The dude is not a good help defender that is true, but I would say he is pretty much lock down one on one in the post. He can't rebound but he tries. He is not soft! He's just European if that makes sense.

He looks better and better every Game.

Knicks still suck but if they can somehow build on this, i can stop taking my anxiety medication until the playoffs

CrushAlot wrote:It was great to see. Loved the trade and was shocked at the reaction here at the time. It will be interesting to see bargs playing with Tyson. The Knicks could be a really tough out if those two play well together.

Enyspree wrote:I wanna see the Barg bashing come to an end....
The dude is not a good help defender that is true, but I would say he is pretty much lock down one on one in the post. He can't rebound but he tries. He is not soft! He's just European if that makes sense.
He looks better and better every Game.
Knicks still suck but if they can somehow build on this, i can stop taking my anxiety medication until the playoffs

couldn't agree more with both of you. ive been behind the move since day one, especially for what we gave up, it was a no-brainer. i'm sure some +/- stats are coming, but using the eye-test, the knicks are better everytime bargs is on the floor than when he's not.

GustavBahler wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:It was great to see. Loved the trade and was shocked at the reaction here at the time. It will be interesting to see bargs playing with Tyson. The Knicks could be a really tough out if those two play well together.

Enyspree wrote:I wanna see the Barg bashing come to an end....
The dude is not a good help defender that is true, but I would say he is pretty much lock down one on one in the post. He can't rebound but he tries. He is not soft! He's just European if that makes sense.
He looks better and better every Game.
Knicks still suck but if they can somehow build on this, i can stop taking my anxiety medication until the playoffs

couldn't agree more with both of you. ive been behind the move since day one, especially for what we gave up, it was a no-brainer. i'm sure some +/- stats are coming, but using the eye-test, the knicks are better everytime bargs is on the floor than when he's not.

Still not missing Novak.....

yup, not at all. i like novak, he's a nice piece, but if he's not shooting well, he's not doing anything on the court. HE is a major liability defensively because he can't play help or man-man. bargs is a better overall scorer since he can play inside and out and his man-man defense has been great. he doesn't rebound very well, we know that, but hopefully when tyson comes back they can play well together and he can make up for the lack of rebounding.

AB has been playing well, although his rebounds are low, his help DEF and SHOT BLOCKING has been there
He is playing well at C and not PF with Tyson Chandler and Melo
Melo also plays better as a facilitator at PF and not SF, I don't those 3 would work together well, as a unit, with the lack of speed, and AB and Melo are better defenders at PF and C than SF and PF, on top of Chandler taking up space from AB and Melo in the paint

Last night is what we needed, especially Iman stepping up because he really can be our spark with his play
More importantly, Melo wasn't looking to score every time he touched the ball, or demanding the ball 95% of the plays
We were fortunate enough to play a weak DEFENSE but that is the difference between playing with rhythm, confidence, and with some deception (without feeding Melo 30 shots a night)

We hit our 3pt shots but look at the way we got the big lead in the 2qt and loss is right back in 7 minutes or so
Yesterday was the closest we have looked to last year's team when we played well, with Kidd's leadership and ball movement affecting all players
Once again, we shined in his presence and he even knew the little plays we ran to use against us
It was a multiplying effect and was part of the reason why we were shooting 3pt's at a higher rate
Yes, Kidd was horrible as a player for us after the first month, but his leadership and respect he had towards/from Melo, JR, Felton, was priceless, even Novak, Chandler, Iman and Pablo
Pablo needs to play Kidd's role last year vocally, because he already has the same mentality as Kidd
These are things that "STATS and numbers" don't show us about BB, at the sametime can be misleading for example, when Melo was dropping 30pts + but we were getting L's

Iman needed this, he voiced his displeasure with Melo recently and demanded better ball movement, so to step up and back up what you say while we are struggling and he is in trade rumors is big
I really hope he stays a Knick, at the very least, allow him to get better because i believe his value has far more upside than it currently does
JR Smith is getting back some of his legs but still does not have that burst of speed to penetrate and jump like he did last year
It takes time to get back in NBA shape, but Smith should simply learn to have better shot selection, which was what he did late last season and to try to get more FT attempts
Smith is a very good shooter, although streaky at times, if he only tried to get some easy baskets first instead of having too much confidence in taking off balanced shots off the dribble or early in the shot clock when not needed

For that reason I think Iman has to improve the same way JR did last year (in terms of facilitating. penetrating and finishing effectively, and hitting wide open shots

The combination of BB IQ and unselfishness
Penetration is the key, with good ball movement, player movement, picks on off the ball, and unselfishness, playing on and off each other
Even Fields was a much better player at SF when Melo was out, not saying Fields is better, but we played much better as a TEAM without the talent needed contend

Instead he was used to spread the floor and all our opponents had to do was pick a man to STICK TO HIM LIKE GLUE and NEVER HELP
Without picks of the ball, speed/handle, there is little he can do to get his shot off

GustavBahler wrote:

RonRon wrote:We also didn't play to his strengths and utilized him the same say we did with Lin and picks/double picks off the ball to free him

The combination of BB IQ and unselfishness
Penetration is the key, with good ball movement, player movement, picks on off the ball, and unselfishness, playing on and off each other
Even Fields was a much better player at SF when Melo was out, not saying Fields is better, but we played much better as a TEAM without the talent needed contend

Instead he was used to spread the floor and all our opponents had to do was pick a man to STICK TO HIM LIKE GLUE and NEVER HELP
Without picks of the ball, speed/handle, there is little he can do to get his shot off

Even when he was wide open in key moments in the game, Novak was bricking. On paper his pct looks good but when it mattered most, Novak just wasn't there.

I agree, just like how Iman has struggled this year when he was open, the question is why did we look much better when Lin was running the show with the lack of talent we had with him?