Finestrg wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:That's what it is. He's feeling his in. It's going to take a while for him to get comfortable. Right now he is trying to not step on Melos toes. Defensively he is giving more effort than we are accustomed to seeing from him blocking 2 shots yesterday. Young guys who are traded for the first time need time. Remember Allan Houston?

Agreed. I actually think Melo should be going out of his was to defer to Bargs early. That's what I'd be doing -- I'd be telling myself it's important to establish this guy in order for him to help me. And if that's not Melo's call (if the majority of the plays are coming from the bench) then that's gotta be up to Woody. The last shot should've went to AB last night. Give him a chance to tie or win that game. Do everything possible to get this guy comfortable as quick as possible. Still a little disappointed about his rebounding but yeah, he definitely looked a little more lively on the defensive end. He even switched out on Kemba Walker a couple of times and stopped him at least twice. Encouraging....Play hard big fella and good things will happen...That's rule #1 in NY -- GO HARD!!!

That's what it look like Melo has been doing the whole pre-season expect for the B'more game. He called out several plays to get Bargs the ball.

BigSm00th wrote:We got him to stretch defenses and draw bigs from the basket, right?

he is 24/63 from the field (38%), and a stellar 3 of 15 from 3 (20%).

i think there is about a 30% chance this is his last season in the NBA. i'm not sure if he doesn't care or just fell apart, but certainly not a good sign.

i thought acquiring Bargnani was a good idea (albeit at a classic "knicks bidding against themselves" comically high price). not sure how much of a leash he will have, but he is basically a zero defensively, gives us nothing on the glass, and if he isn't making his shots, he needs to take a seat.

You for got to put his FT stats which are 28/31. Before last night game his free throw rate would be around Durant's rate. That would be huge. So, overall he is Shooting 50% from 2, 20% from 3, and 90% from the line .

he reeks of the same stench stevie franchise, t-mac and the other bums gave off when they came here to die in nyc retirement home,

we are the last stop in the nba for the last paycheck you ever make,

guys squeeze their last contracts out of our ownership

yellowboy90 wrote:

BigSm00th wrote:We got him to stretch defenses and draw bigs from the basket, right?

he is 24/63 from the field (38%), and a stellar 3 of 15 from 3 (20%).

i think there is about a 30% chance this is his last season in the NBA. i'm not sure if he doesn't care or just fell apart, but certainly not a good sign.

i thought acquiring Bargnani was a good idea (albeit at a classic "knicks bidding against themselves" comically high price). not sure how much of a leash he will have, but he is basically a zero defensively, gives us nothing on the glass, and if he isn't making his shots, he needs to take a seat.

You for got to put his FT stats which are 28/31. Before last night game his free throw rate would be around Durant's rate. That would be huge. So, overall he is Shooting 50% from 2, 20% from 3, and 90% from the line .

Unless Bigsmooth's #s are wrong, that wouldn't be 50% from 2 point range. 21 of 48 is low 40s, which is bad for 2 pointers.
Good point about the FTs though.

Bonn1997 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

BigSm00th wrote:We got him to stretch defenses and draw bigs from the basket, right?

he is 24/63 from the field (38%), and a stellar 3 of 15 from 3 (20%).

i think there is about a 30% chance this is his last season in the NBA. i'm not sure if he doesn't care or just fell apart, but certainly not a good sign.

i thought acquiring Bargnani was a good idea (albeit at a classic "knicks bidding against themselves" comically high price). not sure how much of a leash he will have, but he is basically a zero defensively, gives us nothing on the glass, and if he isn't making his shots, he needs to take a seat.

You for got to put his FT stats which are 28/31. Before last night game his free throw rate would be around Durant's rate. That would be huge. So, overall he is Shooting 50% from 2, 20% from 3, and 90% from the line .

Unless Bigsmooth's #s are wrong, that wouldn't be 50% from 2 point range. 21 of 48 is low 40s, which is bad for 2 pointers.
Good point about the FTs though.

Overall that puts him at a .515 TS%, which is OK, but he's going to have to do a lot better if scoring is gonna be the one and only thing he's good at.

Of course, and thanks for the correction above with the 2fg%, It would be 44%. His post D and man D looks legit. I think his D overrall has looked good or better than I thought it would. However, he should never be at the 5.

yellowboy90 wrote:For Bargs to work I think a TS% above 54 is key.

my prediction - he has a very good first game and all of you will be pumped. then he will fall back into a pattern of 3 bad games, 1 good game.

there is alot more pressure on you guys this year. on melo and on woodson. there are too many things that could make this a very difficult year. you can all see it, it's going to come back to melo ball trying to score 30+ for the knicks to have a chance to win when it counts. melo is an iverson type of guy. just let him chuck and try to surround him with nothing but complimentary players. bargs...is not a complimentary player for him. neither is jr or amare.

djsunyc wrote:the issue is going to be woodson b/c i almost guarantee he is going to scream at bargs like he did with novak at some point this year. you guys are right, he needs to fix it quick or else it could get ugly.

my prediction - he has a very good first game and all of you will be pumped. then he will fall back into a pattern of 3 bad games, 1 good game.

there is alot more pressure on you guys this year. on melo and on woodson. there are too many things that could make this a very difficult year. you can all see it, it's going to come back to melo ball trying to score 30+ for the knicks to have a chance to win when it counts. melo is an iverson type of guy. just let him chuck and try to surround him with nothing but complimentary players. bargs...is not a complimentary player for him. neither is jr or amare.

this is what it is,

perfect storm for shtf

JamesKPolk wrote:Those will be his numbers during the regular season.

Some forum members don't watch basketball outside the Knicks. This is who Bargnani is. Learn it and live it.

and love it, mofos