misterearl wrote:Dee-fense

"The Knicks entered Thursday’s games with the third-worst defensive rating in the NBA.

In the last five games, the Knicks have given up an average off 33 first-quarter points. That number wouldn’t be a problem if they were scoring at the same clip. They haven't been.

Eight minutes into the Knicks' last five games, they’ve trailed by an average of 10 points. The opposing shooting guard -- often guarded by Hardaway Jr. -- has averaged 11 points in the opening eight minutes of the last two games. That’s not good." -ESPN

Maybe they should start switching....Who said that?!?!?!

-Woodson was a Genius...

knicks1248 wrote:

nixluva wrote:Who the F cares what the record is? IF this team never gets it together and continues losing there's no penalty for this. For years people have been clamoring for this team to start over and pretty much that is going to happen. Sure we've got Melo but despite what others want to say that's not a bad thing. It means the cupboard at least has something on the shelf. Most important thing is that finally we actually have our 1st rd. pick in the very year when we have our worst record. If that continues then it's all good for the Ping Pong balls. Then you pair that with the fact that we have a ton of expiring contracts and really there's nothing but good that can come of this bad season.

We don't have to worry about other teams. We only need to worry about establishing a core that can compete for a title one day. That means getting a top draft pick and using the cap wisely to build a CORE. Not an entire team all at once but just get that core base that can be built upon. If we end up with a kid like Okafor and can add a good young FA guard that would go a long way towards setting the team in the right direction. Then we continue to develop some of the kids we've been drafting and it starts to really form a solid team for the future. It doesn't have to all happen immediately.

yeah we finally may get a top pick in a weak draft, woop de doo!!

Trade these losers before the deadline, I'm paying pretty payment for NBA league pass, and i can't really enjoy watching my team sink to the worse in the league, maybe in the history of the NBA, and some of you think Fisher is all of a sudden going to become a decent coach in 10 months just because he has better players. The only way I see that is if he get an ELITE Pg, and scrap the triangle for the most part.

Weak draft? Maybe higher up, but the top three picks are as good as anything we're likely to get in FA. And the top 1 or 2 are likely franchise-changing talent. So we need to be tanking to at least have a shot at the top pick!

Papabear wrote:

misterearl wrote:Bill Parcells had a point. Might as well lower expectations in The Garden of Good and Terrible, and get with the reality of being 5-28.

5-28.

Given the competition in Washington, Cleveland, Chicago and even Atlanta... it promises to be a bumpy ride for the next two seasons. Minimally. Draft picks and free agents may dance in our collective heads, but the fact is that gathering the best available talent only guarantees that those acquisitions will require time to get acquainted and learn to trust each other, man for man.

Uncle Phil knows this.

During 2014, he has already noted which players can think in three dimensions and which players are stuck in playground habits. Not simply on offense, but primarily on defense. As his mentor, Red Holzman, said, "on offense you do what you want, on DEFENSE you do what I want."

Chants of "Dee-fense" started in the blue seats, before ANY other arena or stadium in the nation, for a reason.

Now, while we prepare to shut down Melo in 2015, and activate (cough) Andrea Bargnani from his strained whatever, please... let this season be over ... and over the next 2-3 years, please go get me some fierce big men to protect the basket, and some guards who can guard.

Defense.

Papabear Says

Misterearl don't rush the years. At my age every year count and I'm not wishing time to go fast. I'll just watch a movie and root for another team like a west coast team. Chris Paul's team

Ima root for he Wizzies this year. But am as excited as Nixluva for what's coming for Knicks. Short of selling the team to new ownership, getting Jax in here was the best thing Dolan has ever done for the Knicks.