franco12 wrote:

LivingLegend wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:Simms looked good tonight. If only he can add a push shot like I Hart. Is Mitch coming back before January ?

On ESPN broadcast they mentioned McBride very close, Precious still a week or two away and Mitch long term -- no idea if that means Dec, Jan or Feb for Mitch

Mentioned in my other post -- loved Sims minutes last few games. There was some stat floating around that he has lowest FG% against on shots at the rim in the entire league (lowest by a good margin), but on top of that I loved 2 hard screens he set past 2 games that sent a message to guys riding Brunson up the court.

Sims may not even know this (I think he does) but if he knocked guys down like that every night Thibs might never take him out.

Everyone slams Sims, but his at the rim defense is apparently good- it’s probably hard for casual fans to spot maybe? And he takes up space which can help with setting picks and screens to free up the skill players.

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martin wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:Simms looked good tonight. If only he can add a push shot like I Hart. Is Mitch coming back before January ?

at $2M per, we can wait a few years for him to develop that shot. He has been doing so well.

He has played way better defensively since Hukporti almost ousted him from the rotation. My biggest issue with him was being out of position defensively or just sitting in space where there's no one to guard. He also still occasionally forgets to box out.

He seems to have inherited Mitch's stone hands. He gets an offensive rebound and can't go back up - usually gets stripped or blocked. If he couldn't jump out of the gym he'd have no offense.

That said what has really been value add the last several games is his movement skills and verticality. This was something that iHart was super strong at - being able to help on the perimeter and still recover and protect the rim - and then being a deterrent at the rim that doesn't foul and causes missed shots. iHart for example, never put up huge shot blocked numbers, but probably caused more missed shots at the rim than anyone in the league. We have seen flashes of that from Jericho in these last 3 games.

Players take time to develop, but do you guys realize Sims is the same age as Hartenstein and Robinson??? All born in 1998.

martin wrote:

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Now I read elsewhere that Deuce is likely for Utah, Precious is possible for Utah.

martin wrote:

franco12 wrote:

LivingLegend wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:Simms looked good tonight. If only he can add a push shot like I Hart. Is Mitch coming back before January ?

On ESPN broadcast they mentioned McBride very close, Precious still a week or two away and Mitch long term -- no idea if that means Dec, Jan or Feb for Mitch

Mentioned in my other post -- loved Sims minutes last few games. There was some stat floating around that he has lowest FG% against on shots at the rim in the entire league (lowest by a good margin), but on top of that I loved 2 hard screens he set past 2 games that sent a message to guys riding Brunson up the court.

Sims may not even know this (I think he does) but if he knocked guys down like that every night Thibs might never take him out.

Everyone slams Sims, but his at the rim defense is apparently good- it’s probably hard for casual fans to spot maybe? And he takes up space which can help with setting picks and screens to free up the skill players.

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://www.twitter.com/BenRitholtzNBA/status/1859602441592885690

Love it and if he keeps setting those early in backcourt you basically have Jalen starting downhill on a center playing 4 on 4.

You play who they schedule and the Knicks are getting it done. Utah next, we get to see what KAT will do against the only Center playing better in Denver, Doncic might miss our match-up, which leaves only the Magic & Wolves up thru Dec 19th. Most are winnable games over those 10 games and the next 7 games are very favorable, until OKC on Jan 3rd. I would not be surprised of a 13-4 or 12-5, or at worse an 11-6 run. Even at 11-6, that puts the team at 20-12 a 63% win rate, better than last year's 61%, expected wins of 52 wins.

Barring injuries, I think they do better than worst-case scenarios. They lost to the Cavs by 6 early on and have improved since then, they blew 2 games after that, but are on a better track. Realists should see positive progression, I do.

Clean wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

Clean wrote:

nycericanguy wrote:+6.4 NET rating, is why I wasn't worried. good indicator of how good this team is. Mitch and or Precious will really help too, and Brunson is finding his game now he's always a slow starter but he's still the guy on this team.

Don't let these wins against bad and injured team fool you. We have proved nothing yet. When we start beating the Celtics, Cavs, Warriors or the Thunder of the world then we can start feeling better. Not trying to be a downer but you have to look at the competition.

Brooklyn - Bad
Brooklyn - Bad
Wiz - Bad
Suns - Injured

This is why fans go on a rollercoaster ride during the season. They looks at win streaks and ignore the context of the win streak.

Pretty sure that is the prime example of a downer. “Not trying to offense, but you are broke, stupid and ugly.”

I would call it being a realist. It is just the way I am wired. I don't just look at the result. I look at why the result is the result and how can the information I gather from that apply to other situations in the future. Seeing that we beat all bad or injured teams told me nothing on how we would do on a 4 game streak vs actual good teams.

martin wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:We are coming together boys!
KAT looking great and blending better with JB.
JB finding how to fit others and get his.
Hart is team MVP when it comes to doing all the little things. Not to mention scoring the rock.
Bridges growing on me but still seems we paid a lot.
Excited to see how we look when we get Deuce, Precious and of course MR back.

Yo! Do not forget about the sisters and the strippers who think this is ultimateknicksporn.com now that KAT and Brunson gellin like magellan!!

I actually went to check if there was a site ultimateknicksporn.com

Sadly there isn't....

ramtour420 wrote:

martin wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:We are coming together boys!
KAT looking great and blending better with JB.
JB finding how to fit others and get his.
Hart is team MVP when it comes to doing all the little things. Not to mention scoring the rock.
Bridges growing on me but still seems we paid a lot.
Excited to see how we look when we get Deuce, Precious and of course MR back.

Yo! Do not forget about the sisters and the strippers who think this is ultimateknicksporn.com now that KAT and Brunson gellin like magellan!!

I actually went to check if there was a site ultimateknicksporn.com

Sadly there isn't....

It’ll just be OG and his thick thighs