jimkcchief88
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winner winner chicken dinner woot !
We got lucky tonight with this W but I'll take it.
Knicks still play too much one on one we moved the ball so well previously I don't get why it's coming to a standstill so frequently lately.
Luckily we ran into a slumping Celtics who let us get away with this one. Broke the curse at TD Garden.
Regardless of the quality of the game there's plenty of positives. Good to see Melo/KG thing die, STAT had a great game hopefully this boosts his confidence, and we needed this win fingers crossed that will set us up for the next few games we need a mini streak to end the month and maintain good position in the East.
Great win fellas...we gotta keep it up, theres a few teams right behind us. Brooklyn vs Memphis tomorrow night, ZBo i know u not with us no more but we need u to help us out
I don't know why, but this made me laugh more than it should haveUgly win but considering our Knicks have not won in Boston since 1776 no complaints.
I would call your concerns misguided.
1st- Coach doesn't have to draw up special plays to get 3's (especially for Novak). Why? Because we were MORE THAN FORMIDABLE from the arc based on our sytem and game plan. We did lead the league in attempts and avg. (Sans specific Novak plays) yet something is different... I'll get to that
2nd- JR Smith is not only having the season of his career; he's demonstrated more focus on defense, team play wih assists, and clutch game-winning shots. Not even famed coach Karl got those results.
3rd- Occam's Razor states the simplest answer is usually the correct one.
No team in sports can sustain the same level of performance while missing key components to prior success, unless of course they replace the lost parts with equal or better ones... simple.
Now due to the fact that Felton and perhaps Wallace were undervalued it escapes minds that maybe we aren't as good missing key components... just maybe.
Since MDA our knicks have taken 2 steps forward and 1 step back. Case in point:
This year...
Felton comes in... STAT bangs knees gets hurt
STAT comes back... Felton gets hurt
Shump comes back... Wallace & camby hurt
Before it was...
Melo comes in... whole new squad needs to gel quickly, no camp
Stat and Melo begin to semi-click under MDA... Stat hurts back
No training camp/short season... We remove coach
New coach has positive impact... Stat gets hurt
On and on and on we go. Never able to fully gel with a full squad. That means no real identity to fall back on in tought times... and we're still waiting.
Thank you.
Raymond Felton.
If you watch the 2 PGs we have now, Kidd and Prigioni, they are not threats to really drive to the basket and score. The threat is what makes other guys wide open. Because Felton can score when he drives, someone must cover when he drives on a pick and roll, leading to alley oops and passes to wide open players.
If you watch Kidd, he gets the ball, dribbles back and forth along the 3 point line waiting for something to happen rather than forcing the issue. He doesn't have the ability to do what good point guards do and drive or create a shot, because of his age perhaps. Prigioni is not much better, although he did take good shots this game.
Look forward to Felton coming back.
Who wanted Jr swish to stop shooting.??? Loll dont hidee