Tuesday,     March 6	Houston Rockets 	   7:30 p.m.
Wednesday,   March 7	@ Philadelphia 76ers 	   7:00 p.m.
Friday,      March 9	Portland Trail Blazers 	   7:30 p.m.
Sunday,   March 11	@ Los Angeles Lakers 	   3:30 p.m.
Monday,      March 12	@ Los Angeles Clippers 	   10:30 p.m.
Wednesday,   March 14	@ Golden State Warriors    10:30 p.m.
Friday,      March 16	@ Sacramento Kings 	   10:00 p.m.
Saturday,    March 17	@ Denver Nuggets 	   9:00 p.m.
Monday,      March 19	@ Atlanta Hawks 	   7:30 p.m.
Thursday,    March 22	@ Milwaukee Bucks 	   8:00 p.m.
Friday,      March 23	@ Philadelphia 76ers 	   8:00 p.m.
Sunday,      March 25	Washington Wizards 	   6:00 p.m.
Monday,      March 26	@ Charlotte Bobcats 	   7:00 p.m.
Wednesday,   March 28	Utah Jazz 	           7:30 p.m.
Friday,      March 30	@ Minnesota Timberwolves   8:00 p.m.

If the Celtics can hold on to position after this killer stretch I take my hat off to them. They've got 11 road games to only 4 home games over this stretch and 5 back to backs. GEEZ!

Amazingly Philly only has two Back to backs over the same stretch. The one thing we have to do against Philly is win the games we have with them cuz Philly has the easiest schedule in March. They have a day of rest between games more often than NY or Boston.

Then you have the Knicks super tough schedule in March:

 Tue 06	 @ Dallas  	     8:30pm	  	 
 Wed 07	 @ San Antonio       8:30pm	 	 	 
 Fri 09	 @ Milwaukee  	     8:30pm	 	 	 
 Sun 11	 vs Philadelphia     12:00pm	 	 	 
 Mon 12	 @ Chicago  	     8:00pm	 	 	 
 Wed 14	 vs Portland         7:30pm	 	 	 
 Fri 16	 vs Indiana  	     7:30pm	 	 	 
 Sat 17	 @ Indiana  	     7:00pm	  	 
 Tue 20	 vs Toronto   	     7:30pm	 	 	 
 Wed 21	 @ Philadelphia      7:00pm	 	 	 
 Fri 23	 @ Toronto  	     7:00pm	 	 	 
 Sat 24	 vs Detroit   	     7:30pm	 	 	 
 Mon 26	 vs Milwaukee        7:30pm	 	 	 
 Wed 28	 vs Orlando   	     7:00pm	 	 	 
 Fri 30	 @ Atlanta  	     7:30pm	 	 	 
 Sat 31	 vs Cleveland  	     7:30pm	

KNicks with a whopping 6 Back to backs!!! That is tough but the team is actually built to deal with this kind of schedule. The Knicks depth is going to have to really be a tool for this team. I like that MDA is getting them used to playing less minutes overall and going with 11 guys. I like that this teams bench can actually defend as well as score. This can really help to get the team over the top as we move along. At least the Knicks have 8 home games!

In other words, can we please get Shumpert in and Fields out already.

Sorry, I know we have threads dedicated to this issue, but it's such a no-brainer of a move. Maybe Tuesday is the day

IMO what's ailing the starting lineup is the slow nature of how they get into the offense. They aren't pushing the pace and playing with energy on a consistent basis. If they just pick up the pace and get into more early offense situations they can do much better to start the 1st and 3rd qtrs of games.

Anyway this schedule is really not going to allow much time to experiment! March will be fast and furious for the Knicks and Celtics. The Knicks will have a shot to catch the Sixers but it will be tough. They need to win tough road games to be able to do it!

mrKnickShot wrote:

nixluva wrote:I just said that Fields is actually a good fit in with the group that has STAT and Melo. Fields usually does all the little things and fills in the gaps not requiring plays or a ton of touches. You want Iman to think about scoring and have the freedom to do it, so in the 2nd unit he's a primary scorer. Fields isn't that type of player and wouldn't benefit from that as much.

Anyway this schedule is really not going to allow much time to experiment! March will be fast and furious for the Knicks and Celtics. The Knicks will have a shot to catch the Sixers but it will be tough. They need to win tough road games to be able to do it!

Nah. A couple of more games like the past few, he rides the pine.

I have faith that MDA will have the guts to make the right move.

You don't make a hasty move without sound reasoning:

Landry over the last 1 games, which is a meaningful stretch:

SPLITS	        GP	MPG	FG%	RPG	APG	BLKPG	STPG	PFPG	PPG
Last 10 Games	10	29.0	.477	5.5	2.8	0.2	0.8	1.2	9.8
Landry in our 18 wins and 19 losses:
In Wins	        18	31.7	.500	4.8	2.8	0.3	1.4	1.6	10.6
In Losses	19	30.9	.439	3.9	2.9	0.2	1.2	1.7	9.1

What this shows is that really Landry doesn't have to do much in order to be a positive impact. His main thing is to have an efficient shooting game. He still does just about everything else at a similar clip regardless of whether the team wins or loses. His production hasn't fallen off drastically over enough of a stretch to warrant benching him. We need for Landry to become a more consistent shooter, which he's had issues with earlier this year, but not as much lately.

In Landry's last 5 games he's had 2 awful games and 3 good games. really only the last 2 games against Clev and Bos has Landry been awful. Before those 2 games he shot 44%, 58% and 50%!

mrKnickShot wrote:

nixluva wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

nixluva wrote:I just said that Fields is actually a good fit in with the group that has STAT and Melo. Fields usually does all the little things and fills in the gaps not requiring plays or a ton of touches. You want Iman to think about scoring and have the freedom to do it, so in the 2nd unit he's a primary scorer. Fields isn't that type of player and wouldn't benefit from that as much.

Anyway this schedule is really not going to allow much time to experiment! March will be fast and furious for the Knicks and Celtics. The Knicks will have a shot to catch the Sixers but it will be tough. They need to win tough road games to be able to do it!

Nah. A couple of more games like the past few, he rides the pine.

I have faith that MDA will have the guts to make the right move.

You don't make a hasty move without sound reasoning:

Landry over the last 1 games, which is a meaningful stretch:

SPLITS	        GP	MPG	FG%	RPG	APG	BLKPG	STPG	PFPG	PPG
Last 10 Games	10	29.0	.477	5.5	2.8	0.2	0.8	1.2	9.8
Landry in our 18 wins and 19 losses:
In Wins	        18	31.7	.500	4.8	2.8	0.3	1.4	1.6	10.6
In Losses	19	30.9	.439	3.9	2.9	0.2	1.2	1.7	9.1

What this shows is that really Landry doesn't have to do much in order to be a positive impact. His main thing is to have an efficient shooting game. He still does just about everything else at a similar clip regardless of whether the team wins or loses. His production hasn't fallen off drastically over enough of a stretch to warrant benching him. We need for Landry to become a more consistent shooter, which he's had issues with earlier this year, but not as much lately.

In Landry's last 5 games he's had 2 awful games and 3 good games. really only the last 2 games against Clev and Bos has Landry been awful. Before those 2 games he shot 44%, 58% and 50%!

Yes. He did have a stretch of good games as well. But, I don't see defensive statistics in your stats, so, I think it is faulty.

Shump plays much better D - which we need out of the gate. And, he is our future SG. And, he is more of a threat due to his athleticism.

My stats are faulty cuz they don't include the defensive stats? That's a bit odd since Rebounding, steals and blocks are defensive stats and clearly indicated in the stats above. Yes Shump is a better defender, but that doesn't mean Landry has been awful either. It also doesn't mean that Shump needs to replace Landry in the starting lineup. I think MDA has a lot to consider in terms of balancing the rotation.

It's not to say that Shump over Landry isn't a good idea but there's no real concrete argument that it would be better for the team. IMO coach deserves the time to make up his mind on this and weigh all the consequences.

(Hookers & Blow go without saying....breakfast buffet as well)

nixluva wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

nixluva wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

nixluva wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

nixluva wrote:I just said that Fields is actually a good fit in with the group that has STAT and Melo. Fields usually does all the little things and fills in the gaps not requiring plays or a ton of touches. You want Iman to think about scoring and have the freedom to do it, so in the 2nd unit he's a primary scorer. Fields isn't that type of player and wouldn't benefit from that as much.

Anyway this schedule is really not going to allow much time to experiment! March will be fast and furious for the Knicks and Celtics. The Knicks will have a shot to catch the Sixers but it will be tough. They need to win tough road games to be able to do it!

Nah. A couple of more games like the past few, he rides the pine.

I have faith that MDA will have the guts to make the right move.

You don't make a hasty move without sound reasoning:

Landry over the last 1 games, which is a meaningful stretch:

SPLITS	        GP	MPG	FG%	RPG	APG	BLKPG	STPG	PFPG	PPG
Last 10 Games	10	29.0	.477	5.5	2.8	0.2	0.8	1.2	9.8
Landry in our 18 wins and 19 losses:
In Wins	        18	31.7	.500	4.8	2.8	0.3	1.4	1.6	10.6
In Losses	19	30.9	.439	3.9	2.9	0.2	1.2	1.7	9.1

What this shows is that really Landry doesn't have to do much in order to be a positive impact. His main thing is to have an efficient shooting game. He still does just about everything else at a similar clip regardless of whether the team wins or loses. His production hasn't fallen off drastically over enough of a stretch to warrant benching him. We need for Landry to become a more consistent shooter, which he's had issues with earlier this year, but not as much lately.

In Landry's last 5 games he's had 2 awful games and 3 good games. really only the last 2 games against Clev and Bos has Landry been awful. Before those 2 games he shot 44%, 58% and 50%!

Yes. He did have a stretch of good games as well. But, I don't see defensive statistics in your stats, so, I think it is faulty.

Shump plays much better D - which we need out of the gate. And, he is our future SG. And, he is more of a threat due to his athleticism.

My stats are faulty cuz they don't include the defensive stats? That's a bit odd since Rebounding, steals and blocks are defensive stats and clearly indicated in the stats above. Yes Shump is a better defender, but that doesn't mean Landry has been awful either. It also doesn't mean that Shump needs to replace Landry in the starting lineup. I think MDA has a lot to consider in terms of balancing the rotation.

It's not to say that Shump over Landry isn't a good idea but there's no real concrete argument that it would be better for the team. IMO coach deserves the time to make up his mind on this and weigh all the consequences.

The stats don't include allowing SG penetration which is true defense. And yes, its not an easy or simple decision but one I would like to see made.

My main guess is that MDA isn't eager to make any changes right now but rather keep things the same for a good while before making any new changes. Consistency is a huge need for this team as much as any. Just cuz Landry had 2 bad games doesn't warrant a change. This is Landry for an entire month:

             MIN	FGM-FGA	 FG%	3PM-3PA	 3P%	FTM-FTA	 FT%	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS
February     32.8	4.3-9.1	.478	0.5-1.9	.241	1.3-2.4	.556	5.2	2.8	0.2	1.1	1.5	1.5	10.5

What jumps out at me is that he's really struggling from 3pt range and at the line. Other than that, he's actually performing well.

As for defense Iman has a defensive Rating of 99 and Landry is 101. That's points per 100 possessions.
Iman's defensive win share is 1.4 and Landry's is 1.5. (Defensive Win Shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player due to his defense.)

It's not a cut and dry decision to say the least.

Nix, those are awful stats! Especially for a starting SG. Also, I imagine that most of his FG's come near the basket because he can't shoot a lick.

Don't really understand those defensive numbers that you gave. I do know that when I watch the game he gets beaten badly off the dribble too often.