Last year Melo and Landry shot EXCELLENTLY from 3pt range. This is a huge part of the game and without it Lin will never be able to work inside like he was. It's HUGE. We can't win shooting 31% or LESS, like tonight, from 3pt range.

martin wrote:

Knixkik wrote:Start Novak at the SG. It may seem kind of funny and may be asking for mismatches but that's ok. But i agree, we need another Novak on this team. For the time being, he should really start though, i don't care if he isn't a real SG, it will be fine. He is the ultimate complimentary player for this lineup.

Novak got owned today on the defensive side of things. When a SF or PF he is guarding can post and/or take it to the rim, Novak gets in trouble. He is best as a situational dude, and for me that means he can never start.

Exactly. This has to come from Melo, Fields, Shump, JR, Lin and Baron. We have to make teams pay for clogging the middle. People around here talk about scouting, well the only reason they can be so aggressive on our PnR with Lin, is cuz we can't make teams pay from the perimeter and they know it. It's no secret to teams that we don't shoot well from 3.

yellowboy90 wrote:

nixluva wrote:

martin wrote:

Knixkik wrote:Start Novak at the SG. It may seem kind of funny and may be asking for mismatches but that's ok. But i agree, we need another Novak on this team. For the time being, he should really start though, i don't care if he isn't a real SG, it will be fine. He is the ultimate complimentary player for this lineup.

Novak got owned today on the defensive side of things. When a SF or PF he is guarding can post and/or take it to the rim, Novak gets in trouble. He is best as a situational dude, and for me that means he can never start.

Exactly. This has to come from Melo, Fields, Shump, JR, Lin and Baron. We have to make teams pay for clogging the middle. People around here talk about scouting, well the only reason they can be so aggressive on our PnR with Lin, is cuz we can't make teams pay from the perimeter and they know it. It's no secret to teams that we don't shoot well from 3.

I agree but like you said the other key is the stupid TOs that happen when players leave their feet in the lane to make a pass to the three point shooters. I never seen so many good shooters in a slump on one team though.

Also I should add that we've STUNK from the Free Throw line too! That has been something that has jumped up and bit this team many times and tonight as well. Knicks shot 15-23 from the line.

In the end Melo is the star of this team and he's the scoring guy we are supposed to be able to depend on and he's really not been a consistent savior for this team this year. Melo has shot us out of more games than he's won for us this year. Melo has to get his act together. I don't know what is wrong, but he's got to step up.

I want 3 things every game. Lin being aggressive and attacking the D. STAT staying aggressive and in the mix. Melo taking good shots and making good passes. Melo seems to have lost his Mojo. He's not playing very aggressively or very smart.

We also need these shooters to get in the gym and fix whatever is wrong with their shot. Fields has lost his shot almost entirely. Baron still hasn't found his shot. JR had that one good game and ever since he's been out of synch and taking AWFUL shots.