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What is the biggest issue the Knicks must fix to be relevent in the playoffs
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ToddTT
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4/14/2025  8:48 PM
We need more cowbell.
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4/14/2025  10:15 PM
On the defensive end, Knicks need to figure out how they are going to defend the pick n roll. Cade has been torching us in the paint when we play drop coverage....We have seen the Knicks play exclusive drop most of the season, but we have also seen us switch on pick and rolls and we have also seen us hedge , help and recover. Honestly, its going to be a long series so can not rely on one way of the defending pick n roll. We need to make them game plan and adjust to us. I think we will see all three, but I'm hoping we see less drop coverages....
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4/14/2025  10:44 PM
ToddTT wrote:We need more cowbell.

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4/15/2025  7:41 AM
Uptown wrote:On the defensive end, Knicks need to figure out how they are going to defend the pick n roll. Cade has been torching us in the paint when we play drop coverage....We have seen the Knicks play exclusive drop most of the season, but we have also seen us switch on pick and rolls and we have also seen us hedge , help and recover. Honestly, its going to be a long series so can not rely on one way of the defending pick n roll. We need to make them game plan and adjust to us. I think we will see all three, but I'm hoping we see less drop coverages....
We need to blitz the ball handler when they try PnR vs KAT. KAT is in no man's land when he drops. Need him to attack the ball and double them until help recovers. That half way stuff ain't going to work
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4/15/2025  11:18 AM    LAST EDITED: 4/15/2025  11:18 AM
NYKBocker wrote:
Uptown wrote:On the defensive end, Knicks need to figure out how they are going to defend the pick n roll. Cade has been torching us in the paint when we play drop coverage....We have seen the Knicks play exclusive drop most of the season, but we have also seen us switch on pick and rolls and we have also seen us hedge , help and recover. Honestly, its going to be a long series so can not rely on one way of the defending pick n roll. We need to make them game plan and adjust to us. I think we will see all three, but I'm hoping we see less drop coverages....
We need to blitz the ball handler when they try PnR vs KAT. KAT is in no man's land when he drops. Need him to attack the ball and double them until help recovers. That half way stuff ain't going to work

Agreed....Kat is way more engaged and energetic when he switches or traps off the PNR....He looks confused and unsure when playing drop coverage
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4/15/2025  11:18 AM
How is 3pt shooting volume and accuracy not an option?
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4/15/2025  11:37 AM
Clutch play will not be a problem. Hopefully.

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4/15/2025  2:27 PM    LAST EDITED: 4/15/2025  2:28 PM
It’s unfortunate we never got a full time Mitch. And then when he did come back Brunson got hurt. We have had to wait until playoffs to see this team and its full identity. So we still don’t know what the identity is and what it looks like.
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4/15/2025  2:55 PM
Like most I picked 3pt defense. We drop, we lose.
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Knixkik wrote:It’s unfortunate we never got a full time Mitch. And then when he did come back Brunson got hurt. We have had to wait until playoffs to see this team and its full identity. So we still don’t know what the identity is and what it looks like.

And not for nothing but it took 3-4 months for someone like Shamet to come back and look like he fits, 30-40 games. Mitch has been out a year and has played 17.

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4/15/2025  3:10 PM    LAST EDITED: 4/15/2025  3:11 PM
I think we started running out to the 3 point shooters more at the end of the season. Porzingis was an outlier.
My biggest concern is the defensive rebounding ( yes, I was the only one who voted for that) We are pathetic at boxing out. Only Mitch, Shamet and TJ box out on this team. I don't care how many rebounds Hart and KAT get. They don't box out and to me they are similar to David Lee and Enes Kanter( gasp)It has been said so many times by ppl who are better at the theorycrafting of basketball than I am " whoever wins the rebound battle wins the game" 3 pointers result in longer rebounds and against those teams we need a plan to take care of those long rebounds and make sure we run, run,run. Punish them with transition for the overuse of 3 ball. ( Celtics)
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4/15/2025  6:06 PM    LAST EDITED: 4/16/2025  10:50 PM
Hart starting!
Move LAT to PF, Start MR and have Hart come off the bench!
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4/15/2025  9:24 PM
GustavBahler wrote:Like most I picked 3pt defense. We drop, we lose.

I picked other since Thibs wasn’t an option. Drop coverage defense is Thibs defense. Plus towns is not agile enough to guard the 3 and recover. So it’s a mix of coaches defensive scheme and player personnel.

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blkexec wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Like most I picked 3pt defense. We drop, we lose.

I picked other since Thibs wasn’t an option. Drop coverage defense is Thibs defense. Plus towns is not agile enough to guard the 3 and recover. So it’s a mix of coaches defensive scheme and player personnel.

I’m interested in seeing who on the bench gets minutes, and how much?
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4/16/2025  10:40 AM
GustavBahler wrote:
blkexec wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:Like most I picked 3pt defense. We drop, we lose.

I picked other since Thibs wasn’t an option. Drop coverage defense is Thibs defense. Plus towns is not agile enough to guard the 3 and recover. So it’s a mix of coaches defensive scheme and player personnel.

I’m interested in seeing who on the bench gets minutes, and how much?

Oh yeah, thats huge. I'm guessing Shamett played himself into some minutes along with Deuce. My preference is Wright over Cam Payne. I respect how Cam makes HUGE momentum shots. But he also takes away from Deuce and Sham. With Delon Wright, hes more of a passer which is good for Sham and Deuce, plus he's a better defender. But I'm just a fan, and knowing Thibs, he will ride with Cam unles forces to play Delon.

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4/16/2025  10:56 AM
How about man up, stop bitching, grow a pair, and keep your ****ing heads in the game. Which option is that?
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4/16/2025  11:03 AM    LAST EDITED: 4/16/2025  11:05 AM
Panos wrote:How about man up, stop bitching, grow a pair, and keep your ****ing heads in the game. Which option is that?

I'm assuming you talking about Towns? Cause thats the worse. He's on the floor complaining while the team is playing 4 on 5.

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4/16/2025  12:24 PM
Overall intensity. Got to have that playoff zest or it ain't happening for the Knicks.
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4/16/2025  2:46 PM
Knixkik wrote:It’s unfortunate we never got a full time Mitch. And then when he did come back Brunson got hurt. We have had to wait until playoffs to see this team and its full identity. So we still don’t know what the identity is and what it looks like.

That’s fine. Something similar happened in 1999
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4/16/2025  7:05 PM
Defending the 3 - mainly because the games they lost were Beasley getting too many good looks.

If they defend it right- the guy they will leave for 3 is Harris. When we played Philly last year Harris was hesitant to take 3s and only made 33 pct. Had one good shooting game and was bad for most of the series. You want to cover everything, but if you want someone to "prove it" than Harris is that guy.
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