Side note: with the shortened season, the free week of league pass actually gives quite a few games.
The third quarter has become our hardest opponent lol. I hope that changes tonight
matt wrote:Interesting how much better we look, but it's probably just because it's against the Kings
Kings beat the Lakers by 10 earlier this week. game isn't over. they're a deep team with a lot of scorers.
Knicks look better. if they'd moved the ball like this against the Lakers, result would've been different.
having Jorts rebounding and playing D and swishing instead of Amar'e "rebounding" and "playing D" and stopping the ball has probably helped.
crzymdups wrote:holfresh wrote:crzymdups wrote:douglas... showing on that last play why he's not a PG.
The dude has been playing well..come on
i like toney. he's been shooting well and moving the ball. but he makes a lot of bad decisions passing. misses a lot of cutters.
one bad decision
Toney has been doing a good job. I mean i think people are too hard on the guy since he wasn't expecting to be the starting pg. its good to see melo is helping others and isn't demanding the ball i think tahst why fields has seems like the old fields
I like how Jorts moves on the court. He actually moves his feet well on D and he goes and looks for someone to blockout on the boards. He gets his hands on a lot of balls. Jorts ability to actually PLAY the game using sound BB principles is yet another good pickup by Walsh. MDA said they liked him in his workouts and had him rated highly. Now you can see why MDA was high on Jorts ability to contribute this year.
holfresh wrote:crzymdups wrote:holfresh wrote:crzymdups wrote:douglas... showing on that last play why he's not a PG.
The dude has been playing well..come on
i like toney. he's been shooting well and moving the ball. but he makes a lot of bad decisions passing. misses a lot of cutters.
one bad decision
that's debatable. i saw more than one. he's playing well. still misses easy scoring opportunities. a lot.
nixluva wrote:I like how Jorts moves on the court. He actually moves his feet well on D and he goes and looks for someone to blockout on the boards. He gets his hands on a lot of balls. Jorts ability to actually PLAY the game using sound BB principles is yet another good pickup by Walsh. MDA said they liked him in his workouts and had him rated highly. Now you can see why MDA was high on Jorts ability to contribute this year.
jorts is great. hope amar'e is taking notes.
Solid first half... They're syncing up, slowly but surely.
Two More quarters of better play and this one is a wrap. Give the Kings no hope of getting back in this game, Knicks. 
crzymdups wrote:holfresh wrote:crzymdups wrote:holfresh wrote:crzymdups wrote:douglas... showing on that last play why he's not a PG.
The dude has been playing well..come on
i like toney. he's been shooting well and moving the ball. but he makes a lot of bad decisions passing. misses a lot of cutters.
one bad decision
that's debatable. i saw more than one. he's playing well. still misses easy scoring opportunities. a lot.
again he missed a layup with a guy trying to block the shot...U guys are so hard on him...He can't make one mistake...
JCrusher wrote:Toney has been doing a good job. I mean i think people are too hard on the guy since he wasn't expecting to be the starting pg. its good to see melo is helping others and isn't demanding the ball i think tahst why fields has seems like the old fields
fields has looked really good. he's been showing some signs that he's coming out of it. his first half against the warriors and lakers was good. time for him to put in a good second half, too.
crzymdups wrote:nixluva wrote:I like how Jorts moves on the court. He actually moves his feet well on D and he goes and looks for someone to blockout on the boards. He gets his hands on a lot of balls. Jorts ability to actually PLAY the game using sound BB principles is yet another good pickup by Walsh. MDA said they liked him in his workouts and had him rated highly. Now you can see why MDA was high on Jorts ability to contribute this year.
jorts is great. hope amar'e is taking notes.
I think amare gets a lot of crap. people seem to forget amare helped the knicks be compettive last season and he played center. Now when amare gets back he need to drive to the basketball and lay off the jumpers for a while
crzymdups wrote:matt wrote:Interesting how much better we look, but it's probably just because it's against the Kings
Kings beat the Lakers by 10 earlier this week. game isn't over. they're a deep team with a lot of scorers.
Knicks look better. if they'd moved the ball like this against the Lakers, result would've been different.
having Jorts rebounding and playing D and swishing instead of Amar'e "rebounding" and "playing D" and stopping the ball has probably helped.
Besides Melo, no one was able to score for us in the 2nd....someone has to step up. Those 3's in the 1st wasn't falling in the 2nd.
holfresh wrote:again he missed a layup with a guy trying to block the shot...U guys are so hard on him...He can't make one mistake...
i mean, if i had tape of the first half i could tell you the easy opportunities i thought he missed. not trying to be hard on him. i think he's a quality backup. he's just not a starting PG and it's somewhat frustrating.
he does seem to have more confidence in what to do with only one big scorer to cater to in melo. with amar'e and melo on the floor, he doesn't seem to know where to go.
Wow...u guys on a roll tonight...Dissing Amare...Amazing...How quickly we forget..
JCrusher wrote:crzymdups wrote:nixluva wrote:I like how Jorts moves on the court. He actually moves his feet well on D and he goes and looks for someone to blockout on the boards. He gets his hands on a lot of balls. Jorts ability to actually PLAY the game using sound BB principles is yet another good pickup by Walsh. MDA said they liked him in his workouts and had him rated highly. Now you can see why MDA was high on Jorts ability to contribute this year.
jorts is great. hope amar'e is taking notes.
I think amare gets a lot of crap. people seem to forget amare helped the knicks be compettive last season and he played center. Now when amare gets back he need to drive to the basketball and lay off the jumpers for a while
If Amare had a legit pg to play pick and roll with, he would look so much better....and so would this offense.
JCrusher wrote:crzymdups wrote:nixluva wrote:I like how Jorts moves on the court. He actually moves his feet well on D and he goes and looks for someone to blockout on the boards. He gets his hands on a lot of balls. Jorts ability to actually PLAY the game using sound BB principles is yet another good pickup by Walsh. MDA said they liked him in his workouts and had him rated highly. Now you can see why MDA was high on Jorts ability to contribute this year.
jorts is great. hope amar'e is taking notes.
I think amare gets a lot of crap. people seem to forget amare helped the knicks be compettive last season and he played center. Now when amare gets back he need to drive to the basketball and lay off the jumpers for a while
amar'e was paid $20M to do that last season. unfortunately, he's also being paid $20M for what he's doing this season. i like amar'e a lot. i'm worried he's injured, hasn't recovered from the back - just the way he moves and avoids contact. and it's also pretty hard to deny that he and melo don't look comfortable on the court together so far.
crzymdups wrote:JCrusher wrote:Toney has been doing a good job. I mean i think people are too hard on the guy since he wasn't expecting to be the starting pg. its good to see melo is helping others and isn't demanding the ball i think tahst why fields has seems like the old fields
fields has looked really good. he's been showing some signs that he's coming out of it. his first half against the warriors and lakers was good. time for him to put in a good second half, too.
Helping me not regret taking him on my fantasy team. Hope to see Landry finally adjust post-Melo.
Jorts has been terrific. How can you not love him?
Toney is NOT a PG...but that's no secret. He is a hard-working defender and a solid scoring guard off the bench. Get this guy back into his real role.
Bench was looking solid in half 1. Jerome Jordan looks like Jared Jeffries on steroids (actually meant as a compliment). Much more active defender on the perimeter than I expected.
Melo is the stabilizing force we need for this team. You just cannot defend him.
And on an off topic note, watching around the NBA highlights during half time. Paul Pierce is a fucking cunt. Just had to get that off my chest.
Happy New Years.
Uptown wrote:JCrusher wrote:crzymdups wrote:nixluva wrote:I like how Jorts moves on the court. He actually moves his feet well on D and he goes and looks for someone to blockout on the boards. He gets his hands on a lot of balls. Jorts ability to actually PLAY the game using sound BB principles is yet another good pickup by Walsh. MDA said they liked him in his workouts and had him rated highly. Now you can see why MDA was high on Jorts ability to contribute this year.
jorts is great. hope amar'e is taking notes.
I think amare gets a lot of crap. people seem to forget amare helped the knicks be compettive last season and he played center. Now when amare gets back he need to drive to the basketball and lay off the jumpers for a while
If Amare had a legit pg to play pick and roll with, he would look so much better....and so would this offense.
hey, i'm waiting on baron just like everyone else. (see my signature).
i mostly meant how jorts was fighting for rebounds in traffic and passing the ball.
The hope is that B Diddy can get healthy cuz if he's healthy that changes everything with this team. Also can't forget Shump! To a lesser extent not having Jared hurts too. So there's a lot of room for improvement on this team.
