Chandler wrote:i've been critical of Jose's defense but don't hate him. In fact I think he contributes to the team in a number of important ways.

I would like to see him switched off on D though and either have AA or (even) LT play D on the quicker guards (LT did this earlier in the season; can't remember the game exactly but may have been Blazers)

Also I think the team would benefit if it could find someone like the next Patrick Beverly. Someone who can be spotted in to shut down a hot guard and do the other little things a PG does

I think we stand a much better chance of finding a defensive contributor from the D league (or riding pine some place) than finding Derrick Rose/Westbrook (seems all the cries for point guard help on this forum are for guys who can fill it up)

Month		GP	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	TOV	STL	BLK	PF	DD2	TD3	PTS	+/-
October		3	19.1	1.7 	6.3 	26.3	0.7	3.3	20.0	1.0	1.0	100	0.0	1.3	1.3 	1.7 	1.0 	0.7 	0.0 	3.0	0	0	5.0	-8.0
November	15	28.5	3.3 	6.7 	49.0	1.4	3.1	44.7	0.6	0.7	90.0	0.3	2.2	2.5 	3.7 	1.3 	1.1 	0.0 	1.6	0	0	8.5	-1.6
December	15	26.1	2.3 	4.6 	49.3	1.0	2.6	38.5	0.8	0.9	85.7	0.3	3.2	3.5 	4.5 	0.8 	0.7 	0.1 	1.2	0	0	6.3	-1.7
January		8	31.4	3.6 	7.1 	50.9	1.5	2.6	57.1	0.3	0.4	66.7	0.5	3.5	4.0 	4.4 	1.6 	1.4 	0.1 	2.0	0	0	9.0	6.3

broadwaystorm wrote:First and foremost you would get more defense by putting a traffic cone under the basket. Second, for a veteran player he plays like a coward. He visibly panics when double teamed and when this happens he always puts people in a bad spot to shoot. He can't shoot. He should never be taking any important shots yet time after time you see it and he misses. He'll make a 3 every now and then in spot in the game but never in crunch time. He is just the epitomy of a mediocre player and I think he does not belong on this team if we are to take winning seriously. And again its not that he is a bad person but I still want them to grab him and kick him in his behind right out into the cold street on 8th avenue after the Knicks next home game. I don't even want him to get his clothes or head to the showers. Just throw him out in his uniform. We'll mail him his stuff the next day. I don't want to see him again.

so I don't get a post like this. I know there is frustration out there, but most of this stuff is either not right or so obtuse it would never happen.

Knicks1969 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

Chandler wrote:i've been critical of Jose's defense but don't hate him. In fact I think he contributes to the team in a number of important ways.

I would like to see him switched off on D though and either have AA or (even) LT play D on the quicker guards (LT did this earlier in the season; can't remember the game exactly but may have been Blazers)

Also I think the team would benefit if it could find someone like the next Patrick Beverly. Someone who can be spotted in to shut down a hot guard and do the other little things a PG does

I think we stand a much better chance of finding a defensive contributor from the D league (or riding pine some place) than finding Derrick Rose/Westbrook (seems all the cries for point guard help on this forum are for guys who can fill it up)

Same here. I don't hate Calderon, but I don't see him as a starting PG. he does lead a lot of the young dudes, and that is valuable. He is a horrible defender, but I don't mind him getting minutes if he makes up his mind to shoot the ball. At this point, that is all he is good for. Shoot the ball or take a sit.

But the point i was trying to get at was that as of now he's our best option to be starting for us and until we can get a better player in here to play the point he should be starting for us. Wouldn't you agree with that??

I agree, but with a caveat: he needs to shoot the ball. If not, he needs to be replaced.

This is always empty rhetoric in adsence of replaced with who and how.