Shumpert - far from a consistent enough shooter (though improving)
Fields - Ouch!! I've seen more arc from a bb gun
BD - AWFUL in every aspect - I HATE HIM!!
JR - FEAST-FAMINE-ITIS!! And talk about players standing around, when he has the ball and starts doin his thang, aint nobody gonna sniff that rock
TD - HA!
NOVAK - can't create his own shot and if his 3 is not money we are screwed. Also, teams are starting to stay home on him all game.
Chandler - wish he had a 10 foot J - It would make him a true top tier star
Jeffries - tonight he reminded me of how great he has looked in the Boston/playoff series

We have great defenders and Woody has gotten us playing close to the best defense in the league if not the best but we NEED more offense!

And we NEED A POINT GUARD (who is not brain dead (BD/TD)!

The Bulls picked up D-League guards that are clearly better than what we have at PG. Not picking up a PG when Lin went down will cost us dearly.

We can still win games because our defense can make our opponents look awful but to be a contender, we will need much more consistent guard play.

airchibundo507 wrote:God.

I don't think we have the cap room but he sure would be a great help at PG.

Bonn1997 wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:It seemed JJ2 and Fields blew several layups yday. Chandler blew a dunk and Shumps lost his grip on a potential dunk too. Novak is 0-8 in his last 2 games shooting. JR is in an offensive funk. BD timely turnovers. Just overall lack of supporting cast helping Melo.

If J. R. played the rest of his career without ever trying to create his own jump-shot, I'd be thrilled. He can shoot spot-up jump-shots and at times drive to the basket, but he's awful when he does a couple of dribbles to create his own jump-shot.

I cringe whenever JR tries to create off the dribble in ISO, especially those step back fadeaways. If it goes in I breathe a sigh of relief!

IrishKnickFan wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:It seemed JJ2 and Fields blew several layups yday. Chandler blew a dunk and Shumps lost his grip on a potential dunk too. Novak is 0-8 in his last 2 games shooting. JR is in an offensive funk. BD timely turnovers. Just overall lack of supporting cast helping Melo.

If J. R. played the rest of his career without ever trying to create his own jump-shot, I'd be thrilled. He can shoot spot-up jump-shots and at times drive to the basket, but he's awful when he does a couple of dribbles to create his own jump-shot.

I cringe whenever JR tries to create off the dribble in ISO, especially those step back fadeaways. If it goes in I breathe a sigh of relief!

why doesn't jr drive more. I've seen him do a nice crossover which frees up the lane and he takes a jumper

Boggles the mind. He's athletic enough to dunk in traffic too.

JamesLin wrote:Whole team man... whole team

huh?

Unfortunately I missed the full game yesterday didn't even read the game thread.
While STAT/Lin are out JR and Novak are your two biggest threats. We need to try and establish both EARLY in the game. Shrimpers good for a few but the most reliable option is going into the post with TC.

It has to be two out of these four guys every night from now on out for us to stay in this. I don't think we have real game plan to get and keep them involved. The PG situation compounds the problem.

eViL wrote:

loweyecue wrote:When you don't have a reliable second option is when you need to try getting everyone involved early in games and ride whoevers hot for that game in addition to Melo. If Melo is cold the this offense is dead out of the doors. Our PGs suck and there's nothing woody can do about it.

Unfortunately I missed the full game yesterday didn't even read the game thread.
While STAT/Lin are out JR and Novak are your two biggest threats. We need to try and establish both EARLY in the game. Shrimpers good for a few but the most reliable option is going into the post with TC.

It has to be two out of these four guys every night from now on out for us to stay in this. I don't think we have real game plan to get and keep them involved. The PG situation compounds the problem.

that was the beauty of Linsanity. i think it is often overlooked because so much attention was going to Lin, but during that period -- Novak was born, Fields re-emerged, and even Jeffries was making offensive contributions. but the offense was much different then. although Lin dominated the rock, he moved the ball all over the court. when one player has to dominate the rock, AND be camped out in his "sweet spot," oftentimes, the other players have to stand around flat footed and are less likely to receive the ball in the flow.

and therein lies the rub: getting the balance of both. Right now Knicks have zero PG play to even be able to get to that point.