This is your team now, dominate every night

 

The Knicks went into the colosseum against the Lakers guns blazing in the first half. Julius was aggressive and RJ Barrett was channeling Tracy McGrady.

This only lasted a half, however. In the third quarter the Knicks completely collapsed.

It was as if they had their memories wiped at halftime and completely forgot how they dominated the Lakers in the first two quarters.

Maybe at the half the players, including Julius Randle, were able to get access to their phones and allowed all the trade rumors to get to them. I have no idea.

But I do know that the Knicks let Malik Monk play like he was the second coming of Michael Jordan as he almost single-handedly cleared the Knicks lead over Los Angeles.

During the Lakers big third quarter coach Thibodeaux made zero changes to try to cool Los Angeles off. This guy may not be the coach this team needs.

Barrett fought hard in the final period and was able to snatch victory from the Lakers at the end of the fourth quarter and took the game into overtime.

Unfortunately, RJ had very little help in OT and the Knicks fell in defeat to the Lakers.

It is time for RJ to realize that this is his team now. He cannot limit himself to only taking three shots in the third quarter.

When RJ decides to take the game over few teams can stop him it is time that he stops holding himself back acquiescing to Randle.

I hope that at the end of the game when LeBron hugged Barrett and gave him some words of encouragement that some of those words were 'This is your team now, dominate every night'. 

Get RJ a real point guard, let Randle move on to another team and find a center that can score a little and this team changes into a real competitor.

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— The Knicks Wall (@TheKnicksWall) February 6, 2022

Knicks lose again, Lakers 122 - Knicks 115.

Hire slow and fire fast.

I waited all day to write this.

Quite frankly there were enough slings and arrows coming from the fans and media here in New York that nothing I would have said last night had a chance of being original.

The Knicks lost by 14 points last night but it could have easily been by 30.

With Julius Randle on the floor this team is hapless, and his body language says to the world that he doesn't give a damn.

Let's face it Knicks fans, this team as constructed is not going to make the playoffs and they certainly don't deserve to. The league doesn't want to promote this train wreck as it is. The last thing the NBA wants is to beg beer companies to sponsor a Knicks playoff series.

Leon Rose needs to take a stick of dynamite to this roster and blow it all up.

The trade deadline should be a buzz of Knicks players being sent to and frow for draft picks, cash and future considerations starting with Julius Randle.

It's time to be honest and face the fact that this thing did not work. Let's start over with the exact roster that the coach wants with no surprise broken down old veterans shoved at him that he has no intention of playing.

Let Thibodeaux have his way and assemble a home-grown team that he can mold in his image. A team that is beloved by the fans for their arduous work and effort much like the group before the Carmelo Anthony trade.

To a man, everyone in the Knicks organization should be ashamed of the effort yesterday but this lack of effort should also become the line in the sand that management will no longer allow the players to cross.

Hire slow and fire fast. 

The knicks lose again, Heat 110 - Knicks 96