Iman Shumpert should have guarded Rose on the last play of the game along with Tourre Murray in for defensive purposes.

Melo should have been a decoy by driving and dishing to a wide open wing player.

I don't like the coaches philosophy, I still think he's holding this team back that's why he hasn't been offered an extension yet.

playa2 wrote:I don't like the coaches philosophy, I still think he's holding this team back that's why he hasn't been offered an extension yet.

The Knick just did pick up his option, so essentially they did extend him.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/9748247/new-york-knicks-pick-mike-woodson-option-2014-15

This team is a jump shooting team, and I don't see that changing or getting us far this year- prepare for 40-45 wins at best. Dolan will be disappointed and Woodson will likely be fired in the off season. Carmelo will opt out and get a max extension and mediocrity will reign at the garden for the next 3 seasons if we're lucky.

Woodson is a moron.

Sangfroid wrote:Ike Diogu would be a good pick up right now. Very few points scored down low, or with tough put backs. This is really a jump shooting team, with limited rebounding. Hopefully, JR comes back with a hunger.

with a hunger for healthy food, water and adequate sleep!!!

All that being said, our main problem right now is turnovers and bad offense in general. In the second half they really took care of the ball and erased the deficit. It is so so so important for this team to not commit turnovers. Last year I believe our low turnovers and 3pt shooting got us to 54 wins. Nothing was more important. Offense will come though. I think Felton and Pablo need to start. I was cool with trying out the Bargnani lineup, but it's just not as good as the 2 PG lineup. And that's not to say I don't like Bargnani. He showed signs in the 2nd half. But that's the role he needs to play. Mid range and post scoring off the bench.

Defensively, we can't ask for anything better. We also can't ask for it to be sustained all season. Tyson has been incredible through 2 games. But these kind of performances night after night lead to injury without help. Aldrich is going to need to play minutes if STAT can't come in and at least be average on D. To be honest, I wouldn't mind STAT only playing 5-10 minutes per game in closer ones and letting him find his game again in blowouts. As much flak as Bargs gets for his defense, he's actually not a bad post defender.

So, to summarize, I'm pretty confident the offense will come. Defense needs to stick around. As much as I dislike JR, he would've helped last night and will go a long way in helping the offense regain form. Start the 2 PG lineup Woody!!

Sangfroid wrote:Ike Diogu would be a good pick up right now. Very few points scored down low, or with tough put backs. This is really a jump shooting team, with limited rebounding. Hopefully, JR comes back with a hunger.

Jr is the key ?

Remember last season when he began to penetrate to the hole by taking guys off the dribble ?

We need the threat of making defenders be at the mercy of guys who can shoot the 3 or drive to the basket, just like Bargiani showed last night.

We will be ok , but I don't trust Mike Woodson, I found that out last year in the playoffs.