it seems like every time we lose we get blown out because the Knicks stop trying on defense I can deal with losses but these blow outs are very disheartning.

...Actually more on the Defense. I do see a decreased effort from Kurt. Don't know if its the injury but he doesn't play hard all the time these days. That, and the communication and knowing when to rotate is not as good as it should be.

I can't believe I wish Isiah was coaching us right now. He would get in the face of the players who aren't playing hard like KT and he would problably bench Shandon. I hope him or Aguirre coaches next year.

the worst part is some of us won't be able to watch the Knicks again til Saturday

Just a few things:

Isiah's going to coach next year so everyone (including Zeke himself) will get their wish.

Everyone's gotta stop bashing KT. He has struggled, but he's playing with a swollen, crooked pinkie (they actually showed it during the Pacer game) and he explained how its affecting his play. He had a good game in Philly and had a decent game tonight (although really the entire team struggled). But he hasn't complained and has played thru the injury. Even if you take Kurt totally out of the lineup and play Sweetney & Baker, the Knicks still aren't getting out of the first round of the playoffs. Sweetney shows alot of growth, but his inexperience gets him into foul trouble. And Baker can get frustrated. Therefore, Kurt, right now, is still the best option.

And it doesn't matter if you put in Shandon or DerMarr or whoever at the 2... its gonna get ugly at that position until Houston comes back or we find a replacement, and that won't be until after this season.

So please stop the constant tirades about them.

Posted by KnickChick114:

Just a few things:

Isiah's going to coach next year so everyone (including Zeke himself) will get their wish.

Everyone's gotta stop bashing KT. He has struggled, but he's playing with a swollen, crooked pinkie (they actually showed it during the Pacer game) and he explained how its affecting his play. He had a good game in Philly and had a decent game tonight (although really the entire team struggled). But he hasn't complained and has played thru the injury. Even if you take Kurt totally out of the lineup and play Sweetney & Baker, the Knicks still aren't getting out of the first round of the playoffs. Sweetney shows alot of growth, but his inexperience gets him into foul trouble. And Baker can get frustrated. Therefore, Kurt, right now, is still the best option.

And it doesn't matter if you put in Shandon or DerMarr or whoever at the 2... its gonna get ugly at that position until Houston comes back or we find a replacement, and that won't be until after this season.

So please stop the constant tirades about them.

yea accept the knicks for the current garbage they are.

I think we showed that we could play better than this team in the 1st quarter. But we were losing mostly because we made Foster look like an all-star as he was getting all of those offensive rebounds. I thought we played well for most of the game last night but we just didn't hustle to grab the loose balls which ended up being points for the Pacers. I don't know why Demarr Johnson was guarding Ron Artest for some plays in the 3rd quarter. In the 1st half we did a pretty good job on Artest, we were forcing him into many difficult shots. Nazr had an excellent game, he was really coming up big for us. IMO the thing that hurt us the most was the officiating, the refs were not consistent at all and they were really being hard on our team. I think the bad calls really took from what would've been a good game. Bad calls or not though, this team has to find a way to win. Overall, I think we played a pretty good game last night. This Knicks team really showed me that they can play well when they want to. But in the end, the offensive rebounds killed us along with the poor officiating. Plus this team needs to put a maximum effort for all 4 qtrs. In the 3rd quarter we gave the Pacers too many wide open shots, and that hurt us because when you leave Reggie open for a three, he will make it every time.

[Edited by - s3231 on 04/07/2004 13:18:54]