sidsanders wrote:this would be $$$ if it was set to benny hill music.

Cosmic, I would pay a fee for you to get on this!

arkrud wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:That just hurts to watch. 6 layups right there - get a couple of those to go in, or at least draw the foul and it's a different game in the winding minutes.

Pop build all his game plan on making JJ open, while covering other Knicks players.
Same goes for kipping Al and Larry stuck on the perimeter and make bad shots.
Spurs as usual executed the plan to perfection.
BBal is a simple game when played by smart people.

The fact that defense and game planning for an opponent were the keys to the Spurs victory is why they are a championship contender. Hopefully the less rigid Mike D'Antoni will continue to adopt and instead of just trying to prefect his offense, he will look at game film for weaknesses on offense and defense and game plan for each opponent. The fact that the character,compliant guys with less talent that D'Antoni has committed to were the ones that were game planned for and the highlights of this video are a concern. With Hill, Curry, Nate, and Douglas on the bench it seems hard to justify playing Jeffries, Bender, and Duhon. D'Antoni is putting together a Layden like player rotation of role players/high character guys with no upside.

orangeblobman wrote:I appreciate his tenacity, his raw passion for the game. But he sucks under the basket, I've never seen anything like it, it's like he never played ball in his life.

The guy has some physical deficiences and it is amaizing alltogether that he is able to play on this level.
He deserves a lot of credit for this.
But unfortunately it is niot helping us as a team.
If he will be there to come from the bench for 10-15 min for defense and some muchups for vet minimum this will be great.
But starting for 7 mils is another story.

sidsanders wrote:this would be $$$ if it was set to benny hill music.

word, i was thinking the same ****

AnubisADL wrote:I thought teams would love to have Jefferies on their team.

Jefferies is playing way too many minutes and the more he plays the more exposed he becomes. There is a reason Crawford and Randolph have been traded twice and we are still stuck with Curry and Jefferies. The later group is USELESS and factoring in their contracts makes them putrid.

Duhon is a solid backup so I cant hate him.

What's up. I haven't seen you post in awhile?

As far as Jeffries you are 100% right. Jeffries is getting too many minutes. However, Mike D feels he is the reason why the Knicks are winning. When Mike D was asked what was one of the reasons the Knicks are winning he said that it is because he was playing Jeffries more minutes.

arkrud wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:That just hurts to watch. 6 layups right there - get a couple of those to go in, or at least draw the foul and it's a different game in the winding minutes.

Pop build all his game plan on making JJ open, while covering other Knicks players.
Same goes for kipping Al and Larry stuck on the perimeter and make bad shots.
Spurs as usual executed the plan to perfection.
BBal is a simple game when played by smart people.

This is a good point. How horrid did Indiana execute their D on us compared to the Spurs? We were down 15 points in the 4th Q to Atlanta[and I think we have won 4 games this year of our 14 from double digit 4th Q deficits] and unless Mike D put in Nate--that game was done.

I agree with this concept. I would use ball pressure in the backcourt to run clock as the Knicks are much more deliberate. In the halfcourt--tow things---everyone up on their man except Jefferies and I send his man to double the ball and then continue to switch--with 12-14 secs on the shot clock--I don't mind putting pressure on Knicks to throw ball to wide open Jefferies because he cant make the shots anyway. Key to defending Knicks

Ball pressure--pick up full court to run clock
Stay up on your man with physical man to man[guys like Lee Gallo and Chandler--when given time and space will hurt you and Duhon can hit the open 3--you want Duhon to take it to the rim under presure where he has trouble finishing
Lay off Jefferies and use the extra defender to double team the ball and then switch if the ball moves--
Hands up box out.

Knicks did play great against Indiana---they wernt going to beat us anyway but you can see the difference in good coach with scheme and bad coach with poor plan.