With Marbury missing on the offensive end, combined with Q's 4 for 13 shooting and 1 for 7 from the arch, that's an awful lot of missing points. At least we know why we lost number wise.
24 more assists. Not bad once again.
The thing that beat us in, because we didn't get the shooting numbers we needed form a few players, trying to finish in the end was kind of reflective of the kinds of games the Knicks played last year.
One thing I notice is, between Brown, Isiah and D'Antoni, pretty much all have lost there Knick debuts, in one way or another and the MSG debuts as well. I hope it's not a sign of the times again. But I'm going to remain positive. I just don't think they played as aggressive tonight as the first two games. Most of the numbers I am impressed with though.

sixers made a lot of shots, even contested ones. Knicks looked good, they passed, cut, scored even ran the break well... It is going to be fun watching this team this year..

Posted by JesseDark:

I think this game represents how the season will go - more entertaining but still losing. A defensive shot blocker intimindator who can run the floor is needed.

I can't help but think how much better a Justin Williams would make this team look in those minutes Malik Rose is getting right now. Totally agree Jess, we need a defensive presence inside. If they don't want to go get this kid Williams now who's available, hey that's fine, but they need to come up with something.

And they need to shop Eddy Curry at all costs. His fat ass has no place on this team playing this style. You can tell D'Antoni's disgusted with this guy as well: when asked if Eddy was OK after the game he responded, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I think so. Think he had an upset stomach or something." And how 'bout his comment when he found out Eddy was vomiting a lot with the bacteria infection during training camp: "That's a good way to loose weight." What a joke, and D'Antoni knows it. Whatever you can get for this guy, a second rounder even, just do it and move on. I said it a while ago and nothing's changed in my mind: Curry and Randolph both have terrible contracts, esp. Zach's, but Zach is such a superior player to Eddy Curry, it's not even funny.



[Edited by - finestrg on 10-15-2008 09:14 AM]

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by martin:

Posted by djsunyc:

nate >>>> crawford + marbury in this system...

I thought crawford was supposed to a perfect fit for this system. He sucks.

Jamal has struggled mightily, he doesn't fit in at all. I thought he'd be a shoe-in, but he's not hitting any of the open jump-shots he's getting.

I wrote this on the other forum I post, but basically he's not shown us to be a good player without the ball in his hands, hence why he's not been a good spot shooter.

Watching the game on Knicks in 60 now, and he just missed a wide open 3 on a spot shot, late in the 1st. Lee and Nate look great though.

Interesting to watch D'Antoni going at the refs and getting a T over the no-call at the end of the 3rd on Nate when he drove to the hoop.

Some might say, what's the big deal, it's pre-season, but there are multiple reasons I can see why he would do that...

1) Concern Nate won't get calls he may deserve and how a statement to the refs early can help during the season

2) Build respect with players early, especially Nate, by showing you will stand up for them. For Nate, this is key because if he later asks Nate to cool off, he will have shown Nate that he will stand up for him when he feels it's justified. This is a classic managerial tactic that can be quite effective whenever you need to ask your workers to go the extra mile or in affecting their willingness to listen to you.

I am loving Mike D as our coach thus far, no doubt.

[Edited by - PresIke on 10-14-2008 11:49 PM]