jazz74 wrote:i am one of those posters who did support d'antoni last year and thought he deserve another year and will do much better with this team. this is by far the best lineup the knicks had since the ewing/spree/houston days. so they should do better. its not just the fact they they are losing. its the fact that they are losing BAD. dantoni's bread and butter is simply offense and we are one of the worst offensive efficient teams in the league. so why have him? i have a feeling if this doesnt turn around quick, there will be a change. the watch is on.

Dude it's 3 games in. REALLY? The team has 2 road losses at the very beginning of the season. Does the team look good? Clearly no, but it's a bit premature to put any weight on any teams record. There are teams that are doing well now that will not be playoff teams at the end of the season. You just can't put that much weight on these early results. Even if the team came out ballin it wouldn't mean that all was well.

Besides do you really think that the lack of offense is D'Antoni's fault? Seriously that's just crazy. No one likes how the team is playing but it isn't MDA's fault that the team is not scoring.

nixluva wrote:

jazz74 wrote:i am one of those posters who did support d'antoni last year and thought he deserve another year and will do much better with this team. this is by far the best lineup the knicks had since the ewing/spree/houston days. so they should do better. its not just the fact they they are losing. its the fact that they are losing BAD. dantoni's bread and butter is simply offense and we are one of the worst offensive efficient teams in the league. so why have him? i have a feeling if this doesnt turn around quick, there will be a change. the watch is on.

Dude it's 3 games in. REALLY? The team has 2 road losses at the very beginning of the season. Does the team look good? Clearly no, but it's a bit premature to put any weight on any teams record. There are teams that are doing well now that will not be playoff teams at the end of the season. You just can't put that much weight on these early results. Even if the team came out ballin it wouldn't mean that all was well.

Besides do you really think that the lack of offense is D'Antoni's fault? Seriously that's just crazy. No one likes how the team is playing but it isn't MDA's fault that the team is not scoring.

yeah, and two losses against one team that came off of a back to back and another that played 4 games in 5 nights while we were well rested and barely scored 80 points. when has gs became a defensive juggernaught? they look like it last night. not to mention that both teams were missing a star player or important player in the satarting lineup.

crzymdups wrote:phil could do a much better job. melo is tailor made for the triangle.

but, man, do i hate the guy.

You would still need a PG to setup Amar'e and Tyson. Neither of them are Triangle bigs. Both thrive of the PnR. The way the team is structured we need a PG not for Melo as much, but for the rest of the team that doesn't create their own shots, but can finish at the rim or knock down an open 3. Until we can get better PG play it's gonna be a struggle.

nixluva wrote:

jazz74 wrote:i am one of those posters who did support d'antoni last year and thought he deserve another year and will do much better with this team. this is by far the best lineup the knicks had since the ewing/spree/houston days. so they should do better. its not just the fact they they are losing. its the fact that they are losing BAD. dantoni's bread and butter is simply offense and we are one of the worst offensive efficient teams in the league. so why have him? i have a feeling if this doesnt turn around quick, there will be a change. the watch is on.

Dude it's 3 games in. REALLY? The team has 2 road losses at the very beginning of the season. Does the team look good? Clearly no, but it's a bit premature to put any weight on any teams record. There are teams that are doing well now that will not be playoff teams at the end of the season. You just can't put that much weight on these early results. Even if the team came out ballin it wouldn't mean that all was well.

Besides do you really think that the lack of offense is D'Antoni's fault? Seriously that's just crazy. No one likes how the team is playing but it isn't MDA's fault that the team is not scoring.

I always appreciate your posts, so don't take this as negative. I agree that its only three games, but the games have been a carbon copy of the previous one. There has been minimal improvement, while our weaknesses seem to grow. One thing is playing bad out of the gate or simply having bad luck. But a different one is not having any offensive flow or direction while also playing crazy and ineffective defense. This really looks more than a case of "its early and they are still in preseason mode". This isn't a bad game but tendencies. We played the same way against Boston, but Melo carried us. The last two games Melo hasn't been able to carry us and we have been blown out.

I think the issues are real and important. With a tough short schedule, we could be out of it faster than we thought.

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nixluva wrote:

jazz74 wrote:i am one of those posters who did support d'antoni last year and thought he deserve another year and will do much better with this team. this is by far the best lineup the knicks had since the ewing/spree/houston days. so they should do better. its not just the fact they they are losing. its the fact that they are losing BAD. dantoni's bread and butter is simply offense and we are one of the worst offensive efficient teams in the league. so why have him? i have a feeling if this doesnt turn around quick, there will be a change. the watch is on.

Dude it's 3 games in. REALLY? The team has 2 road losses at the very beginning of the season. Does the team look good? Clearly no, but it's a bit premature to put any weight on any teams record. There are teams that are doing well now that will not be playoff teams at the end of the season. You just can't put that much weight on these early results. Even if the team came out ballin it wouldn't mean that all was well.

Besides do you really think that the lack of offense is D'Antoni's fault? Seriously that's just crazy. No one likes how the team is playing but it isn't MDA's fault that the team is not scoring.

I always appreciate your posts, so don't take this as negative. I agree that its only three games, but the games have been a carbon copy of the previous one. There has been minimal improvement, while our weaknesses seem to grow. One thing is playing bad out of the gate or simply having bad luck. But a different one is not having any offensive flow or direction while also playing crazy and ineffective defense. This really looks more than a case of "its early and they are still in preseason mode". This isn't a bad game but tendencies. We played the same way against Boston, but Melo carried us. The last two games Melo hasn't been able to carry us and we have been blown out.

I think the issues are real and important. With a tough short schedule, we could be out of it faster than we thought.

Just think about this tho. Almost everything this team is doing is new. This isn't the same offensive flow that the team has had for a few years. This is a totally different flow and none of these players have actually played this setup before. If you look at the plays there is a different approach to the game now and it's a function of not having a PG to run what the team has traditionally run under MDA. We simply can't do it cuz neither TD nor Bibby can do it.

Because TD and Bibby can't do it, the team is trying to go thru Melo and that's OK but even he's not used to do that either!!! So he's learning and his teammates are trying to get used him doing this too. IF this was a normal year with a full preseason they could've had more time to learn and adjust or at the least this would've been a preseason game and the team would know that they can't live with TD as the PG. This is just something they have to fight thru. Gotta hope and pray B Diddy can get healthy and contribute on a high level. Can't wait for Shump to get back and for Lin to get a few practices in. PATIENCE is the key.

nixluva wrote:

jazz74 wrote:i am one of those posters who did support d'antoni last year and thought he deserve another year and will do much better with this team. this is by far the best lineup the knicks had since the ewing/spree/houston days. so they should do better. its not just the fact they they are losing. its the fact that they are losing BAD. dantoni's bread and butter is simply offense and we are one of the worst offensive efficient teams in the league. so why have him? i have a feeling if this doesnt turn around quick, there will be a change. the watch is on.

Dude it's 3 games in. REALLY? The team has 2 road losses at the very beginning of the season. Does the team look good? Clearly no, but it's a bit premature to put any weight on any teams record. There are teams that are doing well now that will not be playoff teams at the end of the season. You just can't put that much weight on these early results. Even if the team came out ballin it wouldn't mean that all was well.

Besides do you really think that the lack of offense is D'Antoni's fault? Seriously that's just crazy. No one likes how the team is playing but it isn't MDA's fault that the team is not scoring.

It is a bit early and I'll reserve judgement untill Davis comes back, but alot of teams are going through big adjustments too and not getting blown out(which is far more concerning than just losses). The coach actually does have some input into the offense as you like to point out when the Knicks do score well. Just like the coach has input into the defense. Defense and offense are pretty much the entire game with technical fouls probably being the remainder. Hopefully MDA will make some adjustments before BD comes back and not hope he can turn 15 pt blowouts into victories.

gunsnewing wrote:yes its the PG but I can't say MDA is not contributing with his stupid substitutions like Balkman, stubborness not changing pace with LIN & Jordan. Waiting until the game is out of reach to call a time out. Looking defeated on the bench in the middle of the game causing the players to quit. Which leads to street ball because the players are on their own chucking shots as MDA sits in his chair with that stupid face!

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