martin wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

VDesai wrote:Randle is guaranteed to miss any clutch free throws. He is automatic.

Turnovers on every offensive possession down the stretch. Plenty of opportunity to win this game

So many things we should have done differently, any one of them resulting in a W. This one is going to sting, but make for a great video session for the coaching staff.

RJ 2 god awful TO's and a missed FT too.

now we all know that refs are the most vulnerable to shenanigans because a point shaved here or there could be a big boost to their income. No one likes to talk about this. but there is precedent for corrupt nba officiating.

and then you have adam silver who's a bigger stooge than david stern. so clueless about the game. they are incapable of admitting or acknowledging that poor reffing can change the gamee outcomes. Even the NFL will admit to such. let that sink in

if i were in charge i would just fire the officiating crew after a game like that, or if that's not possible, simply assign them no games. get some hungry new officiating crew. they'll learn soon enough. and you'll at least signal that the NBA is intolerant of corrupt of incompetent officiating

Ed Malloy you should be ashamed. just retire.

martin wrote:

Knixkik wrote:The problem with this game is we got an aggressive and engaged Randle, a fresh Kemba, a hot Fournier, no one from the twolves killed us, and it still wasn’t good enough.

It hard to overcome this type of stuff

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When thibs gives the most mins to inconsistent, non clutch, turn over prone players. What do you expect? Unless we have a superstar on the team, RJ and Randle should not be given superstar mins. RJ always potential but he’s not there yet. This team needs clutch and consistency on offense.

Also we continue to see how small ball hurts this team on defense, as we saw Cat take it str8 to the rim for and 1 and checkmate. Where’s the knick fans that hated on Mitch and rather have Randle play center? I thought Taj played Cat great and Mitch was a disruptor in the paint with his length and rebounds. Just imagine Randle as our center all game. Layups and dunks will be plenty. And he will have more turnovers trying to take his man off the dribble. Can we at least end that discussion?

Most superstars or all stars even can impact from multiple positions. This is why it’s difficult to build around Randle. He’s stuck at PF. Too slow to guard SF and not long enough or doesn’t have high defensive IQ to guard centers. I’m not saying Randle can’t carry a team, he definitely can, plus he’s our best player. But if you going to give top 5 minutes to someone, they have to have more flexibility to be able to guard and play multiple positions unless your a specialist in something. But Randle is not clutch enough to be the main guy when the game is on the line. And RJ is not consistent enough. We are flawed at the core.

I don’t see how Randle and RJ makes each other better. But when they are separate, they definitely make players around them better. One of those guys should be traded for an impact player. I just don’t know who. The problem is non of them will be traded and we will continue to try and build around them 2. Two lefties that want to get to the rim while soaking up major mins.

martin wrote:

Rookie wrote:

ToddTT wrote:Start warming up Jericho.

Randle at the 5. He is defending Towns well

? I don't recall him on Towns at all

Well there was one sequence where Randle defended him perfectly. So much for Randle at the 5. I’m a dumbass

ccch wrote:

VDesai wrote:Randle is guaranteed to miss any clutch free throws. He is automatic.

Turnovers on every offensive possession down the stretch. Plenty of opportunity to win this game

Yes...I am sick of watching this guy. Also guaranteed to dribble into double teams and either throw the ball away or get it stripped. Time to move on from him.

And move on to what? Obi looked horrific in his 2 starts at PF and his 3 point shooting has fallen off a cliff this season

Rookie wrote:

martin wrote:

Rookie wrote:

ToddTT wrote:Start warming up Jericho.

Randle at the 5. He is defending Towns well

? I don't recall him on Towns at all

Well there was one sequence where Randle defended him perfectly. So much for Randle at the 5. I’m a dumbass

Kat and Jokic are the best Centers in the NBA..they can't even guard each other.

knicks1248 wrote:

Rookie wrote:

martin wrote:

Rookie wrote:

ToddTT wrote:Start warming up Jericho.

Randle at the 5. He is defending Towns well

? I don't recall him on Towns at all

Well there was one sequence where Randle defended him perfectly. So much for Randle at the 5. I’m a dumbass

Kat and Jokic are the best Centers in the NBA..they can't even guard each other.

They are so good, they can only guard themselves

SergioNYK wrote:A day after and I'm still upset. Really disappointed in Randle not being able to hit damn FTs and disappointed in RJ cause every time it seems it's starting to click for him and he's ready to make that jump to the next level, he takes two steps back. RJ has been given more opportunities to handle the ball and initiate offense and he's **** the bed the last two games. If RJ continues to turn it over, Thibs is gonna have to revert him back to standing in the corner.

Edwards got in RJs head last season. You could see it last night RJ never looked comfortable

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NYKMentality wrote:NBA admit the refs screwed the Knicks.

And it was so BLATANT they should just give us the win because Minnesota did not beat us; the NBAs refs did.

The earliest call is the only one that matters. Everything that happens after that becomes speculation. There's no way to go back in time and know what would have happened after that.

More broadly, officials will make mistakes. In this last game there were a sequence that went against us. If we don't cherry pick this one, how many games fell in our favor.

In watching the end of this game, Minny blew 5 possessions in a row on the dumbest plays. Personally, I thought they were throwing the game (gambling influences???). The fact that they won surprised me.