nixluva wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

cheers wrote:

nixluva wrote:If you notice the bench hasn't been doing well and it's not like we've got better options to bring in. I think everyone wants to see Mike extend the rotation, but so far when he does play other guys we start to lose leads. It's a tough call. I think we'll see him work the bench in against the weaker teams. These last 3 games he was going all out to try and win and went with his best players for a longer look.

Sooner or later we'll see this team either make a deal or start to play some of the bench guys, but don't be surprised if they don't perform very well. I think we all want to see AR and Moz get another look. I think we'll see one or more of those guys against the Cavs.

yes ever since mda gutted the bench by making the knicks best sixman chandler a starter.

mda needs to stop trying to play this game like it's NBA 2K11, our starters are not video game toons that dont tire. mda needs to take responsibility of that bench, enough with the dnp and token minutes. its time to coach.

Unfortunately that is who he is and has been. He has a very small circle of trust and the guys that are not in it generally don't break through to join the rotation. At times this year it seemed like things might be different but he seems to be reverting back to the guy he has been in the past.

It was the winning that did it. He saw this team winning game after game and it gets to be intoxicating. Maybe this snaps him out of it a bit. Like I said. You can't be afraid to lose a game if you extend your rotation. You have to trust it and give it a chance. Right now is a perfect time when you face an opponent that you should be able to beat with less than a perfect game.

true. i feel bad for turiaf he deserves his starting minutes back. i feel bad for chandler he was well on the road to a sixman trophy.

BRIGGS wrote:Few things

A. Very impressed with Miami's ability to guard the rim. That essentially forced Amare to take way to many shots and they used their speed and length to affect Felton.

B. Fields has come down to Earth against better talent.

C. We are relying way to heavily on the starting 5--and they just got tired in the 2nd half after 3 very tough games. The problem is this is going to wear us down during the season. We need a scoring 6th man and another big who can score. Douglas if he stays here has to be a pass first guy shoot 2nd.
A key to the team is having the ability to put pressure on the other team on the offensive end and we need more firepower off the bench--it wouldve been nice to have a 2nd scoring big because we just could not match up with Bosh. We dont have what we need on the bench and you are factoring almost 8 wasted spots--too many.

Very happy with 2.5 games--we really shouldve been 2-1---we just ran into a very strong defensive team and we didnt have enough options to go to with Felton Fields and even Aamre struggling.

martin wrote:

cheers wrote:

martin wrote:

cheers wrote:

nixluva wrote:If you notice the bench hasn't been doing well and it's not like we've got better options to bring in. I think everyone wants to see Mike extend the rotation, but so far when he does play other guys we start to lose leads. It's a tough call. I think we'll see him work the bench in against the weaker teams. These last 3 games he was going all out to try and win and went with his best players for a longer look.

Sooner or later we'll see this team either make a deal or start to play some of the bench guys, but don't be surprised if they don't perform very well. I think we all want to see AR and Moz get another look. I think we'll see one or more of those guys against the Cavs.

yes ever since mda gutted the bench by making the knicks best sixman chandler a starter.

mda needs to stop trying to play this game like it's NBA 2K11, our starters are not video game toons that dont tire. mda needs to take responsibility of that bench, enough with the dnp and token minutes. its time to coach.

8-2 since Chandler entered starting lineup permanently. Only loses to 2 best teams in league.

Perhaps you need to stop posting like you know what you are talking about.

i always know what i am talking about, im observant, i only speak on what i hear and see. i see turiaf worked well for new york as a starter and chandler worked well for new york as a sixman-- the reverse is not true.

have your powers of observation noticed how Turiaf has been playing poorly and still hurt?

amar'e is playing with a stiff neck, mda is not shorting his minutes. i dont see turiaf playing any more poorly than usual.

OldFan wrote:38.5 38.9
36.5 37.6
35.2 34.2

One is the knicks the other is the celtics. Is there really that big a difference? There are two guys on the knicks playing a lot of minutes. Not all the starters. It isn't that unusual especially on a team that has no bench.

R. Felton(notes) G 40:56 3-12 0-3 2-4 -33 0 4 10 3 1 0 2 1 8
L. Fields(notes) G 33:52 2-7 0-2 1-2 -8 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 1 5
A. Stoudemire(notes) C 37:59 11-28 0-0 2-7 -22 7 14 4 4 1 2 5 1 24
D. Gallinari(notes) F 40:12 8-16 4-8 5-6 -23 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 25
W. Chandler(notes) F 37:49
That is a lot of minutes for the starting five and most of those guys played like they were tired down the stretch.

cheers wrote:amar'e is playing with a stiff neck, mda is not shorting his minutes.

awesome. amare had a bad pedicure last week too and that hasn't slowed him down either. dude is TOUGH as nails.

cheers wrote:

martin wrote:

cheers wrote:i dont see turiaf playing any more poorly than usual.

great, pay more attention to him. Notice the impossibly big knee brace. Also catch snippets from articles saying that Turiaf is not really practicing with squad - off to the side doing his own thing.

if its that bad why is turiaf even out there and not the other bigs

unfortunately, even in his weakened state, he is much better than they are. AR: 27% FG shooting and has no clue where to be in the offense or defense. Moz still catching up to speed of game. What can you do.

martin wrote:

cheers wrote:amar'e is playing with a stiff neck, mda is not shorting his minutes.

awesome. amare had a bad pedicure last week too and that hasn't slowed him down either. dude is TOUGH as nails.

though i would not take amar'e health lightly i do understand playing injured is part of the game. wade was holding his wrist he has been playing with a nagging injury.

CrushAlot wrote:

cheers wrote:

martin wrote:

cheers wrote:i dont see turiaf playing any more poorly than usual.

great, pay more attention to him. Notice the impossibly big knee brace. Also catch snippets from articles saying that Turiaf is not really practicing with squad - off to the side doing his own thing.

if its that bad why is turiaf even out there and not the other bigs

It is because even though he is hobbled D'Antoni trusts him more than Randolph.

i have no prob with donnie trading ar tomorrow, but mda needs to play the players he gets, i hope one of those players is melo.

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i have no prob with donnie trading ar tomorrow, but mda needs to play the players he gets,

Mike's whole system is predicated on 5 players playing as a team. Unselfish passing is a must. Selfish players that put their desires to score first, find themselves traded away. Basketball IQ is also very important. If a player doesn't see the court well and can't figure out where to pass it, they also don't fit the system. Also, the player needs to space the floor properly, and if don't know where to stand, again they can't play for Mike.

Mike doesn't want to play someone unless and until a player has learned his system. He doesn't want a player learning how to play with the game on the line Players like AR have refused to stop taking what are low percentage shots for them. Yes AR is a player that Mike has gotten. But until he stops wasting shot attempts, and concentrates on defense, and rebounding, Mike correctly won't play him. Its a battle of wills, and Mike has refuse to compromise unless AR is willing to concentrate on what the team needs.

I don't understand why you insist that Mike should play players, who would have a negative affect on our ability to win? How is AR ever going to be A valuable contributor for us, if we let him continue to take bad shots?

skeng wrote:this is ****ed.. I come home from partying and see the boxscore and I see stat playing 41 minutes. wtf is this ****..CLEVELAND? REALlY?

the thing that's most ****ed is that I was wearing my Patrick Ewing jersey.. FUCK!