fishmike wrote:technomaster wrote:His big decision was to settle on the Jack/Ntilikina tandem at PG. He put his kindred spirit relationship with Baker aside.Our current PG rotation has been extremely unselfish and they make extra effort to get the rest of the players engaged. Gone are sequences where only 1 or 2 players would be involved in the offense. These guys make an extra effort to make sure everyone stays involved in the offense. Their teammates are more engaged and as a result, you're seeing more production out of our role players. Worth noting - Courtney Lee is having a career year as a distributor - averaging over 3 APG for the first time in his career. Passing becomes contagious. (I forgive KP and Kanter because they're shooting such high percentages - if you can shoot that well, never pass)
KP and Kanter are performing better than anyone would have imagined. After starting out the year thinking we only had 1 bonafide starter (KP) on the roster, well, now we have 2 starters. :) We only need one other position to play better than our opponents (PG/SG/SF) to have a better starting lineup on most nights. That's huge.
I think if Baker played better he would still be in. Baker was not making good passes, was struggling to take care of the ball and still cant hit shots. I think Baker simply played his way out of the rotation
This team appears to keep playing the guys that are playing well. If its injury to Kuz or Baker, then so beit. They sit. Team wins, the minutes are gone.
Don't mean for ever. Willy can be mad, but he has to see KOQ is playing his arse off and nobody saw Kanter as being a Knick and this effective!
Nalods take (Dammit, I can't resist) is this knick team is competitive for minutes and gone are huge contracts that created problems. Rose, Melo and (lessor degree) Jennings had different agendas. A young team is competing for minutes. Rose did not fit. Melo did not fit.
Moving forward we have Dougie takning Bea's minutes. Bea's has to play hard to get it back. This is a big component to the teams recent success. A competitive environment!!! Im going to guess that KP likes being a star and winning vs. being offended for Willy if traded. If they are good friends KP should want willy to get a chance to play!!! That's what friends do!
Noah is coming back. What we don't know is how has he looked in Practice and will it translate to on the court in a game. He might be a beast! If so, he might be tradable. At the same time this creates a problem for WIlly SHORT TERM (this season).
Its logical Perry will get offers for him or KOQ. What a nice problem to have, a slew of centers who are healthy and playing well!
Willy will get a chance. I don't know how or when.