nixluva wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

Clean wrote:Anyone notice this was the first game we avoided constant ISO's in the 4th quarter? This is what an actual PG can do.

yeah. that's why i was waiting on baron. he doesn't have to be superman, just changes a LOT about what gets stagnant on this team.

if j lin can do it, too, so much the better.

a PG rotation of baron and jlin would be nice.

J Lin reminds me a lot of Goran Dragic from houston (who is really good and was a d'antoni disciple, too)

Lin replaced what was missing at the top of our offense. He was able to run the PnR effectively and get penetration to breakdown the defense. His passing was on target and his court vision is legit. Basically what we've been missing.

+1000

An intelligent PG in D'Antoni's pick and roll heavy offense = gold.

This is why it doesn't make sense to fire D'Antoni until he has a decent PG on offense (whether it is Davis or even ends up being Lin).

Kudos to Lin tonight. I've said that he has looked out of control in previous games but he picked his spots tonight and did a great job setting other guys up as well. If Melo has a normal game, we easily score 110 tonight.

Lin needs to get better defensively (took some bad gambles) but he def. showed his potential on that end as well since he played Deron very well at times. Kudos to D'Antoni as well for playing him extensively tonight. I think he has been doing a good job bringing Lin along slowly....contrary to what many on these boards think. Lin is starting to look ready...

JCrusher wrote:

ramtour420 wrote:

JCrusher wrote:

ramtour420 wrote:

JCrusher wrote:people shouldn't complain about d'antoni not playing lin he has played him most of the game

Really?

Ya really he has played the most minutes moron lol

Please bless us with more of your brilliance, or wise one. Yes, people should not have been complaining about MDA not playing Lin this whole time. Of course not. And why not or wise one? Oh , its because he played him more than anyone this game. Oh, yes, thank you so much, it all finally makes sense. You contributions to the board are invaluable, how else would we know that "people" should not complain about Lin not getting playing time? You tell all those "people" !!!!

dude relax you sound like a girl on her period. Dude i wasn't insulting you just kidding around. Im thrilled we won. here we come baby

1) Your original statement lacked the basic logic and the basic concept of time. To dump this type of refuse onto unsuspecting listeners is insulting. Please think about what you are posting next time.

2) You called me a moron. Thats an insult. If you don't have the capacity to realize that, I don't know what to say.

3) You resorted to insults again when I showed you why your logic fails, sure I was a bit condescending, but don't hold that against me. People who are clueless bring out the worst in me. Especially if they insult me in the process.

4)"kidding around" implies humor, not calling people names. Do not try to pass your insults as failed humor attempts, again this is insulting.

s3231 wrote:Knicks aren't doing anything different on offense but this is how much better they look when a competent PG is in charge for one night.

An intelligent PG in D'Antoni's pick and roll heavy offense = gold.

This is why it doesn't make sense to fire D'Antoni until he has a decent PG on offense (whether it is Davis or even ends up being Lin).

Kudos to Lin tonight. I've said that he has looked out of control in previous games but he picked his spots tonight and did a great job setting other guys up as well. If Melo has a normal game, we easily score 110 tonight.

Lin needs to get better defensively (took some bad gambles) but he def. showed his potential on that end as well since he played Deron very well at times. Kudos to D'Antoni as well for playing him extensively tonight. I think he has been doing a good job bringing Lin along slowly....contrary to what many on these boards think. Lin is starting to look ready...

in other words... all we needed was a point guard who went to harvard to understand d'antoni's offense.

crzymdups wrote:

s3231 wrote:Knicks aren't doing anything different on offense but this is how much better they look when a competent PG is in charge for one night.

An intelligent PG in D'Antoni's pick and roll heavy offense = gold.

This is why it doesn't make sense to fire D'Antoni until he has a decent PG on offense (whether it is Davis or even ends up being Lin).

Kudos to Lin tonight. I've said that he has looked out of control in previous games but he picked his spots tonight and did a great job setting other guys up as well. If Melo has a normal game, we easily score 110 tonight.

Lin needs to get better defensively (took some bad gambles) but he def. showed his potential on that end as well since he played Deron very well at times. Kudos to D'Antoni as well for playing him extensively tonight. I think he has been doing a good job bringing Lin along slowly....contrary to what many on these boards think. Lin is starting to look ready...

in other words... all we needed was a point guard who went to harvard to understand d'antoni's offense.

Hahaha touché

Or just a point guard that knows how to run a proper PnR

s3231 wrote:Kudos to D'Antoni as well for playing him extensively tonight. I think he has been doing a good job bringing Lin along slowly....contrary to what many on these boards think. Lin is starting to look ready...

CrushAlot wrote:

nixluva wrote:

s3231 wrote:Kudos to D'Antoni as well for playing him extensively tonight. I think he has been doing a good job bringing Lin along slowly....contrary to what many on these boards think. Lin is starting to look ready...

I'm glad that someone else sees that too. It's like NY fans no longer understand player development. Just throw guys in there and see what happens. This is the NBA. You don't do that. Sometimes it can work, but this is a PG. He has to KNOW the offense and the players on the court. PG has to make all the big brain decisions and Lin did that. He's been getting extra work in practice on game days. He and Jordan went for that short D league stint to get some more run. The Knicks have been planning for this.

Maybe its frustration in the fact that he has been trying to develop Toney and Shump at the point when he had a natural point guard on the roster that looked good and did what the team was missing whenever he was on the floor. Nix, I think you said last night that it was about loyalty to vets in regards to Lin not playing more when you talked about JVG.

nixluva wrote:

s3231 wrote:Kudos to D'Antoni as well for playing him extensively tonight. I think he has been doing a good job bringing Lin along slowly....contrary to what many on these boards think. Lin is starting to look ready...

I'm glad that someone else sees that too. It's like NY fans no longer understand player development. Just throw guys in there and see what happens. This is the NBA. You don't do that. Sometimes it can work, but this is a PG. He has to KNOW the offense and the players on the court. PG has to make all the big brain decisions and Lin did that. He's been getting extra work in practice on game days. He and Jordan went for that short D league stint to get some more run. The Knicks have been planning for this.

And if Lin had crashed and burned what would you have said in D'Antoni's defense? Because I'm sure you wouldn't have criticized him for it.

holfresh wrote:This only goes to show you how badly we need a PG...A guy like BD will just work wonders for us if he is healthy...

+million

A healthy BD would hit those J's that Lin missed.

CrushAlot wrote:

JCrusher wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

nixluva wrote:

s3231 wrote:Kudos to D'Antoni as well for playing him extensively tonight. I think he has been doing a good job bringing Lin along slowly....contrary to what many on these boards think. Lin is starting to look ready...

I'm glad that someone else sees that too. It's like NY fans no longer understand player development. Just throw guys in there and see what happens. This is the NBA. You don't do that. Sometimes it can work, but this is a PG. He has to KNOW the offense and the players on the court. PG has to make all the big brain decisions and Lin did that. He's been getting extra work in practice on game days. He and Jordan went for that short D league stint to get some more run. The Knicks have been planning for this.

Maybe its frustration in the fact that he has been trying to develop Toney and Shump at the point when he had a natural point guard on the roster that looked good and did what the team was missing whenever he was on the floor. Nix, I think you said last night that it was about loyalty to vets in regards to Lin not playing more when you talked about JVG.

well i mean lin has looke much better as of late but earlier in the season he looked different not as good. So I mean you cant blmae the guy for trying to develop him and get him practice before putting him into a situation where it wont do him any good. Tonight was a good time because he has played better and he was much fresher than anybody coming off three night of games

Maybe I am a bit starstruck by his performance tonight but I don't remember him ever not looking good on the court or like a natural point. I know there was a game where I lost the stream and he got in. Maybe that is what you are referring to.