nixluva wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Baker just showing what I was saying earlier. Knicks play better with Melo as point forward and a PG that can just make smart plays and spot up vs with DRose and Jennings.

This!

I've said it before but MDA WAS RIGHT!!! Melo as Point Forward was not wrong!!!

Most teams meble Melo in the post, kid doubled him the secound he got the ball, so the passes were easy if your patient

Chandler wrote:

SocraticBallin22 wrote:The beginning of the Ron Baker era began in Milwaukee.

We will remember this date one day.

and playing the point. He's come far since this summer

Wait until he starts hitting his jumper!!

Even Doug was saying on ESPN, he settled the team down in the 4th and played with poise. They needed it. Rose was so erratic to finish the 3rd Quarter. They stopped committing turnovers when Baker came in and the defense improved!

The Baker Awakens?

Whatever, I'm glad they won. Would be nice of they could make it a thing again, but they have a lot to fix.

fitzfarm wrote:We don't win this game without baker

Tough D...passed well...pissed Terry off...no knucklehead plays.

He's not unlike Brogdon, by the way. You can tell that both of them played until their senior years and know how to fit in. I think Baker can do for us what Brogdon does for the Bucks...maybe let Rose play off guard.

WaltLongmire wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:We don't win this game without baker

Tough D...passed well...pissed Terry off...no knucklehead plays.

He's not unlike Brogdon, by the way. You can tell that both of them played until their senior years and know how to fit in. I think Baker can do for us what Brogdon does for the Bucks...maybe let Rose play off guard.

Exactly. No knucklehead plays and doesn't screw up the easy obvious ones. This is importNt

Cartman718 wrote:

Chandler wrote:

SocraticBallin22 wrote:The beginning of the Ron Baker era began in Milwaukee.

We will remember this date one day.

and playing the point. He's come far since this summer

Wait until he starts hitting his jumper!!

He's actually a very good shooter I thought.

Hard to give him those minutes now, but maybe Horny will be more willing to use him in the near future.

KP 24 points 9-14 shooting 3 blocks 6 rebounds 30 minutes
GA 25 points 9-21 shooting 5 blocks 2 steals 38 minutes

The greek freak is deserving of the hype, but as hyped as KP was last year, I think he's underrated this year becauae the Knicks have not been a great team. People may be equating the Knicks lack of wins with KP, but I tell you individually his impact is massive. He has his off games and he's not a superstar (top 5) player, but in the East, I would say KP is the best PF there right now. Love and him basically, but KP does more rim protection. Cleveland would trade Love for KP in a heartbeat. Get this kid on the all-star team he deserves it.

Oh and Melo, this is how you always need to play. Pass the ball. Don't hold it and do nothing but wait and take a contested tough shot. First look to move it. Read the defense. When we were overachieving at 22-22 last year, Melo was playing this way. Could it be that having Rose and Jennings has given Melo a sense he needs to just shoot and not be worried about passing?

I'd like us to learn some things from wins like these longterm. Guys like Noah for all his faults on offense, Lance Thomas, Ron Baker, Kyle O'Quinn and Courtney Lee, these are the sort of guys you want around KP and Melo. Phil has done great with figuring out some of these players. It's just too bad DRose has just not fit in. For whatever reason DRose came into this season with a shooting guard mindset. He has literally zero leadership or intangible qualities.

We'll be who we are until we get someone to do what Rose gets paid to do. However I'd love for Horny and Phil to just say F it and go with Baker and Jennings moving forward. Sell Rose for a pick. There has to be some teams out there who need a great driver who can score with ease off the bench. I'd suggest using Rose off the bench, but there's no way I see him accepting that role on a sub .500 team. Trade him to a contender, he would. So that's who you look to deal him to, to get some future assets.