i DVRed this game hoping to see CP3 play but he was injured. instead foye played extended minutes.
a couple of impressions
1. Foye is a SG...a gunner...he has no PG skills (like i thought he had)
2. JR plays hard D...gets lose balls and can SHOOT (but of course hes streaky)
3. fields can PLAY...he had some great spin moves and and1s...he just cant SHOOT...not even FTs
4. im the biggest melo fan here...but OMG the ISOs...thats ALL they did..elbow Iso like 80% of the time..melo passes VERY well out of the dbl team though...found novak for some great 3s
5. when they werent running ISOs, i felt woody ran some nice plays
6. we have a back up PG...his name is shump...he did a great job of passing to melo in the high post (lol...thats really all he had to do)
7. stat looks awful...melo gets a lot of the blame but i forgot how BAD stat was...he has no shot or left hand...plus he cant rebound or jump!!...bledsoe (the 5-10 PG) stuffed his shot into the 3rd row...the problem isnt if stat and melo can play together...the question is can STAT play??
8. we play great D...the site of tyson and shump trapping on a picknroll is scary
9. shump is AMAZING...freakish defense and athletic ability
OVERALL
-if i had to choose between JR or foye, id keep JR...good for continuity and i just think hes a better player.
-keep fields, he has potential
-lets give woody a chance on the offensive end...i really think he was at a disadvantage cuz he didnt have a PG or his own plays to run
-this team has NO front court depth...at one point they were playing shump/fields/jr/novak and gadzuric...
Knicks should be improved: win about 40 games and maybe sneak into the playoffs. Melo, Rose and even Noah will have some nice moments however this team should be about PORZINGUS. the sooner they make him the primary player, the better