Matt Barnes looks really good, could have used a player like him on our roster.
I thought he was done last year but I think he suffered from the lack of ball movement and half court offense with KOBE.
We need players with good size and length to go with versatility/DEF/Ability to spread the floor

if we could swing a deal for James Johnson or Brandon Rush and go after players like Stephen Jackson/Dunleavey during the off season with the Mini MLE.

I still like Brandon Rush a lot, would love to swing a deal for him.
Malcom Thomas as a 1 year stoppage?
He looked great in the summer league for the Bulls with double double with points and rebounds.

Brewer is probably our best defender to put a on Lebron but I see him better utilized defending Wade because JR Smith and even Iman this year are just too small.
It was evident last year JR Smith just isn't big/strong enough to defend Wade during the play offs.
JR Smith looks much improved but with Iman, Felton, Kidd, I think we need a player with better size and length that could play the SF better and even some PF.

With all the experience Kidd/Pablo, it would make sense to have a PG that can develop and absorb their knowledge.
At least we have Iman, that can improve his ball handling and skills at setting up/facilitating the team and at least be a better SG with better PG skills.
Eric Blesoe looks very impressive so far, he has great athleticism, to go with his speed, quickness, and defensive intensity, and has improved much with practice Cp3/Billups, it is showing.
Bledsoe would be sick with Iman together, especially with Felton/Kidd.

However with Camby/Tyson/Wallace/Kurt, all players are closer to the CENTER position than a PF at their ages and I do not know if they can play many minutes together on the court at PF/C at their age and lack of speed.

With our injuries last game

Iman
JR Smith
Brewer
Amare
Camby

that is a pretty sick lineup themselves.

We have been playing with 4 shooters and great ball movement so far, it will be interesting to see how Amare works without the spacing 4 shooters and a lane to penetrate with.
How Woody and Hakeems coaching would be utilized in the post and if they can execute together.

You need players with good size/length/athleticism/speed.
We do not have any player that can match up with them.

Brewer is our current best defender but he is too small to for Lebron and Durant while, we need him to defend Wade and Harden.
James White looks to be like a waste of a roster spot, he still looks out of shape to me and does not possess the athleticism his youtube videos have shown.
While we are using so many roster spots at the C position that are questionable to play the PF efficiently with their age, and Wallace looking to regain NBA shape.

We do not have many roster spots left for this season, I think we need multiple defenders/bodies.
Pietrus is one of the better 9th man available in FA for this year.
He should be the 3rd or 2nd at best used to defend those All Stars.

Durant, easy. Russell Westbrook. Rudy Gay also easy, Z-bo. Those 2 guys when on will stop those 2 all day!

While many teams like Pacers/Clippers have multiple defenders at those positions

Pacers

Paul George
Gereld Green
Sam Young

Granger
Tyler Hansborough

Clippers

Caron Butler
Matt Barnes
Odom
Grant Hill
Eric Bledsoe

Other teams that has players like

Deng/Gibson
Gereld Wallace/Keith Bogans
Ak47/Derrick Williams/Chase Budinger
Paul Pierce/Jeff Green
Iggy/Chandler/Brewer/Gallo

I am not saying these players will lock down Lebron/Durant/Gay etc, but they have the size to put a body on these type of players.
Don't tell me Melo is going to defend Lebron because he cannot even defend Rudy Gay, and I do not want him to be our #1 option because it will kill his energy for our offense.

Knicks

Felton/Kidd/Iman

Brewer/JR/Melo

we can go small but Wade/Lebron will eat them up on the post and shoot over them with ease.
JR Smith and Fields both were eaten up by Wade alone last year, who seriously thinks he could defend these athletic forwards with range?

Thompson, Klay's brother, has the most size and doesn't appear to make the roster especially if Copeland/Wallace make it, a reason why White should be cut...

yellowboy90 wrote:

RonRon wrote:I am just saying, its a concern and position that we have still not addressed for this season and we have talks about ECF

While many teams like Pacers/Clippers have multiple defenders at those positions

Pacers

Paul George
Gereld Green
Sam Young

Granger
Tyler Hansborough

Clippers

Caron Butler
Matt Barnes
Odom
Grant Hill
Eric Bledsoe

Other teams that has players like

Gereld Wallace/Keith Bogans
Ak47/Derrick Williams/Chase Budinger
Paul Pierce/Jeff Green
Iggy/Chandler/Brewer/Gallo

I am not saying these players will lock down Lebron/Durant/Gay etc, but they have the size to put a body on these type of players.
Don't tell me Melo is going to defend Lebron because he cannot even defend Rudy Gay, and I do not want him to be our #1 option because it will kill his energy for our offense.

No one listed is any better than Brewer. Shump, Smith, Melo, and Kidd. Even Felton can defend Wade.

Come playoffs time having both brewer and shump healthy is gonna give us a big advanatge

RonRon wrote:no one is saying to lock down these all stars, I am saying acquire bodies that will make it tougher for them.

Lebron
Durant

lesser extent of Gay

ALL of these players have been killing us EVERY GAME,since from the Isiah years, once they got in the league.
we cannot allow them to get in rythme easily and catch fire with easy baskets.

Wade/Lebron were toying with us and Chandler was helping last year with JR Smith/Fields on Wade and Melo on Lebron.

All 3 have good range, good/great handle/athleticism, post up game, strength/great ability to finish with contact, and have great length.

My point of putting Rudy Gay in there, is just to point out that we do not have a forward with a good body/length to defend them.

Wade/Lebron are insane athletes, what seperates them, is their ability to penetrate/facilitate/handle the ball/post up/ and shoot over small defenders.

On the Bulls, Brewer was used to defend Wade and Deng/Taj Gibson on Lebron.
Deng's and Taj Gibson's defense >>> than anyone we have on our roster.

Of course, they still had Noah/Osik to help as well.

If Camby was younger, I think there is possiblity that he would be used on Lebron 1v1 using his length/athleticism to disrupt him.
Lebron is so strong, you have to stay low to get position, but then he can rise up and shoot up over the defenders.

Offensively I am not sure if Camby would work with Chandler but would work if Wallace comes back in shape to 10-15minutes a game.
Wallace has the ability to spread the floor and post up and is a decent help defender.
However, at their current age and shape, I am not sure if it would be effective/efficient.

Everyone can say what they want about Gereld Wallace but he has a nice size/frame/athleticism to put a body and math up with Lebron.

LeBron, Wade and Durant have been destorying the entire league for years now. It is not an issue particular or limited to the Knicks.

The Knicks have good perimeter defenders in Shump and Brewer. Melo's D has improved. Felton is a good defender. Amar'e is a good shot blocker. Tyson and Camby are great defenders. This team is probably better equipped to deal with LeBron / Durant / Wade then most teams in the NBA. And the end of the day there is no stopping LeBron and Durant. You just want to force them into tougher shots, be physical with them and play good and smart team defense.

RonRon wrote:I am just saying, its a concern and position that we have still not addressed for this season and we have talks about ECF

While many teams like Pacers/Clippers have multiple defenders at those positions

Pacers

Paul George
Gereld Green
Sam Young

Granger
Tyler Hansborough

Clippers

Caron Butler
Matt Barnes
Odom
Grant Hill
Eric Bledsoe

Other teams that has players like

Deng/Gibson
Gereld Wallace/Keith Bogans
Ak47/Derrick Williams/Chase Budinger
Paul Pierce/Jeff Green
Iggy/Chandler/Brewer/Gallo

I am not saying these players will lock down Lebron/Durant/Gay etc, but they have the size to put a body on these type of players.
Don't tell me Melo is going to defend Lebron because he cannot even defend Rudy Gay, and I do not want him to be our #1 option because it will kill his energy for our offense.

Knicks

Felton/Kidd/Iman

Brewer/JR/Melo

we can go small but Wade/Lebron will eat them up on the post and shoot over them with ease.
JR Smith and Fields both were eaten up by Wade alone last year, who seriously thinks he could defend these athletic forwards with range?

Thompson, Klay's brother, has the most size and doesn't appear to make the roster especially if Copeland/Wallace make it, a reason why White should be cut...

It's a concern shared by almost every team in the league. There's no one in the league who can stop Lebron, Durant, and to a much lesser extent, Gay. The onus is on Woodson and the rest of our coaching staff to come up with schemes that will help us slow those players down.