Pathetic defense.
Really bad.
I just can't understand why their effort is so bad on defense.
We need some changes. It starts with Melo. So long as Melo approaches the game how he does, which is offense first slow on defense the rest of the team will follow.
We may still pull this one out because Orlando is in a back to back and may cool off.
nixluva wrote:Cartman718 wrote:nixluva wrote:Cartman718 wrote:Lance Thomas is a bum. Why is he getting all these mins?
I'm hoping Kuz gets more minutes but he's gotta watch the bad fouls!
Bad fouls? Oh I'm sorry are the rest of the Knicks playing any better D? They have 67 points and a total of 2 TOs
I'm saying he got taken out cuz of fouls. He needs to watch the touch fouls so he can stay on the floor.
And I'm saying what he lacks in D, like the rest of the Knicks did...he makes up for it with his offense. What exactly is LT doing on the floor?
I don't know how many games we need to see of the same poor effort from Melo/Rose before we realize that we need changes to the starting 5.
How big a hole does Hornachek want to dig before he makes some changes.
Apparently large enough for him to go to Phil and say...hey I put Rambis in charge of D
Cartman718 wrote:nixluva wrote:Cartman718 wrote:nixluva wrote:Cartman718 wrote:Lance Thomas is a bum. Why is he getting all these mins?
I'm hoping Kuz gets more minutes but he's gotta watch the bad fouls!
Bad fouls? Oh I'm sorry are the rest of the Knicks playing any better D? They have 67 points and a total of 2 TOs
I'm saying he got taken out cuz of fouls. He needs to watch the touch fouls so he can stay on the floor.
And I'm saying what he lacks in D, like the rest of the Knicks did...he makes up for it with his offense. What exactly is LT doing on the floor?
I'm not arguing with you! Just pointing out that Kuz came out after his 3rd foul.
There's only one way to solve the slow rotations and awareness. You move players up a spot so they don't have a speed disadvantage. Lee goes to 3. Rose to 2. Melo to 4. Jennings comes in at 1. Now they have speed for the kind of offense and tempo they are trying to play.
This team will be no better than mediocre without playing any semblance of consistent defense.
nyknickzingis wrote:There's only one way to solve the slow rotations and awareness. You move players up a spot so they don't have a speed disadvantage. Lee goes to 3. Rose to 2. Melo to 4. Jennings comes in at 1. Now they have speed for the kind of offense and tempo they are trying to play.
Exactly what Pelicans did and it's paying dividends. Though Melo may not want to play the 4
And since Noah doesn't for all his effort make enough of an impact overall for our defense I simply play OQuinn who is the better player on offense.
We need to play more pressure defense, not worried about being blown by. Right now 3 point shooting is more troubling than giving up layups. Play hard man up defence and do not let your man get easy open jumpshots.
Look at Rose he can drive at will but teams don't worry. Right now the league is all about 3 point shooting and point guards going off. Contain the 3 point shooters and worry less abou layups. Trust your defensive anchors more.
Not a good start to the 3rd with a Gordon jumper.
Hey a wide open three for Meeks.
This team is a bad defensive team when KP plays. KP is one of the leading rim protectors in the league. They are an atrocious defensive team without KP.
Cartman718 wrote:And another
Yeah that didn't last long 
geez efense is horrible , i thought it was rambis' calling card
We had 3 great stops in a row then went back to playing no D
dacash wrote:geez efense is horrible , i thought it was rambis' calling card
It's not ez tryin' to implement the Triangle Defense
