Sic 'em!

Chandler wrote:what a dud. Pistons have the Knicks number

I am officially out on Jose. too small, can't shoot, and too much dribbling

I love his energy and heart but that's not enough to compensate.

Also something is not right with KAT upstairs. He's a big cream puff on defense. He needed to play tough down low and way too inconsistent with that

Looks like Alvarado picking up that $4.5 mil option this summer

Now I don’t know what we’re good at.

fitzfarm wrote:Dang if only we played with that intensity for the whole game … this one’s on the missed open 3’s and lack of defensive intensity

Brunson/Hart/Kat can't play hard on both ends on extended minutes -- they ALL rest on D and Pistons don't rest (apparently).

Philc1 wrote:

Chandler wrote:what a dud. Pistons have the Knicks number

I am officially out on Jose. too small, can't shoot, and too much dribbling

I love his energy and heart but that's not enough to compensate.

Also something is not right with KAT upstairs. He's a big cream puff on defense. He needed to play tough down low and way too inconsistent with that

Looks like Alvarado picking up that $4.5 mil option this summer

Alvarado is fine. Not every matchup is for every player. He destroyed Philly. Doesn’t mean he’s ideal for big minutes in every game. But he brings, at minimum, energy on defense and dribble penetration in non-Brunson minutes, which is needed.

Asking for a friend because every time he plays against us looks like an NBA legend.

- missing it's top 2 (legit centers)
- who started D Robinson, T Harris, A Thompson and P-Reed
- who brought off the bench the great Tolu Smith, R Holland, the great Javonte Green, C Lavert and D Jenkins

126 muddafuggin points to that cast of characters.

I could understand losing 88-76 because we shat the bed from 3 but 126 to this group....come on man.

The three point shooting was brutal but that happens. Brunson did what Brunson does but it was another game with very little effort to get teammates involved and he had a few defensive lapses that really hurt and killed momentum. KAT was again ignored in the first half but got going a bit in the 3rd but you can see he is not part of the gameplan on this team. I didn't like how we argued every call. This team just lacks focus and leadership.

Pistons are a very good team and that record isn't a fluke. They play with a sense of urgency and have earned to be the favorites in the East imho. Cunningham should be in the MVP conversation and Bickerstaff has done a great job. That doesn't mean they have continued success in the playoffs. We've seen so many teams have great regular season records only to fall early in the playoffs. I have a feeling one of these two teams won't make it to the conference finals as expected.

Wingstop ain't all that. Some nights Mikal and OG disappear completely.

And if they can't get it done, the Pistons will cook us in the playoffs because Cade is HUGE like Magic Johnson was and his game is looking almost exactly like vintage Lebron.

If Cade keeps this up he will be considered a Top 5 player due to the way he is elevating the Pistons in ways nobody on the Knicks is capable of doing.

When I see games like this I have no expectation of a title run and I can already hear the off-season trade machine gearing up.

That was one of the worst shooting performances I have ever seen. We sort of competed and choked at the same time if that makes sense. But it won't get them very far.

This team lacks an identity. We are lazy. We don't show up full-time. The Pistons never took their foot off the pedal and eventually they pulled away because of their persistence.

Lazy teams lose when it matters. Talent doesn't mean sh!t

Coach Brown may only get one season to get it done. I think he'll be replaced if this keeps up.

Knicksfan wrote:My main problem is that we are operating with what seems a mentality that the East is ours because of what happened to the Pacers and Celtics last playoffs, and the reality is far from that. Not only have the Pistons done the jump and believe every single time that they should win, but the Celtics have done an amazing job without their main star to get that 2nd spot and the Cavs look rejuvenated with the deal for Harden.

I know the regular season ends up in the rear view once the playoffs start, but tendencies do follow you. Last season, one of our problems was that belief that we could turn it up when it mattered. To their credit, they did for two series, but it’s infuriating to see such a talented team slack like they do. They ramped up the intensity in the final minutes, which shows you that while they are capable of it, some nights they just decide not to.

This team’s immaturity is infuriating.

We have three overpaid starters in KAT, OG and Bridges who don't think they have to earn their salary every minute they are on the floor.

They knew they had to bring their A game on defense tonight. Their complacency and self-entitlement is revolting.

I've put up with a lot as a Knicks fan, but I'm not going to support this much lazy fukken BS for much longer.

I don't care about a 50 point win against the Nets. Too often they just vanish against the top teams. I miss the teams from the 70s and the 90s. Those were grinders whom you never had to make excuses for. If they lost they left it out on the floor.

This crew is a bunch of fukken tampons.