4th Qtr 0:10
NYK 97 CHA 101

Amare being on the court at all is just pain. It feels as if every time he catches the ball, he loses it. Two points & five turnovers in 11 minutes?

Dagger wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Hopefully we lose to the Cats again on Friday

wtf?

I'll never root for a loss, but this team needs a major shake-up.

CrushAlot wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

Finestrg wrote:The best news is that this is correctable. You can't tell me with a straight face that we're not capable of taking care of business against the Charlotte Bobcats on our home court (when we're going right of course), where all we did was upgrade on a 54-win roster from last year. The pieces are here to succeed -- we're just not doing it for some reason. A lot of this looks to be on Woody, man, sorry to say. Team coming out ultra flat every damn game, there's no feel for any of the substitution patterns (Martin should've been established MUCH earlier in this game--once Chandler went out in fact) and we're running an offense so UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLY devoid of any flow or creativity I can't even bare to watch...

Really wanted to go 3-2 and then get JR back....That was the goal coming into tonight. Now we gotta hope for 2-3..

I agree its fixable and the team shouldn't be hot and cold like this. I agree part of it is on Woodson. Felton has to drive more or we become a streaky jump shooting team. I wanted Melo to drive less and not get as beat up with his bum shoulder, but not to this extent.

There were a bunch of times when Bargs was the only Knick near the rim with 3 Bobcats so I didn't expect much. Where he is at fault is his reluctance to get in the paint and battle for position. He'll push and shove further out but you don't see him try to pivot or spin his way into the post off contact. So part of it I blame on the lack of help under the rim, the other half on being soft. Wouldn't extend that to his entire game because he takes his share of contact driving to the rim and he works on perimeter D.

Also the Knicks were a different team with KMart, Prigs and Metta on the floor. I think Woodson really needs to tighten up the rotation and play Prigs and Kenyon more minutes. I think the Amare platoon needs to end. Also once JR is back I think Hardaway needs to ride the pine.

I agree they give us a healthy dose of D and energy. My only problem with Prigs is that you never know if he will take the big shot when he has an open look. Not just at the end of games. Prigs has to show more gusto on offense, for lack of a better word.

I think the jury is still out on Beno but I still want Murry activated, at this point to see how the the rest of the team plays with him on the floor.

GustavBahler wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

Finestrg wrote:The best news is that this is correctable. You can't tell me with a straight face that we're not capable of taking care of business against the Charlotte Bobcats on our home court (when we're going right of course), where all we did was upgrade on a 54-win roster from last year. The pieces are here to succeed -- we're just not doing it for some reason. A lot of this looks to be on Woody, man, sorry to say. Team coming out ultra flat every damn game, there's no feel for any of the substitution patterns (Martin should've been established MUCH earlier in this game--once Chandler went out in fact) and we're running an offense so UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLY devoid of any flow or creativity I can't even bare to watch...

Really wanted to go 3-2 and then get JR back....That was the goal coming into tonight. Now we gotta hope for 2-3..

I agree its fixable and the team shouldn't be hot and cold like this. I agree part of it is on Woodson. Felton has to drive more or we become a streaky jump shooting team. I wanted Melo to drive less and not get as beat up with his bum shoulder, but not to this extent.

There were a bunch of times when Bargs was the only Knick near the rim with 3 Bobcats so I didn't expect much. Where he is at fault is his reluctance to get in the paint and battle for position. He'll push and shove further out but you don't see him try to pivot or spin his way into the post off contact. So part of it I blame on the lack of help under the rim, the other half on being soft. Wouldn't extend that to his entire game because he takes his share of contact driving to the rim and he works on perimeter D.

Also the Knicks were a different team with KMart, Prigs and Metta on the floor. I think Woodson really needs to tighten up the rotation and play Prigs and Kenyon more minutes. I think the Amare platoon needs to end. Also once JR is back I think Hardaway needs to ride the pine.

I agree they give us a healthy dose of D and energy. My only problem with Prigs is that you never know if he will take the big shot when he has an open look. Not just at the end of games. Prigs has to show more gusto on offense, for lack of a better word.

I think the jury is still out on Beno but I still want Murry activated, at this point to see how the the rest of the team plays with him on the floor.

TeamBall wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Dagger wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Hopefully we lose to the Cats again on Friday

wtf?

What is up with this? Earlier you posted you didn't want the Knicks to win tonight.

He said something before about taking a step toward blowing it up

Yea best way to ensure Melo is not maxed out and major roster and philosophical changes take place is to keep losing

CrushAlot wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

Finestrg wrote:The best news is that this is correctable. You can't tell me with a straight face that we're not capable of taking care of business against the Charlotte Bobcats on our home court (when we're going right of course), where all we did was upgrade on a 54-win roster from last year. The pieces are here to succeed -- we're just not doing it for some reason. A lot of this looks to be on Woody, man, sorry to say. Team coming out ultra flat every damn game, there's no feel for any of the substitution patterns (Martin should've been established MUCH earlier in this game--once Chandler went out in fact) and we're running an offense so UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLY devoid of any flow or creativity I can't even bare to watch...

Really wanted to go 3-2 and then get JR back....That was the goal coming into tonight. Now we gotta hope for 2-3..

I agree its fixable and the team shouldn't be hot and cold like this. I agree part of it is on Woodson. Felton has to drive more or we become a streaky jump shooting team. I wanted Melo to drive less and not get as beat up with his bum shoulder, but not to this extent.

There were a bunch of times when Bargs was the only Knick near the rim with 3 Bobcats so I didn't expect much. Where he is at fault is his reluctance to get in the paint and battle for position. He'll push and shove further out but you don't see him try to pivot or spin his way into the post off contact. So part of it I blame on the lack of help under the rim, the other half on being soft. Wouldn't extend that to his entire game because he takes his share of contact driving to the rim and he works on perimeter D.

Also the Knicks were a different team with KMart, Prigs and Metta on the floor. I think Woodson really needs to tighten up the rotation and play Prigs and Kenyon more minutes. I think the Amare platoon needs to end. Also once JR is back I think Hardaway needs to ride the pine.

I agree they give us a healthy dose of D and energy. My only problem with Prigs is that you never know if he will take the big shot when he has an open look. Not just at the end of games. Prigs has to show more gusto on offense, for lack of a better word.

I think the jury is still out on Beno but I still want Murry activated, at this point to see how the the rest of the team plays with him on the floor.

Yeah and Cole needs to be activated now. Hopefully Kenyon isn't going every other game anymore. It was tough watching Amare tonight.

Kmart still has that ankle issue I believe. If that's the case it might be best to let him recover. This was the most mobile I've seen Kmart since he became a Knick IMO so that's a good sign. Stat looked real frustrated out there. That was a very athletic team he went up against. Must have been frustrating for someone who used to get up and down the court like Amar'e used to, reduced to a blue collar sub. Still has to play smart though.