nixluva wrote:Can't win if MELO and AFFLALO are off! It's hard enough to win with our guards not giving us enough.

Yep. We have no chance unless two of KP, Melo, and AA are making shots. AA was AWOL tonight.

fitzfarm wrote:I wish we had IT

If we threw away this caveman system, he would be the first player on my list.

yellowboy90 wrote:I do not get Fisher. He loves his son(Lance) but refused to play him over a struggling Afflalo.

you just don't get it. it was deep

I'd go with an 8 man rotation. 9 tops.

Rotation:
Lopez/Porzingis/Melo/Afflalo/Galloway
Porzingis/Williams/Thomas/Afflalo/Calderon
Lopez/Williams/Thomas/Vujacic/Calderon
Porzingis/Melo/Thomas or Williams/Afflalo/Galloway

As it stands, Knicks are heading for a 32-35 win season. They can still go above that if they get their rotation fixed. I think we're 2 wins better than this - right at 16-16 if we had a coach who ran better lineups or more consistent lineups with today's NBA. This team is good enough to win 40-41 in the league. But I'm afraid we'll wind up closer to 50 losses just based on too much PT for bad lineups. You won't get good chemistry on both sides of the ball if you keep shuffling the lineups every game. Consistency is key, DF.

nyknickzingis wrote:Right now it's clear to me that Fish has to make some changes to his rotation and shorten it. One change is definitely neccesary and that's starting Galloway.

I'd go with an 8 man rotation. 9 tops.

Rotation:
Lopez/Porzingis/Melo/Afflalo/Galloway
Porzingis/Williams/Thomas/Afflalo/Calderon
Lopez/Williams/Thomas/Vujacic/Calderon
Porzingis/Melo/Thomas or Williams/Afflalo/Galloway

As it stands, Knicks are heading for a 32-35 win season. They can still go above that if they get their rotation fixed. I think we're 2 wins better than this - right at 16-16 if we had a coach who ran better lineups or more consistent lineups with today's NBA.

This team is primed to lost 7-8 in a row

mreinman wrote:

Chandler wrote:

mreinman wrote:

Chandler wrote:Celts announcers "Knicks are last in league on drive to basket" for last 2 years

hard to drive when you have 4 of your teammates triangle-tangled in the lane.

oh ... and our guards are bad but not this bad.

Not sure I agree. Most of the league is chucking threes yet where last in Drives

How are we worse than philly

Probably near bottom on fast break too.

Fish is going to lose team.

not sure I get your response. Do you see the spacing? Do you see that we don't pick on the ball? Hard to get drives.

Triangle system we should have more drives off cuts.

We're settling for **** shots

Being last too,... Worse than merely bad

Big indictment on our execution of the system

Chandler wrote:

mreinman wrote:

Chandler wrote:

mreinman wrote:

Chandler wrote:Celts announcers "Knicks are last in league on drive to basket" for last 2 years

hard to drive when you have 4 of your teammates triangle-tangled in the lane.

oh ... and our guards are bad but not this bad.

Not sure I agree. Most of the league is chucking threes yet where last in Drives

How are we worse than philly

Probably near bottom on fast break too.

Fish is going to lose team.

not sure I get your response. Do you see the spacing? Do you see that we don't pick on the ball? Hard to get drives.

Triangle system we should have more drives off cuts.

We're settling for **** shots

Being last too,... Worse than merely bad

Big indictment on our execution of the system

I agree, I thought we were supposed to get easy baskets off cuts to the hoop.

Where is the elbow jumper this year? Last year JSmith took so many. KP? Hardly any.

Something is off with the offense. Needs fixing

Chandler wrote:

mreinman wrote:

Chandler wrote:

mreinman wrote:

Chandler wrote:

mreinman wrote:

Chandler wrote:Celts announcers "Knicks are last in league on drive to basket" for last 2 years

hard to drive when you have 4 of your teammates triangle-tangled in the lane.

oh ... and our guards are bad but not this bad.

Not sure I agree. Most of the league is chucking threes yet where last in Drives

How are we worse than philly

Probably near bottom on fast break too.

Fish is going to lose team.

not sure I get your response. Do you see the spacing? Do you see that we don't pick on the ball? Hard to get drives.

Triangle system we should have more drives off cuts.

We're settling for **** shots

Being last too,... Worse than merely bad

Big indictment on our execution of the system

or maybe its the system without uber uber stars?

Hey I'm not jumping up and down about the system. Just saying being last on drives is a big indictment -- underline "last"

I think we should push the pace far more often to get easy baskets before defense is set, and failing that run the triangle. One would think that might provide enough incentive for the team to run

We don't need uber talent for that. Just a more aggressive faster pg

Problem is cuts need to be unpredictable in order to work. And everyone defending the Triangle know when they are going to take place. Truly have to question a system that is only utilized by one team in the NBA. And one which preaches for those shooting 30% to also shoot the ball. Lakers had Kobe, Shaq, Horry Odom and a sound bench. Bulls had MJ, Pippen, Kukoc, and some of the best 3pt shooters in the league. The Boston coverage just asked Crowder if it's easier covering Melo when you know what spots on the floor he is going to be at, he smirked and basically confirmed the question.