I was one of the few who thought Affalo was a great signing based on his accomplishments in the right setting. With that said I could care less corn Marc Bermans opinions
I think Afflalo was a great signing. Have said so before. Thought he was really good in Orlando. I don't watch the west much but heard that last year he didn't play as well. The guy plays d, can score and wanted to be a Knick. Not much to complain about.
I thought there were a lot of us who liked the Afflalo signing. When he's healthy, he's a solid SG. He should be able to sure up the SG spot and be the 2nd option for us. Not that this Olympic stuff really matters but it's nice to see him playing well.
Glad to know. I can feel that he is very hungry right now.
CrushAlot wrote:
Anyone of these games televised? I gotta look..
Finestrg wrote:CrushAlot wrote:
Anyone of these games televised? I gotta look..
Espn2 last night. Nbatv early this morning. .....probably be on nbatv again sometime today. I tvo'ed it.....cant wait to watch.
nixluva wrote:I thought there were a lot of us who liked the Afflalo signing.
I think the overwhelming majority of the board thought that Afflalo was the best signing of the offseason... but hey I guess sometimes posters need to pat themselves on the back for any reason they can manufacture
gunsnewing wrote:I was one of the few who thought Affalo was a great signing based on his accomplishments in the right setting. With that said I could care less corn Marc Bermans opinions
LOL,
Berman confirmed you? You dont' care what his opinion is as long as it agrees with you? Would you have stood up with your chest out with pride as one of the "few" had he not aired his opinion, and thus, you really do care.
Watched most of it. This was more like an all star game than a real competition. Not much defense being played. Affalo looked to be in good shape, played well, but I wouldnt put too much stock in this game. Glad Melo and Afflalo have a history, should make the transition easier.
blkexec wrote:Finestrg wrote:CrushAlot wrote:
Anyone of these games televised? I gotta look..
Espn2 last night. Nbatv early this morning. .....probably be on nbatv again sometime today. I tvo'ed it.....cant wait to watch.
I watched and it was pretty awful hoops (i.e., even less D than the Allstar Game). Looked like warm-ups at an AAU tournament. But it's at least a taste of NBA action, if you got nothing better to do.
I think peak Afflalo can give us 13 pts/game, 3 reb, 3 ast on 45% shooting and 38% from downtown with solid D.
That would be the best case scenario for the Knicks this season, and gunning for that 8th seed.
ChuckBuck wrote:I think peak Afflalo can give us 13 pts/game, 3 reb, 3 ast on 45% shooting and 38% from downtown with solid D.That would be the best case scenario for the Knicks this season, and gunning for that 8th seed.
We need him as our 2nd scorer. I'm hoping for 15-18 ppg from him.
CrushAlot wrote:
The scrimmage was absolute trash - no defense - basically like 1st quarter of an NBA all-star game.
Afflalo - if we are being honest had 2 breakaways that lead to 2 buckets for him. On both occasions he walked blatantly showing little to no handle or coordination --- looked like Shump. The first time he completely botched his dribble and entire blue bench screamed travel -- the 2nd time he took about 4 steps on way to a dunk.
Knixkik wrote:ChuckBuck wrote:I think peak Afflalo can give us 13 pts/game, 3 reb, 3 ast on 45% shooting and 38% from downtown with solid D.That would be the best case scenario for the Knicks this season, and gunning for that 8th seed.
We need him as our 2nd scorer. I'm hoping for 15-18 ppg from him.
That's the wrong mindset to have. We should have a share the ball system like ATL or San An.
That's winning basketball, having just 2 guys score the brunt is destined for the same old Knicks ala Melo and JR season.
Best to have peak Melo average 21-22 points, Afflalo 13 maybe 14, then have a bunch of players average around double figures at least.
Atlanta
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Paul Millsap 29 73 73 32.7 6.1 12.7 .476 1.1 3.0 .356 5.0 9.8 .513 .518 3.5 4.6 .757 1.9 5.9 7.8 3.1 1.8 0.9 2.3 2.8 16.7
2 Kyle Korver 33 75 75 32.2 3.9 8.0 .487 2.9 6.0 .492 0.9 2.0 .470 .671 1.4 1.6 .898 0.2 3.9 4.1 2.6 0.7 0.6 1.4 1.9 12.1
3 DeMarre Carroll 28 70 69 31.3 4.5 9.3 .487 1.7 4.3 .395 2.8 5.0 .567 .579 1.8 2.6 .702 1.4 3.9 5.3 1.7 1.3 0.2 1.1 2.2 12.6
4 Al Horford 28 76 76 30.5 6.8 12.7 .538 0.1 0.5 .306 6.7 12.2 .547 .544 1.4 1.9 .759 1.7 5.4 7.2 3.2 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.6 15.2
5 Jeff Teague 26 73 72 30.5 5.6 12.2 .460 1.0 2.8 .343 4.6 9.3 .496 .500 3.8 4.4 .862 0.4 2.1 2.5 7.0 1.7 0.4 2.8 1.9 15.9
6 Dennis Schroder 21 77 10 19.7 3.7 8.6 .427 0.7 1.9 .351 3.0 6.7 .449 .466 1.9 2.3 .827 0.4 1.8 2.1 4.1 0.6 0.1 1.9 1.6 10.0
San Antonio
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Kawhi Leonard 23 64 64 31.8 6.2 12.8 .479 1.0 3.0 .349 5.1 9.8 .519 .520 3.2 3.9 .802 1.3 5.9 7.2 2.5 2.3 0.8 1.5 2.0 16.5
2 Tim Duncan 38 77 77 28.9 5.4 10.6 .512 0.0 0.1 .286 5.4 10.5 .514 .513 3.0 4.0 .740 2.2 6.9 9.1 3.0 0.8 2.0 1.7 2.1 13.9
3 Tony Parker 32 68 68 28.7 5.9 12.2 .486 0.6 1.3 .427 5.4 10.9 .493 .508 1.9 2.4 .783 0.2 1.7 1.9 4.9 0.6 0.0 2.1 1.6 14.4
4 Danny Green 27 81 80 28.5 4.0 9.1 .436 2.4 5.6 .418 1.6 3.5 .466 .566 1.4 1.6 .874 0.7 3.6 4.2 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 2.0 11.7
5 Boris Diaw 32 81 15 24.5 3.6 7.8 .460 0.7 2.1 .320 2.9 5.7 .512 .503 0.9 1.1 .774 1.0 3.3 4.3 2.9 0.4 0.3 1.6 1.8 8.7
6 Manu Ginobili 37 70 0 22.7 3.6 8.4 .426 1.3 3.7 .345 2.3 4.7 .489 .502 2.1 2.9 .721 0.4 2.6 3.0 4.2 1.0 0.3 2.2 2.0 10.5
7 Marco Belinelli 28 62 9 22.4 3.2 7.6 .423 1.4 3.7 .374 1.8 3.9 .471 .515 1.4 1.6 .848 0.4 2.1 2.5 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.4 9.2
8 Tiago Splitter 30 52 35 19.8 3.3 5.8 .558 0.0 0.0 3.3 5.8 .558 .558 1.7 2.3 .750 1.8 3.1 4.8 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.2 2.0 8.2
Team Ball, share the wealth ball, is the way to go.
CrushAlot wrote:
Yeah - it was a garbage game the entire game.
Afflalo did come in ready to play and then it was obvious that nobody was defending or even getting back on D.
I really like AA -- hope he has a solid year for us. Just be solid AA -- bring us solid shooting %, defense and leadership every night.
We haven't had a SG we can rely on night-night for what seems like ages -- almost as long as we haven't had a PG we can rely on.
ChuckBuck wrote:I think peak Afflalo can give us 13 pts/game, 3 reb, 3 ast on 45% shooting and 38% from downtown with solid D.That would be the best case scenario for the Knicks this season, and gunning for that 8th seed.
13 isn't peak by any means -- those stats would be expected --- peak would be getting up into the 17/18 range with maybe 4 reb and 4 assists -- maybe slightly worse %.
LivingLegend wrote:ChuckBuck wrote:I think peak Afflalo can give us 13 pts/game, 3 reb, 3 ast on 45% shooting and 38% from downtown with solid D.That would be the best case scenario for the Knicks this season, and gunning for that 8th seed.
13 isn't peak by any means -- those stats would be expected --- peak would be getting up into the 17/18 range with maybe 4 reb and 4 assists -- maybe slightly worse %.
That was on a young, bad Orlando team.
13-14 pts for Afflalo on this team with a peak Melo getting around 18 shots up would be good enough. Need to afford everyone else touches and shot attempts.
