21 Shump Street
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Great post! I'm from Gold Coast, Australia so we spell it defence as well, the autocorrect always changes it back to the US version so I just gave up changing it.Crazy⑧s;246884 said:I see what you're saying there, and you're right. I should have elaborated, but I still see some question marks looming above the Knicks' back-court, mostly in regard to individual scoring, but also re individual defence (that's how you spell defense where I'm from). A lot of question marks hang over Indiana's back-court as you eluded to nicely.
I don't see there being a list of comprehensive reasoning behind certain/likely failure for the Knicks' back-court, but there's certainly no list of definite pluses or definite and positive prognosis; hence the thread.
I definitely don't have any reservations about this Knicks' back-court's potential to be very good. I'm somewhat concerned about the shooting. Felton, in particular, will have to have a good shooting season that far eclipses his 40% FG and 30% 3FG from that horrible season in Portland last year. Obviously, a reliable 3 point shot will have the spacing advantages this team can't afford to lose, as evidenced by last season. Kidd much the same, as his penetration game has inevitably dipped with age.
Prigioni is a question mark, but is probably our most reliable back-court threat from the arc. Did you see him shoot in the Olympics? Crisp!
I'm not all that worried about our shooting from our back court. I really do expect them to have WIDE open looks. Felton, Smith and even Brewer are truly capable of penetrating and drawing the defence in. Coupled with the fact what Melo and Stat will be doubled at times and this creates plenty of open looks. Im pretty confident that Felton will be a man on a mission this season and i'm confident that Kidd, Smith, Felton & Prigioni will be able to hit the 3 if open.
I did catch Pablo play in the Olympics! He is a great 3 point shooter! He doesn't shoot all that much but is swishin when open. I think he will hold his own against opposition reserve guards on D and believe he will be able to penetrate against the non-elite PG's of the league.