Pharzeone wrote:Someone better get to JHill too because he is starting to develop some bad habits. Playing on this team it is understandable. No set roles on this team, everybody is convince they can flat out score on anybody. Big Al must be running shop

"You open, shoot the damn ball unless I'm on the court than then just pass the damn rock to me!"

A problem with guys like Al and nate is that they think taking shots and scoring = being a good ball player... tonight I watched gallo do a simple thing.. he pump faked, drove past him man, then hit lee on the side for an open jumper... Simple things, yet huge when it comes to playing sucessful team ball...

Look at guys like garnett and duncan, and kobe.. they survey the floor, running plays all the way through. They are looking for angles, advantages, because they know they can score... Good players play the whole game, the complete game.. Al is just a chucker, nothing more, nothing less.. having guys like that play big roles on your team is just asking for trouble..

markvmc wrote:Preach it, TKF.

"I smell Heaven's bakery cooking up something good for you sister."

TMS wrote:

kam77 wrote:We let Chris Bosh look like a ****ing All-Star out there tonight

lol... whatchoo mean we "let" him? dude is 1 of the best bigmen in the game, of course he's gonna look like an Allstar, cuz he is one.

Yeah man. He's good. I was just joking.

honestly, i've about had it with nate, too.

he made mistakes that i feel cost us the game.

Again, down 2, we've seen it five other times, we go for 2, and get denied because it's some BS bum rush of the rim!

SHOOT THE DAMN THREE.

Insane...that the staple of our offense is ignored in game ending situations. You got to be kidding me.

Gallo passes in Gallo gets ball right back Gallo nails a game winning 3.

Is there a problem here!?

No, let's let Duhon or Harrington bum rush the rim for a brick instead. Great idea.

Cosmic wrote:Yeah that was f'in stupid.

Again, down 2, we've seen it five other times, we go for 2, and get denied because it's some BS bum rush of the rim!

SHOOT THE DAMN THREE.

Insane...that the staple of our offense is ignored in game ending situations. You got to be kidding me.

Gallo passes in Gallo gets ball right back Gallo nails a game winning 3.

Is there a problem here!?

No, let's let Duhon or Harrington bum rush the rim for a brick instead. Great idea.

I didn't see the post-game interview. Was there any indication as to how that last play was supposed to run?

Maybe Nate was supposed to kick it back out to Gallo and even had another option open to him. The problem, obviously, is that Nate could not get free and we did not have another timeout. Harrington was too close to Gallinari when he got the ball to effectively pass it back to Gallo for an open 3, IMO- the spacing was simply not there.

I would probably want it in Lee's hands anyway. Giving Nate the option to do something on his own, pass it back to Gallo, or get it to Lee for a shorter shot was probably how the play was set up, I would think.

cooch2584 wrote:First thing I said to my son was" if that was kobe or lebron would they have called a charge?" Looking at it slowly jack moved into him and then reached in hitting him on the shoulder. But we are the Knicks and dont get calls like that. Someday MDA hasta take the fine and rip the refs in a post game.

it was a foul on jack...but it made up for the no-call on chandler who clearly bodied up bosh and made him fall. not sure if they showed it on the knicks feed but the toronto feed had a camera on the baseline and it was a clear AND1.

lee was guarding bosh...they inbound the ball to hedo who's being guarded by chandler. bargs is in the corner with (i think harrington on him). they run a pick and roll between hedo and bosh, where lee switches up to hedo and chandler's on bosh. this is exactly the matchup triano wanted. hedo then gives it to bargs in the corner who then gives the entry pass to bosh in the post with chandler on him. at this point, bosh can attack and if the double comes, he has bargs, hedo, or jose with an open 3.

simple play designed to get bosh the ball with a mismatch.

d'antoni's inbound play at the end after the timeout featured harrington getting the ball 25 feet from the basket. you can say all you want about duhon or nate...but the guy that should be getting the ball there is someone that can handle and run a pick and roll. knicks may not have a great group of shooters but at least you could've gotten an open shot.

this isn't to say triano is better than d'antoni...but out of timeout plays is something to keep an eye on.

PresIke wrote:honestly, i've about had it with nate, too.

when you see nate hanging on the rim, harrington popping his collar and lee looking at the crowd after a dunk...all while the game is still in the balance...maybe the team needs more of a disciplinarian for a coach.