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What has Spike so excited?
There's something to be said for skill and know-how. Even as passes whizzed all around their brows in new coach Mike D'Antoni's “it takes only seven seconds to get up a good shot" offense, Zach Randolph and David Lee have stood out for their rugged savviness in the early preseason.
In the Knicks opener against Toronto on Wednesday, both 6-9 behemoths notched doubles-doubles in combining for 42 points and 23 boards. For good measure, the 6-9, 260 pound Randolph threw in five assists, a total that seemed to take him the entire 82-game schedule to notch just last season.
All this begs the question of where the Knicks might be without either man at this critical point in their history. GM Donnie Walsh seriously entertained thoughts of dealing both during the offseason, stopping just short of pulling the trigger on separate deals that would have sent each to Memphis in swaps cast with an eye toward luring slated free-agent LeBron James to town in 2010.
A few more games like the opener by the team's new dynamic duo and James may have all the more reason to consider The Garden as part of his potential new landscape. “We found each other a few times,” said a modest, though clearly elated Lee. “We complement each other well, simply because we both can hit the jump shot. The biggest thing is we can both rebound the ball and pound the glass, so you can't rotate off one us.”
And maybe Knicks fans can begin to dream again.
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