We have a set rotation kuz and baker are great starters KP just got back. We are spacing the floor beautifully... defense is still a work in progress but getting better... as long as we stay close to the race we should be ready to make a big push after the all star break.

Things are getting a lot better !

the team is good on paper, great for small stretches but mediocre when it matters, and where it matters- won/loss record.

Jeff has to do a better job of using his roster too! He's still trying new things and figuring out what works. I don't think Jeff's done a great job closing games. These players seem to always do the wrong thing in closeout situations. Bad shots! Turnovers! Missed open teammates!

fwk00 wrote:Phil isn't blowing it up, he's growing it up.

3 losses within 10 days all one possession. Loss to 76ers. Loss Atlanta. Loss to Washington. We keep losing by 1 possession. I just don't recall so many games where a team lost by one possession in a short time.

Anyway, I agree the team has been playing better. Jeff's got some new younger players involved now. I dig that. Kuz is a rookie starter. Baker a rookie starter. Willy's a rookie. Plumlee a rookie. We're playing 4 rookies and 1 sophmore in the rotation, and people act as if we're a win now team? Many of the players on this team are players in their first or second year. I like that they are getting playing time. Rest of the season the goal should be to get the most minutes for players like Kuz, Baker, Willy, Plumlee and obviously KP. These guys will be back next year and can continue to get better. In the meantime if we can also be competitive and look like a team that can make a late season push for the playoffs, that's good for KP and those young players. You don't want to give them the habit of tanking and losing.

Hopefully our fortunes change and we begin to win these close games. I've counted 5 losses that were 1 possession games, where we had the lead in the last minute of the game in the last 15 days. That's really ridiculous. 5 games. Unreal. Even if 3 of them go our way, 2 the other way, we're at 22-23 right now, right in thick of things.

nyknickzingis wrote:Since moving Melo to the 4, we've played much better. Without question. Without Noah, the team looks much better on offense. KP came back, was rusty and off the bench, didn't have many plays for him, and still dropped 15.

3 losses within 10 days all one possession. Loss to 76ers. Loss Atlanta. Loss to Washington. We keep losing by 1 possession. I just don't recall so many games where a team lost by one possession in a short time.

Anyway, I agree the team has been playing better. Jeff's got some new younger players involved now. I dig that. Kuz is a rookie starter. Baker a rookie starter. Willy's a rookie. Plumlee a rookie. We're playing 4 rookies and 1 sophmore in the rotation, and people act as if we're a win now team? Many of the players on this team are players in their first or second year. I like that they are getting playing time. Rest of the season the goal should be to get the most minutes for players like Kuz, Baker, Willy, Plumlee and obviously KP. These guys will be back next year and can continue to get better. In the meantime if we can also be competitive and look like a team that can make a late season push for the playoffs, that's good for KP and those young players. You don't want to give them the habit of tanking and losing.

Hopefully our fortunes change and we begin to win these close games. I've counted 5 losses that were 1 possession games, where we had the lead in the last minute of the game in the last 15 days. That's really ridiculous. 5 games. Unreal. Even if 3 of them go our way, 2 the other way, we're at 22-23 right now, right in thick of things.

Good points.

Imagine too if we did not consistently spot the other team 10 point leads

I'd like to know our record when we hold the opponent to under 30 in the first

CrushAlot wrote:

fwk00 wrote:Phil isn't blowing it up, he's growing it up.

He's hiding. He signed Noah, Jennings, Lee and traded for Rose to have a win now team. He put 2 point guards and 5 centers on the roster for a coach that likes to play a 2 point guard/3 point guard line up. He signed a triangle friendly center that can't shoot near the basket or make free throws to a 4 yr 71 million dollar deal. He named Rambis the associate head coach in charge of defense instead of letting the new coach choose his entire staff. He allowed the first player to ever go ghost awol and miss a game to play the very next game and never addressed the situation. His teams have lost at an incredible rate since he replaced the coach with the highest winning percentage in a decade. How many years will it take to get back to 37 wins?

Blah blah blah blah blah..................this is not all on Phil. Phil has put a team full of talent together and they're not winning right now but should be which is not on Phil it's on the players not doing what they're supposed to be doing. Noah is a little overpaid but with the way the cap jumped you could say every single team has at least one player that is overpaid and most have multiple players and it's not on Phil that the cap jumped drastically and contracts jumped drastically. The rest of your complaints are just you reaching for things to put on Phil.

newyorker4ever wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

fwk00 wrote:Phil isn't blowing it up, he's growing it up.

He's hiding. He signed Noah, Jennings, Lee and traded for Rose to have a win now team. He put 2 point guards and 5 centers on the roster for a coach that likes to play a 2 point guard/3 point guard line up. He signed a triangle friendly center that can't shoot near the basket or make free throws to a 4 yr 71 million dollar deal. He named Rambis the associate head coach in charge of defense instead of letting the new coach choose his entire staff. He allowed the first player to ever go ghost awol and miss a game to play the very next game and never addressed the situation. His teams have lost at an incredible rate since he replaced the coach with the highest winning percentage in a decade. How many years will it take to get back to 37 wins?

Blah blah blah blah blah..................this is not all on Phil. Phil has put a team full of talent together and they're not winning right now but should be which is not on Phil it's on the players not doing what they're supposed to be doing. Noah is a little overpaid but with the way the cap jumped you could say every single team has at least one player that is overpaid and most have multiple players and it's not on Phil that the cap jumped drastically and contracts jumped drastically. The rest of your complaints are just you reaching for things to put on Phil.