HofstraBBall wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

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He’s been playing much better in 2022 and November. He kind of looks like he is tipping his his shots, looking for the box so he can shoot. Clearly under some form of instruction to move his shots into the paint or behind the arc. It’s kind of cute to watch as he is often looking down before he pulls the ball up.

His assists are down 2 per game in 2022 even though his usage is only down from 28% to 26%. This may be the Brunson effect, his passes may not be resulting in assists.

Not gonna say much about RJ. He needs to get his touch back. Less minutes might help. He looks exhausted.

Brunson is fantastic on offense and not a lot of length on defense. We knew this. Kind of disappointed with his “clutch” shots end of game, but again, I think Rhibs is overplaying these guys and they look exhausted.

Still think he is taking too many three's. As mentioned on other post, scheme has him out there but feel he can drive to the high post where he is better.

Agree Thibs may be over playing guys at times. Although league average for starters is 32 to 33. But Only RJ is higher (34th in the league with 34)

In fact, I think the coaching staff and team as a whole want to take more 3's in terms of overall shot profile. Obi definitely needs to do more things on the court but team is going to shoot a ton of 3's and I'm guessing they don't want Obi to slow that down, just add more to it and add some variety.

fishmike wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

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He’s been playing much better in 2022 and November. He kind of looks like he is tipping his his shots, looking for the box so he can shoot. Clearly under some form of instruction to move his shots into the paint or behind the arc. It’s kind of cute to watch as he is often looking down before he pulls the ball up.

His assists are down 2 per game in 2022 even though his usage is only down from 28% to 26%. This may be the Brunson effect, his passes may not be resulting in assists.

Not gonna say much about RJ. He needs to get his touch back. Less minutes might help. He looks exhausted.

Brunson is fantastic on offense and not a lot of length on defense. We knew this. Kind of disappointed with his “clutch” shots end of game, but again, I think Rhibs is overplaying these guys and they look exhausted.

Brunson is playing 32 minutes.... what's reasonable? 30? 28? 25? Brunson averaging half a minute more than he did last year.

Maybe we should get a coach that doesnt ask them to play so hard? Mike Miller and Fizdale are available. Just a thought

Take me at my best, not my worst here. Its not just about Brunson. That said, Brunson's getting to an average of closer to 34 minutes (there are some low outliers, like the 18 minutes after turning his ankle). He is also still hitting 34 minutes with 5 fouls. So, he may get pulled for fouls in the earlier game and then be pushing minutes at the end of game. On his end of game shots (Portland for example), he doesn't seem to have his legs underneath him. The shots look nothing like his normal form. He's a high energy, footwork player. He needs his legs to do the work. I think they need to manage those stretches better. Regardless of what the averages are, these guys legs are looking heavy down the stretch.

Your Miller/Fizdale comment is just a non-sequitur. Managing minutes and managing effort are not the same thing. Maximize effort. Minimize exhaustion. This team has depth not stars.

EwingsGlass wrote:

fishmike wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

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He’s been playing much better in 2022 and November. He kind of looks like he is tipping his his shots, looking for the box so he can shoot. Clearly under some form of instruction to move his shots into the paint or behind the arc. It’s kind of cute to watch as he is often looking down before he pulls the ball up.

His assists are down 2 per game in 2022 even though his usage is only down from 28% to 26%. This may be the Brunson effect, his passes may not be resulting in assists.

Not gonna say much about RJ. He needs to get his touch back. Less minutes might help. He looks exhausted.

Brunson is fantastic on offense and not a lot of length on defense. We knew this. Kind of disappointed with his “clutch” shots end of game, but again, I think Rhibs is overplaying these guys and they look exhausted.

Brunson is playing 32 minutes.... what's reasonable? 30? 28? 25? Brunson averaging half a minute more than he did last year.

Maybe we should get a coach that doesnt ask them to play so hard? Mike Miller and Fizdale are available. Just a thought

Take me at my best, not my worst here. Its not just about Brunson. That said, Brunson's getting to an average of closer to 34 minutes (there are some low outliers, like the 18 minutes after turning his ankle). He is also still hitting 34 minutes with 5 fouls. So, he may get pulled for fouls in the earlier game and then be pushing minutes at the end of game. On his end of game shots (Portland for example), he doesn't seem to have his legs underneath him. The shots look nothing like his normal form. He's a high energy, footwork player. He needs his legs to do the work. I think they need to manage those stretches better. Regardless of what the averages are, these guys legs are looking heavy down the stretch.

Your Miller/Fizdale comment is just a non-sequitur. Managing minutes and managing effort are not the same thing. Maximize effort. Minimize exhaustion. This team has depth not stars.

At some point soon hopefully we start treating our best scorer like he's our best scorer and Brunson realizes that as well. He's not Kyle Lowry, but he could be a (prime pre-injury) Isaiah Thomas and that is surely a weapon. His scoring prowess is going age like fine wine and he just turned 26.

Thibs isnt running these guys harder than any other NBA team runs their players.

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/thestrickland/status/1597786984067760128

He’s been playing much better in 2022 and November. He kind of looks like he is tipping his his shots, looking for the box so he can shoot. Clearly under some form of instruction to move his shots into the paint or behind the arc. It’s kind of cute to watch as he is often looking down before he pulls the ball up.

His assists are down 2 per game in 2022 even though his usage is only down from 28% to 26%. This may be the Brunson effect, his passes may not be resulting in assists.

Not gonna say much about RJ. He needs to get his touch back. Less minutes might help. He looks exhausted.

Brunson is fantastic on offense and not a lot of length on defense. We knew this. Kind of disappointed with his “clutch” shots end of game, but again, I think Rhibs is overplaying these guys and they look exhausted.

Still think he is taking too many three's. As mentioned on other post, scheme has him out there but feel he can drive to the high post where he is better.

Agree Thibs may be over playing guys at times. Although league average for starters is 32 to 33. But Only RJ is higher (34th in the league with 34)

In fact, I think the coaching staff and team as a whole want to take more 3's in terms of overall shot profile. Obi definitely needs to do more things on the court but team is going to shoot a ton of 3's and I'm guessing they don't want Obi to slow that down, just add more to it and add some variety.

Randle shot 35% in November from 3. He's taking more of the "right" threes and less of the off the dribble step back threes.

Yup. In some aspects Randle is changing the way he plays and the role he has on the team. Not all bad for him.

Chandler wrote:
knicks fans need to show love at MSG in tough times. winning at home should be a thing

Been to a couple of games. Crowd has been good. Supportive but during crunch time and if certain players miss a couple of shots the atmosphere goes a bit quite. Do think overall it's been a positive atmosphere. But yes agree, fans need to step it up when we are not holding down home court as much as players.

martin wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/thestrickland/status/1597786984067760128

He’s been playing much better in 2022 and November. He kind of looks like he is tipping his his shots, looking for the box so he can shoot. Clearly under some form of instruction to move his shots into the paint or behind the arc. It’s kind of cute to watch as he is often looking down before he pulls the ball up.

His assists are down 2 per game in 2022 even though his usage is only down from 28% to 26%. This may be the Brunson effect, his passes may not be resulting in assists.

Not gonna say much about RJ. He needs to get his touch back. Less minutes might help. He looks exhausted.

Brunson is fantastic on offense and not a lot of length on defense. We knew this. Kind of disappointed with his “clutch” shots end of game, but again, I think Rhibs is overplaying these guys and they look exhausted.

Still think he is taking too many three's. As mentioned on other post, scheme has him out there but feel he can drive to the high post where he is better.

Agree Thibs may be over playing guys at times. Although league average for starters is 32 to 33. But Only RJ is higher (34th in the league with 34)

In fact, I think the coaching staff and team as a whole want to take more 3's in terms of overall shot profile. Obi definitely needs to do more things on the court but team is going to shoot a ton of 3's and I'm guessing they don't want Obi to slow that down, just add more to it and add some variety.

Randle shot 35% in November from 3. He's taking more of the "right" threes and less of the off the dribble step back threes.

Yup. In some aspects Randle is changing the way he plays and the role he has on the team. Not all bad for him.

I just think he is telegraphing when he is going to shoot. He’s looking at the floor to hit his spot and not keeping his eyes open for his teammates. Much improved shot selection though. Fantastic pitcher that tips pitches still gets slammed (except Curt Schilling).

Kemet wrote:The Knicks has a 10-12 record, and the Knicks played 12 teams under .500
The Knicks has not played team-ball all season.
How many Knicks players shot 10 or more shots in a game out of the Knicks 22 games ???
Outside of the Knicks no-defense trio (Randle/Barrett/Brunson)???

Lazy haters are the worst. That's easy to look up. IQ, Cam, Hart, Fournier and Rose have also had over 10 shot attempts in a game this far this year.

HofstraBBall wrote:3pt shooting.
Our last 8 games:

JB 37%
Randle 33%
Rose 33%
Grimes 28%
IQ 30%
RJ 27%
Toppin 26%
Cam 25%

Troubling. Especially our wings. Is there a case to bring back EF. Not like we have been giving up under 100 a game.