newyorknewyork wrote:BigRedDog wrote:SupremeCommander wrote:lol @ holding it against a PG for not providing 5* defense on a PF
If you are referring to me, I'm NOT holding it against Frank,LOL, for not providing def against a 4 or 5. I'm remarking to the "people" or "persons" who over state Franks defense , saying how he can defend 4 or 5 positions on the court. He did the best he could but he got killed by Indys power forwards last night.
I don't think it has been overstated. He has already shown dating back to his rookie season that he can deny entry passes as well as successfully stay in front and hold his positions for the most part if he is forced to switch. There will probably be some players that just have his number and he can't do so as successfully and vise versa. Saying he can guard 4s doesn't mean he will lineup at PF and own everyone he faces.
There also was a video recently posted showing all the ground Frank covers using his length and proper angles. At the end of the day the kid puts in a ton of effort to disrupt passing lanes, help defense and man defense.
Frank came to the NBA as a young system player whom had athletic charisma on the defensive end of the court, Frank having the ability to box-out opponents inside the paint, plus skillful to defend a wide area of the passing-lane, plus able to get through screens and picks to keep defending his man .. something a lot of NBA players cant do to save their life.
Do Frank co-exist with Timmy in the backcourt as tandem guards?
Timmy came to the NBA as a scorer having none of his fathers defensive mind-set.
All Knick opponents have film knowledge of Timmy Hardaway Jr. poor defensive skills ..
Timmy doesn't have the skill-set on how to get past a pick or screen, and that's the reason why we been watching Knicks opponent scorers always have screens and picks put up to have Timmy defending them instead of Frank .. and this we all watch from the preseason games to the 8 regular season games .. the same way we see teams put up picks to get players like the Celtics Kyrie Irving defending whomever the scorer are.
In Frank NBA rookie season .. the Knicks did not have any keeper veterans on the roster to show Frank or Dotson the ins and outs of the NBA rules, nor did the Knicks have keeper veterans to let Frank know where they like to get the ball on court, or what type of pass to throw them. There's the reason why Frank gives up the ball as soon as he dribble over half court.
Its very important to any winning club to have a few long term veterans on the roster, hopefully a couple of drafted veterans.
The Knicks has not been a KEEPER team in over a decade ..
Every season the Knicks start the season having 6 to 9 new players added to the roster.
The Knicks organization has become like the old 1980 to 2000 L.A. Clippers ..
The Clippers team No NBA player in their right mind wanted to sign on to, or be traded to back then.
The Knicks has become the old LA Clippers in the past decade.
Will Dolan and Mills ever change the Knicks ???
