TMS wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:Gallo has been horrible tonight by the way. Team has been playing very selfish lately.

u sure u watching the same game i am? i don't see Gallo doing anything so horrible tonight... if anyone looks bad so far it's Amare

really

CrushAlot wrote:Teams have been stopping Amare and the Knicks are losing. After the Rockets game Chuck Hayes said he just studied film on Amare because he knew he was going to get the ball the majority of the time on offense and he knew to win he would need to limit Amare's success on offense. Amare is a beast on offense and extremely hard to handle but game planning for the Knicks can't be that hard for other coaches. Other teams have adjusted to the new Knicks, the Knicks need to make adjustments or get some help for Amare.

He needs to shoot his midrange and stop forcing..they are giving him the jumper but he hesitates so much. Take what the defense gives you.

nixluva wrote:

tkf wrote:

TMS wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:Gallo has been horrible tonight by the way. Team has been playing very selfish lately.

u sure u watching the same game i am? i don't see Gallo doing anything so horrible tonight... if anyone looks bad so far it's Amare

really

The best defensive teams are gonna be hard for Amare to just get his usually stuff against. He was having to force shots over Duncan, Blair and then sometimes a guard would come over and help. He's just forcing things and has to adjust to that. The whole team does. This is where having a Nash or CP3 makes a difference. As good as Felton is, he's not that same kind of PG that can confuse a defense and create openings for his bigs. They both have to adjust what they're doing a bit and show some different looks.

Which is the coaches job..New Looks..New Sets..Try Pick and Rolls with a Gallo & Chandler..set up shots for Shawne Williams who is lethal when wide open.

FoeDiddy wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Teams have been stopping Amare and the Knicks are losing. After the Rockets game Chuck Hayes said he just studied film on Amare because he knew he was going to get the ball the majority of the time on offense and he knew to win he would need to limit Amare's success on offense. Amare is a beast on offense and extremely hard to handle but game planning for the Knicks can't be that hard for other coaches. Other teams have adjusted to the new Knicks, the Knicks need to make adjustments or get some help for Amare.

He needs to shoot his midrange and stop forcing..they are giving him the jumper but he hesitates so much. Take what the defense gives you.

hopefully he looks at film and adjusts.
Would be good to see more pick and pops with Gallo.
Wilson needs to get his head back into the game. He definitely looks like he is thinking about all the off the court stuff.

knicks1248 wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

nixluva wrote:

tkf wrote:

TMS wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:Gallo has been horrible tonight by the way. Team has been playing very selfish lately.

u sure u watching the same game i am? i don't see Gallo doing anything so horrible tonight... if anyone looks bad so far it's Amare

really

The best defensive teams are gonna be hard for Amare to just get his usually stuff against. He was having to force shots over Duncan, Blair and then sometimes a guard would come over and help. He's just forcing things and has to adjust to that. The whole team does. This is where having a Nash or CP3 makes a difference. As good as Felton is, he's not that same kind of PG that can confuse a defense and create openings for his bigs. They both have to adjust what they're doing a bit and show some different looks.

Which is the coaches job..New Looks..New Sets..Try Pick and Rolls with a Gallo & Chandler..set up shots for Shawne Williams who is lethal when wide open.

I haven't seen a decent PnR from this team in weeks, no spacing, just felton and amare going iso, playing like marbury, passing too late, too early or not at all.

Ok, here is a scary thought. During one of the timeouts they showed a part of Felton's interview, and he said something to the regards of: "I am not afraid to take the big shot even if i've been missing the whole game.( made me think of his game winning 3 pointer) I'd rather take the shot myself than give it to someone else." Sounds like Marbs a little.

FoeDiddy wrote:

tkf wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

tkf wrote:

TMS wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:Gallo has been horrible tonight by the way. Team has been playing very selfish lately.

u sure u watching the same game i am? i don't see Gallo doing anything so horrible tonight... if anyone looks bad so far it's Amare

really

He took so many contested shots early in the shot clock..missed multiple layups..I'd rather Amare taking contested 2 footers then Gallo shooting contested long jumpers. Problem with Gallo also is he misses shots when he is WIDE OPEN. Those should be automatic. For such a great shooter he misses way too many open jumpers.

no he didn't.. gallo took 2 wide open threes and missed those.. most of his misses came on drives where he should have made those layups..and he will on most nights..

You must be watching the game with blinders..early in the game he took about 3 contested jumpers..hit one I think. All early in shot clock. One led to a Spurs fast break. and he shouldn't miss 2 wide open 3s..happens way too often. Why does he get a pass on shooting those 3s and Chandler or Douglas don't?

you said gallo took so many contested shots, now you are down to 3.. chandler and douglas get a lot of flak because they have been taking a lot of bad shots.... pretty simple..

tkf wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

tkf wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

tkf wrote:

TMS wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:Gallo has been horrible tonight by the way. Team has been playing very selfish lately.

u sure u watching the same game i am? i don't see Gallo doing anything so horrible tonight... if anyone looks bad so far it's Amare

really

He took so many contested shots early in the shot clock..missed multiple layups..I'd rather Amare taking contested 2 footers then Gallo shooting contested long jumpers. Problem with Gallo also is he misses shots when he is WIDE OPEN. Those should be automatic. For such a great shooter he misses way too many open jumpers.

no he didn't.. gallo took 2 wide open threes and missed those.. most of his misses came on drives where he should have made those layups..and he will on most nights..

You must be watching the game with blinders..early in the game he took about 3 contested jumpers..hit one I think. All early in shot clock. One led to a Spurs fast break. and he shouldn't miss 2 wide open 3s..happens way too often. Why does he get a pass on shooting those 3s and Chandler or Douglas don't?

you said gallo took so many contested shots, now you are down to 3.. chandler and douglas get a lot of flak because they have been taking a lot of bad shots.... pretty simple..

I said early in the game he took like 3 contested jumpers. So Gallo doesn't take a lot of bad shots? What do you call driving to the rim and hoping refs bail you out and just throwing the ball at rim? To me they all in the same boat with taking bad shots.

FoeDiddy wrote:

tkf wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

tkf wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

tkf wrote:

TMS wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:Gallo has been horrible tonight by the way. Team has been playing very selfish lately.

u sure u watching the same game i am? i don't see Gallo doing anything so horrible tonight... if anyone looks bad so far it's Amare

really

He took so many contested shots early in the shot clock..missed multiple layups..I'd rather Amare taking contested 2 footers then Gallo shooting contested long jumpers. Problem with Gallo also is he misses shots when he is WIDE OPEN. Those should be automatic. For such a great shooter he misses way too many open jumpers.

no he didn't.. gallo took 2 wide open threes and missed those.. most of his misses came on drives where he should have made those layups..and he will on most nights..

You must be watching the game with blinders..early in the game he took about 3 contested jumpers..hit one I think. All early in shot clock. One led to a Spurs fast break. and he shouldn't miss 2 wide open 3s..happens way too often. Why does he get a pass on shooting those 3s and Chandler or Douglas don't?

you said gallo took so many contested shots, now you are down to 3.. chandler and douglas get a lot of flak because they have been taking a lot of bad shots.... pretty simple..

I said early in the game he took like 3 contested jumpers. So Gallo doesn't take a lot of bad shots? What do you call driving to the rim and hoping refs bail you out and just throwing the ball at rim? To me they all in the same boat with taking bad shots.

I don't know, they are not in the same boat.. gallo is getting to theline, the other two are just wasting posessions with bad shots..

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martin wrote:

ramtour420 wrote:Amare lost balls, Felton missed all layups but 1(and took too many shots even if he was shooting good, he seemed disinterested in running the offense), Chandler crawled into a shell, like a crab. Toney had a very good game, much better then Raymond. Gallo tried, it was a pleasure to see him drive. Too bad he missed so many layups too. And last but not least PHUCK YOU REFS, TONITE WE COULD NOT OVERCOME YOU

this is my sentiment too. Amare and Felton had the worst case of butterfingers I have seen in a long time. And they are waaaayyy off on the PnR.

I think Chandler's agent took his confidence.

I like Gallo putting the ball on the floor. He missed some at the rim but I think he'll grow into that. BUT, 1 shot in the 2nd, 1 in the 3rd. Felton or TD gotta do a better job there.

To me it was like the refs were trying to make sure the Spurs won the game.

yea, I mean duncan and blair were able to swat, reach and grab and never get called.. duncan blocked 5 shots and never, one time jumped... go figure..

Classic homecourt "advantage." I thought Gallo, Amare, and Felton could have had an additional 10-15 FT attempts.

Blair is like a baby Shaq with the way he can bump people around and not get called. At least Duncan has "earned" the calls he got today- Blair does not deserve the lack of calls he got.

Few uncontested 3 pt shots. How many 3s did we see where our guy did not take a dribble first?

Gallo was very active in the beginning of the game- he became more passive as he realized he was not going to get the ball as a reward for his actions.

Papabear wrote:

nixluva wrote:I actually thought the effort was there. The Knicks simply didn't hit shots. There were a TON of point blank misses that we usually convert. I didn't have a problem for the most part except for the doubling on Duncan. To me it's just not worth it with the Spurs ability to it open shots. At least send the help from the weakside instead of TD or Felton dropping off Parker or Ginobili. We just need for Denver to admit it's over and make a deal. If they wanna play hardball then they're just being stupid.

Papabear Says

If we would play defense the whole game maybe the outcome would be different. During Mike D's interview after the game all Mike D talked about was missing shots. What about defense?