Knicks · Other games thread.......Place to chat about games on TV not Knicks. (page 39)

AnubisADL wrote:Other teams imploding amuses me.

Me too and nothing I enjoy more than watching the Nets and coach of the month lose 2 straight and go 11-6 vs Knicks 12-4

Uptown wrote:

3G4G wrote:This game is on D'AnToni and Dwight Howard....

Terrible...I mean Terrible

Can never excuse a professional who is making millions and cant sink free throws. With that said, MDA's stubbornness showed its ugly head tonite...

This was a DISGRACE on every level. It was a mockery of the game. Some of Dwight's free throws weren't even close and D'AnToni watched a slow carnage wreckage of death from the sideline.

3G4G wrote:

Uptown wrote:

3G4G wrote:This game is on D'AnToni and Dwight Howard....

Terrible...I mean Terrible

Can never excuse a professional who is making millions and cant sink free throws. With that said, MDA's stubbornness showed its ugly head tonite...

This was a DISGRACE on every level. It was a mockery of the game. Some of Dwight's free throws weren't even close and D'AnToni watched a slow carnage wreckage of death from the sideline.

CrushAlot wrote:Toney Douglas beats Mike D'Antoni when he is coaching a stacked lakers squad, kismet.

Jordan Hill was giving maximum effort and making some plays or keeping them alive and Douglas was hitting 3s and hitting free throws late. The 2 "Bad Rookies" he wouldn't play here.

3G4G wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Toney Douglas beats Mike D'Antoni when he is coaching a stacked lakers squad, kismet.

Jordan Hill was giving maximum effort and making some plays or keeping them alive and Douglas was hitting 3s and hitting free throws late. The 2 "Bad Rookies" he wouldn't play here.

no, i like what he is doing which is building something.

How do you win in the spring if you can't work this thru at some point?

MDA was bought in to fix the team. Think that happens over nite?

Nalod wrote:If your building a championship aspiration team and its along season you will not go anywhere until your max player learns to freaking deal with free throws and you hold that clown accountable from day one.

no, i like what he is doing which is building something.

How do you win in the spring if you can't work this thru at some point?

MDA was bought in to fix the team. Think that happens over nite?

They went 4-1 after the Princeton was dropped and Bickerstaff took over. Now they are losing and trading Gasol. Give D'Antoni 4 years and lets see what happens.

Pau GAsol says what.

IronWillGiroud wrote:What happened with Lin? They should just bench him if Toney Douglas is outperforming him like this. Start Douglas and let Lin earn his spot back, it might be good for him. He has 3 more years to earn the deal, maybe he should be coming off the bench to hit the second units, still get his 25-30 minutes in some role, and the pressure is off. Toney Douglas has a right to get payed too; I didn't see the game but it looks like he went hard as a motherfucker.

lin wasnt the only bit of bad for the rockets. harden was 3-19. amazing they won with the shooting they had

knicks1248 wrote:

OGkush121 wrote:Wizards about to beat the heat despite LeBrick having a triple-double, and all 3 of their stars with over 20 points

thats how you beat them, let them three do what ever and stop the rest..

The heat bearly beat a 2nd unit spurs team, we blew them out, and they have had the softest schedule in the league...

were prime to take this conference

so it is just that simple?

GustavBahler wrote:

Nalod wrote:TD with 18 pts!

Talk about adding insult to injury. They've been sitting Lin down in the 4th as part of their game plan this season I believe. Hard for Lin to call himself a "leader" when he's glued to the bench in crunch time.

nice try tho...

tkf wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

Nalod wrote:TD with 18 pts!

Talk about adding insult to injury. They've been sitting Lin down in the 4th as part of their game plan this season I believe. Hard for Lin to call himself a "leader" when he's glued to the bench in crunch time.

not sure what you are watching as lin closed out the last few games including sealing the deal of their last win.. the rockets sat parsons, lin and aisk in the 4th because douglas, smith, especially were having career games and parsons was cold..

nice try tho...

Wish u had this same patience for our own players

FoeDiddy wrote:

tkf wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

Nalod wrote:TD with 18 pts!

Talk about adding insult to injury. They've been sitting Lin down in the 4th as part of their game plan this season I believe. Hard for Lin to call himself a "leader" when he's glued to the bench in crunch time.

not sure what you are watching as lin closed out the last few games including sealing the deal of their last win.. the rockets sat parsons, lin and aisk in the 4th because douglas, smith, especially were having career games and parsons was cold..

nice try tho...

Wish u had this same patience for our own players

why should I, the rockets are playing with an eye towards the future they are the youngest team in the league.... we are a win now team.. patience is out the window for the oldest team in the league.... I do have patience for shumpert, thats all tho...

tkf wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

tkf wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

Nalod wrote:TD with 18 pts!

Talk about adding insult to injury. They've been sitting Lin down in the 4th as part of their game plan this season I believe. Hard for Lin to call himself a "leader" when he's glued to the bench in crunch time.

not sure what you are watching as lin closed out the last few games including sealing the deal of their last win.. the rockets sat parsons, lin and aisk in the 4th because douglas, smith, especially were having career games and parsons was cold..

nice try tho...

Wish u had this same patience for our own players

why should I, the rockets are playing with an eye towards the future they are the youngest team in the league.... we are a win now team.. patience is out the window for the oldest team in the league.... I do have patience for shumpert, thats all tho...

Seems like a cop out..Rockets been mediocre to below average for awhile..how long is their future plans for. While u sit their being impatiennt and pointing out every knick weakness with negativity the Knicks are first in the conference.

CrushAlot wrote:

3G4G wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Toney Douglas beats Mike D'Antoni when he is coaching a stacked lakers squad, kismet.

Jordan Hill was giving maximum effort and making some plays or keeping them alive and Douglas was hitting 3s and hitting free throws late. The 2 "Bad Rookies" he wouldn't play here.

The guy is a joke. The Buss family made a huge mistake. Hopefully for Laker fans it doesn't take almost 4 years and trading guys like Gasol to figure it out.

It could be fun, why not. NBA is too boring now that Lin had another bad game

yellowboy90 wrote:MDA said the reason why he didn't take out HOward was because that it would have been disrespectful. You don't do that to a foundational player.

Pau GAsol says what.

Hehe, this is gonna be a good one

tkf wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

Nalod wrote:TD with 18 pts!

Talk about adding insult to injury. They've been sitting Lin down in the 4th as part of their game plan this season I believe. Hard for Lin to call himself a "leader" when he's glued to the bench in crunch time.

not sure what you are watching as lin closed out the last few games including sealing the deal of their last win.. the rockets sat parsons, lin and aisk in the 4th because douglas, smith, especially were having career games and parsons was cold..

nice try tho...

Not the first time Lin has been benched in crunch time and the season just started.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2...

HOUSTON — It’s becoming a habit. For the second time in four games, Jeremy Lin spent the decisive minutes on the bench.

Talk about your Linsanity.

First he watched Toney Douglas try to stem the tide against Damian Lillard during overtime of a loss at Portland. Then at home on Wednesday night, Lin simply watched all but two minutes of the fourth quarter as Douglas lifted the Rockets to a 93-89 win over the Bulls.

“I’m happy because we lost three in a row and needed a win. That’s for sure,” Lin said.

Team camaraderie aside, the Rockets need their point guard of the present and future to be able to stay on the floor to run the offense down the stretch. But to do that he’s going to have to make significant defensive strides.

When the Blazers were making their comeback in the fourth quarter last week, Lillard drove around and shot over Lin as if he wasn’t there. At the start of the final period against the Bulls, it was Nate Robinson who got on a roll and devoured Lin. Acting Rockets coach Kelvin Sampson watched Robinson stick a 3-pointer in Lin’s face and then drove for a dazzling 360-degree layup when he had enough and turned to Douglas.

On one hand, it was Nate being Nate, taking off on one of those sprees that has occasionally made him a marvel in the league. On the other, it was Lin being Lin, bedeviled and bewildered defensively.

“You have to go with your instincts,” Sampson said. “You’re not always right with that stuff. But I felt like Toney gave us our best chance to win. Yeah, a much better matchup with Nate.”

Lin’s troubles putting the ball into the basket this season have been well known. He shot just 2-for-9 from the field against the Bulls and is now 42-for-126 (33.3 percent) on the season.

It’s one thing to try to straighten out a wayward shot. That’s an individual thing. But if he has to constantly be replaced for a capable stopper on defense, then he’s not going to be on the floor to play quarterback on offense and isn’t helping at either end of the floor at crunch time. The Rockets need a guy they invested $25 million in to be more than a part-time player and a late-game spectator.

“Yeah, I think that’s for reasons of defense,” Lin said. “I’m not really sure. Ask Coach. But I think it’s a defensive thing. I didn’t do a very good job of making Nate Robinson uncomfortable. I’ve got to do a better job.”