Posted by 4949:
I happen to agree with BRIGGS. I think it has and is still a good idea to just legitimately tank the season with the youngs guys to see how they respond to full minutes. It's the best of all worlds. And when you look at the time given to them, this experiement of giving the young guys more minutes actually has started what' about a couple of weeks ago, yes?
Cosmic the atmosphere isn't that' poisoned. There is zero hope for anything winnable at the end of the season. But much more hope now for a possible top draft and a new GM to speak of. There's a lot of damage, but hope has not left me yet and at this point, it's actually making a turn around. I am very hopeful for a brighter future now that isiah is no longer in charge. And from what I'm hearing from Walsh, it's looking even more hopeful then up until just a few days ago. What a difference a simple change can make, huh? lol
Isiah didn't start to pack it in until that first Hornets game. Right until then he was still making "a playoff push". To credit him with a devious scheme of tanking is ludicrous given how long it took him to pack it in.
Then once he started playing the kids he never really committed to playing them. We still see Crawful, Malik, Zach, Jeffries, QRich for BIG MINUTES each and every - or every other game. That's not playing the kids. That's just retarded. You can bet if Curry or Marbury were healthy they'd be playing as well.
Isiah has no plan. He never did other than to "acquire talent" and he even just recently this past week said again "We're in the talent acquisition business."
That's not a plan that's just lunacy.
As to the atmosphere it is indeed poisoned. Our entire offense under Isiah has been comprised of:
Dribble Dribble Dribble CHUCK
Walk the ball up, give it to Crawful or Zach, let them chuck. Then we started watching Jeffries, Balkman, Lee all do the same. Get the ball, go 1-1, chuck it.
Practices? How many has he cancelled? When he runs them what are they comprised of? Chucking the ball at the rim? Happy-Go-Lucky Shoot-arounds? Lovely...
Conditioning? Where's the conditioning? The only guys in any semblence of shape are Crawful, Chandler, Nate, and Jeffries (who is more just thin than anything).
What about everyone else? Lee and Balkman are softer than we've ever seen them. Curry fatter than hell. Marbury big and winded as was QRich. Jerome, Malik both tired and big. Zach big and winded for most of the year. So there's yet another thing that Isiah is accountable for. This is a pro sports team for crying out loud and we're the FATTEST team in the league (truth actually lol).
Two-Way Game? Where's any semblence of defense aside from the occasional Chandler or Balkman block or Nate or Crawful steal? Where is it? Nonexistant. So Isiah doesn't teach offense other than to Dribble Dribble Dribble AND1 Crossover Dribble Dribble CHUCK. He doesn't teach defense other than "dont get into foul trouble otherwise I cant keep you on the court."
What the hell was that all about? Was that some sort of master plan? Ugh...
The kids? What are they to learn from such a disgraceful atmosphere?
Do you really think this is considered a positive learning experience when Mardy goes out there and Dribble Dribble Dribble CHUCKS because if he doesnt, and happens to pass the ball, he'll just watch another Knick do that anyway?
This season has been an epic disaster. A complete failure on all accounts. The kids learned nothing except how to be selfish out of shape and-1 no-defense chuckers.
So, to me, that's a very poisonous atmosphere of which to grow in. TO me Isiah never had a plan at all be it to win, be it to lose for the lotto, be it to prepare for the future, be it to help the kids grow or teach the vets about teamwork. NOTHING!!!
Therefore the hubub about "playing the kids" is really much ado about nothing given the atmosphere of which they have "played in". Which is one of the worst I've ever seen and I sure can't be alone with that can I?
These final six games will give us absolutely nothing of value.
There's no teaching going on. There's no coaching going on. There's no growth going on. There's only the learning of bad habits going on and that's sad. And I don't want to hear "well with 6 games left and nothing to play for why bother?" Because, with 82 games left back in October, there was seemingly the same exact feeling franchise wide.
Yeah! If the Knicks REALLY' want to loose games, then play Jeffries. Funny.