Fun Fact: Kemba’s shooting percentages before getting benched were 43% fg and 41% from 3

Randle, RJ, Rose, Obi, Quickley and Fournier are all shooting at a lower percentage from 3. Burks shoots the same percentage but his overall fg% is lower. Wonder why the zone is so effective at guarding the Knicks? We don’t hit 3’s -especially not recently.

Philc1 wrote:Yes we are 1-5 since Kemba was benched and officially made scapegoat for the Knicks playing over .500 and being the 6th place. We are now 2 games under .500 and 12th place in the East on our way to our most disappointing season since 2013

Fun Fact: Kemba’s shooting percentages before getting benched were 43% fg and 41% from 3

Randle, RJ, Rose, Obi, Quickley and Fournier are all shooting at a lower percentage from 3. Burks shoots the same percentage but his overall fg% is lower. Wonder why the zone is so effective at guarding the Knicks? We don’t hit 3’s -especially not recently.

True….but Kemba went on a bad shooting streak b4 he was benched. Add on top his defensive liabilities. It was bound to happen. Him or EF will take the fall. But the problem might be Randle and RJ

blkexec wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Yes we are 1-5 since Kemba was benched and officially made scapegoat for the Knicks playing over .500 and being the 6th place. We are now 2 games under .500 and 12th place in the East on our way to our most disappointing season since 2013

Fun Fact: Kemba’s shooting percentages before getting benched were 43% fg and 41% from 3

Randle, RJ, Rose, Obi, Quickley and Fournier are all shooting at a lower percentage from 3. Burks shoots the same percentage but his overall fg% is lower. Wonder why the zone is so effective at guarding the Knicks? We don’t hit 3’s -especially not recently.

True….but Kemba went on a bad shooting streak b4 he was benched. Add on top his defensive liabilities. It was bound to happen. Him or EF will take the fall. But the problem might be Randle and RJ

For the amount of mins they get, they are too inconsistent. Highs and low swings, especially RJ. We need our second scorer to be solid and RJ still in training.

blkexec wrote:Well...Well...Thibs. Will you look at here. Now half the team is on covid protocol and we have a healthy Kemba just sitting there on the bench. What you gone do Thibs? lmao. Knicks drama at it's finest.

He's loving this. Double the minutes for Rose and Taj!

Kemet wrote:Kemba's performance was no reason to take him out the starter lineup!
The Knicks starter lineup with or without Kemba had/has little to no ball-movement at all, plus u could count on one hand how many fast-break points the starter lineup had the past two month.
The only player in the Knicks starter lineup playing defense are MitchRob/Taj/or Noel.
Randle and Barrett defensive talent are the same as Kembe !!!

It’s wierd. Our starting lineup has been regularly giving up 20 point leads in the 1st qtr without Walker playing.

SergioNYK wrote:I still think we would be where we are even if we kept Kemba in the lineup. Kemba wasn't the whole problem but he's definitely not the solution either.

Yep.

I think it’s a small minority that think Kemba is being blamed for 100% of our problems.

They’re just very vocal.

ToddTT wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:I still think we would be where we are even if we kept Kemba in the lineup. Kemba wasn't the whole problem but he's definitely not the solution either.

Yep.

I think it’s a small minority that think Kemba is being blamed for 100% of our problems.

They’re just very vocal.

The Knicks are not a good perimeter shooting team so benching probably the best perimeter shooter on the roster didn’t work out. Big surprise

martin wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

ToddTT wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:I still think we would be where we are even if we kept Kemba in the lineup. Kemba wasn't the whole problem but he's definitely not the solution either.

Yep.

I think it’s a small minority that think Kemba is being blamed for 100% of our problems.

They’re just very vocal.

The Knicks are not a good perimeter shooting team so benching probably the best perimeter shooter on the roster didn’t work out. Big surprise

They benched Kemba for a better perimeter shooter, also THE best perimeter shooter the Knicks have. And he was an improvement on D too.

So maybe your premise is not correct.

And was the whole -1 billion argument on Kemba's defense negated somehow? Did I miss something? Throwing Herb Williams' old knee braces out on the floor would have been and improvement on D.

Yes, please let's start rusty Kemba on Steph tonight. That should be very entertaining.

jrodmc wrote:

martin wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

ToddTT wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:I still think we would be where we are even if we kept Kemba in the lineup. Kemba wasn't the whole problem but he's definitely not the solution either.

Yep.

I think it’s a small minority that think Kemba is being blamed for 100% of our problems.

They’re just very vocal.

The Knicks are not a good perimeter shooting team so benching probably the best perimeter shooter on the roster didn’t work out. Big surprise

They benched Kemba for a better perimeter shooter, also THE best perimeter shooter the Knicks have. And he was an improvement on D too.

So maybe your premise is not correct.

And was the whole -1 billion argument on Kemba's defense negated somehow? Did I miss something? Throwing Herb Williams' old knee braces out on the floor would have been and improvement on D.

Yes, please let's start rusty Kemba on Steph tonight. That should be very entertaining.

Our defense has been hot garbage since benching Walker. Enjoy watching Curry run circles around DRose tonight

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fitzfarm wrote:The issue with burks isnt burks the player, it’s burks the PG which he is not . And it’s throwing burks off his game . We need another PG to start be it rose or quick or even McBride. I don’t think after what thibs did to kemba there is anything to repair for all we know kemba is pissed and waiting to be moved .

I’d replace EF with burks in a second and bring in a real pg to help get the offense set… please thibs for the love of god don’t allow a player to just dribble to the three point line and freeze the ball till 7 seconds or less on the shot clock … let’s focus on moving the ball and getting everyone involved!!!

This.

Burks is a nice SG/SF who can occasionally bring up the ball. He is not a PG and should not be playing the position full time which is why his shooting fell off a cliff after the nets game

The real culprit has been Fournier who is not only a liability on D his shooting has been mediocre so far— and he was given a big contract specifically for his shooting