DurzoBlint wrote:many people love to hate (is that an oxymoron?) Many people don't watch the games and think stats tell the whole story and many are jealous and or sick of the ESPN coverage he got while some people are just stupid.

I think that's pretty much it... I would ike to add that many people love to hate the Knicks. Spew some venom and the rest of the country reads the article, and the Knicks fans too so they can share how dumb the national media is. Pretty smart way to generate ad revenue

SupremeCommander wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:many people love to hate (is that an oxymoron?) Many people don't watch the games and think stats tell the whole story and many are jealous and or sick of the ESPN coverage he got while some people are just stupid.

I think that's pretty much it... I would ike to add that many people love to hate the Knicks. Spew some venom and the rest of the country reads the article, and the Knicks fans too so they can share how dumb the national media is. Pretty smart way to generate ad revenue

You hit the nail on the head with the Knick hate. I remember in the 90, many Knick fans no only jumped **** but, the level of hate some NEW YORKERS have for the KNICKS is bad enough but the level of hate we get Nationwide! It has to be small penis...I mean small city syndrome. Not every City is so Great you have to say it twice, New York, New York!

ChuckBuck wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:"Linsanity" has a different meaning depending on who you ask. During the 7 game win streak when people started using the expression, Lin averaged close to 25/9. As ChuckBuck pointed out, he was the leading scorer.

Although Lin is putting up quality numbers now and his game is getting better, strictly speaking they aren't "Linsanity" numbers anymore. The term now seems to be getting thrown out now every time Lin has a good game. Lin is playing very well after the drop off and getting better, that's more important than the label.

Thank you GustavBahler. After the firing, "Linsanity" era did indeed die with D'Antoni. Although the offense is similiar in structure to MDA, they run less PNR's compared to the Linsanity run and they don't run out on the break as much as well. This is all on purpose (More deliberate, play-calling style by Woodson, instead of read-react of MDA). I know there's alot of posters and fans that will defend "Linsanity" the man to the death after criticism warranted or not, but I see a better PG for this team right now. I don't think he's had more than 3 TO's in a single game during this run.

Well put and good point about Lin cutting down on the turnovers under Woodson. Woody made it an issue from the start and it has paid dividends.

Lin should get most of the credit because he's the one taking better care of the ball. It does prove that Lin's game is getting better despite the drop off in production since the win streak. Best news of all.

fishmike wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:"Linsanity" has a different meaning depending on who you ask. During the 7 game win streak when people started using the expression, Lin averaged close to 25/9. As ChuckBuck pointed out, he was the leading scorer.

Although Lin is putting up quality numbers now and his game is getting better, strictly speaking they aren't "Linsanity" numbers anymore. The term now seems to be getting thrown out now every time Lin has a good game. Lin is playing very well after the drop off and getting better, that's more important than the label.

Thank you GustavBahler. After the firing, "Linsanity" era did indeed die with D'Antoni. Although the offense is similiar in structure to MDA, they run less PNR's compared to the Linsanity run and they don't run out on the break as much as well. This is all on purpose (More deliberate, play-calling style by Woodson, instead of read-react of MDA). I know there's alot of posters and fans that will defend "Linsanity" the man to the death after criticism warranted or not, but I see a better PG for this team right now. I don't think he's had more than 3 TO's in a single game during this run.

or it could just be that during Linsanity there was no Amare who over his last 5 games is scoring 19ppg on 54%

That's part of the reason for the drop off and great news. Lin doesn't have to work as hard to keep them in the game.

ChuckBuck wrote:

fishmike wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:"Linsanity" has a different meaning depending on who you ask. During the 7 game win streak when people started using the expression, Lin averaged close to 25/9. As ChuckBuck pointed out, he was the leading scorer.

Although Lin is putting up quality numbers now and his game is getting better, strictly speaking they aren't "Linsanity" numbers anymore. The term now seems to be getting thrown out now every time Lin has a good game. Lin is playing very well after the drop off and getting better, that's more important than the label.

Thank you GustavBahler. After the firing, "Linsanity" era did indeed die with D'Antoni. Although the offense is similiar in structure to MDA, they run less PNR's compared to the Linsanity run and they don't run out on the break as much as well. This is all on purpose (More deliberate, play-calling style by Woodson, instead of read-react of MDA). I know there's alot of posters and fans that will defend "Linsanity" the man to the death after criticism warranted or not, but I see a better PG for this team right now. I don't think he's had more than 3 TO's in a single game during this run.

or it could just be that during Linsanity there was no Amare who over his last 5 games is scoring 19ppg on 54%

Amare actually played 5 games during that 8-1 run.

I thought Fish meant that there wasn't the same production from Amar'e, that's what I read into it.

ChuckBuck wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

fishmike wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:"Linsanity" has a different meaning depending on who you ask. During the 7 game win streak when people started using the expression, Lin averaged close to 25/9. As ChuckBuck pointed out, he was the leading scorer.

Although Lin is putting up quality numbers now and his game is getting better, strictly speaking they aren't "Linsanity" numbers anymore. The term now seems to be getting thrown out now every time Lin has a good game. Lin is playing very well after the drop off and getting better, that's more important than the label.

Thank you GustavBahler. After the firing, "Linsanity" era did indeed die with D'Antoni. Although the offense is similiar in structure to MDA, they run less PNR's compared to the Linsanity run and they don't run out on the break as much as well. This is all on purpose (More deliberate, play-calling style by Woodson, instead of read-react of MDA). I know there's alot of posters and fans that will defend "Linsanity" the man to the death after criticism warranted or not, but I see a better PG for this team right now. I don't think he's had more than 3 TO's in a single game during this run.

or it could just be that during Linsanity there was no Amare who over his last 5 games is scoring 19ppg on 54%

Amare actually played 5 games during that 8-1 run.

I thought Fish meant that there wasn't the same production from Amar'e, that's what I read into it.

Thought Fish thought Amare was gone for the death of his brother for 9 Linsane games. Fish, care to enlighten us?

Could be, if that's the case then I stand corrected.

newyorknewyork wrote:During Linsanity, Lin was the featured guy able to score and pass as he pleased. He wasn't ready for that type of responsibility once the scouting reports came into effect. Now he is a 3rd option with less pressure freeing him up to do his thing. Under MDA you stop Lin and you stagger the whole offense (as I said before wasn't ready for that type of responsibility). Under Woodson you have to stop Amare and Melo before worrying about Lin.

+1

newyorknewyork wrote:During Linsanity, Lin was the featured guy able to score and pass as he pleased. He wasn't ready for that type of responsibility once the scouting reports came into effect. Now he is a 3rd option with less pressure freeing him up to do his thing. Under MDA you stop Lin and you stagger the whole offense (as I said before wasn't ready for that type of responsibility). Under Woodson you have to stop Amare and Melo before worrying about Lin.

Bingo. Also as a side note, Woodson's little wrinkle of having Melo dribble the ball up the court to alleviate pressure off Lin is just plain brilliant. Something MDA couldn't drum up once against all those Lin traps.