EnySpree wrote:nyknickzingis wrote:Problem isn't whether KP is a 4 or 5.
It's who he is playing with. For freaking 3 years straight this team has played KP on a "big" lineup.
Every single year the team has eventually hit a wall.
Right now every game virtually when Kanter is in with him we are down early in games.
It's not that Kanter is a bad player. He's a really good role player. But like we saw with RoLo and the team last year even playing bigger means nothing if you can't score and become post up centric.
We need to find ways to be quicker more able to launch 3 pointers and less reliant on post up or playing off size. It's not getting us enough points to start and get leads in games.
All of this ✔
I disagree... its a defense problem. Kanter's defense is terrible and while he sometime passes the eye test the #s tell an ugly story. Opposing 5s have an EFG of .621
That is one of the worst numbers I have ever seen.
By contrast opposing 4s have a .484 EFG vs. Porzingis
Knicks are 8th in the league in FG%
Knicks are 13th in points per 100/poss
Knicks offense isnt bad. Maybe not great but above average.
I have said from the start and still believe KP's future is a Dirk like stretch 4 who can also be one of the best rim protectors in the league
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