SlimChin wrote:Landry didn't play that smart and Novak missed wide open shots. My theory; this JR Smith acquisition got to their heads cuz he might eat into their minutes. oh and the turnovers didn't help.

thought the same about it getting into Landry's head. I thought Novak was just off

holfresh wrote:Knicks down by three with 3:30 to go...STAT setting a pick for Lin...Lin waved him off called Chandler to set the pick and went for his...Come on...This can't happen...Sure he has taken the big shots before...But a night when STAT is on..Lin isn't the go to guy or Chandler...And he kept going after that...

This is where the staff has to show Lin in film sessions and practice what is the smart play in those situations. Dude has been a starting NBA PG for about a minute. We've got to remember that Lin is virtually a rookie in terms of his NBA experience. He practically has none. What I do like is that he's a smart kid and is willing to learn and accepts his mistakes. It would help if he had someone to back him up too. I'm pulling for Baron to get healthy cuz his experience would really be a good thing for Lin and the team.

nixluva wrote:

holfresh wrote:Knicks down by three with 3:30 to go...STAT setting a pick for Lin...Lin waved him off called Chandler to set the pick and went for his...Come on...This can't happen...Sure he has taken the big shots before...But a night when STAT is on..Lin isn't the go to guy or Chandler...And he kept going after that...

This is where the staff has to show Lin in film sessions and practice what is the smart play in those situations. Dude has been a starting NBA PG for about a minute. We've got to remember that Lin is virtually a rookie in terms of his NBA experience. He practically has none. What I do like is that he's a smart kid and is willing to learn and accepts his mistakes. It would help if he had someone to back him up too. I'm pulling for Baron to get healthy cuz his experience would really be a good thing for Lin and the team.

Lin has to know he isn't the first or second option on this team...I hope he isn't believing the hype...BD get healthy soon..

Its funny how we demand consistency from our team and the first moment we see trouble, we revert back to dissing the team.

You really thought we would go undefeated with Lin?

Teams have off days where shots are not falling. New Orleans took us away from our winning game and what they gave to us, open shots, we simply were way off.

Now D'antony sucks, we are a losing team and Dallas and Miami will destroy us? Do you guys remember we are getting back Melo and also getting J.R?

Come on, fans! Show consistency and faith in your team. We know why we lost. We missed many opportunities and were sloppy, but we also know that with J.R. and Melo out there, the offense wont be stopped this same way.

1. Lin still made a solid line, even in an off game. Sure, the 9 turnovers are unacceptable, but we have to understand it will happen to him since he and all the team are still adjusting to each other. Even in the loss, Lin was leading us along with Stat. Can't wait for Melo to join the party.

2. Stat is getting closer. The guy just came back from a terrible personal situation and is still getting his legs back. He isn't here yet but is closer. He knows he hasto improve his D, but with us missing open shots, we needed him to carry us and he helped keeping us close at the end.

3. We missed many open looks, we missed free throws (the most alarming issue during Linsanity), we made lots of turnovers, New Orleans practically played a perfect game... and we still only lost by 4. This team won't quit. Again, imagine this with a better shooter and scorer in Carmelo. Also add J.R.'s shooting and penetrations. Can't wait.

Bottom line: We are getting Carmelo and J.R., which will make teams change their gameplan on us. It will be impossible for them to take Lin's game away and do the same with Carmelo's. Stop one, get burned by the other. J.R. will be huge with this, since he is exactly the kind of SG we need in a gam like this. They too the uptempo game away from us and Fields came crashing down.

If you aren't still excted about this team, especially with help underway, you have a deeper problem.

loweyecue wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:My goodness!

Its funny how we demand consistency from our team and the first moment we see trouble, we revert back to dissing the team.

You really thought we would go undefeated with Lin?

Teams have off days where shots are not falling. New Orleans took us away from our winning game and what they gave to us, open shots, we simply were way off.

Now D'antony sucks, we are a losing team and Dallas and Miami will destroy us? Do you guys remember we are getting back Melo and also getting J.R?

Come on, fans! Show consistency and faith in your team. We know why we lost. We missed many opportunities and were sloppy, but we also know that with J.R. and Melo out there, the offense wont be stopped this same way.

I am not sure who this is addressed to. What I find frustrating is that we couldn't pull the game out. If we want to be a good team we have to find ways to pull out games like these from bottomdweller teams. The spirit we saw over the last few games was just missing, it looked like old lethargic Knicks. It starts with bad defense from Amare, I think theteam feeds off of TOs the defense creates to build momentum, yesterday Amare was bystander watching people score as usual. Tyson looked like he was mad at Amare a couple times for being completely clueless. This was of course compounded by bad outside shooting and forced passes leading to TOs.

The game of our role players was taken to a higher level because of Lin's penetrations and passing. Make it harder for Lin and you make it harder for anybody else, especially when some are already off.

That's why it was foolish to disregard Carmelo and Amar'e during the Linsanity. Teams were going to adapt to Lin and our role players were going to be off at some point. When your main game is uptempo but you have no other pieces that can create their own shots, score in the low post, etc., you will suffer. This is why Melo and J.R. are so important for our future.