Great move by Phil to bring him back. Never been more happy to be wrong.
EnySpree wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:The front office and Fisher showed a lot of love to the dude, and that elevated his confidence for sure. What I LIKE about the dude is his basketball IQ
At this level that's the difference between a bottom of the bench guy and a rotation player. Knowing your name will be called every night makes a difference too.
His defense has been the biggest surprise
knicks1248 wrote:EnySpree wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:The front office and Fisher showed a lot of love to the dude, and that elevated his confidence for sure. What I LIKE about the dude is his basketball IQ
At this level that's the difference between a bottom of the bench guy and a rotation player. Knowing your name will be called every night makes a difference too.
His defense has been the biggest surprise
Really? even in our bad season he showed really nice flashes as a good defender. It was his improvement in his torrid shooting that his been the biggest surprise in my opinion.
Shooting 37% from 3
49% 2pt FG
57% TS
Great stuff really.
TPercy wrote:knicks1248 wrote:EnySpree wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:The front office and Fisher showed a lot of love to the dude, and that elevated his confidence for sure. What I LIKE about the dude is his basketball IQ
At this level that's the difference between a bottom of the bench guy and a rotation player. Knowing your name will be called every night makes a difference too.
His defense has been the biggest surprise
Really? even in our bad season he showed really nice flashes as a good defender. It was his improvement in his torrid shooting that his been the biggest surprise in my opinion.
Shooting 37% from 3
49% 2pt FG
57% TS
Great stuff really.
They talked about him doing a lot of shooting in the off season.
The corner 3 has been a great shot for him.
Always strange how some guys can emerge on a team...seemingly out of nowhere.
yellowboy90 wrote:Lance sis like the watered down version of the watered down version of Shane Battier.
I like his play and I have been saying he need to defend guards more.
poor man's Draymond Green?
martin wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:Lance sis like the watered down version of the watered down version of Shane Battier. I like his play and I have been saying he need to defend guards more.
poor man's Draymond Green?
I don't know about that. Dray is a superstar. That dude can run an offense, anchors the defense and is a hell of a scorer. He is what Barkley ever wanted to be:)))). He has what Barkley has ever gotten; the ring.
martin wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:Lance sis like the watered down version of the watered down version of Shane Battier. I like his play and I have been saying he need to defend guards more.
poor man's Draymond Green?
not at all. Dray is a Point PF / Point Center who is the teams primary facilitator (which is insane). LT does not facilitate at all at this point, he just looks to capitalize on his shots when he has the opportunities and plays feisty defense.
LT is a heady SF who is developing a 3 point shot. Battier lite I thought was a great comp.
Knicks1969 wrote:That dude has been balling all season long. He has been a pleasant surprise scoring the ball, but his defense has been suffocating. He is a lot more athletic the he is giving credit in the last; and I am happy he is a Knicks
+1
OldFan wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:That dude has been balling all season long. He has been a pleasant surprise scoring the ball, but his defense has been suffocating. He is a lot more athletic the he is giving credit in the last; and I am happy he is a Knicks
+1
+2
Knicks1969 wrote:That dude has been balling all season long. He has been a pleasant surprise scoring the ball, but his defense has been suffocating. He is a lot more athletic the he is giving credit in the last; and I am happy he is a Knicks
Yep. I didnt understand Phil giving him that token raise but his deal is now a steall. His character, effort and D has always been there but now he has a fluid J that he is confident in and he has become a very good and versatile rotation player
WaltLongmire wrote:TPercy wrote:knicks1248 wrote:EnySpree wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:The front office and Fisher showed a lot of love to the dude, and that elevated his confidence for sure. What I LIKE about the dude is his basketball IQ
At this level that's the difference between a bottom of the bench guy and a rotation player. Knowing your name will be called every night makes a difference too.
His defense has been the biggest surprise
Really? even in our bad season he showed really nice flashes as a good defender. It was his improvement in his torrid shooting that his been the biggest surprise in my opinion.
Shooting 37% from 3
49% 2pt FG
57% TS
Great stuff really.
They talked about him doing a lot of shooting in the off season.The corner 3 has been a great shot for him.
Always strange how some guys can emerge on a team...seemingly out of nowhere.
Agreed.
Even though with his work ethic he was going to get better, Fisher and Phil deserve mad credit for giving this guy all their confidence rather than going with mainstream targets like Thanasis or Ndour. I could never have predicted that in a million years.
I admit I was dead wrong about the guy ... he has provided energy whenever he has entered the game
If giving the time and the same attention, maybe Williams can turn out to have the same success. From the games I have watched, I see this dude Defending as well. He might have to improve his rebounds, but the dude is athletic enough to be a special player if the front office can find ways to get him minutes. He is a speedster, I would use this dude to replace RoLo and Gallo for Calderon.
I'm not totally sold on replacing someone for DWill, but I do agree that he can develop similar in the way LT was developed. He should be getting consistent minutes more often. I really believe this guy can turn into something really good for us.
Eh, wish we had N'Dour
helloharv wrote:I admit I was dead wrong about the guy ... he has provided energy whenever he has entered the game
I don't even think anyone was even wrong about him. I just think he worked on his game and improved that much.
