CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:Im not mad. Its gonna be a up and down year. We have some real good pieces but we also have holes. I think we will win a decent amount. This year is a building block.

The Knicks are trying to win and build for the future. Five rooks ANSI a second year guy on the roster is definitely building. But if you think Jax and Mills went out and got Rose, Lee, Noah and Jennings to not be in the mix this year I disagree.

smackeddog wrote:The Warriors got blown out too today- are they finished? It takes weeks and months to build chemistry

fitzfarm wrote:Again it's just the first game but what is bad is lance bricking open shots like he was in preseason as a NBA pro it is unacceptable to miss wide open j's over and over and over again ...he keeps playing like this and he's going to end up at the end of the bench

WTF happened to the LT who took 500 shots a day during the offseason? Got the contract, so maybe that stopped?

jrodmc wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:Again it's just the first game but what is bad is lance bricking open shots like he was in preseason as a NBA pro it is unacceptable to miss wide open j's over and over and over again ...he keeps playing like this and he's going to end up at the end of the bench

WTF happened to the LT who took 500 shots a day during the offseason? Got the contract, so maybe that stopped?

he has a tradable contract, so i'm not to concern.

nixluva wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

nixluva wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

nixluva wrote:It's not about F'n building blocks. Come on man! Quite literally the team's starting unit never played together!!! What is so hard to understand about that? Also Hornacek held back on installing the offense with Rose missing. He also didn't get a chance to see his new team and particularly starting lineup so he could work on rotations etc.

To me it's ridiculous to try and gauge anything from this early season. We know that the team missed important time in the preseason to work with each other. Even if they had a full camp and preseason together it would've been some time needed to develop chemistry. still doesn't mean that they won't be good when they have time to come together more. What matters is how this team comes together over the course of this season. They have enough talent to win. But there's more to it than just having some talent. They'll get it together.

take a deep breath nix. Im just being honest. I have said a million times that we are a playoff team but i dont think we are a elite 55—60 win tema. Building block is not a bad thing. This season is really about getting KP to the next level and getting to the playoffs. We have multiple draft picks and cap space to take the next step

I'm telling you that when this team gets in midseason form you won't be talking about building blocks. People are misreading how bad they looked tonight. There were a ton of extenuating circumstances that lead to such a bad performance and it's not because this team only has 42 win talent!!!

It amazes me but then it doesn't, how people are so quick to jump off the bandwagon or assume the Knicks won't be much after one game. Especially when we know the starting lineup wasn't together this preseason. That has stunted the teams development.
We simply MUST have the top 7 players functioning at a high level. None of them were clicking tonight and a huge part of that is how things went before the season.

How am i jumping off the bandwagon? This is what i have predicted for months. Im not upset about tonight, i expected it to be tough. Jesus Christ Almighty lol

You can't take everything I write so personally. I wasn't saying YOU are jumping off the bandwagon. I said "PEOPLE" are so quick to jump off. Clearly if you weren't one of those people then it wasn't directed at you. Even tho it was in a post responding to you I didn't say YOU jumped off the bandwagon.

I agree that we can't tell anything from one game, particularly one played against the champs on their home court. Not to mention our starting PG basically was playing in pre-season form. I sense a small degree of exasperation from Nix' post, but still feel like we are in a two-track mode...building for the future (i.e., experience for yoots) and also trying to take advantage of what's left of Melo's career. I think that's really the best approach we could take, and I applaud Jax for setting it up that way. Not much else he was gonna do that hasn't been tried and failed before.

So let's all see how it goes over the first 20 games before we make any damning statements. But let's also admit that we are from from contention.

Rose was bad except for a few nice drives. It seemed like he didnt run any sets and just gave up and went to the basket. Jennings was the same.

Lee was very quiet.

KP was not involved in the offense enough. Almost every set should be a pick and roll with Melo or KP. Working curls and cuts off that.

Defense was bad. Noah, was pretty awful all night. Willy looked slow.

The cavs played fast and loose. NY was tight and could not keep up as their not as comfortable with each other.