Malcolm wrote:

nixluva wrote:Yeah let's just start with getting this sort of performance more consistently from DWILL.

I followed the Lakers when they had Odom as the equivalent. It was painful to wait for the consistency . . . but finally he ended up 6th man of the year.

He was a starter for one of their championship runs, right? And then went back to the bench?

crzymdups wrote:

Malcolm wrote:

nixluva wrote:Yeah let's just start with getting this sort of performance more consistently from DWILL.

I followed the Lakers when they had Odom as the equivalent. It was painful to wait for the consistency . . . but finally he ended up 6th man of the year.

He was a starter for one of their championship runs, right? And then went back to the bench?

crzymdups wrote:One big component of DWill playing well - it always seems to start when KOQ is in the game with him. They play really well off one another.

I think has to do with Koq's passing ability--he is one of the guys who can really thread him a pass

Great game for him tonight.

knicks1248 wrote:

blkexec wrote:Fisher didn't look mechanical tonight with his subs......Good job

for a change..

great defensive game

If he continues to ride the hot hand and hot team, we can start beating good teams.

nixluva wrote:It's not a perfect roster but when they execute and use their talents properly you can see what Phil was hoping for.

nixluva wrote:It's not a perfect roster but when they execute and use their talents properly you can see what Phil was hoping for. Now if this team can keep this level of execution on both ends they can get on a roll. The problem is consistency.

The roster is still unbalanced.

You saw tonight - the winning lineup was Galloway/Lance at SG / DWill / Melo / Rolo

You can't play Lance at SG against most of the NBA. Detroit in particular doesn't have real NBA SGs - they play guys who are more like SFs there.

We still need more talent at the guard positions and probably need to move a body out from the 3s/4s/5s glut we have.

I'd call up SVG and offer him DWill for Brandon Jennings right this minute.

Kemet wrote:

blkexec wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:

blkexec wrote:

ScoreBot wrote:

4Q - 3:15
NYK 100 DET 87

I sound like a broken record....but I said this should be the starting unit from the beginning of the season, with KP off the bench. We would've been in the playoff hunt from the very beginning. KP and Grant would've developed together off the bench running PnR plays.

Jose
AA or LT
D.Will
Melo
Rolo

No way, KP has been instrumental in so many Knick wins early on and is still a major factor on D, an area where DWill is a huge ???
The problem has been Fisher hasn't used Williams enough off the bench - instead has even used Quinn at 4, instead of DWill. To their credit part of it was to get DWill to play harder and better on D which he has been. I've been really impressed. But this should be our rotation IMO - the exact same we saw tonight maybe minus Quinn at backup 5, maybe slide Zinger there.

Lopez/Porzingis/Quinn
Porzingis/Williams
Melo/Thomas
Afflalo/Galloway
Calderon/Galloway

What makes you think KP off the bench will not be an impact player? Did D.Will start today? Wasn't he instrumental?

KP is not a NBA starter or Closer, maybe after he has a year experience .. D.Will athleticism has always been a SF in the NBA, dumb-dumb coaches has been using him as a PF

I hear you but I respectfully disagree... KP needs to know he is the future of not just the Knicks but the NBA.... It's like if the pelicans brought Anthony Davis off the bench as a rookie . It just doesn't make sense... He didn't really match up well vs the Pistons I think that's why fish didn't bring him back in .