Knicks67 wrote:Minutes are simply going to the wrong people in my opinion. More minutes should be going Willy and Kuzminskas simply. Willy has shown flashes of incredible potential and Kuzminskas has already been a handy scorer for us. Everyone is quick to point out transitional flaws of coming from Europe to the Nba but the only way to iron them out for the future is faith and strong roster spots. OQuinn and Thomas are disappointing to say the least so far so why not spice things up a little? Even throw Baker a bone with some good court time in the future. Hopefully we don't go throwing away what we have in Willy and Kuz in a classic Knicks move for immediate role players over the longer route.

in terms of trade for lance and oquinn could we get memphis to bite on a lance and KOQ for ZBO. I feel ZBO is a perfect fit and could really help willy and KP develop there low post game.

second unit

willy
ZBO
KUZ
holiday
Jennings

that is a great second unit !!! I know we had ZBO for a grip but I would definitely give him a second burn in the orange and blue

knicks1248 wrote:I thought we would be ok despite what the media was saying. Either JH finds the right 4 or 5 guys to bring off the bench, or we will have to do a 2 for 1 trade, to upgrade this bench.

Jennings can't carry the squad alone, and other than him, no one on the bench seems like a main stay in the rotation, which makes its hard to find any consistency because you gotta keep playing different guys every game. It's like a box of chocolate with those guys, you never know what your going to get

If we can't solve the issue this season -- I'm hoping Briggs can find a package deal where NDour/2nd round pick gets us into top 5 in draft next June.

knicks1248 wrote:I'm starting to think it's not the roster, it's the system. We kept saying we needed a real pg and coach, we got that , and we still look suspect.

The Olympic roster would produce a .500 record if they had to play in the triangle

News Flash - we haven't been running triangle on offense and you don't run the triangle when you are on defense.

Our O has been fine our D is league worst.

LivingLegend wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:

Knicks67 wrote:Minutes are simply going to the wrong people in my opinion. More minutes should be going Willy and Kuzminskas simply. Willy has shown flashes of incredible potential and Kuzminskas has already been a handy scorer for us. Everyone is quick to point out transitional flaws of coming from Europe to the Nba but the only way to iron them out for the future is faith and strong roster spots. OQuinn and Thomas are disappointing to say the least so far so why not spice things up a little? Even throw Baker a bone with some good court time in the future. Hopefully we don't go throwing away what we have in Willy and Kuz in a classic Knicks move for immediate role players over the longer route.

I agree with everything you wrote give the kids a chance in willy and kuz... also i really like holiday watching him on defense is really fun .

in terms of trade for lance and oquinn could we get memphis to bite on a lance and KOQ for ZBO. I feel ZBO is a perfect fit and could really help willy and KP develop there low post game.

second unit

willy
ZBO
KUZ
holiday
Jennings

that is a great second unit !!! I know we had ZBO for a grip but I would definitely give him a second burn in the orange and blue

You don't improve by running out very poor defenders and both Willy/Kuz are very poor defenders.

I wouldn't bury Kuz. I really like how he looked the few mins. he played against Utah. He looked real into it on both ends. I'm telling ya fellas, before we even entertain a trade for Nerlens Noel or anyone else, we need to make sure we don't have any answers in-house with guys like Willy, Plumlee, N'Dour, Kuz and Baker. We already know what KOQ and LT are about and they're merely OK--let's see if any of these other guys could be higher end.

HofstraBBall wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:Upgrading the bench would help.
Nothing would help more than if the team defended. Too many plays where this team takes defensive plays off.

This is on Melo. He needs to step up as a leader. If he can't then Rose needs to. They have to value the defensive end more. Better effort and team work period.

What about KP? He has been lost defending any stretch 4. And it has translated to poor offensive games. Agree defense has been horrid. But we have had decent games with good starts followed by terrible second unit play. Was watching a Lakers game and Lou Williams and Clarkson played better than 1st unit. Think we should try KP in second unit where he can be featured. Melo Lee and Rose are sufficient offense in first unit. Will also give us a look at KP being the "main guy".

It's funny how we are always trying to match up and teams should be trying to match us.