ramtour420 wrote:Carmelo, first of all you are the man. Second of all, we need to take advantage of that. Dwight is a great shot blocker, however he can only commit 6 fouls the whole game. We had 116 possessions this game(btw Magic only had 87) If you just ran into him a bunch of times he would have fouled, a lot. And to take him out of the game he only needs a few fouls per quarter. Without him the Magic is poop. I understand that he is a great shot blocker, but the advantage is on our side here because the refs can only bail him out so many times per game, given how many posessions per game we usually have. Magic should be our biatches, all day, every day.

That's what Jeffries aka Mr Flop is for. Howard is usually foul prone.....thus the 15 techs. We didn't take advantage of that.

You need to setup the team's salaries in a way where there is enough of a window for 1-2 stars to mesh with cheap talent relative to their salaries to get a championship level team. See San Antonio, OKC, Houston for good examples. I also like how the Kings are setup currently.

Childs2Dudley wrote:This team has a shot of beating the Cavaliers eventually.

Hilarious (and sad at the same time)

ramtour420 wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:

ramtour420 wrote:Carmelo, first of all you are the man. Second of all, we need to take advantage of that. Dwight is a great shot blocker, however he can only commit 6 fouls the whole game. We had 116 possessions this game(btw Magic only had 87) If you just ran into him a bunch of times he would have fouled, a lot. And to take him out of the game he only needs a few fouls per quarter. Without him the Magic is poop. I understand that he is a great shot blocker, but the advantage is on our side here because the refs can only bail him out so many times per game, given how many posessions per game we usually have. Magic should be our biatches, all day, every day.

Where do you find the possession numbers?

http://www.nba.com/games/20110301/NYKORL/gameinfo.html#nbaGIboxscore

Actually, I made a mistake, 116 to 87 are shot attempts. To get possessions I forgot to add the turnovers. It was 124 possessions for us to 103 possessions for them.

You can't calculate it this way. Shot attempts where the player is fouled do not show up.

Papabear wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:Moz was already changing games for the better. He was rapidly improving. I would say he was pretty much "ready to play".

Papabear Says

Maybe body wise and strenth but mental?? Imagin player getting in his ear saying things. OOPs LOL I forgot he dosen't really speak english. My bad.

So that's where you're at? I'm not surprised.

Paladin55 wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:This loss is unacceptable, but so is the typical reactions of some here. While its understandable to feel frustrated, some of you just feel the urge to think we are completely doomed and will never be good as long as (insert the name of the coach, GM, owner etc.) are around.

Whatever happens this season doesn't take away the fact that we have a solid core of stars in the big three and a few solid role players like Fields, Turiaf, and even JJ. (others could step up soon). Do we have everything against us, from lack of chemistry, lack of depth especially at the 5, and unrealistic expectations for this year? Sure, but we took a step towards a championship this season and from now on we have a better chance to reach that level than before.

Can you guys please get over the trade already?

Its only a few games since the trade- it is not possible to "get over the trade" this early on.

It will even get worse, though, if the Knicks continue to be hot/cold, and Denver keeps playing like they have since Melo left, and the 4 players we gave up become important members of a team on the rise.

Our "solid core of stars," despite their talents, also have many blemishes in their respective games, especially on the defensive end.

You would think trading for a 'superstar' would yield immediate positive results, and the team receiving the 'role players' would struggle early.

But now we're told that, having traded for a 'superstar', we have to wait, wait for this wait for that, while the 'role players' we sent are winning something close to 85% of their games.

orangeblobman wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:This loss is unacceptable, but so is the typical reactions of some here. While its understandable to feel frustrated, some of you just feel the urge to think we are completely doomed and will never be good as long as (insert the name of the coach, GM, owner etc.) are around.

Whatever happens this season doesn't take away the fact that we have a solid core of stars in the big three and a few solid role players like Fields, Turiaf, and even JJ. (others could step up soon). Do we have everything against us, from lack of chemistry, lack of depth especially at the 5, and unrealistic expectations for this year? Sure, but we took a step towards a championship this season and from now on we have a better chance to reach that level than before.

Can you guys please get over the trade already?

Its only a few games since the trade- it is not possible to "get over the trade" this early on.

It will even get worse, though, if the Knicks continue to be hot/cold, and Denver keeps playing like they have since Melo left, and the 4 players we gave up become important members of a team on the rise.

Our "solid core of stars," despite their talents, also have many blemishes in their respective games, especially on the defensive end.

You would think trading for a 'superstar' would yield immediate positive results, and the team receiving the 'role players' would struggle early.

But now we're told that, having traded for a 'superstar', we have to wait, wait for this wait for that, while the 'role players' we sent are winning something close to 85% of their games.