Clean wrote:You know what would be a nice play to have. Have Melo postup and then set a back screen for KP to flash to the FT line for an open shot. When they overload on Melo it will leave other open. Lets try to use that to our advantage instead of just having him do it alone.

We also missed KP a number of times bringing the ball up when he seemed to have open space to the basket.

Maybe he needs to wear an orange headband so they can see him better.

not sure what you are expecting.

Malcolm wrote:

not sure what you are expecting.

run the triangle. always. first play of game, last play of game. live or die with it.

CrushAlot wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

crzymdups wrote:Lance's pass to KP was low in Charlotte, too. IF he had made a good pass there, KP could've gotten off that shot in time. Anyway. Whatever. Not sure how the hell Lance has Fisher's trust so much, but it is annoying.

Its sickening how a professional basketball player who the coach trust enough to put him in the game with a lead to close it out TWICE fails miserably with something as simple as a pass.

I'd suspend him and have him throw 30,000 inbound passes tomorrow in practice

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StarksEwing1 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

crzymdups wrote:Lance's pass to KP was low in Charlotte, too. IF he had made a good pass there, KP could've gotten off that shot in time. Anyway. Whatever. Not sure how the hell Lance has Fisher's trust so much, but it is annoying.

Its sickening how a professional basketball player who the coach trust enough to put him in the game with a lead to close it out TWICE fails miserably with something as simple as a pass.

I'd suspend him and have him throw 30,000 inbound passes tomorrow in practice

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it wasnt a perfect pass. In fact he threw it on the wrong side of the hoop

Rim almost blocks KP from handling it easily.

So it goes...

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Killa4luv wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:We built up a big lead playing team ball why on earth do you all of a sudden go Isi Melo

How was it ISO Melo when the dude hardly touched the ball in the forth? Fisher needs to do a better coaching by asking the players to move ball. He went without Afflalo for too long down the stretch, because of we were missing an extra playmaker on the court to dump the ball since Carmelo was guarded by three defenders

I felt this was the major problem. AA is clearly going to be our 2nd or 3rd scorer depending on how KP plays. He looked good and was aggressive, but he is the only other player that can get his own shot off.

yeah, one thing - in tight late game situations - our guys are looking toward Melo a little too much. it's not always Melo playing selfishly - sometimes it's the other guys afraid to make mistakes.

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crzymdups wrote:

Andrew wrote:Knicks are handicapped with no creative player...and no Grant is not the answers yet.

You can see flashes of KP knowing what he SHOULD do, but not being confident enough to do it yet. There was a moment in the late 4th where KP had the ball against Love at the top of the key and Love was playing about 6 feet off him. You could see KP think about shooting it then... to my mind he should have... possession ended up with Melo having to take a turn around 3 as the shot clock expired.

But, yeah, there's no creativity at the guard positions. I was hoping Afflalo would provide more, but he has not shown to be much of a playmaker yet. Jose doesn't really seem like a playmaker ever. Agree Grant isn't there yet. He really needs to work on his mid-range shot this year and over the summer. Guys are slipping under screens on pick and rolls with him and he has wide open shots, but he can't keep the D honest.

crzymdups wrote:

Killa4luv wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:We built up a big lead playing team ball why on earth do you all of a sudden go Isi Melo

How was it ISO Melo when the dude hardly touched the ball in the forth? Fisher needs to do a better coaching by asking the players to move ball. He went without Afflalo for too long down the stretch, because of we were missing an extra playmaker on the court to dump the ball since Carmelo was guarded by three defenders

I felt this was the major problem. AA is clearly going to be our 2nd or 3rd scorer depending on how KP plays. He looked good and was aggressive, but he is the only other player that can get his own shot off.

yeah, one thing - in tight late game situations - our guys are looking toward Melo a little too much. it's not always Melo playing selfishly - sometimes it's the other guys afraid to make mistakes.

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this is so true, guys get the ball and force it to melo even when he doesn't want it..Is lance thomas the best in bound passer on the team..Fisher just putting guys in a position to fail

crzymdups wrote:

Andrew wrote:Knicks are handicapped with no creative player...and no Grant is not the answers yet.

You can see flashes of KP knowing what he SHOULD do, but not being confident enough to do it yet. There was a moment in the late 4th where KP had the ball against Love at the top of the key and Love was playing about 6 feet off him. You could see KP think about shooting it then... to my mind he should have... possession ended up with Melo having to take a turn around 3 as the shot clock expired.

But, yeah, there's no creativity at the guard positions. I was hoping Afflalo would provide more, but he has not shown to be much of a playmaker yet. Jose doesn't really seem like a playmaker ever. Agree Grant isn't there yet. He really needs to work on his mid-range shot this year and over the summer. Guys are slipping under screens on pick and rolls with him and he has wide open shots, but he can't keep the D honest.

Rookie hesitation...will change at some point.