Ntilikina disappears 2 out of every 3'games, when he starts playing more consistently, his minutes and playing time will be more consistent, he would never be a starting PG on a good team.
Tonight, Knick game stats vs Heats look like all the Knick players had a BUST night, except Portis.
The Knicks 2nd unit lineup that gave us a 3-1 flow of MitchRob, Portis, Knox, Dotson looked like they would've played much better in the 2nd half having Payton's leadership in their lineup, instead of a raw PG-DSJ.
Tonight, Mike Miller's coaching reminded me of Fizdale's loser coaching .. LOSERS !!!
And adding DSJ to the rotation on a weak Hawk team was a good move.
Adding DSJ to the main rotation vs elite teams like the Heats, and tomorrow Bucks are absolutely STUPID!
Especially, being a new coach working on putting chemistry in two separate lineups, Starter-5 & Bench-lineup.
Miller should have stuck with what was working for him in the Kings and Denver game, by keep building two separate chemistry lineups. Yes, the bench lineup of Payton Dotson Knox Portis and MitchRob has been getting on the same-page, plus out-performing the Knicks starter lineup the last few games. The Payton & MitchRob pickNroll are FIRE in the 2nd half of games.
Now .. dummies want to put Payton in the starter lineup, when Payton has a better performance clicking well in the 2nd unit lineup of bench players.
We have a back to back against two elite NBA teams that may bumb heads in the ECF .. Heats & Bucks !!!
We got BLOWN-OUT in the first quarter of the Heats game 39-20 SMH
Both of the Heats two guard rookies performance look like we made the wrong pick in the draft the way the Heat locked-up RJ tonite.