MS wrote:We just sucked. It’s not that they were a handful. Guys lost there men a couple times on pick and roles and no one could hit anything tonight.

How ****ing hard is it to post up Trae Young? And why haven’t we dropped him yet? Talking way to
much!

BigDaddyG wrote:

ramtour420 wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:

ramtour420 wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:

PresIke wrote:So who's the signing you make this summer now that you'r seeing this?

Can Lonzo and DRose play together?

Is he even the ideal answer?

I don't see Lonzo making a difference this series. We need someone who can create in the half-court. I don't see any viable options this year in FA.

A legit defender at PG this series would not make a diff? What?

Lonzo is stopping Trae? Not happening. And really, six or seven more points in the second quarter and we're still in this. We need one more scorer.

Stop? Lol, this is not the 90ties. Just frustrate a little

Throw a few lobs yo Obi on the break. You know , stuff like that

I just looked up their head to head stats on land of basketball. I don't even see Lonzo frustrating Trae.

You are not gonna stop Trae, especially with the rules the way they are now. He is like all these smaller quick PG's with crazy range. You need to make him work on D.

Someone said Dame is their dream scenario?

Mine is Donovan Mitchell from Utah.

ramtour420 wrote:

MS wrote:We just sucked. It’s not that they were a handful. Guys lost there men a couple times on pick and roles and no one could hit anything tonight.

How ****ing hard is it to post up Trae Young? And why haven’t we dropped him yet? Talking way to
much!

Posting up is a lost art in the current NBA. RJ could try but unfortunately it's like the least used part of his game for some reason. Randle is the only guy on our team that posts up and I don't think you meant that

This is fair. We have done nothing to exploit Young defensively.

First, I know it'd never happen and I'm sure there are reams of analytics that'd tell me it's a bad idea.

That said, we've got Noel, Randle, and IQ from Kentucky on the team. Why not add two more?

ramtour420 wrote:

Sambakick wrote:

MS wrote:
How ****ing hard is it to post up Trae Young?

There was a play in the 4th Burks was posting up Trae and instead of use his size advantage he takes a turnaround fadeaway and missed. Take it to the hoop my guy?! Geez...

Alec just doesn't have a take it strong to the hoop post move. At all. He is a finesse player that can take it hard to the basket but only when driving downhill. The rest of the time with defender in front of him he stops and fades away or passes. For a wing player in today's NBA that's perfectly fine

He needs to add that to his game. People on this board wanna double his salary next year. He's gotta show he can take the weakest defender in the league in the post.

MS wrote:Why are fans giving Randle a hard time?

3 games 3 awful performances.

He hasn't looked good because the entire Hawks defense is geared on stopping him. And yet uhe series is one phantom foul-call from being 2-1 in favor of the Knicks.

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Now, even this little bit of playoff experience (if we get knocked out by Atlanta) will go a long way for this team and how it is being built for the future. But it shows that effort will get you only so far if you are short on talent. We def need another star and a deeper bench that Thibs would actually utilize.

And the Payton situation was not handled well either. If the guy is underperforming for a level of a playoff team's starting PG, make the change already during the regular season, don't wait to do it under the bright lights of the playoffs. Don't insult the guy more than you need to. I think Elf is a goner by way of Austin and almost certainly Frank. So we are suddenly going from a glut at PG to thinking how much mileage we can still get out of Rose.

At least it gives IQ a good chance.

ESOMKnicks wrote:This is all to be expected. Typical modus operandi for Thibs teams. He is good in squeezing the utmost effort out of the team in the regular season. But by the time of the playoffs, when other teams step up in intensity, his teams are already gassed.

Now, even this little bit of playoff experience (if we get knocked out by Atlanta) will go a long way for this team and how it is being built for the future. But it shows that effort will get you only so far if you are short on talent. We def need another star and a deeper bench that Thibs would actually utilize.

And the Payton situation was not handled well either. If the guy is underperforming for a level of a playoff team's starting PG, make the change already during the regular season, don't wait to do it under the bright lights of the playoffs. Don't insult the guy more than you need to. I think Elf is a goner by way of Austin and almost certainly Frank. So we are suddenly going from a glut at PG to thinking how much mileage we can still get out of Rose.

At least it gives IQ a good chance.

Payton is exactly why I don’t believe in business and loyalty being mixed. They don’t belong together. Elfrid was playing very poorly a long time before this and now I struggle to find an NBA team that will even sign him this Summer.

He’s scared. He’s making bad decisions, he has no confidence, he jump passing everything. The Hawks have a couple of good defenders but they shouldn’t be shutting him down.

Obi, can’t look more comfortable than Julius.

Bullock at least got up in his face a bit, but no one hitting Trae hard is a disgrace. He’s generating fouls, talking **** all game. Can’t let him be so comfortable out there.

MS wrote:No one is turning on Julius.

He’s scared. He’s making bad decisions, he has no confidence, he jump passing everything. The Hawks have a couple of good defenders but they shouldn’t be shutting him down.

Obi, can’t look more comfortable than Julius.

Bullock at least got up in his face a bit, but no one hitting Trae hard is a disgrace. He’s generating fouls, talking **** all game. Can’t let him be so comfortable out there.