IronWillGiroud wrote:i wasn't near the tv, what happened here? i just see the box and amar'e had an OK night for me in fantasy, 14/6

Should we just enjoy is before we are again a .500 team?

I'm sorry but I think I'm believing the gloom and doom fans because this team is going downhill fast.

And we are about to start the worst stretch of the season?

Brace yourselves for a painful fall. This team nor its coach get it. They are busy talking about beating the Heat while the Pacers embarrass them and the Raptors keep defeating them.

nixluva wrote:This team can still turn it around. They're gonna eventually get Sheed, Camby and KMart back in the mix and they can help to improve the teams D. If they can do that then this team should start to get it's confidence back and that should lead to better offense. Just cuz things have looked bad for a while now, doesn't mean they can't get it going again.

We can, but the season is about to get really tough- even if we were playing like we were a few weeks ago it would have been a struggle- if we keep playing like we are now it's going to be a nightmare. Over the next 4 games we play Golden state and Miami. It's not going to be pretty!

But yep, I cling to the hope that either K-mart, Camby or Sheed can make a difference. Maybe Shump improves at some point. But Woody keeping a starting lineup of Kidd and Shump is madness- they are giving us nothing.

Oh and for all the criticism Novak gets, once again he led us in +\-. Maybe we should increase his minutes.

gunsnewing wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:It just doesn't make sense pull amare for chandler with three min left... What is woody thinking
Amare is our second best player

It doesn't make sense why he isn't starting either

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smackeddog wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:It just doesn't make sense pull amare for chandler with three min left... What is woody thinking
Amare is our second best player

It doesn't make sense why he isn't starting either

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I think he's doing it because Amar'e has knee arthritis and will be on a minute cap for the rest of his career- he seems to keep his minutes at 20-26 each night. Doesn't seem to be allowed to break 30mins.

nixluva wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Missed out on the trade deadline. Knicks should have looked into getting another PG. Watched a few of the game last night. The first 30 min and during halftime of the Rocket game. Offense is like pulling teeth. This team really starts at the PG spot. Felton, Kidd and Pablo are not delivering. They need to step up their game or all is lost. The other parts are just fine.

From the off season moves, my thought was that this team was going to play really slow BB with an emphasis on post ups. At least more so than in the past. The reason I say this is because they let Lin go and brought in Kidd and Prigs who are not penitrators. So it seemed to me that this team was moving towards pounding it inside more with Melo, STAT and Sheed. Then we came out shooting the 3 and I was shocked.

We learned last year that it's really about PG play. If you get it you can win and if you don't it makes everything tough. Felton has dipped. Kidd has fallen off a cliff. Prigs doesn't play enough, but he actually isn't bad. Then when you add poor play from JR and Shump we just get nothing from our guards.

Right now what I see is that we really have to dig in on D. Getting Camby, Sheed and Kmart in the mix should help with that. Those guys have toughness that we need. The more players you put on the floor who HATE to get scored on the better. That's gonna be where this team starts to get it back.

Great point. Since Knicks are struggling scoring, concentrate on defense. Problem is that Camby and Sheed are old and hurt all the time. Maybe get another long defensive center. Hassan Whiteside anybody? Then use the JVG/Riley gameplan and just walk the ball down at all cost and play bully ball with Melo. Ride the horse until it gives up.