fishmike wrote:

martin wrote:

VDesai wrote:Barrett made some big mistakes down the stretch. Missed 3s, turnovers and giving up that 4 pt play. Aye carumba

His mental mistakes are confounding.

I watched the post game. Thibs said "we wanted to let him work through some things..."

Does that mean stupidity? The brain farts are tough, but RJ is young and all these guys are inexperienced closing games

It's true, he is young but it's also not a good sign that he would choose to think that passing to Mitch in a close game situation with his defender in the area is a path forward. There are exactly 3 other better options ahead of Mitch and everyone and their mom should know that Mitch is not the guy to get the ball.

RJ learning the hard way.

martin wrote:

joec32033 wrote:

Chandler wrote:

VDesai wrote:Barrett made some big mistakes down the stretch. Missed 3s, turnovers and giving up that 4 pt play. Aye carumba

Agreed. Keep saying we need a guy w cajones more than a superstar. Maybe Grimes will show that killer instinct?.. rj and Julius play tight in tight situations.

I'm a big Barrett fan. He choked but he has shown some clutch gene in the past. I like Grimes. Have we forgotten all of Grimes' mental lapses, late fouls, and getting trapped during the tight situations of that losing streak?

The only person I consistently trust in the clutch on this team is Brunson. Everyone else is sketchy at best.

Yes to all of this. Not my own observation but perhaps IQ was getting 4th quarter minutes (over Grimes for so long) because he is a better ball handler and passer out of double teams and traps/blitzing that Indiana was throwing at the Knicks.

this was my thought as well it had to be to deal with traps. That said, we still need another clutch player (who might be on the time but not given the opportunity). RJ and JR play tight; EF is unreliable. Grimes has hit shots in big moments (though flubbed up with the dribble). Would be awesome if IQ finds the killer instinct.

Bucks beat us with Ingles and Connaghton (sp?) -- not solely because of those guys but they were hitting big shots.

Chandler wrote:

martin wrote:

joec32033 wrote:

Chandler wrote:

VDesai wrote:Barrett made some big mistakes down the stretch. Missed 3s, turnovers and giving up that 4 pt play. Aye carumba

Agreed. Keep saying we need a guy w cajones more than a superstar. Maybe Grimes will show that killer instinct?.. rj and Julius play tight in tight situations.

I'm a big Barrett fan. He choked but he has shown some clutch gene in the past. I like Grimes. Have we forgotten all of Grimes' mental lapses, late fouls, and getting trapped during the tight situations of that losing streak?

The only person I consistently trust in the clutch on this team is Brunson. Everyone else is sketchy at best.

Yes to all of this. Not my own observation but perhaps IQ was getting 4th quarter minutes (over Grimes for so long) because he is a better ball handler and passer out of double teams and traps/blitzing that Indiana was throwing at the Knicks.

this was my thought as well it had to be to deal with traps. That said, we still need another clutch player (who might be on the time but not given the opportunity). RJ and JR play tight; EF is unreliable. Grimes has hit shots in big moments (though flubbed up with the dribble). Would be awesome if IQ finds the killer instinct.

Bucks beat us with Ingles and Connaghton (sp?) -- not solely because of those guys but they were hitting big shots.

Yeah, they just need more experience. Randle is kind of a mentally weak dude and after Jalon, it's all young guys.

So long as he stays moderately healthy for a few years, it will go down in the books as arguably the best free agent signing in the history of the team.

Other notes:
I like Quickley on the floor, especially with Brunson. The team is SOOO much quicker when you have 2 PG types on the floor. (Rudy Tomjanovich figured out something decades ago when he used Stevie Franchise and Cuttino Mobley together)

It got pretty ugly starting toward the tail end of the 3rd quarter. It was like a NBA Jam or other video games where there's an assist to make sure the losing team doesn't get blown out. Makes it more exciting.

Thibs - surely in a game where you're up over 20pts for an extended period of time, you'd have found a way to play your starters less than 40mpg, right? Not this coach! Sure, he doesn't really trust his bench outside of Quickley... and... oh yeah, just Quickley.

KnickDanger wrote:Man, you read some of the comments and you’d think we lost and are crapping out of the playoff picture. Note to the whiners - it’s the NBA. The Knicks are not the first team to lose late leads, in fact it happens a lot.

I’m not saying don’t address it and it bugs me too. But an iota of perspective prevents soiling one’s self.

It's not that the team is winning or getting better, it's HOW you win and you must do it better, perfection is necessary.

The team must win all 4 quarters, not give up big leads, not let a lead diminish too much, can't be any hurt or missing players from opposing team, Knicks players must also be held to a more reasonable amount of minutes played (everyone under 37 min), no costly later 4th TO's, some of Rebecca's outfits are a no-no, no young players on other teams can get their person records for points scored and when Knicks players do we will ignore that, even if Brunson is playing like a gonzo MVP we will also bypass that, and most importantly: even in wins there must be blame and always must be pointed at the coach.

Did I get that right?

Chandler wrote:

martin wrote:

joec32033 wrote:

Chandler wrote:

VDesai wrote:Barrett made some big mistakes down the stretch. Missed 3s, turnovers and giving up that 4 pt play. Aye carumba

Agreed. Keep saying we need a guy w cajones more than a superstar. Maybe Grimes will show that killer instinct?.. rj and Julius play tight in tight situations.

I'm a big Barrett fan. He choked but he has shown some clutch gene in the past. I like Grimes. Have we forgotten all of Grimes' mental lapses, late fouls, and getting trapped during the tight situations of that losing streak?

The only person I consistently trust in the clutch on this team is Brunson. Everyone else is sketchy at best.

Yes to all of this. Not my own observation but perhaps IQ was getting 4th quarter minutes (over Grimes for so long) because he is a better ball handler and passer out of double teams and traps/blitzing that Indiana was throwing at the Knicks.

this was my thought as well it had to be to deal with traps. That said, we still need another clutch player (who might be on the time but not given the opportunity). RJ and JR play tight; EF is unreliable. Grimes has hit shots in big moments (though flubbed up with the dribble). Would be awesome if IQ finds the killer instinct.

Bucks beat us with Ingles and Connaghton (sp?) -- not solely because of those guys but they were hitting big shots.

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martin wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:Man, you read some of the comments and you’d think we lost and are crapping out of the playoff picture. Note to the whiners - it’s the NBA. The Knicks are not the first team to lose late leads, in fact it happens a lot.

I’m not saying don’t address it and it bugs me too. But an iota of perspective prevents soiling one’s self.

It's not that the team is winning or getting better, it's HOW you win and you must do it better, perfection is necessary.

The team must win all 4 quarters, not give up big leads, not let a lead diminish too much, can't be any hurt or missing players from opposing team, Knicks players must also be held to a more reasonable amount of minutes played (everyone under 37 min), no costly later 4th TO's, some of Rebecca's outfits are a no-no, no young players on other teams can get their person records for points scored and when Knicks players do we will ignore that, even if Brunson is playing like a gonzo MVP we will also bypass that, and most importantly: even in wins there must be blame and always must be pointed at the coach.

Did I get that right?

Now I got it!

but also want to acknowledge B.Mathurin for the Pacers is the real deal. One might think he makes other Pacers expendable.

And what happened to Duarte? Sophomore slump or does the league have a book on him now.