Report Card for Season so far:
1. I thought Lee spent the whole summer working on his jump shot? He had a fine "David Lee" game, but I see no improvement at all so far. This guy should be in the gym all day working on his mid range jumper. When he's done with that he should be lifting weights to strengthen his upper body.
2. QRich might try actually hitting a few mid range shots before he decides to hoist up another missed 3 pointer.
3. We are desperately missing Balkman's energy. He also needs to work on a mid range jumper, but he's a better overall player this year.
4. Crawford has his great nights, but he's not consistent and shouldn't be taking as many shots as he does on nights when they are clearly not falling.
5. The only time I notice Steph at crunch time is when he misses another shot.
6. THey have to keep pounding the ball into Curry (especially when Randolph in not playing). He's far from perfect, but he's still a high percentage scorer. He has 3 problems that I see.
a. He doesn't have a naturally high basketball IQ or good insticts. He still makes too many foolish mistakes. He's not that young anymore. This is inexcusable.
b. He still looks too soft to me. He should spend less time at Burger King and more time in the weight room. If he lost a few pounds he might be a little quicker without losing strength.
c. He doesn't jump. WTF is with that??? He's capable. I've seen it.
7. Honestly, the only player that has improved (besides Balkman) is Robinson. His outside shot is better, he has some heart, and he's playing at a more mature level.
8. If it wasn't for the addition of Randolph (who has been excellent so far), this team would be even worse than last year for the simple reason that everyine else got better and most of our young players have not developed much at all.
9. We would probably have won a couple of these close ones if we had Randolph and Balkman for all of them, but this is looking terrible so far.
10. Why is that every team other than the Knicks seems to run plays but the Knicks offense always looks random and chaotic except after a timeout when a play is drawn up??? Isiah, teach them something!!!!!!