Sorry for the delay with this post. I got some much needed sleep
today and didn't wake up until the third quarter of the Knicks - Sixers
game began so I had to watch the entire game after it ended.
Well,
this game was another example of this team sleepwalking through the
first half which I pointed out in several previous posts. It seems that
every team in the NBA is interested in putting on a good show on Sundays
in Madison Square Garden except the Knicks. These guys are rarely fired
up and aggressive from the opening tap at home. That is on the coach.
For whatever reason D'Antoni can't get these guys motivated to play for him
and that is the kiss of death for any coach and his genius system.
I
actually think that it would be best for the Knicks to not make the
playoffs. I think that is the only thing that would force this
organization to make the tough decisions necessary to turn this team
around because they wouldn't be able to hide behind some fake success
that a low seed in the playoffs could be argued to represent.
Amare
and Carmelo cannot play on the same team. They can talk all the crap
they want publicly but this was a terrible mistake forced upon D'Antoni.
The bad part for D'Antoni is that Dolan made up his mind who this
franchise will be centered around for the next five years by bringing
Marshmelo here so Mikey and Amare both need to move on.
Now
I know what you are thinking, you feel that the Knicks couldn't
possibly trade Amare because he can't get his contract insured because
of his knees. Well Cablevision has more money than god. I am sure a
corporate bond could be put up as "insurance" on Amare finishing his
current contract if they really wanted to get creative so a trade could
be done.
Can someone tell me why the Knicks signed JR
Smith? As if this team needed another undisciplined knucklehead who is
also out of control on the floor. I heard that D'Antoni didn't know
anything about Smith joining the team until Dolan him told after Smith had been
signed. That's right Dolan told him, not the acting GM, whatchumacallit.
I would loved to have seen the look on Mikey's face.
The Knicks Lose Again, Sixers 106 - Knicks 94
Why the New York Knicks lost from a free thinking and informed former fan's perspective.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Asinine Tomfoolery
Tonight the Knicks faced the Milwaukee Bucks and quite frankly both of these sorry teams play almost zero defense and acted like neither wanted to win.
The game came down to the wire and the combination of not boxing out, having no interior defense whatsoever and Carmelo and Novack missing big shots resulted in the Knicks loss.
You know I really had to laugh hard several times tonight.
The Knicks had hundreds of millions of dollars worth of forwards on the floor tonight and neither one of them is capable of boxing out when a shot is in the air. The same crime Jeremy Lin is guilty of also but theirs are more egregious because they are forwards and often around the rim on both sides of the floor. Pure comedy.
Milwaukee got easy put backs all night, the final dagger coming after Lin played rather inspired defense on Brandon Jennings forcing him to toss up a wild shot that should have easily been rebounded by a Knick but since Carmelo wouldn't know a box out if it stole his chicken McNuggets some scrub on the Bucks caught the ball and made a shot putting the Bucks up for good.
You Carmelo apologists please continue to make excuses for him, I just don't get it. I even heard one idiot last week mention Melo in the same breath with Kobe when comparing the number of shots taken as if Melo has one championship ring let alone the four that Kobe has.
When Marshmelo has the hardware he can toss up as many wild shots he wants. For someone who only got to the NBA finals with a ticket like everybody else the Kobe comparisons are pure asinine tomfoolery. But Melo got his points and that's all that matters to the "basketball expert" writers.
The Knicks Lose Again, Bucks 119 - Knicks 114
The game came down to the wire and the combination of not boxing out, having no interior defense whatsoever and Carmelo and Novack missing big shots resulted in the Knicks loss.
You know I really had to laugh hard several times tonight.
The Knicks had hundreds of millions of dollars worth of forwards on the floor tonight and neither one of them is capable of boxing out when a shot is in the air. The same crime Jeremy Lin is guilty of also but theirs are more egregious because they are forwards and often around the rim on both sides of the floor. Pure comedy.
Milwaukee got easy put backs all night, the final dagger coming after Lin played rather inspired defense on Brandon Jennings forcing him to toss up a wild shot that should have easily been rebounded by a Knick but since Carmelo wouldn't know a box out if it stole his chicken McNuggets some scrub on the Bucks caught the ball and made a shot putting the Bucks up for good.
You Carmelo apologists please continue to make excuses for him, I just don't get it. I even heard one idiot last week mention Melo in the same breath with Kobe when comparing the number of shots taken as if Melo has one championship ring let alone the four that Kobe has.
When Marshmelo has the hardware he can toss up as many wild shots he wants. For someone who only got to the NBA finals with a ticket like everybody else the Kobe comparisons are pure asinine tomfoolery. But Melo got his points and that's all that matters to the "basketball expert" writers.
The Knicks Lose Again, Bucks 119 - Knicks 114
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
No big deal
Not a good loss but not the worse thing in the world.
The Spurs took advantage of the Knicks not having any interior defense with both Tyson Chandler and Jared Jeffries out due to injury.
Jeffries would have taken multiple charging fouls and Tyson would have blocked the cutters that did make it to the rim and the Knicks probably would have won.
No big deal.
The Knicks Lose Again, Spurs 118 - Knicks 105
The Spurs took advantage of the Knicks not having any interior defense with both Tyson Chandler and Jared Jeffries out due to injury.
Jeffries would have taken multiple charging fouls and Tyson would have blocked the cutters that did make it to the rim and the Knicks probably would have won.
No big deal.
The Knicks Lose Again, Spurs 118 - Knicks 105
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