Here comes my broken record.....My new favorite Knick......Lance Thomas
thomas makes an improbable shot, but he's made that shot before. strange
smart sub, fish putting in lance early
knickscity wrote:crzymdups wrote:knickscity wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:Question: why is Aflalo defending Butler who is 6'8"???
To protect melo's alleged great defense.
Butler is the Bulls SG. It's not like he's their SF and Melo isn't playing him.
Bulls arent really running a conventional lineup. they dont have an actual pg or sf in the starting lineup/
Kirk Hinrich is a PG. Mirotic is a SF. Butler is a SG.
LT's hustle back on D led to that turnover and score
knicks1248 wrote:smart sub, fish putting in lance early
I think thats going to be one of the major changes......I'm not seeing Phil adding anybody from the outside as a starter.
Replacing Aflalo with Lance was the right idea
crzymdups wrote:knickscity wrote:crzymdups wrote:knickscity wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:Question: why is Aflalo defending Butler who is 6'8"???
To protect melo's alleged great defense.
Butler is the Bulls SG. It's not like he's their SF and Melo isn't playing him.
Bulls arent really running a conventional lineup. they dont have an actual pg or sf in the starting lineup/
Kirk Hinrich is a PG. Mirotic is a SF. Butler is a SG.
Hinrich really is a sg, mirotic is a pf.
blkexec wrote:crzymdups wrote:crzymdups wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:Question: why is Aflalo defending Butler who is 6'8"???
He's too quick for Melo (and most nba SF) - Lance is their best matchup on him.
Lance in for AA again after the timeout.
Thats going to be a common theme.....Just my guess, based on AA's slow start lately and flat jumpshot. I think his legs are starting to show their age.
I'm not sure what's up with AA - he's not that old, he's barely 30. He looks off the past few weeks though. He was starting to really come on for a few weeks before that. It may just be that teams see what his spots are and they push him off those spots. He's great when he's in a very select few spots. You get him off those spots and he's below average on offense.
And Butler is just too much for him to defend.
was that.... a fast break point??
As I said at halftime - Thomas with the starters is a good idea. Doubt we'll see a change next game, but this is clear evidence.
Down to 2, lets go Knicks !
knickscity wrote:crzymdups wrote:knickscity wrote:crzymdups wrote:knickscity wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:Question: why is Aflalo defending Butler who is 6'8"???
To protect melo's alleged great defense.
Butler is the Bulls SG. It's not like he's their SF and Melo isn't playing him.
Bulls arent really running a conventional lineup. they dont have an actual pg or sf in the starting lineup/
Kirk Hinrich is a PG. Mirotic is a SF. Butler is a SG.
Hinrich really is a sg, mirotic is a pf.
Hinrich has been a PG literally his entire career as a professional basketball player.
TPercy wrote:was that.... a fast break point??
Actually, it was two of them. Glad I'm DVRing this game otherwise no one would believe me.
blkexec wrote:crzymdups wrote:crzymdups wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:Question: why is Aflalo defending Butler who is 6'8"???
He's too quick for Melo (and most nba SF) - Lance is their best matchup on him.
Lance in for AA again after the timeout.
Thats going to be a common theme.....Just my guess, based on AA's slow start lately and flat jumpshot. I think his legs are starting to show their age.
I'd rather see Lance in there unless Afflalo can start playing like he did early in the season and i'm not so sure i'd say his legs are that tired just 33 games into the season and he didn't even play the first 2/3 weeks. Lance brings a whole nother level when he's out there though.
newyorker4ever wrote:blkexec wrote:crzymdups wrote:crzymdups wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:Question: why is Aflalo defending Butler who is 6'8"???
He's too quick for Melo (and most nba SF) - Lance is their best matchup on him.
Lance in for AA again after the timeout.
Thats going to be a common theme.....Just my guess, based on AA's slow start lately and flat jumpshot. I think his legs are starting to show their age.
I'd rather see Lance in there unless Afflalo can start playing like he did early in the season and i'm not so sure i'd say his legs are that tired just 33 games into the season and he didn't even play the first 2/3 weeks. Lance brings a whole nother level when he's out there though.
It really depends on the matchup, I think.
WP76 wrote:TPercy wrote:was that.... a fast break point??
Actually, it was two of them. Glad I'm DVRing this game otherwise no one would believe me.
Nice fight from the boys tonight
Bring in Grant for Calderon. Lol
crzymdups wrote:knickscity wrote:crzymdups wrote:knickscity wrote:crzymdups wrote:knickscity wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:Question: why is Aflalo defending Butler who is 6'8"???
To protect melo's alleged great defense.
Butler is the Bulls SG. It's not like he's their SF and Melo isn't playing him.
Bulls arent really running a conventional lineup. they dont have an actual pg or sf in the starting lineup/
Kirk Hinrich is a PG. Mirotic is a SF. Butler is a SG.
Hinrich really is a sg, mirotic is a pf.
Hinrich has been a PG literally his entire career as a professional basketball player.
He actually hasnt. His first time with chi he was a point after that he's been a two.
as long as calderon is aggressive on the offensive end, we can win this
