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misterearl
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11/3/2014  5:19 PM
Yes.

Fisher met the challenge of Charlotte's small-ball lineups the same way he handled Cleveland's Kevin-Love-at-the-center unit last Thursday, by rolling with a foursome of Pablo Prigioni, J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert and Carmelo Anthony to close both games. He mixed and matched with the center position, using Amar'e Stoudemire on Thursday and Samuel Dalembert on Sunday (with a sprinkling of STAT for offensive possessions).

Unless they're facing a team with two post threats, like Memphis or Chicago, this is a pretty damn ideal closing lineup. J.R. takes some of the scoring burden off Melo, and the two wing players are strong enough on the boards to make up for the lineup's lack of overall size. It shouldn't come as surprise that this unit worked against two playoff contenders -- it's been working for years.

Honestly, I was more impressed with Fisher's strategy for guarding Jefferson. Yes, Big Al got his points -- 21 points on 9-17 shooting -- but most of that damage was limited to a hot stretch in the second and third quarters. Jefferson finished the game shooting 1-5 for two points over the last 21 minutes of play.

As Jefferson was tearing through the Knicks' D in the beginning of the third quarter, I started having terribly Woody flashbacks. Surely they will start sending way too much help, and the entire defense will fall apart, as usual.

That didn't really happen. Fisher adjusted his defense by not adjusting his defense. He simply trusted his big man to improve his defense on Jefferson, without help. And it worked.

Please do not write what you would have done... or would do... you are sitting in front of video monitor.

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11/3/2014  5:30 PM
Also, Fisher doesn't wait too long to call a time out. He sees something wrong on defense or he notices a change in the flow/momentum and he calls it. Too many coaches go with the play through it philosophy in my opinion and things get out of hand. Fisher has been very impressive.
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11/3/2014  5:52 PM
Yup kudos to the entire coaching staff
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11/3/2014  5:54 PM
He is so good at this, he might one day substitute himself in the game
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11/3/2014  5:58 PM
Agreed. I'm liking Fisher a lot so far. And to think: He's a rookie coach. The skies the limit.
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11/3/2014  6:00 PM
Fish has been great. I could tell from preseason that he was going to be hands on and not just a statue on the sideline. He does what a coach is supposed to do and that is HELP his team to perform at it's best. A coach is there to help a team fix on court issues not only in practice but in the games and Fish is very much thinking and reacting to what he sees. He is helping this team to win games. It's very early of course but I like what I see. Also his team responds to him coming out of those time outs.

I was pretty sure coming into the season that with this roster Fish would have to really use his bench. I didn't see a roster that would lend itself to a short rotation. Fish uses his roster about the best i've seen from a Knicks coach in a long time.
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11/3/2014  7:25 PM    LAST EDITED: 11/3/2014  7:26 PM
I know when al went on that little stretch, woody would have panic and sent double teams scrambling ,and before you know it, larkins guarding al jefferson, and Amare's guarding Kemba.

Fisher stayed the course,amare tighten up a little, and what was also plain and obvious is that Al couldn't guard amare any way.

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11/3/2014  7:35 PM
If Fish had been available while my father was alive he might have been able to get him to substitute butter for that damn artificial margarine crap he insisted on eating, because I couldn't.
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11/3/2014  8:24 PM
knicks1248 wrote:I know when al went on that little stretch, woody would have panic and sent double teams scrambling ,and before you know it, larkins guarding al jefferson, and Amare's guarding Kemba.

This killed me. Hilarious.

I love what Fisher is doing. He clearly has the pulse of the team and isn't afraid to make whatever move needs to be made. He's also in everyone's ear when they come off the floor. I love that. Great start...

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11/3/2014  9:07 PM
Let's all have sex with Fish now and get it over with
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11/3/2014  9:18 PM
knicks1248 wrote:I know when al went on that little stretch, woody would have panic and sent double teams scrambling ,and before you know it, larkins guarding al jefferson, and Amare's guarding Kemba.

Fisher stayed the course,amare tighten up a little, and what was also plain and obvious is that Al couldn't guard amare any way.

OMG, don't remind me of our "defensive minded" coach. His plan was to constantly double Robin Lopez and Bismack Biyombo in the post. How in the world can a coach in the NBA think it is a smart idea to double team those 2 players? I will not even start on the constant switching. Dropping Woodson will win us double the amount of close games we won last year. I still remember the debacle that the ending of the Bucks game was last year.
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11/3/2014  9:25 PM
fisher has been fantastic so far. i really like how he waits for all the players to get off the court before he leaves the court too. it's a little thing, but i think it points to fishers attention for every detail. he's been great so far.
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11/3/2014  11:41 PM
Agreed with the OP. We got very lucky with Derek Fisher after missing out on Steve Kerr. I'm watching the Nuggets game right now, and shutter to think that Brian Shaw could've been our coach. That guy is AWFUL. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the Nuggets. I gave him a pass last year because of the injuries but it seems like this season will be a repeat of the same with a full compliment of players.
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11/4/2014  7:09 AM
The early (unexpected) indoctrination of Shane Larkin will pay huge rewards when Jose Calderon is ready to go.

Whether he bathes in wine or not, Amare is more aware of following the program.

Imagine Carmelo Anthony with fresh legs in the fourth quarter.

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11/4/2014  8:15 AM
Been very happy with fisher. Many people have said he is a smart guy and would make a good coach/executive and so far he is showing it. Im not saying he wont have bumps in the road being a rookie coach but i think with more experience he will become a very good coach
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11/4/2014  8:26 AM
agreed. so far his in-game adjustments have been very insightful, I think he'll be a good head coach as long as he can keep the players motivated and ready to go to war for him like they are right now.
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11/4/2014  8:50 AM
Agreed, the timeouts come at some of the best times, when I would have been listening to Woody standing there with his arms folded while the game gets away early. We aren't getting into big holes.

And we're winning tight games. Imagine that.

With a few exceptions, he's throwing bodies out there for meaningful minutes.

The best coaching outcome so far: no one's said "we need to figure it out".


The next critical phase: handling The Return of Jose and Andre
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11/4/2014  9:50 AM
Splat wrote:Let's all have sex with Fish now and get it over with

Sex, no way. But if Fish delivers a chip hand release may be on the table.
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11/4/2014  9:55 AM
H1AND1 wrote:
Splat wrote:Let's all have sex with Fish now and get it over with

Sex, no way. But if Fish delivers a chip hand release may be on the table.

See? We all believe in happy endings here.

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11/4/2014  10:57 AM
Bring Me the head of Jose Calderon!

jrodmc wrote:
The next critical phase: handling The Return of Jose and Andre

Bargnani will need to bring as much passion as Quincy Acy. Perhaps Q can loan him some spare beard follicles.

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