The Knicks are no problem for good teams

Again the Knicks hustled and kept the game close for three quarters. But as usual, in the fourth quarter the apposing team's superstars assert themselves and the Knicks simply do not have the fire power or seasoning to stave off defeat.

Jae Crowder and Chris Paul kicked it into gear and pulled away from the Knicks to cruise to an easy victory.

It was quite hilarious watching Knicks fans before the current road trip talk about how many wins the Knicks would manage away from home and how much of a problem this team is. 

This is a scrappy unit the beats terrible teams. It is not a problem for teams with seasoned veteran superstars to beat them at the end of games. And that us not going to change in the playoffs.

What you need to really need to be happy about this season Knicks fans is that Obi Toppin has finally settled down and now looks like a professional basketball player.

Be happy that Julius Randle has accept the responsibility of being a leader and the star of a franchise and not simply a guy chasing a max contract.

Be delighted that you have a coach that is not going to put up with any meddling from James Dolan. 

You now have a chance to have players experience years of continuity and learn how to win together. That is until they get tired of hearing Thib's voice and begin to tune him out which has been his history and every other coaching job he's had.

Let's hope you can eek out a good playoff run in a couple of years before the fans and players chase Thibodaux out the door. 

Knicks lose again, Suns 128 - 105 Knicks

The Knicks were exposed last night.

Please forgive me for putting up this post so late. I spent all night at the police precinct trying to bailout Nikola Jokic from jail for beating the Knicks asses on national television.

It was a brutal beating but the Knicks had it coming. The took the Broadway Bully bullshit out to mile high and got mollywapped by a bunch of Nuggets.

Down by 30 late in the game coach Thibodaux kept his star Julius Randle on the court for what I can only think of as punishment for embarrassing him in front of the planet.

That's the thanks you get Julius for carrying this team on your back the entire season.

Coach can be a very petty man when he is angry and no one is spared his wraith.

The only Knick to manage more than 14 points was Immanuel Quickley who had 18. Trouble is Quickley is a point guard and managed to finsh the game with zero assists. Why is the teams center registering more assists than the point guard?

The Knicks were exposed last night. For all the hustling that everyone is so impressed with the weakness of the team is against a center in the low block. Any center who is aggressive in the low post is too much for the Knicks to handle and there is nothing they can do to fix that this season.

Knicks lose again, Denver 113 - 97 Knicks.

Your team is not good enough to win anything right now.

Chris Paul and Devin Booker showed last night why this is not the Knicks season to upset anyone.

Despite playing a close game and taking advantage of the Suns inability to hit three point shots in the first half the Knicks are still no match for dominant superstars in the clutch to close out games.

Let's be honest, in the NBA if you play a consistent style of disciplined basketball you have a very good chance of winning a fair amount of games.

There will be nights when teams are coming off back to back games and long distance traveling that just are not going to have 4 quarters of good basketball to give. Those situations are what the Knicks took advantage of, and they should, during this latest streak of wins.

However, having rested and coming off a tough loss to the Nets a day ago there was no chance in hell the Chris Paul and Devin Booker were going down in defeat to the Knicks.

In the fourth quarter you saw what happens to the Knicks when two superstars exert their will. The Knicks had nothing to stop them and don't know how to fight of impending doom, and that is okay, they are not a bunch of seasoned veterans.

Knicks fans, on your best night your team could not beat the Suns. A team that got its ass handed to them by the Nets. Just enjoy your regular season and hope for the future. Your team is not good enough to win anything right now.

Knicks lose again, Suns 118 - Knicks 110.