[ IMAGES: Images ON turn off | ACCOUNT: User Status is LOCKED why? ]

One thing I noticed about the nBA finals
Forum Index  ›  NY Knicks Forum
« Reply To Topic
Author Thread
BRIGGS
Posts: 53275
Alba Posts: 7
Joined: 7/30/2002
Member: #303
7/10/2012  2:15 PM
They had two of the most athletic teams in the league there. Is this team fast and athletic enough to compete with these upper echlon teams?
RIP Crushalot😞
AUTOADVERT
jrodmc
Posts: 32927
Alba Posts: 50
Joined: 11/24/2004
Member: #805
USA
7/10/2012  2:17 PM
How fast and athletic were the Mavs? The Celts?
mikesknicks
Posts: 20755
Alba Posts: 0
Joined: 6/17/2004
Member: #684
USA
7/10/2012  4:17 PM
You can add Spurs to the list too
In the Knick of time. Knickal for Your thoughts.
knicks1248
Posts: 42059
Alba Posts: 1
Joined: 2/3/2004
Member: #582
7/10/2012  4:48 PM
BRIGGS wrote:They had two of the most athletic teams in the league there. Is this team fast and athletic enough to compete with these upper echlon teams?

I think were going to be a half court grinded out defensive team..

ES
bernard
Posts: 20730
Alba Posts: 0
Joined: 10/17/2003
Member: #475
7/10/2012  4:56 PM
Yeah ... I'd be careful about extracting a trend out of this year's finals. Going back over the years it's kind of swung back and forth between running teams and 1/2 court teams; the only real trend/truism about the style of the winners that almost always holds is that "Defense wins titles." Maybe Showtime was an exception (not saying those Lakers didn't play defense, but pretty much every key guy on that team besides Cooper was a better offensive player than defense player).

And I really like the looks of the Knicks defense for next year. It won't be Heat-like where they're so quick and athletic that they can challenge every pass and double whenever they want and still recover to challenge the shooters, but our D will be built the more traditional way, from the inside out with a coach that preaches defense above all else.

All that said, we better take care of the ball when we play the Heat or OKC. Those guys turn turnovers into points as fast as any teams I've seen.
youngandalmostfamous
Posts: 20078
Alba Posts: 0
Joined: 8/11/2010
Member: #3226
USA
7/11/2012  1:35 AM
A lot of teams have styles that match up differently. Hopefully the defense improves as a team with the addition of kidd and camby.
Nalod
Posts: 71204
Alba Posts: 155
Joined: 12/24/2003
Member: #508
USA
7/11/2012  7:50 AM
I see uptempo still. Lin-Melo-Amare-Tyson are not sloths.

Not SSOL but no reason to think we grind it out.

What we have is better depth and the ability to play better half court game.
franco12
Posts: 34069
Alba Posts: 4
Joined: 2/19/2004
Member: #599
USA
7/11/2012  8:16 AM
BRIGGS wrote:They had two of the most athletic teams in the league there. Is this team fast and athletic enough to compete with these upper echlon teams?

Its not the athletic dynamic I am worried about. Its the will to win.

I think Lebron got that this year.

I know Amar'e has shown this - Melo did in college.

Can they as a group come together and perform?

Honestly, in my opinion, I don't think this squad can win a title. Realistically.

I hope they prove me wrong.

On paper- and we've seen the on paper scenario burn up here in NYC - Francis and Marbury, Tim Thomas, Zach, Crawford, etc.

But the pieces we added this off season - Kidd and Camby- are nearly ancient, and bound to both slow down and break down.
Vmart
Posts: 31800
Alba Posts: 1
Joined: 5/23/2002
Member: #247
USA
7/11/2012  9:05 AM
There were only two players with exceptional speed and athleticism LeBron and Westbrook.
BigDaddyG
Posts: 39923
Alba Posts: 9
Joined: 1/22/2010
Member: #3049
7/11/2012  1:20 PM
Th biggest thing I noticed in the finals is that the two best players in the league were playing. If you compare roster to roster, you could make the case OKC was the more athletic team. But Spoelestra, and I give him credit for this, was able to maximize his matchup advantages and Brooks wasn't. Mediocre coaching beat out clueless coaching.
Always... always remember: Less is less. More is more. More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, and too much is never enough except when it's just about right. - The Tick
JamesLin
Posts: 20625
Alba Posts: 1
Joined: 2/17/2012
Member: #3944
USA
7/11/2012  1:28 PM
While we're on this subject.. I also noticed another thing.. teams without major season ending injuries on multiple players tend to go to the finals too. Amazing.
Get busy living or get busy dying. ---- Andy Dufresne
« Reply To Topic
One thing I noticed about the nBA finals
Forum Index  ›  NY Knicks Forum

©2001-2025 ultimateknicks.comm All rights reserved. About Us.
This site is not affiliated with the NY Knicks or the National Basketball Association in any way.
You may visit the official NY Knicks web site by clicking here.

All times (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time.

Terms of Use and Privacy Policy