Posted by PresIke:

Posted by Elite:

good game, amazing how crawford and marbury still jack up stupid jumpers... that better change...

I was thinking the same thing exactly. I wonder how long that will last under Brown..my hope is not much longer, which is why I also agree that Crawford may be the player who will have the most difficult time adjusting to Brown's system.

Loved the rookies, doubts about Lee and Frye should be subsiding from worried Knick fans. These guys can play. Lee plays with a lot of intensity on both ends of the floor, which you have to love as a fan, and I assume Brown loves too.

Those ill advised Crawford and Marbury jumpers had me wondering about, arguably, our most important player, Curry. I caught the game partially through the first quarter and when he was out there I was wondering why there were no plays or attempts to get him the ball in the post. I don't think he had any field goals in the first half (at most, 1). I kept seeing the guards run around and pass around the perimeter, and when Jamal and Marbury, and a few times Q were taking long jumper after long jumper I kept saying to myself...HELLO we have Eddy Curry now, why are we not trying to get him the ball? Was he really that tired? I really didn't see much effort from the guards to try to get the ball down low, or was it just me?

I woulnd't say that Steph is jacking up dumb shots. Steph is a very effficient player. As for the team overall, Its just a matter of the Knicks offense not yet being in sync. The Mavs were actually playing better D than a lot of you think. They were not allowing the knicks to make passes to Curry in the post. They shaded their defense to his side of the floor and by clogging things up and constantly digging down on Curry they disrupted his game. In time the Knicks will learn how to adjust to that and still get him the ball. Often times their spacing was HORRIBLE. Just remember they haven't had him all that long and we haven't had a real post threat in a while. He demands so much attention from the other team that you're going to see a lot of open shots on the perimeter.

JC did throw up 1 or 2 awful shots. I think eventually he'll learn not to force the issue. I noticed that he started driving more later in the game. Overall I wouldn't get too concerned by some of those things, cuz LB will eventually beat those bad habits out of our players. You have to give him time. Lets try to show a litttle more patience guys. This thing is a process and its just getting started.

Posted by GoNyGoNyGo:

Nate - I dont know if he plays too fast but he makes too many TOs. LB will not play him because of that. I like his enthusiasm but his game needs refinement. Barber looked better. 21 years old!

Posted by fishmike:

I forget who but I'm pretty sure he threw it off one of the Mav's heads

Posted by GoNyGoNyGo:

Lee reminds me of Bill Laimbeer. I only wish he can learn how to shoot like him.

HC - perfect picture! Imagine for a second if KVH had General Lee's attitude on the court? WHEW! He'd actually be worth his salary!
How was the feeling in the Garden? Was the crowd as pumped as it looked on the tube?

Lee reminds me of Bill Laimbeer. I only wish he can learn how to shoot like him.