- David Lee to be traded or bought out. If he's bought out would we want him back?
- With the trade deadline approaching the Knicks are in limbo. They don't have enough assets to make a move for a good player. However, they might be able to get Brandon Jennings. I don't love him, but would you do it as a low risk move to make a playoff run? Would he even be healthy enough to move the needle?
- He can deny it all he wants. It really looks like Porzingis is hitting the rookie wall.
I really don't care about the record at all.
If we are not winning, why not give Porzingis a bigger role in the offense, or let Grant grow on the job?
KP was pretty poor tonight and has had a rough streak since his resperatory infection. It is a long season. With no draft pick you dont sacrifice a chance to win because you want to develop a player. KP gets plenty of minutes.
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for the entire second part of the forth quarter. Fuck him, He doesn't know how to coach. This season is about developing Porzingus, but apparently Fisher hasn't gotten the memo
KP was pretty poor tonight and has had a rough streak since his resperatory infection. It is a long season. With no draft pick you dont sacrifice a chance to win because you want to develop a player. KP gets plenty of minutes.
So let me get this straight-playing Thomas in the 4th quarter is a better option to try to win games than Porzingus? Please
Afflalo got hot and carried the offense in the 3rd
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Wish that when players like Melo and Afflalo are having awful shooting nights, they would not insist on throwing up shots at the end. Melo is 4-18. There is no reason to launch a contested three with fifteen seconds on the shot clock. And Afflalo had a game when he was 5-20 and took the last three shots.
Afflalo got hot and carried the offense in the 3rd
Tonight, I was talking about Melo. The reference to AA was to an earlier game. Point is that when you have an awful shooting percentage you shouldnt be launching up contested shots when the game is on the line.
Watched the whole thing and missed when Rolo dropped 26 on 11-14 w/ 16 rebs
43 min seems like too many for AA in a game like this. And DWill only 6 w/ KPs lesser usage. W/ JC getting 13 min & SV 11, we basically played a 7.5 man rotation if you will. I agree Grant hasn't been great but would have given him / DWill more mins for that reason alone. Not that this would W the game but as the 1st of a b2b
I certainly Q some of Fish's moves but I'm not out for the guy's head. A 2nd yr HC with basically no more than mediocre talent at best, yet things have moved forward fast for us since last yr
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Wish that when players like Melo and Afflalo are having awful shooting nights, they would not insist on throwing up shots at the end. Melo is 4-18. There is no reason to launch a contested three with fifteen seconds on the shot clock. And Afflalo had a game when he was 5-20 and took the last three shots.
Afflalo got hot and carried the offense in the 3rd
Tonight, I was talking about Melo. The reference to AA was to an earlier game. Point is that when you have an awful shooting percentage you shouldnt be launching up contested shots when the game is on the line.
I don't care if melo is 1 for 20 he is still the guy on this team I want taking late game shots, there is no one on this team that should get those shots over him...
The PG play on this team is terrible despite having a former PG as the coach, albeit not a traditional one.
Thomas is a "glue guy" for a sub .500 team, I don't know how valuable that is. He did nothing in the 4th quarter, took 2 bad shots, let Tolliver have an open 3 (I know, I know, last time he hit a 3 was a Creighton), but had good +/- because his minutes always overlap with Gallo's.
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In comment 12801693 nygiants16 said:
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In comment 12801647 NJGiantFan84 said:
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Wish that when players like Melo and Afflalo are having awful shooting nights, they would not insist on throwing up shots at the end. Melo is 4-18. There is no reason to launch a contested three with fifteen seconds on the shot clock. And Afflalo had a game when he was 5-20 and took the last three shots.
Afflalo got hot and carried the offense in the 3rd
Tonight, I was talking about Melo. The reference to AA was to an earlier game. Point is that when you have an awful shooting percentage you shouldnt be launching up contested shots when the game is on the line.
I don't care if melo is 1 for 20 he is still the guy on this team I want taking late game shots, there is no one on this team that should get those shots over him...
I agree on the last shot. Not on a contested three with 2:30 left and 15 seconds on the shot clock. We never recovered from that miss.
Right now melo has to do that and it is wearing him down...
Everyone hates him but in that 54 win team down the stretch if Gamez it was pick and pop felgon and melo...chandler the weak side guy, Jr and Kidd or prigioni or shumpert as the 3 point spread the floor guys
This I think is a big thing in sports that we fans often overlook. The coaches know who drinks. Who is dragging ass in warmups. Who is gasping for air 4 minutes into the game. Who just seems distracted. The human side of player substitutions is big.
The rookie wall gets everyone.
- KP still @ rookie wall
- Rolo played pretty awesome
- Calderon was horrendous
- Melo tried but couldn't be the hero
- Galloway was good off the bench
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Or give him quality minutes where plays are called for him. Now it's either put-back slams or contested three's. Or running around on the perimeter just so Calderon can ignore him.
I'm not saying abuse him until he melts away, just use him more wisely. Same with Grant.
Or give him quality minutes where plays are called for him. Now it's either put-back slams or contested three's. Or running around on the perimeter just so Calderon can ignore him.
I'm not saying abuse him until he melts away, just use him more wisely. Same with Grant.
He normally does play down the stretch, but he isnt entitled to. I want a coach that lets him know he has to earn those minutes. He had four rebounds tonight in 24 minutes, five points and played mediocre Defense. He looked gassed and RoLo was great tonight. I love him but the team looked better tonight when he was out. Doesnt mean it wont be different next time, but he had no business being in the game down the stretch tonight.