holfresh wrote:It's hard for the team to buy in on defense when the coach has not bought in..

So why is it that Shump played his butt off on D? Why did Balkman give effort on D? At a certain point its on the players on the floor not to want to be embarrassed. All the team has talked about and worked on is D. How is it that the coach doesn't believe if that's the focus of not just him but his whole staff and a new Assistant??? That's just hater BS.

nixluva wrote:Everyone has seen the team NOT defend, so what are the things you see that this team needs to correct defensively?

It appears to me that they need to address how they're dealing with picks and also the weakside defense. Teams are killing the Knicks off the PnR and backdoor.

The starting perimeter D is horrid. TD and Fields are constantly being broken down and that's messing up the defensive balance on the floor. TD is not the defender that we thought he was. He seems to get beat more and more and I think it has to do with his spacing and the angle he takes to cut off a penetrating player.

STAT has to get focused on D. His defensive IQ is LOW as can be. He just makes the wrong decision way too often and he's always done it. He blamed it on coaching but it's not the coaching. He's had MDA, Terry Porter, Alvin Gentry and now MDA and Woodson as coaches and still he makes the same exact mistakes he's always made. IMO it's not coaching, but the player. NO coach would want a big to literally step away from a guy driving to the basket like STAT does.

I LOVE the way Shump changed the game when he came in. The kid just oozes presence. Also I thought Balkman did a good job when he came in too. Aside from that not much went well. I do think we could use Jared on D tho. He's a very solid team defender and understands defensive concepts.

Look behind the seens on the court..Amare is always asking tyson where to be and what to do. His IQ is super low and it'ts not hard to tell. people keep blaming the coach, thats like not holding the players accountable.

holfresh wrote:It's hard for the team to buy in on defense when the coach has not bought in..

Amen

knicks1248 wrote:

nixluva wrote:Everyone has seen the team NOT defend, so what are the things you see that this team needs to correct defensively?

It appears to me that they need to address how they're dealing with picks and also the weakside defense. Teams are killing the Knicks off the PnR and backdoor.

The starting perimeter D is horrid. TD and Fields are constantly being broken down and that's messing up the defensive balance on the floor. TD is not the defender that we thought he was. He seems to get beat more and more and I think it has to do with his spacing and the angle he takes to cut off a penetrating player.

STAT has to get focused on D. His defensive IQ is LOW as can be. He just makes the wrong decision way too often and he's always done it. He blamed it on coaching but it's not the coaching. He's had MDA, Terry Porter, Alvin Gentry and now MDA and Woodson as coaches and still he makes the same exact mistakes he's always made. IMO it's not coaching, but the player. NO coach would want a big to literally step away from a guy driving to the basket like STAT does.

I LOVE the way Shump changed the game when he came in. The kid just oozes presence. Also I thought Balkman did a good job when he came in too. Aside from that not much went well. I do think we could use Jared on D tho. He's a very solid team defender and understands defensive concepts.

Look behind the seens on the court..Amare is always asking tyson where to be and what to do. His IQ is super low and it'ts not hard to tell. people keep blaming the coach, thats like not holding the players accountable.

We do not have the horses or defensive IQ or players with defensive instincts....It's that simple. How come one of our best defensive player is a rookie with one leg?

Thats not the makeup of this team....We need to play to our strengths, and not our weaknesses.

PLAY MORE ZONE...That man defense is killing us.

knicks1248 wrote:

nixluva wrote:Everyone has seen the team NOT defend, so what are the things you see that this team needs to correct defensively?

It appears to me that they need to address how they're dealing with picks and also the weakside defense. Teams are killing the Knicks off the PnR and backdoor.

The starting perimeter D is horrid. TD and Fields are constantly being broken down and that's messing up the defensive balance on the floor. TD is not the defender that we thought he was. He seems to get beat more and more and I think it has to do with his spacing and the angle he takes to cut off a penetrating player.

STAT has to get focused on D. His defensive IQ is LOW as can be. He just makes the wrong decision way too often and he's always done it. He blamed it on coaching but it's not the coaching. He's had MDA, Terry Porter, Alvin Gentry and now MDA and Woodson as coaches and still he makes the same exact mistakes he's always made. IMO it's not coaching, but the player. NO coach would want a big to literally step away from a guy driving to the basket like STAT does.

I LOVE the way Shump changed the game when he came in. The kid just oozes presence. Also I thought Balkman did a good job when he came in too. Aside from that not much went well. I do think we could use Jared on D tho. He's a very solid team defender and understands defensive concepts.

Look behind the seens on the court..Amare is always asking tyson where to be and what to do. His IQ is super low and it'ts not hard to tell. people keep blaming the coach, thats like not holding the players accountable.

Its not that he has a low BBIQ, its just that he's never been on a team that really emphasized defense. If this is the case, why/how would he know? Of all the yrs he's played in the NBA, only 1 of those yrs was without MDA. And this is a player that never went to college.