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Leaving Champagnie open over and over again is really pissing me off

Besides refs we are just dumb _ Kat again fouling anything that comes near him, OG tackling Olynk and Koret off the ball and in the penalty.

Just piss poor, nonchalant play tonight - should have played kids more as they were at least defending.

The Curse of the Giveth/Taketh Player

of whom we have two specifically, KAT & Clarkson

KAT is the ultimate good and bad player, something every Knicks fan is all too familiar with with his stupid mistakes

Jordan Clarkson made so many mistakes defensively this game and some on offense too that it tends to negate his scoring off the bench tonight.

Neither player was helping us down the stretch other than a KAT putback, but overall they were getting scored on, leaving shooters wide open and getting called for dumb fouls

This is where I fault Brown. Perhaps you keep KAT on the floor, but it was very clear in the last 5-6 minutes of the game when he was our only big on the floor we were getting abused in the paint and Kornet was the superior center in the clutch. At that point, you either bring in Huk or sub out KAT and roll with Hukporti who was having a better game than KAT defensively and leave the scoring to the other Knicks.

But an even bigger criticism was Clarkson was a massive detriment down the stretch. I couldn't believe someone like McCullar wasn't in the game instead when we clearly were getting torched down the stretch. Lo and behold, McCullar enters the last minute and makes an incredible defensive play that could have led to a final shot attempt to tie the game.

We choked down the stretch and I think part of that was Brown choking and not making what looked like obvious defensive adjustments. Guys like Deuce and McCullar should have been in the game most of the 4th. They defend and can score.

Tonight I was thinking of Giannis and how much better we'd be with him instead of KAT. Sorry, but this game pushed me over the edge. I'm ready for the big trade now.

And I'm ready for McCullar to excel and take those key minutes away from Clarkson. He looks ready for prime time. Give him a long leash coach.

Deuce (incredible efficiency)

Kolek (was very sharp with PnR and Outlet passes, team was best when he played, should have gotten more than 15 minutes)

Hukporti (altered lots of shots, one of his better games)

McCullar (small minutes, but impactful, should have played much more)

Yabusele (his first legit solid game as a Knick)

BlueKnickers wrote:This game highlights what I'll call:

The Curse of the Giveth/Taketh Player

of whom we have two specifically, KAT & Clarkson

KAT is the ultimate good and bad player, something every Knicks fan is all too familiar with with his stupid mistakes

Jordan Clarkson made so many mistakes defensively this game and some on offense too that it tends to negate his scoring off the bench tonight.

Neither player was helping us down the stretch other than a KAT putback, but overall they were getting scored on, leaving shooters wide open and getting called for dumb fouls

This is where I fault Brown. Perhaps you keep KAT on the floor, but it was very clear in the last 5-6 minutes of the game when he was our only big on the floor we were getting abused in the paint and Kornet was the superior center in the clutch. At that point, you either bring in Huk or sub out KAT and roll with Hukporti who was having a better game than KAT defensively and leave the scoring to the other Knicks.

But an even bigger criticism was Clarkson was a massive detriment down the stretch. I couldn't believe someone like McCullar wasn't in the game instead when we clearly were getting torched down the stretch. Lo and behold, McCullar enters the last minute and makes an incredible defensive play that could have led to a final shot attempt to tie the game.

We choked down the stretch and I think part of that was Brown choking and not making what looked like obvious defensive adjustments. Guys like Deuce and McCullar should have been in the game most of the 4th. They defend and can score.

Tonight I was thinking of Giannis and how much better we'd be with him instead of KAT. Sorry, but this game pushed me over the edge. I'm ready for the big trade now.

And I'm ready for McCullar to excel and take those key minutes away from Clarkson. He looks ready for prime time. Give him a long leash coach.

We gave the ball away, played sloppy. Didn't box out at all,and when Bridges tried he got pushed into the ground and called for a foul. wtf. Lesson? When someone is on fire like that you gotta get glued to him. No reason why we couldn't make it at least a bit harder for Champagne

Knixkik wrote:Tough loss. No big deal. Why didn’t Diawara play after the first 5 mins ? I missed the early part of the game.

Diawara started off in ridiculous fashion hitting two threes in a row to start the game and then he started spamming threes and missed three in a row and was shown the bench. He sat the rest of the game as punishment.