Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by martin:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by martin:

Didn't read the whole thread but here is what I think is going on with JC. He lacks some fundamentals. Defense, shot selection, decision making. If he were the Knicks' starting PG both he and the team would be HORRIBLE. The whole year. Brown has made the decision to rework his game without giving JC too much responsibility, and thus he comes off the bench for the most part. Brown stresses defense, going to the basket instead of chucking, midrange, more drives and less 3 pointers. Man, it usually takes a full year before all of that is second nature. Passing and decision-making will come next. Once he gets those down, say at the beginning of next year, maybe he will play some at point.

That's an interesting perspective. However, I will just note that some of us as early as last year, with the little PG time he got, and in SL and preseason, noticed that a lot of those bad habits seemed to decrease naturally for JC when he played the point. IOw, it seemed his more natural position, and trying to fit his square peg into a round hole at SG seemed to be more problematic than it was worth.

OTOH, Steph also seems out of position at the one, and some of his flaws might be diminished with him playing the two.

So why not give them a little switch for a while and see what happens? Things might just fall into a better place.

I am guessing that Brown and maybe even Isiah sees more negative things with JC's fundamentals than we do and know that it takes MONTHS and maybe even up to a year before they are fixed. Again, it's a responsibility thing. How much change can he handle at once? Again, I am guessing that Brown saw too much change (and maybe bad things) in the preseason.

i look at it in almost an opposite way. i think lb is ready to hand over the pg duties to craw but there's an obstacle and that's steph. like blue said, he ran the point in preseason, then all of the sudden he not only isn't the point on opening night but not even starting. something else is up.

i used to be a big proponent of moving steph to SG but i realize now why lb wouldn't do it. steph is not AI. him at the SG would not be a great move b/c he's not a consistent enough jumpshooter, nor does he have a quick release. his strength is driving to the hole but as a SG, other teams can adjust to it much better than with him as the point. WITH THAT SAID, i would like to see jamal run the point for a bit with steph as the SG but i'm not sure we will on a regular enough basis to see how it would work.

lb has said he's been the hardest on jamal and i think it's b/c he sees the most potential in him. and his strength is a 6'5' pg and playmaker. does he have a long way to go? hell yeah. has he been inconsistent? hell yeah. but it's time to give him a legitimate shot and defined role to see if he can do it.

Why not take one more guy and play him out of position on this team...take the best point guard on your team and move him off the ball...that would all be just great...

Posted by bigbeast:

Jamal is what he is, a 6th man on a good team. 6th men usually are very hot and cold. When they are hot like Jamal was in seattle you ride him. When they are cold like when Jamal was aganist the Clippers you put them back on the bench and let the starting two play the majority of the mins.

Jamal ha actually played a little better this year in terms of taking better shots and getting to the hole (notice he has taken more free throws than threes this year.)

The main resaon why everyone is focusing on Jamals incosistancies is because Q-Rich has been so horrible. If Q-Rich gave us a consistant 15pts per like last year nobody would be focusing on Jamal. This is why its essential for the Knicks to get a consistant 2 guard who could score (14-16 per) play good D and hit an open jumper.