VCoug wrote:

Sangfroid wrote:

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

We have 2 superstars and we did not show up to play this game. I will give my Knicks team a pass. Now next season there will be no excusses. Amare have maybe 4 good years left. We need a point guard. We need a Center. We wont be able to trade for Chriss Paul because we don't have the pieces. We need a big man at the Center spot. I really can't knock D'Antoni he did his best. Weather he stays or goes will be up to the owner.

We're gonna have to buy a couple of picks in the upcoming draft. We have a 1st rounder, and that's it.

D'antoni takes a hit, because he didn't develop his second unit and because he abdicated his rope as coach.

Not seeing concise plays on the defensive OR offensive end of the court.

You mean to tell me that he couldn't find ONE guy in the D league who could dribble and penetrate?

We need to target Faried. Our two biggest weaknesses are rebounding and post defense. Faried does only two things, rebound and guard the post.

I think Faried is only 6'9". Was hoping for a 7 footer. A point guard is crucial. At least a trainee.

Final  
NYK 96 BOS 113

Sangfroid wrote:D'antoni takes a hit, because he didn't develop his second unit and because he abdicated his role as coach.

not for nothing, but NY's bench has outplayed Boston's bench for 3 straight games.

tkf wrote:didn't see this letdown comming

fields needs to ride the pine.. the guy is giving us nothing but negative play..

Are ray and paul this good, or was our defense that bad.. I watched douglas walk away from pierce with the ball to guard rondo, and let pierce shoot.. I guess our defense is that bad....

melo can't play 1-5. just can't

walker and williams need to start.. they are not scared...

tell dantoni he will play the bigs walsh gets him next year, or he is fired..

We need a PG.. bye bye billups..

Tough time to lose amare..

see ya guys next year..

Walker is clearly the more ready player over Fields. Been saying this for months...

Billups and Amare breaking down in the first two games against a tough as nails team, just killed us. Worst part is we could still be up 2-1 in this series.

Pierce and Allen obviously had great games, but Doc's strategy of doubling Melo completely ruined our chemistry. Our spacing is horrid and they weren't prepared for it; clear as day.

Even if we were playing decent, I don't see us winning this game. Not with Pierce and Allen doing what they did.
We turned the ball over way too much and gave them too many 2nd chance points. This game was frustrating on so many levels.

tkf wrote:didn't see this letdown comming

fields needs to ride the pine.. the guy is giving us nothing but negative play..

Are ray and paul this good, or was our defense that bad.. I watched douglas walk away from pierce with the ball to guard rondo, and let pierce shoot.. I guess our defense is that bad....

melo can't play 1-5. just can't

walker and williams need to start.. they are not scared...

tell dantoni he will play the bigs walsh gets him next year, or he is fired..

We need a PG.. bye bye billups..

Tough time to lose amare..

see ya guys next year..

Paul and Ray are that good as Ray made 8 3s in the Finals last year and Pierce has beaten us in so many ways over the years. But more notably our defense is that bad.

I want us to trade Douglas during the draft for a backup point guard and hopefully a 2nd round pick in 2012. Like pick 28-35 of this summer's draft assuming a guy we want is there.

No excuse for Shelden and Brown not to get burn because simply put WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BY PLAYING THEM

Remember I wanted Walker to start at the beginning of the year and it was for 2-3fold reasons. You can't flava o d day coach like D'AnToni. Players in this system are liable to go 7-9fg one game and then 0fer the next because there's no real flow or scheme to what we do

Amar'e is beat up because the coach beat him up in December and January. We never had a fully healthy $100mil Amare to begin with

Melo is doing what he does, you either love it or hate it

Fields played a particular role in a different system pre-trade. We are at least for this playoffs, a very bad half court basketball team. This is what the playoffs do, they expose

Michael6835 wrote:Also, at some point Coach has got to realize that Fields is giving us nothing. No offense, no defense, no hustle plays. He looks nervous and apprehensive when out there. he is a rookie,but coach has to take him out, other guys on the bench need a go at it.

Not sure what more you can do with Fields except bring him off bench. He is only playing 18 min a game, down from 30+ in the regular season.

On 1 hand, as an organization and for long term, you would like to see TD and Fields get minutes and experience. On the other, they are killing the team right now.

Billy and Shawne stepping up for their relative roles and experience.