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Felton is going to unload tomorrow night.
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Felton's pergame meal is a bologna and cheese sandwich.
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This has to be the single worst year of feltons career. Worse than when he got traded for melo.
I wish the best for him
I wish the best for him
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it's also gonna be his pillow if he don't hire some competent lawyers
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The key questions in Felton’s case
Raymond Felton faced an uncertain Knicks future entering last week’s trade deadline and now faces one again post-deadline in the wake of his gun-charge arrest.
Felton didn’t speak to reporters Tuesday night after his arraignment, so there’s a lot of unanswered questions regarding the man who replaced Jeremy Lin.
Can the Knicks void his contract?
If the Knicks made a move to suspend Felton — and there’s absolutely no indication they are thinking along those lines — acting union director Ron Klempner would be all over it. The union is steadfast in its position that “charges are charges’’ and no contract has been violated until a plea or conviction is reached. However, once a resolution is reached, the NBA does have the right to discipline Felton and go as far as voiding his contract. Felton has one year left on his pact at roughly $3.4 million. Felton’s is an expiring contract and undoubtedly the Knicks will look to deal him because he has been a defensive liability. All indications are the Knicks are supporting him through this.
Will he play against the Heat on Thursday?
Felton expects to practice with the club Wednesday in its preparation for Thursday’s battle in Miami. The Knicks had a planned day off Tuesday so Felton didn’t miss a thing as he went through his legal woes. Felton should start at point guard, with point guard Pablo Prigioni also in the lineup, though that’s not set in stone. Woodson has jiggered the lineup, going big with Amar’e Stoudemire at power forward in the starting lineup against the Mavericks on Monday. Woodson could decide to use one point guard and get J.R. Smith back in the lineup for Prigioni or Felton.
Is the NBA likely to suspend Felton?
The NBA will wait for the courts to do its thing. There’s a lot of precedent for the NBA to sit back and wait for a case to play out — with Jason Kidd’s DWI one recent example. Kidd wasn’t suspended until a plea agreement was reached. The NBA won’t touch Felton until there’s a resolution, one source indicated. The gun charge is not related to the collective bargaining agreement’s Gilbert Arenas clause that prohibits players from carrying a firearm into an NBA facility or on an NBA-related business trip.
Will Felton serve prison time?
That Felton was not charged with allegedly threatening his wife with the unlicensed gun, as was originally anticipated, greatly decreases his chance of serving a minimum two-year prison term, according to criminal lawyer David Touger, who specializes in gun law. The D-felony Felton was charged with stems from being in possession of an extended gun clip that carries more than seven bullets. Such a device has carried a jail term only since the Newtown school shooting. If Felton proves he bought the clip before the Newtown tragedy, Touger said, the charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor and he will likely receive probation. Also for the charges to stick, his estranged wife has to testify the clip is his and she can decline under the husband-wife privilege. Had Felton carried his gun outside his home, he would have faced a minimum two-year prison term, similar to Plaxico Burress’s gunplay in a Manhattan nightclub.
http://nypost.com/2014/02/26/the-key-questions-answers-in-feltons-gun-charges/
Raymond Felton faced an uncertain Knicks future entering last week’s trade deadline and now faces one again post-deadline in the wake of his gun-charge arrest.
Felton didn’t speak to reporters Tuesday night after his arraignment, so there’s a lot of unanswered questions regarding the man who replaced Jeremy Lin.
Can the Knicks void his contract?
If the Knicks made a move to suspend Felton — and there’s absolutely no indication they are thinking along those lines — acting union director Ron Klempner would be all over it. The union is steadfast in its position that “charges are charges’’ and no contract has been violated until a plea or conviction is reached. However, once a resolution is reached, the NBA does have the right to discipline Felton and go as far as voiding his contract. Felton has one year left on his pact at roughly $3.4 million. Felton’s is an expiring contract and undoubtedly the Knicks will look to deal him because he has been a defensive liability. All indications are the Knicks are supporting him through this.
Will he play against the Heat on Thursday?
Felton expects to practice with the club Wednesday in its preparation for Thursday’s battle in Miami. The Knicks had a planned day off Tuesday so Felton didn’t miss a thing as he went through his legal woes. Felton should start at point guard, with point guard Pablo Prigioni also in the lineup, though that’s not set in stone. Woodson has jiggered the lineup, going big with Amar’e Stoudemire at power forward in the starting lineup against the Mavericks on Monday. Woodson could decide to use one point guard and get J.R. Smith back in the lineup for Prigioni or Felton.
Is the NBA likely to suspend Felton?
The NBA will wait for the courts to do its thing. There’s a lot of precedent for the NBA to sit back and wait for a case to play out — with Jason Kidd’s DWI one recent example. Kidd wasn’t suspended until a plea agreement was reached. The NBA won’t touch Felton until there’s a resolution, one source indicated. The gun charge is not related to the collective bargaining agreement’s Gilbert Arenas clause that prohibits players from carrying a firearm into an NBA facility or on an NBA-related business trip.
Will Felton serve prison time?
That Felton was not charged with allegedly threatening his wife with the unlicensed gun, as was originally anticipated, greatly decreases his chance of serving a minimum two-year prison term, according to criminal lawyer David Touger, who specializes in gun law. The D-felony Felton was charged with stems from being in possession of an extended gun clip that carries more than seven bullets. Such a device has carried a jail term only since the Newtown school shooting. If Felton proves he bought the clip before the Newtown tragedy, Touger said, the charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor and he will likely receive probation. Also for the charges to stick, his estranged wife has to testify the clip is his and she can decline under the husband-wife privilege. Had Felton carried his gun outside his home, he would have faced a minimum two-year prison term, similar to Plaxico Burress’s gunplay in a Manhattan nightclub.
http://nypost.com/2014/02/26/the-key-questions-answers-in-feltons-gun-charges/
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still think to myself how dirty of a move that was to put felton on blast like that
after you use him for his $$$ to cover your law school bills, you have him arrested
i don't want this to sound sexist, but who cares - it's the kind of move that only women can get away with, man
after you use him for his $$$ to cover your law school bills, you have him arrested
i don't want this to sound sexist, but who cares - it's the kind of move that only women can get away with, man
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@FisolaNYDN: Yep, the Knicks are back...back to being dysfunctional again. http://t.co/m8Epstsgi6
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he shoulda worn them nba patch jeans to go with that hoodie for his arraignment
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He should've worn the NBA patches leather jacket
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I wish this franchise can be blown up from top to botttom
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That's why I find that pic funny
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ch-raymond-felton-at-all-costs-this-offseason
The New York Knicks are an organization filled with distractions, and it's most recent distractor needs to be removed from the team by any means necessary.
It's never right to throw shade on someone experiencing turmoil, but the Knicks, a tumultuous franchise that looses more often than it wins, needs to move past the shady characters that limit success.
According to the NY Daily News, "Busted Knicks point guard Raymond Felton grew increasingly erratic over the last several months — “aggressively” holding a handgun during a Valentine’s Day clash with his wife as their 19-month marriage crumbled."
One may sympathize with Felton and his wife as their lives undergo drastic changes, but from a basketball perspective, the risk of keeping Felton aboard outweighs the reward of his abilities.
Inefficient Offense
Part of Felton's saving grace has been his pick-and-roll prowess with Tyson Chandler. Recently, however, teams are biting less often because they know, as B/R's Dylan Murphy puts it:
When Chandler runs the pick-and-roll, everyone knows where he's going: The rim. Without a pick-and-pop game, the big defending Chandler will often drop back to corral both the ball-handler and the rolling Chandler.
This often leads to Felton forcing a bad shot or an alley oop to Chandler that gets deflected or intercepted.
The other facets of Felton's game dwindles daily. He's not fast or explosive enough to get into the paint and carve defenders like an elite guard could, and his erratic shooting takes New York out of more games than it keeps them in. He's shooting 40.3 percent from the field and 29.6 percent from behind the arc while attempting only 1.7 free throws per game.
To put things in perspective some more, Tour'e Murry—whom has appeared in only 33 games and averages 7.4 MPG—has a PER of 11.04, compared to Felton's 12.74 over 32.8 MPG.
Defensive Liability
Felton's matador defense is part of the reason it feels like almost every game someone scores a new career high against the Knicks. His inability to stay in front of his man often leads to switching and poor defensive rotations.
Against the Milwaukee Bucks (Feb. 3), in the closing seconds Felton allowed Brandon Knight to rise and drain a game winning three-pointer, as can be seen in the adjacent video.
Via Yahoo Sports, "In his postgame interview with the Bucks TV crew, Knight said that he wanted to isolate Felton so that he could avoid a defensive switch and shoot over a shorter defender."
New York can't trust Felton to lock in and play the tough defense necessary to win games, and it's only a matter of time before a competent defender with potential like Murry cuts into Felton's minutes.
For the Knicks to succeed and be taken seriously around the NBA and the world for that matter, the roster needs to be overhauled. Players with defensive tenacity and offensive wherewithal need to be favored over the sporadic losers that have dug NY into this mess.
Stats are accurate as of Wednesday, February 26, 2014
It's never right to throw shade on someone experiencing turmoil, but the Knicks, a tumultuous franchise that looses more often than it wins, needs to move past the shady characters that limit success.
According to the NY Daily News, "Busted Knicks point guard Raymond Felton grew increasingly erratic over the last several months — “aggressively” holding a handgun during a Valentine’s Day clash with his wife as their 19-month marriage crumbled."
One may sympathize with Felton and his wife as their lives undergo drastic changes, but from a basketball perspective, the risk of keeping Felton aboard outweighs the reward of his abilities.
Inefficient Offense
Part of Felton's saving grace has been his pick-and-roll prowess with Tyson Chandler. Recently, however, teams are biting less often because they know, as B/R's Dylan Murphy puts it:
When Chandler runs the pick-and-roll, everyone knows where he's going: The rim. Without a pick-and-pop game, the big defending Chandler will often drop back to corral both the ball-handler and the rolling Chandler.
This often leads to Felton forcing a bad shot or an alley oop to Chandler that gets deflected or intercepted.
The other facets of Felton's game dwindles daily. He's not fast or explosive enough to get into the paint and carve defenders like an elite guard could, and his erratic shooting takes New York out of more games than it keeps them in. He's shooting 40.3 percent from the field and 29.6 percent from behind the arc while attempting only 1.7 free throws per game.
To put things in perspective some more, Tour'e Murry—whom has appeared in only 33 games and averages 7.4 MPG—has a PER of 11.04, compared to Felton's 12.74 over 32.8 MPG.
Defensive Liability
Felton's matador defense is part of the reason it feels like almost every game someone scores a new career high against the Knicks. His inability to stay in front of his man often leads to switching and poor defensive rotations.
Against the Milwaukee Bucks (Feb. 3), in the closing seconds Felton allowed Brandon Knight to rise and drain a game winning three-pointer, as can be seen in the adjacent video.
Via Yahoo Sports, "In his postgame interview with the Bucks TV crew, Knight said that he wanted to isolate Felton so that he could avoid a defensive switch and shoot over a shorter defender."
New York can't trust Felton to lock in and play the tough defense necessary to win games, and it's only a matter of time before a competent defender with potential like Murry cuts into Felton's minutes.
For the Knicks to succeed and be taken seriously around the NBA and the world for that matter, the roster needs to be overhauled. Players with defensive tenacity and offensive wherewithal need to be favored over the sporadic losers that have dug NY into this mess.
Stats are accurate as of Wednesday, February 26, 2014
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Knicks should let Felton play and ride this thing out. I can see this incident inspiring him to play some of the best basketball of his life.
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hey it could happen 
Kobe was balling out of his mind while his rape trial was going on. Felton is no KB but yeah...
Kobe was balling out of his mind while his rape trial was going on. Felton is no KB but yeah...
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I saw what you wrote before the edit
He compared Kobe to Felton....
He compared Kobe to Felton....
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@MettaWorldPeace: NYC , the same way I didn't get a chance to play, you guys did not give Chris Smith a chance. Chris is nice is ball. He hit 10 3's n practc
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Ron still tight he ain't get much burn wit us, ain't even mad |I
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