BRIGGS wrote:His wheel was obviously hobbled. He had no leg to move off--he cant play that way as he is perimeter based player.

Let him heal as much as possible--no reason to get him out there right now

Great thread.
I read that his knee was not bothersome. He said he just had an awful night. He looked like a player who has not played in over a week.
He looked frustrated and out of sorts. Yet he was passing the ball quickly off double teams. I didn't see any hobbling but then I tend to not believe
most quotes from players but what did we actually see? He did stay on the bench and I don't think he had ice bags wrapped on him. Usually if a player is having a problem he either stays in the training room and gets worked on immediately. From what I read he had a competitive hissy fit in the hallway, likey competitive frustration and then went back to the bench. Team was playing well without him. I don' think it was a message or a benching.
Does a coach tell a player to be more on the perimeter until intructed or is that something he defies his coach?
when he does that do you get the notion that if left without your suggestion he'd spend the rest of his career out there?

One thing we know about KP.... he doesn't play well hurt. Since he's been a knick he always starts well then tapers off. He's got to figure that out.... that's why we can't put all the chips on this dude. He needs help or he's going to break and then we're ****ed.

EnySpree wrote:He was a good decoy....

One thing we know about KP.... he doesn't play well hurt. Since he's been a knick he always starts well then tapers off. He's got to figure that out.... that's why we can't put all the chips on this dude. He needs help or he's going to break and then we're ****ed.

True can’t put the chips all on his shoulders. We can take this as positive also the Knicks just beat the Celtics without Hardaway and an ineffective KP. Says a lot about the team. Also we can take this that the Knicks need KP and Hardaway and the entire team on the road.

So far I like how the Knicks are handling him. Jeff is not afraid to sit him if he's not effective. KP is our best player, but this is very much about the team now and KP is on page with that also. He clearly wants to play. We should be babying him. Who cares if he only plays 65 games next couple years. Lets get him strong so when he's 25 he's a beast. Not a big guy who already got some tread on the tires.

Baby this guy. Kepp him healthy. There is no need to accelerate this development. Frank is 19. We can build a defense around these two for a decade. That decade doesnt need to start for another 2-3 years though.

BRIGGS wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:Was absolutely more mental then physical.

Think about protecting your knee-- it would effect everything

He did look mechanical and he was shooting outright clunkers. No worries KP; even the weed huffers around here can't seriously believe Iso-Beasley is going to shoot 60% from the floor the rest of the way...

Ahhhh heroball... gotta love it.

Jmpasq wrote:

stanleybostitch wrote:I agree KP just not looking good out there. He too often just hangs around on the perimeter, zero off ball movement. When he gets the ball he hesitates and doesn't have anything going beyond a mid-range game right now. On defense it's worse, doesn't help and doesn't seem to try at times. He's playing lackadaisical ball. Is it in his head or a physical ailment?

physical his body cant take the length of the season and his Eurobasket didnt help. its why he cant be the focal point of a team