fishmike wrote:Is his ability to guard smalls. Everytime I see him get drawn out to the 3 point line because he's guarding a small on a switch I cringe. Then the guy goes into his moves, takes it to the hole and smack Tyson blocks it. I dont think Ive ever seen a big that guards smalls as well as he does.

Wish he could guard bigs.

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

fishmike wrote:Is his ability to guard smalls. Everytime I see him get drawn out to the 3 point line because he's guarding a small on a switch I cringe. Then the guy goes into his moves, takes it to the hole and smack Tyson blocks it. I dont think Ive ever seen a big that guards smalls as well as he does.

Wish he could guard bigs.

haha, OK that is funny and I kind of agree that Tyson should be a better defender but I give him a small pass for 1 reason: he has ZERO help from the PF and/or SF positions that should also help in rotating and covering from weak side. Melo/Amare (do Knicks have any other PFs not call KMart?) freakin SUCK at rotating when Tyson leaves his man to cover for our guards.

Think about Gerald Wallace or Sheed back in the day or Ibaka, PFs who help off their man; Knicks don't have that.

I see. But's its not just his rotations. Why is it that a DPOY cannot guard anyone in the post without requiring help/double team. It boggles my mind!

I hate to say this but lately it looks like Amare may be playing even better than Tyson - DID I JUST SAY THAT?

The overall rotations have been better lately.

fishmike wrote:

mreinman wrote:

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

fishmike wrote:Is his ability to guard smalls. Everytime I see him get drawn out to the 3 point line because he's guarding a small on a switch I cringe. Then the guy goes into his moves, takes it to the hole and smack Tyson blocks it. I dont think Ive ever seen a big that guards smalls as well as he does.

Wish he could guard bigs.

haha, OK that is funny and I kind of agree that Tyson should be a better defender but I give him a small pass for 1 reason: he has ZERO help from the PF and/or SF positions that should also help in rotating and covering from weak side. Melo/Amare (do Knicks have any other PFs not call KMart?) freakin SUCK at rotating when Tyson leaves his man to cover for our guards.

Think about Gerald Wallace or Sheed back in the day or Ibaka, PFs who help off their man; Knicks don't have that.

I see. But's its not just his rotations. Why is it that a DPOY cannot guard anyone in the post without requiring help/double team. It boggles my mind!

I hate to say this but lately it looks like Amare may be playing even better than Tyson - DID I JUST SAY THAT?

The overall rotations have been better lately.

there are like 2 guys who can really defend good post scorers 1-1. Its just too hard.

Well ... are DPOY was never one of those guys.

martin wrote:

mreinman wrote:

fishmike wrote:Is his ability to guard smalls. Everytime I see him get drawn out to the 3 point line because he's guarding a small on a switch I cringe. Then the guy goes into his moves, takes it to the hole and smack Tyson blocks it. I dont think Ive ever seen a big that guards smalls as well as he does.

Wish he could guard bigs.

haha, OK that is funny and I kind of agree that Tyson should be a better defender but I give him a small pass for 1 reason: he has ZERO help from the PF and/or SF positions that should also help in rotating and covering from weak side. Melo/Amare (do Knicks have any other PFs not call KMart?) freakin SUCK at rotating when Tyson leaves his man to cover for our guards.

Think about Gerald Wallace or Sheed back in the day or Ibaka, PFs who help off their man; Knicks don't have that.

Don't worry Kevin Love is on the way!

knicks1248 wrote:

fishmike wrote:Is his ability to guard smalls. Everytime I see him get drawn out to the 3 point line because he's guarding a small on a switch I cringe. Then the guy goes into his moves, takes it to the hole and smack Tyson blocks it. I dont think Ive ever seen a big that guards smalls as well as he does.

have you seen him guard jarret jack?

fishmike wrote:

smackeddog wrote:What really impresses me about Tyson is he makes these big bluster statements that are the complete opposite of the way he has played- it's like he has no sense of shame! After saying how we just had to fight our way to the playoffs, he had what, 5 points and 4 rebounds last night? I don't hate him, in fact I used to like him, but this season it's been hard not to dislike him...

be fair... did you see the game last night? With the exception of Shump's 5 steals neither of those two had impressive stat lines but both were definatly high impact.

Not the biggest Tyson fan, but it was good to see him having a nice impact on the game.

He did, but I was hoping for more than a nice impact from him- he looked ready to beast before he broke his leg. Since then he hasn't really played consistently well.