Knixkik wrote:On the upside, amare looked pretty good. Let's get Calderon back who will add some shooting and fluidity to the offense and see what happens.

CrushAlot wrote:

Knixkik wrote:On the upside, amare looked pretty good. Let's get Calderon back who will add some shooting and fluidity to the offense and see what happens.

I think Calderon/Larkin could be a nice duo. I was really down on Larkin but he ended the preseason well and looked good tonight.

nixluva wrote:Guys I'm not saying anything positive. I just said you have to keep perspective and how is that not true? This was a bad game but you can't get carried away by this one game. I'm pretty sure for some here it's just what you wanted to see. This team is going to have better nights than this so why get crazy after one game?

Bubbie, you'll know the basic fate of this team around a dozen games into the season. If they still cannot get stops, it will be one of the worst teams we've had in a long time. If they can get stops, they'll bumble along and grind out an occasional extra win.

But if the defense is porous after a dozen games, it is highly unlikely a miracle player is going to step into the breach and rescue this team this year.

Not with 44 back-to-backs. This is an OLD, OLD, OLD, undermanned team that already is nursing injuries. Whatever good they do will still be sorely tested by their lack of depth pressured by better teams and a rough schedule.

And Fisher is not going to be able to compensate by settling on his best 5-7 players and running them into the ground. That will just produce more injuries.

So expect to see Early, Cole, Wear and such on the floor like tonight due to fatigue, injuries and blowouts.

You'll become a fan of the TANK soon enough.

BRIGGS wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Knixkik wrote:On the upside, amare looked pretty good. Let's get Calderon back who will add some shooting and fluidity to the offense and see what happens.

I think Calderon/Larkin could be a nice duo. I was really down on Larkin but he ended the preseason well and looked good tonight.

Larkin looked good for about two minutes. We should pick up Bynum and Adrien and dump two guys. We need more pro players on the team who can help.

Larkin did a little, but mostly he was just there. He is really bad off the ball unless he's already running a give and go when he passes. The rest of the time he drifts off into a daydream on the perimeter after he passes. It is really awful and I hope he snaps out of it. When Pablo passes, he remains aware of the action and will come back to the ball if a pass receiver is needed. Larkin simply hits the snooze button half the time he's on the floor.

nixluva wrote:

dk7th wrote:

nixluva wrote:It's easy to get crazy on a night where so much went wrong but you have to keep perspective.

the knicks were predictably godawful on defense. i think you have known that for a long time.

i said the defense would put the knicks in a 6-7 game hole that only a top 5 offense would allow them to become .500.

do you foresee the defense improving? yes or no

do you foresee the offense gelling into a top 5 offense? yes or no

I obviously do see the team getting better or else I would not have picked them to be a playoff team. Yes they will improve defensively and offensively.

well educate me please: how does fisher and company get the knicks to improve on defense? is it "teaching?" disciplining? inspiring? something else?

CrushAlot wrote:Knicks guards shot just under 29%. The Knicks need Calderon.

Nix probably has a valid explanation

I told him this would happen and more than likely often

If nothing changes with this roster and overall rotations

Our guards will have a statistical night like tonight about 15gms out of 82gms

Splat wrote:Do something Melo! Show the haters why you're an underrated superstar (not that you care what people say).

lol

Papabear wrote:

nixluva wrote:Guys I'm not saying anything positive. I just said you have to keep perspective and how is that not true? This was a bad game but you can't get carried away by this one game. I'm pretty sure for some here it's just what you wanted to see. This team is going to have better nights than this so why get crazy after one game?

Papabear Says

Nixluva you are right the d7th has gone crazy for joy. But there is more to d7th hate which id dangerous. He needs to be watched. I said this will not be a good season but I will still hope that I am wrong.

let me guess-- the hennessey is on sale again at butch's liquors? jackpot!

Vmart wrote:Amare already wearing the gone fishing hat.

LOLLL