and Stoudemire are effective operating in isolation around the elbow, which is just one reason why they haven't had success while sharing the floor together.

Of course this is all stirring from the acquisition of Power Forward Thaddeus Young from Philadephia. In a recent interview with DropxEm from Operation Sports, Young was quoted as saying " As far as chemistry goes it's great you know...But the guys here welcomed us in real quick."

Stoudemire is in his contract year with the Knicks where his MASSIVE $23.41M salary will come off the books. While many fans call for his head, if the Knicks are able to re-sign Amare for $3-5M, he would be of amazing value.

[StraightBaylien]

Jose GETTING IT DONE! Living at the free throw line while doing it. Too bad it is somewhat wasted in a loss. Good win against the Bucks before that though.

[ThatKidNamedTae]

Quote: Originally Posted by StraightBaylien

Jose GETTING IT DONE! Living at the free throw line while doing it. Too bad it is somewhat wasted in a loss. Good win against the Bucks before that though.

It's about time haha. Jose has been distributing the ball amazingly so far this season but his shot has been off. It recently dawned on me, maybe 2 updates ago, to change the teams playbook to a combo of the '96 Bulls and the early Laker's and get this triangle going. Those corner 3's do Calderon wonders. Thanks for reading