GustavBahler wrote:martin wrote:GustavBahler wrote:martin wrote:Cartman718 wrote:martin wrote:Cartman718 wrote:nixluva wrote:GustavBahler wrote:Dont care where Frank plays, as long as he is aggressive. Sounds like Fizdale is planning on using a 3 guard setup at times, which was something Hornacek was a fan of. Works better for Frank, I imagine. Lets him play off the ball more. You still need a PG who can bring up the ball, and get to the rim if he sees a lane. Right now that player is Burke. If Frank can become that kind of player, more power to him, and the Knicks.
Frank increased his drives and his scoring % on Drives as the season progressed. It’s only a matter of time before he takes over the starting PG job. His D is already there. He has the same Assist Ratio as Burke. Frank is going to benefit most from Fiz’s help.
I think Fiz, per his press conference, is thinking of positionless basketball for the guards and PF/C. That means Frank will probably be one of the starting guards. Frank wasn't at the presser, but Burke and Mudiay were. My guess is Frank was in France?
Burke isn't owed any money and clearly Fiz's focus is going to be on defense to start. This means Burke is going to the bench. That leaves Dotson and Mudiay...Dotson would probably get the nod on opening night. But Mudiay has the potential to become a Lance Stephenson relentless type due to athleticism, defense. If he develops a jump shot, which is really where his focus needs to be this offseason...watch out.
We will have a good problem on our hands.
Read someplace that Frank was back home but headed to the States for training just before the Draft Lottery, 15 May
notice i left hardaway out :) i think fizdale is going to try and ship him out in the first month if he doesn't shape up :)
Towards the end of the season we all saw THJr literally give up, stop and throw his hands up when something went wrong on D, whether it was him or a teammate. This will not be tolerated
Guess I missed those moments. I saw a guy taking charges from bigs who were hitting him like a freight train, after being eliminated from the playoffs. Dont believe you do that if you arent serious about D (dont go there Martin ). Room for improvement, but I dont believe Timmy was acting the way you are portraying him this season.
Don't know if you get to watch all games but this was not an isolated incident.
Watched most of the games, missed a couple. I do remember posting something about this very early in the season. Didnt see much of it afterwards, not enough to say its an issue.
When THJ was here the last time, he was doing stuff like that on offense all the time. In spite of having some big holes in his game. Like not going to the rim, and playing D.
I see a player this season who put his body on the line repeatedly, yelling at teammates about their defense. I dont see that as a deal breaker.
The jury is still out wether or not Timmy will work out this time around. If it doesnt, I dont believe it will be over lack of effort, or not trying to earn his contract. More likely the feast or famine shooting.
I hope all the hard work Hardaway put into changing his game, his attitude, since being drafted, pays off next season. I didnt want him back initially. Even made a rare thread about it, but Im rooting for him now.
For me, THJr is a below average defender who can get hot on offense. Doesn't know what's a good shot. For a playoff team, he would be a below average starter who would have 1 good game a series, for the others he would be a minus for the team; as a 6th man, he may be much better.
He is dynamic in the open court and when he does get hot you can ride him for the duration of a game and maybe several games over.
On D his lateral movement is poor; he doesn't work to get around picks, often finding them and gets caught instead of fighting around/over to stick with his man. He loses his man backdoor more than average and isn't too good at keeping good defensive space: slumps to the paint too often and let's his man get open at the 3 point line. Good at taking charges.
Love his intensity but don't know if he knows how to channel it properly yet.