BRIGGS wrote:The coach lets too much undisciplined play go on at both ends and relies on that 3 way too much. This team has lost desire and only plays hard in spurts. Fire the coach.

franco12 wrote:Chicago has the 5th best point differential in the league. Tom Thibodeau should have been the choice instead of D'Antoni.

nixluva wrote:

DrAlphaeus wrote:nixluva to the rescue with the feel-good! I just can't get all doom-and-gloom just yet while we still have a winning record. How many Februaries has it been since that was the case?

I'm just being realistic. This team wasn't built to be a shutdown defensive team. We beat teams by outscoring them and playing smart and efficient BB. Now we've been looking to add Melo who will only further cement that this is an offensive team. Unless we don't get him and then can go for a big and PG. Otherwise we'd be doubling down on the offensive team we already have and making it more potent with Melo.

I know it looks like we lost on D, but really it was horrid offense. We can't miss that many open shots and expect to win.

We shot 50% and scored 108 points. That should be enough to win.

BRIGGS wrote:

nixluva wrote:

DrAlphaeus wrote:nixluva to the rescue with the feel-good! I just can't get all doom-and-gloom just yet while we still have a winning record. How many Februaries has it been since that was the case?

I'm just being realistic. This team wasn't built to be a shutdown defensive team. We beat teams by outscoring them and playing smart and efficient BB. Now we've been looking to add Melo who will only further cement that this is an offensive team. Unless we don't get him and then can go for a big and PG. Otherwise we'd be doubling down on the offensive team we already have and making it more potent with Melo.

I know it looks like we lost on D, but really it was horrid offense. We can't miss that many open shots and expect to win.

We shot 50% and scored 108 points. That should be enough to win.

Yeah but we missed a ton of wide open shots and had a lot of bad possessions mixed in. We stunk on D, but I didn't think we looked sharp on offense at all. Just be honest tho, is this or is this not a primarily offensive team?

nixluva wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

nixluva wrote:

DrAlphaeus wrote:nixluva to the rescue with the feel-good! I just can't get all doom-and-gloom just yet while we still have a winning record. How many Februaries has it been since that was the case?

I'm just being realistic. This team wasn't built to be a shutdown defensive team. We beat teams by outscoring them and playing smart and efficient BB. Now we've been looking to add Melo who will only further cement that this is an offensive team. Unless we don't get him and then can go for a big and PG. Otherwise we'd be doubling down on the offensive team we already have and making it more potent with Melo.

I know it looks like we lost on D, but really it was horrid offense. We can't miss that many open shots and expect to win.

We shot 50% and scored 108 points. That should be enough to win.

Yeah but we missed a ton of wide open shots and had a lot of bad possessions mixed in. We stunk on D, but I didn't think we looked sharp on offense at all. Just be honest tho, is this or is this not a primarily offensive team?

JrZyHuStLa wrote:You know its time to fire DAntoni when a team that has 3 road wins beats you at home by scoring 116 points WITHOUT their leading scorer.

I don't know about all of that. We're gonna have some games like this and lately with Felton slumping and Chandler trying to get back it's been like that. I also feel we miss having Turiaf. He's not a great player, but he gives us good minutes and energy when healthy. I'm happy to see Timo playing well tho. He had some defensive lapses, but overall Timo was rebounding well and was active on both ends.

GustavBahler wrote:I want to see what kind of a job D'Antoni does in the playoffs, if they make it. If the Knicks can't get there in this division, then three years is enough. Never thought he should be fired in the first two seasons with that roster even though I thought he didn't do such a great job, the roster plain sucked. There is enough talent to at least make the playoffs this season so I wouldn't have a problem with letting him go if they don't make it.

His coaching future shouldn't be determined by whether or not he makes the playoffs. Any Amare Stoudemire team can make the playoffs. But with the way things are going, we're looking at a first round exit.