nixluva wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:

nixluva wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:

dk7th wrote:gobert coming up real big. jazz have a really good team.

And we have a mess.

What else is new?

Knicks are not a mess. They're just a NEW group trying to develop as a team. They have a long way to go in getting their chemistry right.

This team is a defensive mess and a developing offense. In general. Shall we go in depth with the whole triangle fiasco?

I think it's more a matter of trying to develop the proper rotation and hopefully get more from the bench.

I'd like to see Baker get in the mix. It was good to get Kuz some minutes. This is a process!

We need more effort and a better defensive plan than the one shown so far this season. The offense is decent even if still flawed. But the defense? Its so ugly its the main culprit of this 2-4 start.

FINAL
NYK 109 UTA 114

yellowboy90 wrote:As bad as the team D was today JH line ups were just as bad. He should know he needs one starter with the second unit. Also as bad as Melo played most of the game, defensively and offensive style, his 4th qtr was entirely team 1st. He passed, defended, and moved without the ball. I was amazed.

nixluva wrote:This is going to take some time but you can see the areas that need work. It's not a total team mess but certain things that need tightening up.

The Knicks defend well at times but not consistently and they're fouling way too much.

Not good when we hear the coaching staff talk about it at halftime and then we make a silly foul on the first possession (Melo).

Tough loss.

I see improvement with the team defense at moments, but they don't sustain it for the entire shot clock.

Utah is a really good team. They run their offense to perfection and spend most of the shot clock to get good shots. Gobert is a beast inside. Hood is a developing player. Hayward is an all-star and Hill is playing like an all-star this year. They're an up and coming team in the west. We still have a lot of work to do.

nixluva wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:This team needs full focus just to get enough defense to win a game. Our two wins were emotionally-driven wins. This spells of an unfocussed, sometimes disinterested team. Is it because they don't like the triangle? Is the coach not preparing them effectively? Don't know, but there is no reason not to give at least a mediocre effort on D. Instead, this D is a joke.

I actually think they should put Plumlee in the mix. He's a flawed player but his defensive energy is off the hook. Sometimes you need that off the bench. None of our bench bigs bring that BANGER type energy. I'd like to see if he can have an impact in limited minutes.

I agree on Plumlee, but this is more of a collective issue on effort with a little of bad planning on coaching.

This team should still be looking to establish their offense. This team has no excuse for such an embarrassing show on defense. Keep talking about it in the postgame interviews, yet you can't sustain a decent effort for 48 mins.

Knicksfan wrote:

nixluva wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:This team needs full focus just to get enough defense to win a game. Our two wins were emotionally-driven wins. This spells of an unfocussed, sometimes disinterested team. Is it because they don't like the triangle? Is the coach not preparing them effectively? Don't know, but there is no reason not to give at least a mediocre effort on D. Instead, this D is a joke.

I actually think they should put Plumlee in the mix. He's a flawed player but his defensive energy is off the hook. Sometimes you need that off the bench. None of our bench bigs bring that BANGER type energy. I'd like to see if he can have an impact in limited minutes.

I agree on Plumlee, but this is more of a collective issue on effort with a little of bad planning on coaching.

This team should still be looking to establish their offense. This team has no excuse for such an embarrassing show on defense. Keep talking about it in the postgame interviews, yet you can't sustain a decent effort for 48 mins.

To me it's not effort. It's mental breakdowns! They're playing hard most of the time but they aren't always making the right decisions. Lee on that late game play where he left his man wide open for the dunk. That was a mental mistake. There have been WAY too many of those kinds of breakdowns this season.