MDA has this team playing better ball than we have seen from the Knicks in a decade. In tandem with Amare/Felton he has developed a winning culture in New York. His offensive scheme is very successful and he has managed to dispel the notion that he doesn't care about defense - the team hasn't played playoff level defense like this since the Ewing era. Not saying Jax would have fared worse, but you're not going to make many believers with your "argument". Only five guys can play and not every NBA player brings it on defense.

MDA isn't going away and the Knicks are going to the playoffs. Other than a single blow-out to a Hydra-headed Miami Heat, the Knicks have fought the elite teams to the end and made them earn their victories. I doubt there are too many franchises hoping they draw the Knicks in the first round this season. And if there are, they are delusional and/or need to fire their scouting department.

Do you watch many games?

nixluva wrote:I don't actually think anyone is better except Jax and Pop. I think MDA is as good as any other top NBA coach. He just flies against the conventional thinking. Funny thing is that the Spurs have decided to run more this year and the Magic just basically doubled down on the same style we're playing. They added 3pt shooters and play 4-1, taking the same amount of 3's we do. We're not out of step with what the thinking is on other teams. We just don't have the rebounding the better teams have. If Amar'e was a bigtime rebounder and also Turiaf, things might look a lot better. Unfortunately most of our guys are weak rebounders. If Fields wasn't helping out we'd be even worse. I guess maybe we should've appreciated Lee's rebounding after all.

Lee was great at rebounding because he started positioning for the rebound instead of playing defense.

Anyway, agree with the sentiment here.. MDA is a top-flight coach. We definitely need some more interior girth, strength, and depth. Too bad those types of players tend to be favorites of their teams.

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

I don't like the way Mike D use his bench. He calls time out when we are down 15 points instead when something is going wrong nip it fast. I don't like the way he treats some players. AR was to be a stud. Now he can't even get in a game. What is a coaches duties. One is to help develope players. Mike D will never take this team to the promised land because he is about himself. Too stubborn. He thinks he can shoot his was to a championship and he is wrong.

Oh no, a coach that thinks putting the ball in the bucket can win games. I thought that was the point of basketball, to put the buckets in. Coach developed his players to a cumulative billion dollars, at least, during his coaching career. Players developing under him get the cash money, papa. How many players are 'to be' studs but never materialize. Just because he dropped some buckets on a loosey goosey, no-accountability Warriors squad last year doesn't mean he can meaningfully contribute on a playoff team. Coach Mike is coaching the kid, he's molding him into a True Baller, someone that can put up the buckets and do it in a way that benefits the overall chemistry, that works within the greater scheme of a winning club.