martin wrote:

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That's why we call him Captain!

Let's get another blowout in game 2...crush some souls before heading to Philly.

gradyandrew wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:Kolek's feel for the game is so much more advanced than Jose's

Agreed, but I can see why Brown plays Jose- his on the ball pressure is a game changer.

Jose is quicker. He's more of a pest than a great defender and it can lead to some deflections or steals.

Kolek's defensive attitude improved early in the season. He now stays in front of his man about 90% of the time.

Kolek's knowledge of the game and floor generalship is vastly better than any small advantage Jose has on defense.

Jose doesn't know how to set up an offense. He'll get some good alley oops now and then and some good straight line attacks at the rim for an easy bucket.

I like Jose well enough, but he's not an essential player. Kolek however is the only actual PG on this team and he's good at it. Brunson is a PG in name mostly, but in reality he's a shoot first combo guard who's in the role of PG because he has the ball in his hands the majority of the time. We should be running Kolek as Brunson's replacement. It literally makes no sense to play Jose over Kolek. Tyler gets everyone involved and we usually outscore teams when he's running the show.

Philc1 wrote:

martin wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:Kolek's feel for the game is so much more advanced than Jose's

I'm starting to think that. Jose might have just been a stopgap for McBride and I think that by next season, McBride might be expendable too.

Front office got some decisions to make and they got all the options

Jose is probably going to pick up his player option. Deuce is getting traded either this summer or next February

We'll see, as much as a team should be managing their assets, Deuce is a solid playoff contributor and Knicks will have his full Bird rights.

BlueKnickers wrote:

gradyandrew wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:Kolek's feel for the game is so much more advanced than Jose's

Agreed, but I can see why Brown plays Jose- his on the ball pressure is a game changer.

Jose is quicker. He's more of a pest than a great defender and it can lead to some deflections or steals.

Kolek's defensive attitude improved early in the season. He now stays in front of his man about 90% of the time.

Kolek's knowledge of the game and floor generalship is vastly better than any small advantage Jose has on defense.

Jose doesn't know how to set up an offense. He'll get some good alley oops now and then and some good straight line attacks at the rim for an easy bucket.

I like Jose well enough, but he's not an essential player. Kolek however is the only actual PG on this team and he's good at it. Brunson is a PG in name mostly, but in reality he's a shoot first combo guard who's in the role of PG because he has the ball in his hands the majority of the time. We should be running Kolek as Brunson's replacement. It literally makes no sense to play Jose over Kolek. Tyler gets everyone involved and we usually outscore teams when he's running the show.

These are all great points. At the end of the day I just got to trust that Mike Brown knows what he's doing.

Philc1 wrote:

Panos wrote:Tonight was just filthy by the Knicks. I cannot believe the sort of run they are on right now. I admit I didn't see anything close to this happening. Let's win the next game (by 35) and take it from there!

Thought we would win but did not expect this blowout. Sixers definitely looked tired coming off the 7 game slugfest while the Knicks were well rested. Let’s win the next 2.

I think the difference for us fans is that we haven't had a consistently good team since the 90's and luckily these guys are all young vets with I'm guessing to be the most history playing together in the league (considering the rosters consistency and time together in Villanova). I thinkOubre had one back door cut for a layup which seems like the only defensive miscue over the past 16 quarters. Just crazy intensity for New York.

gradyandrew wrote:One thing I want to go back to was that 2013 second round series vs Indiana. That team was really the only good team Melo ever had in New York with Kidd, Pablo, Rasheed, Kenyon, and Camby all providing boosts to Melo and JR playing at their best.

Knicks got screwed by the NBA that series because their series with Boston went to six and they only had a day off before a 3:30 start at the garden. I always felt that series was kind of Paul George's coming out party (he won MIP that season). Anyway, I really enjoy the karma of the same thing happening to a now 35 old Paul George 13 years later.

We went to six vs. Boston because (a) Melo was gimpy in those playoffs, (b) JR Smith was an irresponsible jerk who partied all night and showed up at the game drunk and played like ass, (c) the team was immature even with the vets and they chose to wear all black on their trip to Boston because they thought it was going to be Boston's funeral and (d) the vets were all about to expire and had limited gas tanks. Kidd had one good game. By the time they played Indy JR and Melo were not that good and Roy Hibbert completely embarrassed Tyson Chandler who was worse than useless. It was maybe the best Knicks team of the century up to that point, but it was not a good team.

BlueKnickers wrote:

gradyandrew wrote:One thing I want to go back to was that 2013 second round series vs Indiana. That team was really the only good team Melo ever had in New York with Kidd, Pablo, Rasheed, Kenyon, and Camby all providing boosts to Melo and JR playing at their best.

Knicks got screwed by the NBA that series because their series with Boston went to six and they only had a day off before a 3:30 start at the garden. I always felt that series was kind of Paul George's coming out party (he won MIP that season). Anyway, I really enjoy the karma of the same thing happening to a now 35 old Paul George 13 years later.

We went to six vs. Boston because (a) Melo was gimpy in those playoffs, (b) JR Smith was an irresponsible jerk who partied all night and showed up at the game drunk and played like ass, (c) the team was immature even with the vets and they chose to wear all black on their trip to Boston because they thought it was going to be Boston's funeral and (d) the vets were all about to expire and had limited gas tanks. Kidd had one good game. By the time they played Indy JR and Melo were not that good and Roy Hibbert completely embarrassed Tyson Chandler who was worse than useless. It was maybe the best Knicks team of the century up to that point, but it was not a good team.

Don't forget Jason Terry baiting JR into a head butt that led to him being suspended.

That was a tough series especially considering the score was tied over six games. And yeah, that wearing black **** was weak. Woodson was a good coach but he never really controlled the team.