i hope they figure out a style of play. this would help the balance and chemsitry issues we currently face. this would make it easier to identify what they want in terms of personell instead of throwing darts at guys like jerome big game james.

in the name of good will, im going to give isiah another chance. im wiping the slate clean although I have stored all pertinent info in the memory banks. Right now we dont ned any more neagativity.

but I hope they think of things like chemistry balance toughness fundamentals instead oh head band wearing flash me all frills guys who belong at rucker

i would shut down jerome this year and put him on a massive diet to get him ready for next year--he got his free lottery payment this year--now get back down to 260 and earn atleast 10 minutes off the bench. he needs a vegetarian no fat diet. I dont think the knicks should let him go, they need to be on his arse .

Letr try to do that at least before next season. But thats a longshot...

Isn't style of play partly dependent on the coach? We have a team that clearly excels in the open court and Brown is forcing them into slow it down, grind it out half court sets which leads to most of their turnovers.

I definitely agree there are some mismatched parts on this roster, but Lee, Crawford, Qyntel, Ariza, Nate, Marbury and even Frye seem best suited for a running, open court game. We have a lot of young, quick players, why not pressure the ball up the court more and generate some easy turnovers? It would also take some teams out of their half court sets which we obviously can't stop right now.

I know we need to upgrade the personel. But there's something to be said for maximizing what you have and Brown hasn't.

Posted by Knight:

Posted by crzymdups:

Isn't style of play partly dependent on the coach? We have a team that clearly excels in the open court and Brown is forcing them into slow it down, grind it out half court sets which leads to most of their turnovers.

I definitely agree there are some mismatched parts on this roster, but Lee, Crawford, Qyntel, Ariza, Nate, Marbury and even Frye seem best suited for a running, open court game. We have a lot of young, quick players, why not pressure the ball up the court more and generate some easy turnovers? It would also take some teams out of their half court sets which we obviously can't stop right now.

I know we need to upgrade the personel. But there's something to be said for maximizing what you have and Brown hasn't.

Do you know how you run? You get stops at the defensive end and create turnovers.

Yes. And one way of creating turnovers is full court pressure. It also helps take teams out of their offense. If Brown is going to play ten guys every night and most of them are young, why not pressure the ball and get some easy points and take time off the shot clock for the opposing team?

Posted by BasketballJones:

Posted by crzymdups:

Yes. And one way of creating turnovers is full court pressure. It also helps take teams out of their offense. If Brown is going to play ten guys every night and most of them are young, why not pressure the ball and get some easy points and take time off the shot clock for the opposing team?

Sounds reasonable to me. I also think there's generally some hope for the young guys on defense.

It's not reasonable, this isn't college, this is a grueling 82 game season in which guys can't expend that kind of energy on a consistent basis. Our rookies are already tired, so making them play some kind of frenetic full court defense is cruel and not a good idea.

[Edited by - Knight on 02-04-2006 12:16 PM]

Posted by djsunyc:

the next step probably should've been the first step.

lol.. bigtime

Posted by Knight:

Posted by BasketballJones:

Posted by crzymdups:

Yes. And one way of creating turnovers is full court pressure. It also helps take teams out of their offense. If Brown is going to play ten guys every night and most of them are young, why not pressure the ball and get some easy points and take time off the shot clock for the opposing team?

Sounds reasonable to me. I also think there's generally some hope for the young guys on defense.

It's not reasonable, this isn't college, this is a grueling 82 game season in which guys can't expend that kind of energy on a consistent basis. Our rookies are already tired, so making them play some kind of frenetic full court defense is cruel and not a good idea.

[Edited by - Knight on 02-04-2006 12:16 PM]

I'm the first to say I'm no expert. But looking at the box score, Frye, Robinson, Ariza and Lee all played 22 minutes or less, so it's not like they're playing the whole game. I don't think you'd use pressure all the time - just at particular points in the game, and they're young so it sure seems like something they could do.


[Edited by - BASKETBALLJONES on 02-04-2006 12:23]