Bonn1997 wrote:

markvmc wrote:Amare's brother just died. How good would you be at your job if it happened to you?

Yeah but he's looked 60 years old for about 1 year now.

Let's be honest here, it is just half of this season

Bonn1997 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Dang JR messing up team chemistry. lol.

His talent is awesome but his shot selection sucks

Lol. JR hits contested fadeaways at a higher clip than Shump and Fields hit wide open jumpers. Thing is, he can get off a fadeaway ANYTIME. Which means he can create his own offense and hit it at a good percentage regardless of how the defense plays him.

markvmc wrote:7 is a lot though.

The turnover rate comes from a combination of a lot of different things...

1. Lin being a rookie.
2. Usage rate: Through Lin's first seven starts only two players in the league have a higher usage rate, or percentage of time they touch the ball, and are more efficient than Lin: LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.

Lin's turnover rate falls right in line with other elite players at the point guard position, like Steve Nash. The point is simple. The basketball metrics don't bear out that there should be a large concern with Lin's turnovers. Of course, you always hope they go down and they will as he gets better.

rp wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Dang JR messing up team chemistry. lol.

His talent is awesome but his shot selection sucks

I saw about three bad shots but thats me. Is it any different than Shump's bad shots? The difference is one is a better shooter. You are right that he is known for taking bad shots.

I like JR as our 6th and his role on last few minutes to space out the lane. He is taking over Shump minutes if Shump can't be better with his jump shots. I don't like how he likes to dribble for 1:1. I rather he takes the novak catch and shoot or quick dribble and shoot.

For the most part, JR will be taking Bill Walker's minutes which is a step up. When Baron is ready, Shump will lose some or all of his minutes.

AnubisADL wrote:

JCrusher wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

JCrusher wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:Solid win. Wish we could have gotten Amare more involved.

Also Lin being trapped killed alot of time on the shot clock. Melo shuld help with that but we still have alot of work to do.

we got amare involved but he wasn't playing today lol. I agree melo should love this because they are doubling lin now. Lin gets doubled and still ends up with 28 pts and 14 dimes thats insane

Lin took 20 shots tonight.

And? he had 28 pts and 14 dimes. he abused one of the best defensive teams in the NBA and he didn't even rest

We need Lin to get Amare the ball in the right spots.

Knicks pulled out he win with a hot shooting 4th quarter. I will take the win but lets not act like we were getting great PG play.

11-20? are you kidding me? that's sounds like a great shooting night to me...

NYKBocker wrote:

HARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

rp wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:I think Lin will have his first triple double today. 20/10/15

10 TO ?

Lin may get a quadruple double

Ouch! Let's hope that TO stat doesn't hit double figures. Against a hot Dallas team, the Knicks margin for error is that much smaller.

It would be great for Lin to have another career game today, though.

Looks like I was off on my prediction.

28 pts
14 assists
4 rebounds
5 steals
1 block
7 TOs

This is on 55% shooting.

I'm glad you were off on that call. lol Lin will get the good type of triple doubles when he lowers the TOs and grabs a few more boards.

Well, I asked for another career game from Lin, and with the 14 assists, that's exactly what he gave us, while helping this team win a nationally televised statement game... Against the defending champs, no less.

The optimism is in full swing now, and what was once a light at the end of the tunnel was the sunshine the Knicks are just starting to enjoy. There will be some bright, happy, successful days for this team in the future.

KNICKS, baby!