FA signings. Is this more than just a blip by Lopez, Afflalo, and Williams? I saw this and thought I would bring it over here.
http://knickerblogger.net/knicks-morning...
All three of the Knicks’ free agent signings got off to horrendous starts this year, and all are playing much better recently. Look at where Afflalo, Lopez and Williams were sitting in terms of TS% on November 28, the day before the Rockets game:TS% on November 28:
Afflalo .471
Lopez .487
Williams .503
TS% since:
Afflalo .592
Lopez .598
Williams .585
Wait, I thought the Triangle made everyone worse????
DWill is posting by far the best WS48 of his entire career at .157
http://www.basketball-reference.com/play...
The Triangle takes a while to learn, most guys on this team have never played together. It makes sense that they'd improve as the season goes along. But those guys have all been great lately.
That's pretty impressive to see the progress. I really like how much more confident they have looked the last 3 games. They really believe they're a good team and they have a little swagger developing.
crzymdups wrote:Wait, I thought the Triangle made everyone worse????
The Triangle looks horrible and not worth it when it's not run right.
When players begin to grasp it, it only gets better with time.
NY has a foundation now. They should stick with it. In 1-2 years they'll have added some players via free agency and KP will be in his peak/early part of his prime.
Many think the Knicks have been running this offense for 2 years, when in reality, it's a brand new team this year. Lopez, Afflalo, Calderon, Melo and KP all began playing together only this season. It took them a long time to even get the feel for it. They've got it now, but I wouldn't still call them experts. It takes a whole season together and then usually the 2nd season you really get a good expertise on it. To many that may not seem worth all the fuss, but I look at the positives of the offense with time it only gets better. If you're truly in it for the long haul, this is a good offense to invest in. The downside is roster turnover. You don't want to make too many changes once you've invested plenty of time in your players to get the offense. You'll likely see that with this team, I think Phil won't make too many changes in the coming 18 months. Maybe 2 guys at most in our top 9 rotation. For good or bad, I think this is what we're rolling with this season and next. Adding a FA or 2 in the summer obviously. Lots of growth has to come from within from players like Porzingis, Thomas, Galloway, Grant, Williams etc. And Melo has to keep getting better as a leader.
