reub wrote:He just killed us tonight. I was actually praying for Sasha to come in.

LOL

He's at or better than his career averages this season. AA is a sixth man. Not an all-star. Tonight he went out and laid an egg.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/3187/arron-afflalo

Caseloads wrote:he's 6'5", and peaked 2 seasons ago in ORL (as first option)

He's at or better than his career averages this season. AA is a sixth man. Not an all-star. Tonight he went out and laid an egg.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/3187/arron-afflalo

Based on the stats, he is not even regressed, yet. No doubt that he has a bad game tonight but who not ever tried?

wh4t wrote:Knicks should go after Batum in the off season for the shooting guard position. if we can get Teague knicks problems will be solved. championship

We need a lot of Zen for this...
Dreamer deceiver...

fishmike wrote:He's a stop gap. Knicks werent signing an all star back court last season. Considering the circumstances AA/Jose have been good. Everyone knows that is the focus of upgrading the roster.

stop gap? so how do we upgrade BOTH PG and SG this summer? when we only have enough money to bring in one very good player ?

helloharv wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:I don't know what it is but Afflalo better wake up

I just think that too many thought he was a diff player than he actually is. He is pretty close to his career production..

He is not very effective because we are very poor at setting picks. He works so hard at his height to get his shot off it is sickening to watch

when was he ever that effective?

In every win we got this yr he is averaging 18 ppg shotting 51%, it's the complete opposite in our losses. In fact, when he stuggles, we lose point blank.

that really is an amazing stat

it really is, this guy is almosts as streaky starks and JR. He needs to take more layups, it's no secrete that most jumper shooters streaky.

nyknickzingis wrote:Afflalo should be used as a post up guy, outside of that a spot up shooter (3 ball mainly). Too many times we give him the ball in the mid-range area - which leads him trying to create something which he simply is not good at. He is reliable to take a good look 2 ways. A spot up 3 from outside (whether he makes it or not, it is a good shot for us) or him posting up inside.

Afflalo leads the team in points per possession for post ups.

http://stats.nba.com/playtype/#!/post-up/?dir=1&PT=player&OD=offensive&sort=TeamNameAbbreviation

In contrast, we should avoid Porzingis in the post even when often the mismatch is glaring, and try to get him more looks from outside or on the move. We want to get Porzingis the ball when he's on the move or spotting up. He's our worst scorer in post ups. Porzingis still has major advantage in shooting over guys much smaller over him on the move. We don't have to post him up to take advantage of that. He isn't ready in that area of the game. His post game needs a year or two to hone. Porzingis shoots 1.1/3.2 on three pointers which the equivalent of scoring at over 50 percent in the post. His post FG percentage is actually very low - in the 30's. People complain about his 3 ball, but look at Curry/Thompson. You want natural gifted shooters like Porzingis to be that rare player who has the green light to "get them up" from outside. Any time Porzingis has a look as a jumpshot he should take it.

In a way we miss Calderon on offense. He was smart in directing and organizing the offense. I think the team's record with Lopez/Porzingis/Melo/Afflalo/Calderon all healthy and playing is quite good - of a playoff team. Ever since Melo rolled his ankle, it's just been one thing after another with this team and our playoff hopes have gone down the tubes with it.

I'm not upset with Afflalo, he's given his best and done what he can. The team doesn't have the depth to deal with injuries to their veteran/top 5 players. Since Melo has rolled his ankle, I believe we've had 3 games where the top 5 players on the team have been available. Have gone 2-1 in that stretch. If we don't have these guys the rest of the way, I can't see us even finishing at .500 (41 wins). We need Afflalo, Jose, Melo, KP and Lopez to be healthy the rest of the way.

Good post - I agree with you on most points. We should be running a 2 man game more often with KP and having him actually coming off screens looking for his jump shot.

helloharv wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Afflalo should be used as a post up guy, outside of that a spot up shooter (3 ball mainly). Too many times we give him the ball in the mid-range area - which leads him trying to create something which he simply is not good at. He is reliable to take a good look 2 ways. A spot up 3 from outside (whether he makes it or not, it is a good shot for us) or him posting up inside.

Afflalo leads the team in points per possession for post ups.

http://stats.nba.com/playtype/#!/post-up/?dir=1&PT=player&OD=offensive&sort=TeamNameAbbreviation

In contrast, we should avoid Porzingis in the post even when often the mismatch is glaring, and try to get him more looks from outside or on the move. We want to get Porzingis the ball when he's on the move or spotting up. He's our worst scorer in post ups. Porzingis still has major advantage in shooting over guys much smaller over him on the move. We don't have to post him up to take advantage of that. He isn't ready in that area of the game. His post game needs a year or two to hone. Porzingis shoots 1.1/3.2 on three pointers which the equivalent of scoring at over 50 percent in the post. His post FG percentage is actually very low - in the 30's. People complain about his 3 ball, but look at Curry/Thompson. You want natural gifted shooters like Porzingis to be that rare player who has the green light to "get them up" from outside. Any time Porzingis has a look as a jumpshot he should take it.

In a way we miss Calderon on offense. He was smart in directing and organizing the offense. I think the team's record with Lopez/Porzingis/Melo/Afflalo/Calderon all healthy and playing is quite good - of a playoff team. Ever since Melo rolled his ankle, it's just been one thing after another with this team and our playoff hopes have gone down the tubes with it.

I'm not upset with Afflalo, he's given his best and done what he can. The team doesn't have the depth to deal with injuries to their veteran/top 5 players. Since Melo has rolled his ankle, I believe we've had 3 games where the top 5 players on the team have been available. Have gone 2-1 in that stretch. If we don't have these guys the rest of the way, I can't see us even finishing at .500 (41 wins). We need Afflalo, Jose, Melo, KP and Lopez to be healthy the rest of the way.

Good post - I agree with you on most points. We should be running a 2 man game more often with KP and having him actually coming off screens looking for his jump shot.

Did you say "coming off screens?" Don't you know that we are amongst the worst screening teams in the league? Aflalo should be allowed to go through shooting slumps,but he is not rebounding nor passing the ball to open shooters. Why don't they (coaches, teammates, or even the media) ask him why he is not making a bigger effort to pass the ball and rebound?

Our back court is terrible at defending, scoring and rebounding.