This article addresses something that I suspected. I like Felton a lot he has a lot of heart. But he shoots too much and he's not an efficient scorer.

We clearly need a better backup PG but our starting PG also has to change his game some.

I'm happy with the production we're getting from him. He's the only reason the Knicks were in the game last night.

OldFan wrote:http://knickerblogger.net/knicks-point-guards-hurting-offensive-efficiency

This article addresses something that I suspected. I like Felton a lot he has a lot of heart. But he shoots too much and he's not an efficient scorer.

We clearly need a better backup PG but our starting PG also has to change his game some.

He played like an all star last night and we still lost. I'm going to say Ray at times has to take a bad shot and he can exacerbate that a bit himself but hes been worth what we paid him and clear cut upgrade.

My belief--we need consistent stable inside play on both ends offense defense and rebounding. We cant start Shawne Williams at PF!

We lack toughness and the way MDA coches--we put the mismatch on the other teams favor. We need more interior force both at C and PF. We need a guy who can come in and grab rebounds--put a strong body on someone and run the floor--like an Antonio Davis or a Charles Oakley type. Mosgov looks like he is going to be fine. Turiaf is not a guy you want to rely on--he is inconsistent and injury prone.

I think what we did last summer--we need to do it again. Go get Carmelo and two 4 year college basketball players with bodies that are strong athletic and play at a high level with the skills they have on both ends.(no 3 pt specialist etc..)--most noticeably for us one interior player one back up PG. My suggestion is Ken Faried in rd 1 and if we can acquire a high 2 Charles jenkins from Hofstra(I like his size at PG) two big physical athletic guys.

I think he's tough I think he can pass.

I just think he's not a good enough scorer to be as aggressive as he shooting the ball. I also in general feel like your PG is the last guy on the team you want trying to do to much. It sets a bad tone for the team.

Overall I think he's been a good PG. Much better then what we've had in recent years. But he'd be more effective if he shot less.

TMS wrote:i think Ray's shot attempts are elevated by this system & pace we play at... if u look at his stats over his career he's consistently averaged 10-13 shot attempts per game every year before he got to the Knicks... Derrick Rose takes 20 shots per game & he's not even playing in SSOL, i doubt anyone would be complaining if we had a shoot first PG like him running this team... CP3 who everyone considers a pass first PG has had back to back seasons averaging 16 shot attempts a game in his career... u have to see when & how the PG is taking his shot attempts to truly judge if he's doing more harm than good... last night Felton was the only guy who's offensive game was clicking late i think a good PG knows who to get the ball to if someone's hot that particular night... last night it just happened to be Ray in the 2nd half.

He's taking more shots then more effective scorers. So he's not consistently getting the ball to the hot hand. Again I do think he's a good PG. I'm just hoping for a small adjustment in his game.

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OldFan wrote:

TMS wrote:i think Ray's shot attempts are elevated by this system & pace we play at... if u look at his stats over his career he's consistently averaged 10-13 shot attempts per game every year before he got to the Knicks... Derrick Rose takes 20 shots per game & he's not even playing in SSOL, i doubt anyone would be complaining if we had a shoot first PG like him running this team... CP3 who everyone considers a pass first PG has had back to back seasons averaging 16 shot attempts a game in his career... u have to see when & how the PG is taking his shot attempts to truly judge if he's doing more harm than good... last night Felton was the only guy who's offensive game was clicking late i think a good PG knows who to get the ball to if someone's hot that particular night... last night it just happened to be Ray in the 2nd half.

He's taking more shots then more effective scorers. So he's not consistently getting the ball to the hot hand. Again I do think he's a good PG. I'm just hoping for a small adjustment in his game.

who would u prefer taking those shot attempts instead? Wilson who's currently in a slump of his own & nursing a calf injury? Gallo who's shooting the same % as Felton is from the field? should he force the ball inside to Amare when he's being double & triple teamed down low?

This is why good teams need more than one All Star! You add Melo to this mix and all of a sudden teams find it a lot harder to focus on Amar'e and vice versa. It's not rocket science! Felton is good enough if you have a true 2nd All Star. Just ask Rondo how it helps him.