Bonn1997 wrote:People thought Hollinger's 35-31 prediction was pure hate but he may have been overly optimistic for the Knicks. Maybe Lin helps us or maybe Davis comes back healthy. If not, this is looking more like a .450 team.

oh, please.
way to overreact.

Everyone wants to praise Melo for a big game, but since he has been here he usually follows it up with an medicore performance. You think your a top player and you go out and shot 3-13 and grab 2rbs against the Warriors. You talk about a championship and you grab 3rbs a game Chandler. These guys better come out like it's the NBA Finals tonight in LA. One game is one game, but you can't lose to bad teams without one of their best players.

nykshaknbake wrote:The offense I don't worry too much about because that will find itself. Especially when the team gels and Davis comes back. The thing that concerns me the most is that again(though it's early) we are getting killed on the boards. And Chandler and Melo are supposed to be good rebounders. Why doesn't this team fight for boards? We've been through different players and lineups for years but this is the one unifying theme. The backcourt is a mess but reinforcements are on the way. If the 'best frontcourt in the league' gets outrebounded by 7-10/night we might as well wait for next season.

Yes the lack of rebounding is odd. The weird thing is STAT seems to be rebounding more than last season? Does this mean Fields/Melo rebounding has gone down? Fields not being involved in the paint is hurting our rebounding. Tyson absolutely has to grab more boards. We just continue giving up second chance after second chance. Pathetic.

I think we didn't expect Douglas to be incapable of at least being serviceable running the offense because he had done it before and not bad. Since we still can't get the offense flowing, we are really trapped so if our stars have nights off, it will hurt us.

Now, our bad offensive play carries into our defense. We've shown we can have periods of solid defense, but when things get tough on O', we seem to let it damage our defense, people missing their assignaments and Chandler having to cover them, falling into foul trouble.

That is why its so important to solve our offensive issues because when we get organized on offense, we'll have better possessions and be where we have to be on D'.

Although, Chandlers horrible start does concern me a little. He has to stay out of foul trouble and rebound the ball. And finish underneath.

Bonn1997 wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:People thought Hollinger's 35-31 prediction was pure hate but he may have been overly optimistic for the Knicks. Maybe Lin helps us or maybe Davis comes back healthy. If not, this is looking more like a .450 team.

oh, please.
way to overreact.

was thinking the same thing but didn't know how to word it without sounding like an *******. i think you hit it lol.

What winning percentage do you think the rotation we've seen in the past two games would have? They've gone 15-19 since the Melo trade.

your favorite flawless player Deron Williams is averaging 5asts and 5TO's.