When obi plays like that— efficient athletic in out than 4 position w Randle is hard to improve. It’s up to obi to bring consistency. But for the most part it’s been admirable. We have two good centers although we DO lack possible fire power from that position at times. Barret is solid so the one position that might be the lightest is back up 3 or a 3-4 combo. We can simply use an undersized hart at back up 3 to compensate as well. I said in a post a possible offseason 3-4 target in the nba could be k j martin. But as a whole Knicks are rather stacked w talent right now.

Nalod wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:We are so loaded at the guard position— if grimes continues on present course — how do we improve there? Brunson hart iq grimes w bench back up of McBride

When obi plays like that— efficient athletic in out than 4 position w Randle is hard to improve. It’s up to obi to bring consistency. But for the most part it’s been admirable. We have two good centers although we DO lack possible fire power from that position at times. Barret is solid so the one position that might be the lightest is back up 3 or a 3-4 combo. We can simply use an undersized hart at back up 3 to compensate as well. I said in a post a possible offseason 3-4 target in the nba could be k j martin. But as a whole Knicks are rather stacked w talent right now.

Yes, as many have discussed all season we are prime for a consolidation type trade given the "Saturation". The split of Hart/Grimes serves us well. Grimes is still just 22 and not terrible that "He not consistant yet".
RJ is sneaky getting better and more consistent. His mistakes are amplified given his slow start. Nalod can't tell the faithful the truth because thats for Thibs or Byrant to explain what he has improved on this season. His pentation using his body is so much better. Getting to the line, finishing is a work in progress but progressing. His passing is improving. When young players are developing they make mistakes. He is.
Bottom line is his outside shooting is a bad look and that has to turn around.
His fans see one thing and detractors another. Nobody is convincing anyone otherwise except his splits.
"Torture the numbers enough they will confess".
Half empty or half full. Pano's eyes are rolling, Yes, He gets two more years after this one to put it all together.

I hope you're right and I'm wrong. Not sure exactly will be the metric. For me, it is more about the overdribbling, slowness, lack of vision, and bad decisions that irks me. I wouldn't be so vocal about it if it was just about shooting. I won't be surprised if he improves his shooting, but still has bad IQ.
Jules makes bad decisions too. However, Jules dominates in other ways.

But this thread is supposed to be about the positive things. How did you get me to talk about RJ?

I agree, the guards are stacked. I love Mitch/iHart effort on the boards. As Briggs said, it would be nice if one of them could shoot.
I could imagine a stretch 5 playing along side Jericho manning the 4. Can't really play Jericho at the 4 with no shooting from the 5 either.

October 3 & 3
November 7 & 9
December 9 & 6
January 8 & 7
February 9 & 2
March 7 & 6

Take that out and we’re right there struggling for the play in.

franco12 wrote:Actually we’re a 500 team that had one good month (February)

October 3 & 3
November 7 & 9
December 9 & 6
January 8 & 7
February 9 & 2
March 7 & 6

Take that out and we’re right there struggling for the play in.

The December, January and March record isolated don't look impressive like that do they? But they total 24-19, which is a .559 winning % which over 82 games is a 46 win pace, which would still translate to 5th in the East ad 4th in the west.

But why would you take out February?

And the better news is, February counts as much as November.

The Knicks are a good NBA team.

I thank you for making my point for me.

The regular seasons of professional sports are widely misunderstood by their fans.

Panos wrote:

Nalod wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:We are so loaded at the guard position— if grimes continues on present course — how do we improve there? Brunson hart iq grimes w bench back up of McBride

When obi plays like that— efficient athletic in out than 4 position w Randle is hard to improve. It’s up to obi to bring consistency. But for the most part it’s been admirable. We have two good centers although we DO lack possible fire power from that position at times. Barret is solid so the one position that might be the lightest is back up 3 or a 3-4 combo. We can simply use an undersized hart at back up 3 to compensate as well. I said in a post a possible offseason 3-4 target in the nba could be k j martin. But as a whole Knicks are rather stacked w talent right now.

Yes, as many have discussed all season we are prime for a consolidation type trade given the "Saturation". The split of Hart/Grimes serves us well. Grimes is still just 22 and not terrible that "He not consistant yet".
RJ is sneaky getting better and more consistent. His mistakes are amplified given his slow start. Nalod can't tell the faithful the truth because thats for Thibs or Byrant to explain what he has improved on this season. His pentation using his body is so much better. Getting to the line, finishing is a work in progress but progressing. His passing is improving. When young players are developing they make mistakes. He is.
Bottom line is his outside shooting is a bad look and that has to turn around.
His fans see one thing and detractors another. Nobody is convincing anyone otherwise except his splits.
"Torture the numbers enough they will confess".
Half empty or half full. Pano's eyes are rolling, Yes, He gets two more years after this one to put it all together.

I hope you're right and I'm wrong. Not sure exactly will be the metric. For me, it is more about the overdribbling, slowness, lack of vision, and bad decisions that irks me. I wouldn't be so vocal about it if it was just about shooting. I won't be surprised if he improves his shooting, but still has bad IQ.
Jules makes bad decisions too. However, Jules dominates in other ways.

But this thread is supposed to be about the positive things. How did you get me to talk about RJ?

I agree, the guards are stacked. I love Mitch/iHart effort on the boards. As Briggs said, it would be nice if one of them could shoot.
I could imagine a stretch 5 playing along side Jericho manning the 4. Can't really play Jericho at the 4 with no shooting from the 5 either.

Because you and are alike.
We see what we want.
Jules was 25 when he got here and put it together. We'll see how it pans out.

Knickoftime wrote:

franco12 wrote:Actually we’re a 500 team that had one good month (February)

October 3 & 3
November 7 & 9
December 9 & 6
January 8 & 7
February 9 & 2
March 7 & 6

Take that out and we’re right there struggling for the play in.

The December, January and March record isolated don't look impressive like that do they? But they total 24-19, which is a .559 winning % which over 82 games is a 46 win pace, which would still translate to 5th in the East ad 4th in the west.

But why would you take out February?

And the better news is, February counts as much as November.

The Knicks are a good NBA team.

I thank you for making my point for me.

The regular seasons of professional sports are widely misunderstood by their fans.

don't let the 16 games played in November and the 11 in February, a difference of 5, get in the way.

We were 19 & 18 after Dec. 27 & 25 after January. that is a 500 team. One great winning streak in a short month, and we built a 7 game cushion. Can't take that away from them, just like the rest of the year is there too to remind us this is a 500 team that had one good stretch, has looked better of late except for injuries, but every team deals with injuries.

Brandon Tierney says it will be a great disappointment if we don't beat Cleveland in the first round. We are a 5th seed who will end up with 47 wins most likely. This is not a 55 or 60 win team going up against an 8th seed. Cleveland will have the better record and will have the best player in the series in Spida. Why would it be a great disappointment? If anything the series is a toss up and should go 6 or 7.

I also have seen some fans already stating if we don't make the ECF the season will be considered a failure. It seems to me some are overrating this team and having unrealistic expectations. This is NOT an elite team or a title contender.

I think this is a good team that will give Cleveland a tough series. Whether we win or not will depend on a lot of factors such as Randle's play and mental health, Thibs adjustments, Brunson's health and RJ's shooting. We can beat the Cavs. But that is as far as this team goes this season.

franco12 wrote:

Knickoftime wrote:

franco12 wrote:Actually we’re a 500 team that had one good month (February)

October 3 & 3
November 7 & 9
December 9 & 6
January 8 & 7
February 9 & 2
March 7 & 6

Take that out and we’re right there struggling for the play in.

The December, January and March record isolated don't look impressive like that do they? But they total 24-19, which is a .559 winning % which over 82 games is a 46 win pace, which would still translate to 5th in the East ad 4th in the west.

But why would you take out February?

And the better news is, February counts as much as November.

The Knicks are a good NBA team.

I thank you for making my point for me.

The regular seasons of professional sports are widely misunderstood by their fans.

don't let the 16 games played in November and the 11 in February, a difference of 5, get in the way.

We were 19 & 18 after Dec. 27 & 25 after January. that is a 500 team. One great winning streak in a short month, and we built a 7 game cushion. Can't take that away from them, just like the rest of the year is there too to remind us this is a 500 team that had one good stretch, has looked better of late except for injuries, but every team deals with injuries.

You can parse out their record to suit your agenda all day. A good record is a good record.

Win 3 and lose 2 of every 5 games and your a 49 win team after 82 games. I sometimes don't think fans grasp how marginal being a good team over 82 games is.

BRIGGS wrote:We are so loaded at the guard position— if grimes continues on present course — how do we improve there? Brunson hart iq grimes w bench back up of McBride

When obi plays like that— efficient athletic in out than 4 position w Randle is hard to improve. It’s up to obi to bring consistency. But for the most part it’s been admirable. We have two good centers although we DO lack possible fire power from that position at times. Barret is solid so the one position that might be the lightest is back up 3 or a 3-4 combo. We can simply use an undersized hart at back up 3 to compensate as well. I said in a post a possible offseason 3-4 target in the nba could be k j martin. But as a whole Knicks are rather stacked w talent right now.

Knicks are also "scary bad at times"
Loaded with undersized guards makes it difficult to play 2 guards at the same time, from a defensive perspective.

Yes obi needs to be more consistent, but Thibs needs to play him more. Hard to be consistent when you only getting 8-15 mins a game. And each time he's in the game, he's always looking over to the sideline, because he knows Jules will be at the scorers table. Thats why he jacks up shots. Gotta get it in before he's pulled out.

Yes we have a lot of guards, but only 1 floor general (who Randle respects) and 1 PG in training (who Randle doesn't respect). That last comment was purely from Randle's interaction with IQ. I don't think Randle would ever do that to Brunson. He respects him too much, and thats who Randle needs with him on the floor.

What we are missing is a backup floor general (D Rose type player). If only we had somebody like that on the team