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11/22/2019  2:53 PM
newyorknewyork wrote:
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newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.


Steph, harden and kyrie change the entire landscape of today's point guards(ironically they both were key pieces in their championship titles).

Your not going far with an average pg in today's NBA, that's becoming painfully obvious.

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11/22/2019  3:09 PM
newyorknewyork wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
fishmike wrote:
Uptown wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.

I agree with this. “F’ it attitude” is just Fizdale trying to take credit and get in on the Ntlikina bandwagon. The handling of Ntlikina by Fizdale was negligence and grounds for firing.

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11/22/2019  4:13 PM
knicks1248 wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
fishmike wrote:
Uptown wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.


Steph, harden and kyrie change the entire landscape of today's point guards(ironically they both were key pieces in their championship titles).

Your not going far with an average pg in today's NBA, that's becoming painfully obvious.

Man, no wonder why you can't stand Mills. Its like Everyone knows this but him!!!!
That if you have a great PG, and when paired with other Allstars its like a really good thing!

I took a few hours today and created an excel spread sheet and got out my old statistic text books from college to create some involved propriety metrics: The team that scores more points, or (wait for it...........)
denies the other team from scoring more than them wins! Not just a lot, like 100% of the time!!!!!
Fool proof bonafide statistical solid equation!!!!

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11/22/2019  4:15 PM
newyorknewyork wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
fishmike wrote:
Uptown wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.

Great a Post!!! It’s not about how many shots you take, your point total, or how many fast break points you have. It’s about keeping the ball moving and trying to create the best shot selection. Frank is doing the right things. He is more aggressive taking shots but doesn’t take bad shots which is important. I don’t like selfish players. Like you said the team needs to work as a unit not fight over who gets the ball
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11/22/2019  5:02 PM
StarksEwing1 wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
fishmike wrote:
Uptown wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.

Great a Post!!! It’s not about how many shots you take, your point total, or how many fast break points you have. It’s about keeping the ball moving and trying to create the best shot selection. Frank is doing the right things. He is more aggressive taking shots but doesn’t take bad shots which is important. I don’t like selfish players. Like you said the team needs to work as a unit not fight over who gets the ball

I think the reference to the fck it attitude is referring to playing instinctively, with confidence and aggression. Not overthinking it or being tentative. I don’t think anyone is suggesting Frank be selfish.

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11/22/2019  6:41 PM
CrushAlot wrote:
StarksEwing1 wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
fishmike wrote:
Uptown wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.

Great a Post!!! It’s not about how many shots you take, your point total, or how many fast break points you have. It’s about keeping the ball moving and trying to create the best shot selection. Frank is doing the right things. He is more aggressive taking shots but doesn’t take bad shots which is important. I don’t like selfish players. Like you said the team needs to work as a unit not fight over who gets the ball

I think the reference to the fck it attitude is referring to playing instinctively, with confidence and aggression. Not overthinking it or being tentative. I don’t think anyone is suggesting Frank be selfish.

He improved his handle enough to be able to capitalize this season.

This season his "lack of aggression" has mostly been due to following the coaches game plan who had limited faith in his offensive ability to start. Which is probably why he felt the need to have the meeting in the first place(basically begging coach to put the ball in his hands somewhat as well). As Fiz has installed more PG friendly sets, Franks aggression has started to "rise".

It needs to be identified with the last gm vs the 76ers as a prime example. When Frank became "passive" was due to the sets that Fiz wanted played. Frank scored 9 points in the 3rd only to get practically frozen out in the 4th. Now granted even with that its up to Morris and Randle to make plays. Which could be adjusted to creating 2 man games with the PG if they so choose to do. Fiz gives Morris and Randle the freedom to make these calls as his features. So his Iso calls aren't necessarily go iso and look to score all the time. That's just what they choose to do with the ball when its crunch time.

Frank's aggression is more at the hands of Fiz than Frank. Any other path is messy.

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11/22/2019  6:56 PM
newyorknewyork wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:
StarksEwing1 wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
fishmike wrote:
Uptown wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.

Great a Post!!! It’s not about how many shots you take, your point total, or how many fast break points you have. It’s about keeping the ball moving and trying to create the best shot selection. Frank is doing the right things. He is more aggressive taking shots but doesn’t take bad shots which is important. I don’t like selfish players. Like you said the team needs to work as a unit not fight over who gets the ball

I think the reference to the fck it attitude is referring to playing instinctively, with confidence and aggression. Not overthinking it or being tentative. I don’t think anyone is suggesting Frank be selfish.

He improved his handle enough to be able to capitalize this season.

This season his "lack of aggression" has mostly been due to following the coaches game plan who had limited faith in his offensive ability to start. Which is probably why he felt the need to have the meeting in the first place(basically begging coach to put the ball in his hands somewhat as well). As Fiz has installed more PG friendly sets, Franks aggression has started to "rise".

It needs to be identified with the last gm vs the 76ers as a prime example. When Frank became "passive" was due to the sets that Fiz wanted played. Frank scored 9 points in the 3rd only to get practically frozen out in the 4th. Now granted even with that its up to Morris and Randle to make plays. Which could be adjusted to creating 2 man games with the PG if they so choose to do. Fiz gives Morris and Randle the freedom to make these calls as his features. So his Iso calls aren't necessarily go iso and look to score all the time. That's just what they choose to do with the ball when its crunch time.

Frank's aggression is more at the hands of Fiz than Frank. Any other path is messy.

Agreed. The 4th quarter is when Fuz needs to start taking the reigns and telling Morris and Randle to let the ball move and to stop the ISO. It not only affects Frank but RJ as well. Like you said Frank had the hot hand yet in the fourth outside of one shot didn’t get a play run for him
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newyorknewyork wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:
StarksEwing1 wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
fishmike wrote:
Uptown wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.

Great a Post!!! It’s not about how many shots you take, your point total, or how many fast break points you have. It’s about keeping the ball moving and trying to create the best shot selection. Frank is doing the right things. He is more aggressive taking shots but doesn’t take bad shots which is important. I don’t like selfish players. Like you said the team needs to work as a unit not fight over who gets the ball

I think the reference to the fck it attitude is referring to playing instinctively, with confidence and aggression. Not overthinking it or being tentative. I don’t think anyone is suggesting Frank be selfish.

He improved his handle enough to be able to capitalize this season.

This season his "lack of aggression" has mostly been due to following the coaches game plan who had limited faith in his offensive ability to start. Which is probably why he felt the need to have the meeting in the first place(basically begging coach to put the ball in his hands somewhat as well). As Fiz has installed more PG friendly sets, Franks aggression has started to "rise".

It needs to be identified with the last gm vs the 76ers as a prime example. When Frank became "passive" was due to the sets that Fiz wanted played. Frank scored 9 points in the 3rd only to get practically frozen out in the 4th. Now granted even with that its up to Morris and Randle to make plays. Which could be adjusted to creating 2 man games with the PG if they so choose to do. Fiz gives Morris and Randle the freedom to make these calls as his features. So his Iso calls aren't necessarily go iso and look to score all the time. That's just what they choose to do with the ball when its crunch time.

Frank's aggression is more at the hands of Fiz than Frank. Any other path is messy.


I think Frank has earned Fiz’s faith. I also think he had to earn it. His game took a big jump this year. Management didn’t have faith in Frank either after his first two years.
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11/23/2019  7:51 AM
CrushAlot wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:
StarksEwing1 wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
fishmike wrote:
Uptown wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.

Great a Post!!! It’s not about how many shots you take, your point total, or how many fast break points you have. It’s about keeping the ball moving and trying to create the best shot selection. Frank is doing the right things. He is more aggressive taking shots but doesn’t take bad shots which is important. I don’t like selfish players. Like you said the team needs to work as a unit not fight over who gets the ball

I think the reference to the fck it attitude is referring to playing instinctively, with confidence and aggression. Not overthinking it or being tentative. I don’t think anyone is suggesting Frank be selfish.

He improved his handle enough to be able to capitalize this season.

This season his "lack of aggression" has mostly been due to following the coaches game plan who had limited faith in his offensive ability to start. Which is probably why he felt the need to have the meeting in the first place(basically begging coach to put the ball in his hands somewhat as well). As Fiz has installed more PG friendly sets, Franks aggression has started to "rise".

It needs to be identified with the last gm vs the 76ers as a prime example. When Frank became "passive" was due to the sets that Fiz wanted played. Frank scored 9 points in the 3rd only to get practically frozen out in the 4th. Now granted even with that its up to Morris and Randle to make plays. Which could be adjusted to creating 2 man games with the PG if they so choose to do. Fiz gives Morris and Randle the freedom to make these calls as his features. So his Iso calls aren't necessarily go iso and look to score all the time. That's just what they choose to do with the ball when its crunch time.

Frank's aggression is more at the hands of Fiz than Frank. Any other path is messy.


I think Frank has earned Fiz’s faith. I also think he had to earn it. His game took a big jump this year. Management didn’t have faith in Frank either after his first two years.

Main point im trying to say is that Morris and Randle get their features with Fiz approval and will make the calls which so far this season has been selfish decisions to jack up shots over moving the ball, running plays and getting teammates involved. Mostly in the 4th quater.

Frank can either combat this by fighting with Randle for inbounds passes to ensure the ball is in his hands. Then call perferable plays. Or disrupting the ISO attempts (knowing that the low iq selfish decisions are more likely to follow) by running over to the ball, disrupting spacing and demanding that Morris or Randle give him the ball. Or Fiz can actually decide to put the ball in Franks hands and call for the sets which allow him to make the decisoins with the ball. Fiz can stop Randle from taking inbound passes late in the game if it doesnt call for it. Or the alternate is Fiz demanding Morris and Randle if they want to hang on to their featured roles. Start making unselfish decisions resulting in the right plays being made. Because right now they have mostly shown they aren't worthy of being featured.

And if Morris and Randle can't fall in line then they should be moved. Perfect message to install in guys like RJ & Knox etc.

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I love it hahaha Tommy with the cherry picked stat of the day.
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2 games in a row w/ no TOs

Would be more impressive if he attacked more

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I love it hahaha Tommy with the cherry picked stat of the day.

cherry pick this one big time.

It's mighty difficult to turn the ball over if everytime your passing it, its to a guy 2 feet next to you.

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CrushAlot wrote:
StarksEwing1 wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
fishmike wrote:
Uptown wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.

Great a Post!!! It’s not about how many shots you take, your point total, or how many fast break points you have. It’s about keeping the ball moving and trying to create the best shot selection. Frank is doing the right things. He is more aggressive taking shots but doesn’t take bad shots which is important. I don’t like selfish players. Like you said the team needs to work as a unit not fight over who gets the ball

I think the reference to the fck it attitude is referring to playing instinctively, with confidence and aggression. Not overthinking it or being tentative. I don’t think anyone is suggesting Frank be selfish.

I want frank to play selfish

you think Coby White, Sexton, Dinwiddie, Fox, trey young, kemba, rozier play selfish?

There's a growing trend in the league where PGs are lighting it up every single night, if you don't have that type, your record will be like ours is now..

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11/25/2019  4:57 PM
knicks1248 wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:
StarksEwing1 wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
fishmike wrote:
Uptown wrote:
newyorknewyork wrote:
TheGame wrote:Fiz just needs to turn the team over to Frank and stop with his fantasy of making DSJ the starter at some point in the future. The team plays better with Frank, and DSJ is never going to be a good enough defender to start in the league, so unless his offense and passing jumps up 2-3 levels, he should be used as a spark plug off the bench. The team needs to continue to build up Frank's confidence so we can start getting FIBA Frank every game.

I actually felt he had Smith sit for to long. But understand it because we were rolling in that third. But the long term effect of that is he cooled off from what he had going earlier. And Frank had to take a later longer rest. The 14 pt collapse wasnt on Smith. Don't know why he is the one taking the hit.

Besides Philly is a more talented team. A run is inevitable. We aren't 14 pts better than Philly. When the game was in crunch time and on the line. Morris selfishness tryna stunt for his home is what lost is the game. Barrett also attempted some poor hero ball drives.

When Morris tried to run the coast to coast fast break on 3 defenders, getting blocked. I stopped watching the rest of the game.

This loss was on Fix not taking control of the game

Agree with pretty much everything you said...Smith played one of his better games, but some posters have a bad habit of pitting one knick vs the other (Chandler/Gallo...Spree/Houston, etc) so some Frank supporters are going to place blame on Smith even when its not warranted and vice versa...

Morris definitely forced the action on that play and on the previous play as well....You could see plays like this coming from the summer when he reneged on the Spurs and joined the Knicks. On the Spurs, he's a number 3 option, here, he's a number 1 option. That, and the money was motivating factors I'm sure. Expect more of this as the season prolongs.

Fiz mos def should have called a time-out on the play before the 1 on 3 fastbreak to organize a play (the pick and roll was working from the top of the key and the sidelines). But, in the end, the better team usually clamps down on the D during the last 5 minutes which is what Philly did.

the bold is absolute madness. Totally true but like literally the dumbest part of fandom... the best and fastest path for the Knicks to get better is for BOTH of these PGs to elevate their game.

For Frank is hitting the 3 and exploiting physical matchups to score. Obviously being aggressive and efficient at the same time. I believe his low usage and superior D make him the best pairing next to RJ. Thats a huge and imposing starting starting backcourt as it matures (and hopefully blossoms). As for DS he's the 6th man. Start at backup PG and go from there. One thing Fizdale never does is go small. All his linups are big, big and bigger. He's played Knox at SG. The only reason DS shouldnt be getting 30 mins off the bench is DS, I mean he's gotta earn it but for me thats the hope.

Pretty stunning +/- numbers for the season. I threw them into excel cause I am bored.
720 minutes of play this season the Knicks are -104 on the season
363 minutes of play Frank has been on the floor Knicks are -9 (almost a perfect 50% of the time)
357 minutes of play with Frank on the bench Knicks are -95
Franks last 5 games: +2,+4,+4,+22,+2

10 games as a starter: 30mpg, 44.6% FG, 40% 3FG, 7.8ppg, 3.7ast, 1.2TO, 1.9Stl, 1.0blk, 3.3PF

Looks and sounds good.

I know you don't think I like Frank, but if he can keep that (fck it) attitude, it's definitely encouraging.

when he plays passive and defers, I hate him

While the fck it attitude is nice. The goal shouldn't be to install more selfishness. It should be to have the whole team fall in line to move the ball to get the best shot possible no matter who is taking it. Players shouldn't be fighting for shot attempts which the player who proves to be the most selfish wins. Frank shouldn't have to take matters into his own hands because his teammates are to selfish. That's not a culture that will produce consistent long term results.

Great a Post!!! It’s not about how many shots you take, your point total, or how many fast break points you have. It’s about keeping the ball moving and trying to create the best shot selection. Frank is doing the right things. He is more aggressive taking shots but doesn’t take bad shots which is important. I don’t like selfish players. Like you said the team needs to work as a unit not fight over who gets the ball

I think the reference to the fck it attitude is referring to playing instinctively, with confidence and aggression. Not overthinking it or being tentative. I don’t think anyone is suggesting Frank be selfish.

I want frank to play selfish

you think Coby White, Sexton, Dinwiddie, Fox, trey young, kemba, rozier play selfish?

There's a growing trend in the league where PGs are lighting it up every single night, if you don't have that type, your record will be like ours is now..

Copy White is a shooting guard. Rozier's team is 6-11, Fox was the 5th pick and regarded as top tier talent as opposed to a project like Monk/DS/Frank later in the draft. Trey Young? Great. Funny... for a guy who hates losing you like talking about players who were acquired by teams after terrible seasons. See how that works?
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combo of Frank's improved play and the rest of the poor guard play starting to show up in the data

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