Childs2Dudley wrote:Knicksfan wrote:Childs2Dudley wrote:This team is New York.The Knicks? Not so much.
When are we going to stop getting soft dudes like Amare? I want someone who will play his ass off on defense, hard foul, block, rebound. Amare is a straight-up b!tch besides scoring.
Give me Pierre-Paul at PF. I'm down with JPP!
Lets be fair here, nobody was singing praises for the Giants when they were losing many games and barely staying at .500. They picked it up at the end, figured their system just in time to get this great run they are into now.
Guess who can be in the exact same position at the end of the season?
Yeah, the Knicks.
Lets be patient and they could also make New York and all its fans proud.
The Giants have already done his before. They won a Superbowl and they did it with defense and they're doing it with defense again.
I don't see any defense from the Knicks, especially from their "best" player. Your best player has to lead by example. Amare is a bad example.
As I say, the Giants ran a path to the playoffs and to the many great wins they've had recently but it was a bumpy ride where they were close to missing the big dance. But in the end, they figured it our with enough time to make this run.
The Knicks are also a team in a bumpy ride trying to find their identity. If you fail to acknowledge their improvements on defense, albeit inconsistent, that is your choice. But the signs are out there. In some games, we have played the best defense we've had since the Ewing-Spree-H2O days. We've had many letdowns and we still haven't been close to 100% healthy, but we are getting there.
Amar'e is a player with great talent and some deficiencies. He does struggle with defense and rebounding. That sucks. But if you have paid attention, you have also seen some games where he has played those areas well enough to get us a win. He has, whether you are down on him or not. I believe Amar'e is kind of a slacker and only when the whole team is playing as a unit and trying on defense, he does try. Again, that isn't exactly what you want from a max player, but if you get your team healthy and committed to defense, he does try and is successful.
I believe it will be a long season until Baron gets acclimated to the team and everybody is healthy. Its gonna happen soon enough. I just hope fans don't jump the bridge too early and miss all the fun that is coming soon.
