Sasha, lou, and thomas are the only 3 guys that give that 100% effort and posess a high activity level regardless. We need guys like that, but ones that also have a high skill level.

Andrew wrote:...said Clyde during the end of the game. Fisher talked about sustained effort, and the inability for guys to do that. Right now Melo, AA, and Rolo just are not bringing the required intensity to make this team competative. When Calderon is showing more fire you got issues.

Sasha, lou, and thomas are the only 3 guys that give that 100% effort and posess a high activity level regardless. We need guys like that, but ones that also have a high skill level.

Agree Lopez has been a disaster--what a mistake signing a back up to a 54mm contract. Isiah Thomas like. The last 60 minutes over 3 games he has 3 rebounds.

Knicks1969 wrote:

Andrew wrote:...said Clyde during the end of the game. Fisher talked about sustained effort, and the inability for guys to do that. Right now Melo, AA, and Rolo just are not bringing the required intensity to make this team competative. When Calderon is showing more fire you got issues.

Sasha, lou, and thomas are the only 3 guys that give that 100% effort and posess a high activity level regardless. We need guys like that, but ones that also have a high skill level.

What about adjusting the starting 5? Start KO for a change and see how that works out. KO is very vocal and he is an enforcer.

KO has to earn it IMO, and early in the season i thought he played some very low energy games. Added to that i think KP Needs to stay at the 4 to start games. It may sound crazy, but i think Sasha for AA right now if he can't get his legs under him.

The team is not this bad. They are struggling right now, things seem tough. It won't stay this bad. But they need to figure some things out.

Knicks1969 wrote: pick 11 men and ride them for no less then 15 minutes per game. Use a total of 10 games to see if the 11 dudes can develop chemistry. The Yoyo lineups we have seen from the start killed our players' spirit

Thats basically what fisher has done for the past 6 games (blowouts not withstanding). Oquinn lost out to Seraphin, who heated up at first but has now cooled.

Andrew wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote: pick 11 men and ride them for no less then 15 minutes per game. Use a total of 10 games to see if the 11 dudes can develop chemistry. The Yoyo lineups we have seen from the start killed our players' spirit

Thats basically what fisher has done for the past 6 games (blowouts not withstanding). Oquinn lost out to Seraphin, who heated up at first but has now cooled.

We've got deeper problems than just Fish's rotations. There are guys we brought in who are not getting it done and on top of that MELO is not leading the team as the kind of dependable top scorer he's supposed to be.

The offense is broken and it's dragging down the defense. As someone said Jose was the best starter tonight and that's saying something about how bad they were.

Lance hustles, plays D, and can hit the 3. He's our 3 and D guy. Our homeless man's Draymond that can guard 3 or 4 positions on switches, can bring the ball up, and can hit the corner 3 as well.

Robin Lopez signing has been a bust this season...

Andrew wrote:...said Clyde during the end of the game. Fisher talked about sustained effort, and the inability for guys to do that. Right now Melo, AA, and Rolo just are not bringing the required intensity to make this team competative. When Calderon is showing more fire you got issues.

Sasha, lou, and thomas are the only 3 guys that give that 100% effort and posess a high activity level regardless. We need guys like that, but ones that also have a high skill level.

I agree.....

I think Fisher's decision on the starting 5 was not based on energy.....

Then we sat Sasha, Lou, KOQ.....who are the energy guys. His development on Grant has been terrible....he's another energy guy.

So without Fisher even knowing it, he created a starting unit of low energy guys......Then he reduced the minutes of high energy guys off the bench.

And the only time he plays high energy guys, is when we are down trying to make a come back.

On top of all that.....The roster is lacking high energy guys, with solid basketball skills. Most good teams have high energy players with starter type skill sets. Our energy guys do not have top notch skills.....Which is why Fisher's hands are tied up. He's stuck between playing skilled guys.....vs.....energy guys.

Moving forward, Phil needs to add energy skilled players.....There are plenty of these guys in the NBA right now, not getting any burn. There will be some in free agency next season.

QUESTION:
Did I just break the record with the number of times I used the word energy in a single post?