nixluva wrote:The only problem we can have with STAT is if he breaks down. With reasonable minutes he should be able to give us a good number of games and maybe a real presence in the playoffs. He's always been among the most efficient players in the league and really because he's doing more than just dunking, it's even more impressive.
RK PLAYER TEAM GP PPG FGM FGA FGM FGA FG% 2PM 2PA 2P% PPS FG%
1 DeAndre Jordan, C LAC 82 10.4 4.2 6.3 348 515 .676 348 515 .676 1.66 .676
2 Andre Drummond, C DET 81 13.5 5.9 9.5 479 769 .623 479 767 .625 1.42 .623
3 Dwight Howard, C HOU 71 18.3 6.7 11.3 473 800 .591 471 793 .594 1.62 .593
4 LeBron James, SF MIA 77 27.1 10.0 17.6 767 1353 .567 651 1047 .622 1.54 .610
5 Amir Johnson, PF TOR 77 10.4 4.5 7.9 344 612 .562 324 546 .593 1.31 .578
6 Amar'e Stoudemire, PF NY 65 11.9 4.8 8.6 311 558 .557 311 558 .557 1.38 .557
7 Robin Lopez, C POR 82 11.1 4.3 7.9 355 644 .551 355 643 .552 1.41 .551
8 Dwyane Wade, SG MIA 54 19.0 7.7 14.1 415 761 .545 406 729 .557 1.35 .551
Bargs can be a very useful player for us in the mid and high post. The main thrust of the Triangle is feeding the post and clearing thru, which often leads to a 2 man game with the guard and a pick and pop for the big. This is exactly what I was trying to harp on last year but Woodson never paid attention to this fact and failed to use Bargs properly. In the Triangle it's a basic feature of the offense to have your big in this position to get mid range shots and post ups.
Andrea Bargnani led the league in points per possession based on a minimum of 75 Pick and Pop possessions. Now keep in mind these stats are based soley on the Pick and Pop play type via Synergy Sports Technology extensive database. Take a look at the long list of All-Stars that fall behind Bargnani in this extremely important play type run multiple times during the course of an NBA game and season. Tim Duncan, Kevin Love, Kevin Garnett, LaMarcus Aldridge, Marc Gasol even former Knick David Lee, all trail Bargnani in points per possession which in essence is one of the more notable and realistic metrics used to gauge the efficiency of a player’s skill set.
Phil has stated that he too believes these players can thrive in this system and so it will be interesting to see them play in it. With Jose, THJ, JR and Melo on the floor there should be ample space for our bigs to get off. Our guards and wings will demand attention leaving STAT and Bargs one on one very often.
lets talk the macho end of the court first: these guys are an admixture of soft, stupid, and physically inadequate on defense.
so right there we have dug a hole come playoff time. we are talking about winning in the playoffs this year, right?
so the question becomes who will be more effective on offense? because at the end of the day, it comes down to who is the more positive-sum player of the two?
my opinion is that on offense these two players, too, remains a toss-up. passing the ball and being a playmaker is paramount-- the pau gasol role. neither of these guys should be playing center. here i think bargnani may have the better court vision-- stoudemire wears goggles and there's no way they are not impeding his court vision. i think as midrange shooters it's a tossup but gun to head it's bargnani again. i recall he had a pretty efficient midrange game, and the triangle is well suited to post-type and elbowish midrange stuff. but the tipping point is who between the two can make a step-back midrange shot out of the midpost?
my vote is bargnani.
aldrich or dalembert. aldrich must be given a chance.
bargnani at PF
anthiny at SF
calderon at pg he is a good pocket and hit the cutter bounce passer
for shooting guard it has to be the best defender of the pack.
that would be my starting five. choose the best defender at the shooting guard position as soon as possible and make that starting five your emphasis the entire pre-season. use the entire season to figure out substitution patterns on the fly. nobody expects you to make the playoffs. maybe by the 50th game things fall into place as you look ahead to making the playoffs. use the final 30 or so games to rest the older players as much as possible-- this is "system basketball," isn't it?
50 wins would qualify as a miracle.
38-43 wins is in the range of my personal expectation based on the personnel we have now.
knicks win 38-43 games in 16-17. rose MUST shoot no more than 14 shots per game, defer to kp6 + melo, and have a usage rate of less than 25%
7/14/2014 6:43 PM