Late in the 4th what is the point of trying to get stops on defense(which the knicks don't do consistently) when your offense is going 1 on 5 with either JR or Melo?

callmened wrote:I ALWAYS get nervous when amare plays in the 4th because he CANT play defense at all! and he cant rebound. BUT tyson was off and amare was playing well on offense. one can argue to keep him in the 4th...just that one time

I too get nervous that he will fumble a pass that could have been handled, or he will get his shot blocked silly, or he will get stuck and drain the shot clock and of course not pass.

Of those, only the shot block will show up in the stats (advanced as well)

Defense? He should just basket hang, no need to bring him to the defensive side!

It's when he held the ball they knew where to bring the help to hinder him.

jrodmc wrote:Can anyone clearly explain why when Tyson was in the game, Stat was nearly invisible? When they sat Tyson in the third quarter, Stat went off immediately.

I do not like this.

It's on Woodson to figure out the correct spacing. It would help if Tyson could hit a 15 foot jump shot. I'm guessing the Knicks prefer Tyson on the block grabbing offensive rebs but I rather see Amare start with Melo and Tyson than see JR jack 14 3pters. And be subjected to James "Flight" White

jrodmc wrote:Can anyone clearly explain why when Tyson was in the game, Stat was nearly invisible? When they sat Tyson in the third quarter, Stat went off immediately.

I do not like this.

yes. Its called rubbernecking

playa2 wrote:Miami had no answer for Amare when he immediately made decisions and moved quickly with the ball.

It's when he held the ball they knew where to bring the help to hinder him.

That 10-12 foot jumper looked like a remedy. I even saw him pass out of the double team. Maybe him and Melo could start a game of catch? Just sayin'...

Melo
Amare
Chandler
Smith
Felton

Coming off the bench

Martin
Kidd
Shumpert
Camby
Novack
Copeland
Prigioni

gunsnewing wrote:Tyson might be overrated. The only thing he does really well is the back tip offensive rebounds.

We were a better team in 2010 with Amare & Melo starting. We were swept by Boston but put up a great fight and might've won had Amare not attempted a trick dunk

Start Amare Bench Tyson

I think you are overrating Tyson's overrating.

3G4G wrote:I've never seen so much constant fuss over Amar'e who only does 1 thing fairly well. He's very much Eddy Curryesque and that may be generous

Why aren't we all up in arms over Keyon Martin the Knicks Messiah getting DNP'd yesterday? We were playing the Miami Heat right? Meanwhile they played Birdman their late pickup and had relative impact on the game.

I also don't want to hear too much fuss over Woody he was the great "Father Figure" early on and very few tried to inform the fan base when the games start to become more significant he becomes less significant or exposed. I mean not his fault per say he is what he is a barely above average coach.

Exactly! Amare is so damn overrated out of desperation it is plain sad.

But, at least he made us relevant

Amare getting his shot blocked to the moon by the Birdman was so perfectly telling. He can't catch a pass in traffic, he can't defend, he can't rebound (well) and can't/does not box out. He is still a very good PnR PF but who is our PnR guard? Nobody.

I am glad though that woody is making a better man out of JR though as we see from his tweets