Philc1 wrote:Unfortunately I’m watching the ESPN feed on my app today and Van Gundy is acting like Charles Barkley Jr with his Knick vitriol. “the Hawks are better” “the Knicks won so many games in the regular season because they don’t rest their players” - like that’s a bad thing

Jeff, you had the chance to coach here again and get paid millions to get this team back to the playoffs. You didn’t because you dismissed us as going nowhere. Go enjoy coaching the Mavs or the Timberwolves in a couple years

Who said he had a chance to coach here? HE turn us down and they give it to Thibs? JVG has not coached in 23 years! PHil Jax won his last chip in 2010! Jeff a good dude and he did a god job here. Came and went. This romantic notion he’d come back is all on fans. He might have been offered the job in Houston for a second round but he was smart to turn that down.

smackeddog wrote:JVG was praising us for weeks, even praised Randle when all the focus was on what Curry was doing in the game. He’s no hater.

He’s right about the Hawks- they are deep, loaded with three point shooters and are going to be really difficult to beat. Bogdanovic has been playing next level, and was a real tough, clutch player in euro games.

A back court of him and Trae Young (who can draw zillions of fouls with his BS flopping) can penetrate and a pass and shoot, and can be surrounded by 3 point shooters like Gallo, Collins, Hunter, Lou Williams, Huerter, With defensive, rebounding menace Clint Capella at C. They’re versatile too. I don’t understand why so many Knick fans think they’re going to be easy

The Young/Capella PnR is pretty automatic and unstoppable. We are going to have to score alot. Good thing their D is pretty bad

PassTheBall wrote:The Hawks have more talent than us.

We have more toughness and discipline than the Hawks.

Thibs is going to be put to the test to see if his all season playoff mode strategy was the right one. It actually could be the right one, that’s the funny thing.

I’m just happy our season isn’t over and there is no talk of lottery picks!

Yeah...I didn't want Case anyway ...😥

So I’m very much interested in these two things.

ESOMKnicks wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

Nalod wrote:No haterade. Just not a homer. Thats not his job. Nobody said the job we as his anyway and besides who the phuch cares about JVG.
He can say 10 good things but a homer will focus on the one bad.

Where would Van Gundy be without the Knicks? Coaching high school making crap money?

He was vastly overrated as a coach, and even more so now as a TV commentator.

And he’ll be let go from that job in 1-2 years the way these networks are getting rid of overpaid legacy talent

Philc1 wrote:

Nalod wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Unfortunately I’m watching the ESPN feed on my app today and Van Gundy is acting like Charles Barkley Jr with his Knick vitriol. “the Hawks are better” “the Knicks won so many games in the regular season because they don’t rest their players” - like that’s a bad thing

Jeff, you had the chance to coach here again and get paid millions to get this team back to the playoffs. You didn’t because you dismissed us as going nowhere. Go enjoy coaching the Mavs or the Timberwolves in a couple years

Who said he had a chance to coach here? HE turn us down and they give it to Thibs? JVG has not coached in 23 years! PHil Jax won his last chip in 2010! Jeff a good dude and he did a god job here. Came and went. This romantic notion he’d come back is all on fans. He might have been offered the job in Houston for a second round but he was smart to turn that down.

2007 was 23 years ago?

Your correct, it was a typo. 13 or 14 seasons based on date of hire.

Moonangie wrote:In the playoffs...defense counts for a LOT. NYK have a solid chance to take this series and advance.

One game at a time.

Whatever. You are what your record says you are. The records for Atlanta and NY are the same, so it's reasonable to expect a close serious. To just write off the next because our players play high minutes is unreasonable. If it were that simple, how come his brother Stan didn't do the same thing in New Orleans? The winner of this series will be determined by the team who controls the pace. No wait, it's the team who hits the most threes. No wait it's the team who defends the three better. I notice that anyone who tries to sum up series in one series is usually a person who hasn't paid much attention to either team.

Nalod wrote:We beat them twice when coached by Lloyd Pierce.
Its not the hate or just JVG. Odds makers too. Hate is saying stupid **** with no basis.
To lean on "we beat them 3-0" is naïve. Its not what most of us want. we just recognize Hawks and give them respect.

Hold on...Wait....serious question here....how did you spell naive with the 2 little dots over the i?