Cartman718 wrote:

herkyJerky wrote:4 games into the season... does anybody think the Knicks, win or lose, look distracted from the Fisher/Barnes incident? Remember when writers and 'expert analysts' were trying to make us all panic about distraction and shakiness as a result of the incident? So do they look distracted? What do you guys think?

they don't look distracted to me.

Dont believe anyone here claimed that it was a permanent distraction. For whatever the reason, Fisher presided over the worst record in franchise history, and followed it up with headlines over getting caught in a relationship with the estranged wife of a former friend, with children involved. It was a distraction because Fisher missed a game over it. No one suggested that there would be long term repercussions over this incident.

Fisher is doing a good job so far, hopefully there will be no more drama on this front.

yellowboy90 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

mreinman wrote:

herkyJerky wrote:KP guards K-Love. Shove it down his throat KP.

I don't like that matchup since KP will stretch him out to the 3 point line and KP won't be able to protect the lane. Exactly the point of a stretch 4.

Rather see KP on Moz? IMHO, don't want to see that, not coming off a soft tissue injury. I like Rolo banging with Moz and KP playing D on soft as Luvs.

yeah ... you're right. Tough matchup - I wish Klove played closer to the basket.

I don't this is a great test for him. He gets to go up against a true stretch 4 that can also rebound early in the season. I want KP tested early and often so he can gain knowledge, experience, and film study.

Also, Lopez on K. Love would be a nightmare. Lopez will get to hang back in the paint and not worry about to many jumpers from Moz. It's basically Gortat 2.0 for Lopez.

A real interesting match up for me will be Grant against Dellavedova.

We may see lots of LT tonight also since he can probably guard a stretch 4. Koq does not match up well tonight.

They only have one stretch 4 so why wouldn't we see O'Q?

I think that he matches up ok with Tristan but not with Mozgov.

CrushAlot wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Porzingis is 7th on the NBA Rookie Ladder, dont get Mudiay at 2 with his serious inconsistency. Looks like Scott finally decided to put the ball in Russell's hands, about time.

http://www.nba.com/2015/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/11/04/2015-16-rookie-ladder-week-2/index.html

The pre-Draft buzz was he is not nearly strong enough yet to play inside at power forward. Someone will break him in half under the boards. Reached for comment, Porzingis said: eight rebounds in 26 minutes, six in 21 minutes and 14 in 24 minutes in his last three games. The most recent -- against the San Antonio Spurs of LaMarcus Aldridge, Tim Duncan, Boris Diaw and some David West -- included eight offensive boards and a couple blocks.

Wow. I disagree with a lot of their rankings. Johnson at 3 and Towns at 4? Ruseell at 5.

It is preseason. Doesn't include the first week+ of games.

CrushAlot wrote:

bigbasketballs wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:Porzingis is 7th on the NBA Rookie Ladder, dont get Mudiay at 2 with his serious inconsistency. Looks like Scott finally decided to put the ball in Russell's hands, about time.

http://www.nba.com/2015/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/11/04/2015-16-rookie-ladder-week-2/index.html

The pre-Draft buzz was he is not nearly strong enough yet to play inside at power forward. Someone will break him in half under the boards. Reached for comment, Porzingis said: eight rebounds in 26 minutes, six in 21 minutes and 14 in 24 minutes in his last three games. The most recent -- against the San Antonio Spurs of LaMarcus Aldridge, Tim Duncan, Boris Diaw and some David West -- included eight offensive boards and a couple blocks.

Wow. I disagree with a lot of their rankings. Johnson at 3 and Towns at 4? Ruseell at 5.

It is preseason. Doesn't include the first week+ of games.

Oh. That makes sense then.

Yeah, this is how he explains it..

10. Jerian Grant, New York Knicks (not ranked)

The plan inside Ladder HQ was to keep the season-opening top 10 for two weeks to build a body of work, but Justin Anderson barely played in Dallas. Enter Grant and his four years of experience in a major program. The Notre Dame product -- and brother of Philadelphia 76ers forward Jerami Grant, who is coming off an encouraging rookie campaign himself -- opened with an assist-to-turnover ratio slightly better than 2-1 while shooting 53.8 percent and averaging 24.4 minutes in four games. This is what being NBA ready at 23 years old looks like.

1Q - 9:19
CLE 2 NYK 11

Melo and KP have chemistry