(1) How ineffective Felton has been so far.

(2) How ineffective AR has been so far.

(3) How ineffective Turiaf is around the basket -- tonight guys we're hitting him with good passes right under the rim and he just fumbled them outta bounds like hot potatoes it seemed. Gotta catch and convert or at least get fouled...At the very least attempt a shot at the basket for Christ's sake.

(4) The lack of penetration from our 2 PGs, Felton & Douglas. TD I can see a little -- he was never really that type of player to begin with. But Felton moreso -- I mean this guy was a very good penetrator from what I remember and a guy that could always get his own offense. WTF happened?? He looks lost..

(5) How ineffective Roger Mason has been so far. Fields has gotta get those backup SG mins. Simple as that. Fields brings much more to the table in almost every facet of the game over Mason.

(6) How little fastbreak opportunities we've had so far in the preseason. Our offense was basically all halfcourt tonight -- where the hell are these easy fastbreak opportunities??

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I'm confident things will improve.

Felton & AR are bound to play better..Must just be adjustment problems that need iron themselves out. Both are way too talented to be playing like this. My bet is they'll both settle down soon. They better..

C Amare
F Gallinari
F Fields
G Chandler
G Felton
C Mosgov
F Randolph
G Walker
G Douglas

I think Gallo needs more space and incentive to play closer to the basket. Mosgov and randolph can play more efficiently at 5-4 coming off the bench with Walker as the 3 pt shooter and Douglas the PG

Many good things came out of the game--we need to hone in the mistakes and continue to focus on securing the basketball on rebounds passes and ball-handling.

what the hll were those last 2 plays mda called?????

http://www.theknicksblog.com/2010/10/13/recap-celtics-104-knicks-101/

Recap: Celtics 104 Knicks 101
BY TOMMY DEE ON OCT 13, 2010, 10:20 PM

BOX SCORE

We’ve talked a ton about Amar’e's talent and how that’s an exciting thing and if he can ever learn to drill jumpers consistently like KG then…wow.

Speaking of KG, you can thank your local NBA officials for allowing one of the game’s best to get ejected because of rabbit ears and a new rule enforcement. If you’re an NHL fan then you know what that all means.

But give the Knicks credit. They adhered to the keys and Amar’e carried them in a ton of ways. To me, Gallinari isn’t nearly firing on all cylinders, neither is Felton. It didn’t matter, but it will.

Speaking of Will, Chandler was fantastic I thought. Just played a really strong first half. But like against the Wolves, he disappeared in the 2nd. Have to like how the 2nd unit battled Rondo and Pierce on the floor for most of the 4th.

As far as the key stats:

Who on the team is going to get to the rim offensively and defensively? Who is going to box out then go get the ball at the rim defensively. Getting to the rim and boxing out takes little skill. Zero talent. Those are effort plays that go unnoticed.- Knicks won that battle…
Will Gallo shoot more three’s or FTs? What will the team FT #s be? 6 3s/ 7 FTAs
If they are out-rebounded on the offensive end and lose the FT battle, they will force themselves to have 4-5 players shoot over 50% for the game and they’ll have to make at least 8 or 9 threes.-4 players over .500 from the field
Boston’s Stephane Lasme is a player I’ve always appreciated. He’s fighting for the 15 spot, and is a shot-blocker.- didn’t overly impress…
Do you have to force the ball out of Pierce’s hands on that last possession? For me not even close. I want to see Randolph get a stop after how he failed to finish off the game. As far as the last second calls offensively, if you sit your starters then you can’t put them in at the last second. Doc wanted to win more than D’Antoni did, why else is Pierce and Rondo on the floor in a preseason game?

The only question would be why is Turiaf catching the ball when they should know he’ll be fouled down 3…

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AnubisADL wrote:

NewYorkSoul wrote:I respect D'Antoni for not matching his lineup in frikkin pre-season. Who plays their stars 40 mins each in pre-season!?

Boston is trying to set the tone for the season starting in the pre-season. Fact remains the lead was dwindling with our starters on.

Boston was trying to win because it is Doc Rivers', Paul Pierce's and Jermaine O'Neal's birthday.

They played Rondo, Allen and Pierce 40 minutes a piece.

"Set the tone for the pre-season" indeed.

Would you rather a repeat of the Antonio McDyess injury? Oh wait, of course you would - more trolling material.

Finestrg wrote:Things that are really surprising me so far:

(4) The lack of penetration from our 2 PGs, Felton & Douglas. TD I can see a little -- he was never really that type of player to begin with. But Felton moreso -- I mean this guy was a very good penetrator from what I remember and a guy that could always get his own offense. WTF happened?? He looks lost..

Yup.

This is a PG orchestrated offense, and this means more than a few P&Rs. Not many drives and kickouts from our PGs.

BRIGGS wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

Finestrg wrote:Things that are really surprising me so far:

(4) The lack of penetration from our 2 PGs, Felton & Douglas. TD I can see a little -- he was never really that type of player to begin with. But Felton moreso -- I mean this guy was a very good penetrator from what I remember and a guy that could always get his own offense. WTF happened?? He looks lost..

Yup.

This is a PG orchestrated offense, and this means more than a few P&Rs. Not many drives and kickouts from our PGs.

Yeah the PG play has been brutal. Guys like Mosgov Gallo Randolph need good PG play where they are getting the ball in the right place at the right time. So far Duhon looks no better than Duhon--hes looked very small at the basket he fumbles the ball a lot and he looks like he lost some foot speed.
A terrible mistake at pick 8 two years ago. Caused us to spend 8mm on felton--that was the money we used to get rid of Hill and jefefries.??

yeah, that's a good point. the 2009 draft will haunt the knicks for years. jennings was right there.

tony parker or chris paul on this team takes it to the next level. jennings, too, but that ship sailed.