N/h I love STAT, man...I love the heart, will and IDEA of this nikka beasting...And I appreciate the fact that he was the catalyst for the revival of NY basketball (STAT -> Melo -> Phil/Fish ->), but it's time to hang it up. Seriously. I won't be fooled by any good games he has, he just has no place here anymore. It's part of the game. He still got some nice post moves when he's up against someone he can catch slippin, but for the most part, everything about his game, from his movement, to his effort on D, passing, speed....everything....is
He gots to go
I'm confident that when he's gone, and we add a better big, (hopefully Marc) Calderon gets into the groove, and we get a season of the Triangle under our belt...we're gonna be contenders for a while. I can't even get as seriously frustrated at bad games as I was the past couple seasons, because you can see the organization finally taking shape, and molding into something with direction and purpose. Sorry STAT. You've done all you can do here.