I am literally hoping and praying that all the reports out here that the Knicks are focusing on Brackins, Hobson and Vasquez are wrong. As a New Yorker, and a Knicks fan, I could be in the minority here, but I want Lance Stephenson. He is my #1 choice out of all the possibilities for the Knicks. If the unlikely happens and Lance, Damion James and Craig Brackins are all around at 38, I hope the choice will be James and the choice at 39 will be Lance. I was reading a few posters on various Knicks message boards on their opinions of Lance, and all I read was something to the effect of what we heard before he played his first game for UC, "bad attitude, not team first, big baggage, ball hog, doesnt take well to coaching". I wanted so badly to register on the message boards but I held off on it, because I know that the Knicks Organization is smart enough to know the real Lance.
Lance was the exact opposite of what we heard about his character. He had a great attitude, definitely seemed team first, the "baggage" was settled and didnt effect his time at UC, was far from a ball hog and by all accounts, he took extremely well to the coaching. The only thing about Lance from what I saw last year is that he didnt exactly move around off the ball. He always needed to have the ball in his hands for him to move around and he wasnt too good of a long ball shooter, which I believe his long range shot will get better in the NBA. His ceiling is tremendously high and he could truly be an amazing player. Imagine if the Knicks were able to sign Bosh and James, resign David Lee and then drafted Damion James and Lance Stephenson? Im sorry, but thats just scary to think about!
