TIME SQUARE...5th Avenue Manhattan...new MSG....MELO n STAT....the 2011-12 NY KNICKERBOCKERS Report

If you would have told me last year that the NEW YOK KNICKERBOCKERS would miss out on KING JAMES I would have said that is a HIGH POSSIBILITY. Then if you would have said the KNICKS will miss out on DERON WILLIAMS I would have been 50/50. But to tell me the KNICKS miss out on JAMES, D-WILL 5, CP3, and DWIGHT is unfathomable. Is this a tell tale sign that the KNICKS are no longer one of the more coveted spots for an TOP FLIGHT NBA Free Agent?

With those names pretty much off the MSG and YES NETWORK Area....the KNICKS still have two of the TOP 15 PLAYERS in the ASSOCIATION and it is safe to say the KNICKS are in a a lot better position than they were 2-3 years ago.

Enter Carmelo ANTHONY and Amare STOUDAMIRE 2 of the BEST FORWARDS in the LEAGUE that are as different as they are similar in that they are WINNERS with NO CHIP. That is motivation alone than you look at how the EASTERN CONFERENCE stacks up they will need MAJOR HELP eventually.

MELO is arguably in the BLUEDUDE Mind the best All-Around Scorer in the NBA....at a BURLY 6'8" and North of 250 EL BEES...MELO has the OFF the BOUNCE Game...the MIDDLE Game...I can get to the RIM GAME and use this BODY to fend off would be DEFENDERS and Shot Blockers...I can shoot from the ARC..can finish in TRANSITION with the BEST of them.....and can play FACE-UP or BACK to the BASKET with some of the best POST PLAYERS in the NBA. The one drawback that MELO gets labeled with is that he doesn't defend very well and there are a lot of NBA Scorers that don't do that very well if not at all.

His Partner in Crime...STAT...Standing Tall And Talented....Amare STOUDAMIRE is a man amongst boys ever since he set foot in the LEAGUE straight out of High School in LAKE WALES Florida. A mix between Otis THORPE, Buck WILLIAMS, and Charles BARKELY..STAT is virtually unstoppable in Transition and now that he has added that MID-RANGE Game to his arsenal....18 and in....BUTTA.

More comfortable Facing Up but can play his BACK to the BASKET....STAT is the perfect compliment to MELO as they BOTH do NOT REBOUND like they should but collectively both of them on the GLASS is better than SUPERMAN of MOUSE TOWN's Career Rebounding Game.

Now the KNICKS are starting to have an IDENTITY it STOPS with those two stars as KNICKS Head Coach Mike D'ANTONI Philosophy is Offense 1st and Offense 2nd...then we will worry about getting STOPS later. Not knocking COACH its just who he is and that PHILOSOPHY almost WON him a CHIP in the DESERT. But the KNICKS play in the EASTERN Conference and if you DO NOT lay your HAT on Defense....you won't last in WINNING TIME. So in short COACH is not the RIGHT MAN to lead the KNICKS and they KNOW IT so it's just a matter of time to the GARDEN PARTY falls apart.

Looking at the rest of the KNICKS ROSTER sponsored by PHASE 1 of the NEWLY RENOVATED MSG is DONE...PHASE 2 starting in MAY 2012 when the KNCIKS get bounced in the 1st Round:

G Mike BIBBY...he has been done since his last days in SACtown
G Baron DAVIS...he needs to be in SHAPE to help the KNICKS
G Toney DOUGLAS..easily the BEST POINT GUARD n camp
G Landry FIELDS...will start with DOUGLAS to FORM the WTF? Knicks Back Court
G Iman SHUMPERT...Highly ATHLETIC and really raw but DEFENSIVELY NBA Ready
G Bill WALKER.....Can be a HUGE SURPRISE if he can get down to 215

F CARMELO ANTHONY aka the BULLY.....you know what it is
F Renaldo BALKMAN...FORMER Isiah THOMAS 1st Rounder now u know why ZEKE is GONE
F Jared JEFFRIES....Can play multiple Posititons for the KNICKS
F AMARE STOUDAMIRE aka STAT.....the REASON the KNICKS will be way North of .500
F Chris HUNTER....WHO?...this is why 2nd PHASE of MSG starts in early MAY 2012
F Steve NOVAK..can shoot it from DEEP....former running mate of D-WADE Marquette

C Tyson CHANDLER...will be complaining early on that NO ELSE REBOUNDS
C Jerome JORDAN....TULSA....ANYONE heard of him..NY DAILY you know DUDE?

This is one of those STOP GAP rosters that leads me to believe that the KNICKS will be going after someone or OVERPAYING SOMEONE next season as they have a lot of EXPIRING CONTRACTS on Board.

Just like MADISON SQUARE GARDEN...MSG....the ROSTER still needs to be built around STAT and MELO as it is really unfinished and the KNICKS will be around the 4-6 SEEDS in the EAST and most likely the LADDER. They don't even come close to the HEAT and BULLS as they are 2 of the TOP 3 TEAMS in the NBA.