Knicks · Jalen Brunson has overall been great (page 1)

BRIGGS wrote:But last two games he’s really been bothered by length. He also looks a tad tired. I wonder if teams are going to continue to crowd him w 6-4/6-5 guys

Like any time a great player has had a tough stretch of games, he will adjust.

BRIGGS wrote:But last two games he’s really been bothered by length. He also looks a tad tired. I wonder if teams are going to continue to crowd him w 6-4/6-5 guys

Said that in other threads. Takes away his game close to the basket. ALSO has trouble when he is defensed the length of the court.

Problem is not that he has an off game, problem is that he continues to force his offense when he does. No reason he should have taken 15 shots last night. Especially when RJ and Randle had it going. PGs have to read the floor better and feed the hot hands. He was not one of them last night.
Also, He has been a terrific free throw shooter but he choked last night. Probably due to bad night he was having. Know he will bounce back.

HofstraBBall wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:But last two games hes really been bothered by length. He also looks a tad tired. I wonder if teams are going to continue to crowd him w 6-4/6-5 guys

Said that in other threads. Takes away his game close to the basket. ALSO has trouble when he is defensed the length of the court.

Problem is not that he has an off game, problem is that he continues to force his offense when he does. No reason he should have taken 15 shots last night. Especially when RJ and Randle had it going. PGs have to read the floor better and feed the hot hands. He was not one of them last night.
Also, He has been a terrific free throw shooter but he choked last night. Probably due to bad night he was having. Know he will bounce back.

Agree. I think in general he has to do better as a floor general and finding the open man.

Panos wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:But last two games hes really been bothered by length. He also looks a tad tired. I wonder if teams are going to continue to crowd him w 6-4/6-5 guys

Said that in other threads. Takes away his game close to the basket. ALSO has trouble when he is defensed the length of the court.

Problem is not that he has an off game, problem is that he continues to force his offense when he does. No reason he should have taken 15 shots last night. Especially when RJ and Randle had it going. PGs have to read the floor better and feed the hot hands. He was not one of them last night.
Also, He has been a terrific free throw shooter but he choked last night. Probably due to bad night he was having. Know he will bounce back.

Agree. I think in general he has to do better as a floor general and finding the open man.

Basically if I summarize your post Panos, your saying he has to be a better PG? Correct

Also if he laces up and he’s on the floor, he’s healthy enough to help us win games, so I can can’t l blame his performance on injuries. He’s no rookie and he signed a major contract. My guess is if he was hurt enough where he will hurt our chances of winning, he would sit.

Would it be terrible to sit him a game? Give him a 3-5 day stretch off?

franco12 wrote:I think he is gassed. Thibs needs to try to manage better?

Would it be terrible to sit him a game? Give him a 3-5 day stretch off?

Don’t sit him but play Rose once in a while

Philc1 wrote:

franco12 wrote:I think he is gassed. Thibs needs to try to manage better?

Would it be terrible to sit him a game? Give him a 3-5 day stretch off?

Don’t sit him but play Rose once in a while

But that goes against Thibs magical 9 man rotation. What’s next? Put cam and EF back in the rotation? 🤣

He’s an all star and his contract is very reasonable typical NBA guy job.

Classic run the players into a the ground coaching. It’s ok to stager some minutes. Have to keep the players fresh and it’s ok to use guys like you use Deuce.

blkexec wrote:

Panos wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:But last two games hes really been bothered by length. He also looks a tad tired. I wonder if teams are going to continue to crowd him w 6-4/6-5 guys

Said that in other threads. Takes away his game close to the basket. ALSO has trouble when he is defensed the length of the court.

Problem is not that he has an off game, problem is that he continues to force his offense when he does. No reason he should have taken 15 shots last night. Especially when RJ and Randle had it going. PGs have to read the floor better and feed the hot hands. He was not one of them last night.
Also, He has been a terrific free throw shooter but he choked last night. Probably due to bad night he was having. Know he will bounce back.

Agree. I think in general he has to do better as a floor general and finding the open man.

Basically if I summarize your post Panos, your saying he has to be a better PG? Correct

Also if he laces up and he;s on the floor, he;s healthy enough to help us win games, so I can can;t l blame his performance on injuries. Hess no rookie and he signed a major contract. My guess is if he was hurt enough where he will hurt our chances of winning, he would sit.

Sure, you can say that. Basically I'd love to see him making some smarter passes instead of being in scoring mode most of the time. But I'm a little old school that way. I feel most of his passes are more of the vanilla variety, where the recipient still needs to work for his basket instead of being set up to score.

Philc1 wrote:

franco12 wrote:I think he is gassed. Thibs needs to try to manage better?

Would it be terrible to sit him a game? Give him a 3-5 day stretch off?

Don’t sit him but play Rose once in a while

You guys have noticed that when DRose has been given a chance over past few games he has looked not so good even though he is well rested?

Knicks need to play IQ more.

Panos wrote:

blkexec wrote:

Panos wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:But last two games hes really been bothered by length. He also looks a tad tired. I wonder if teams are going to continue to crowd him w 6-4/6-5 guys

Said that in other threads. Takes away his game close to the basket. ALSO has trouble when he is defensed the length of the court.

Problem is not that he has an off game, problem is that he continues to force his offense when he does. No reason he should have taken 15 shots last night. Especially when RJ and Randle had it going. PGs have to read the floor better and feed the hot hands. He was not one of them last night.
Also, He has been a terrific free throw shooter but he choked last night. Probably due to bad night he was having. Know he will bounce back.

Agree. I think in general he has to do better as a floor general and finding the open man.

Basically if I summarize your post Panos, your saying he has to be a better PG? Correct

Also if he laces up and he;s on the floor, he;s healthy enough to help us win games, so I can can;t l blame his performance on injuries. Hess no rookie and he signed a major contract. My guess is if he was hurt enough where he will hurt our chances of winning, he would sit.

Sure, you can say that. Basically I'd love to see him making some smarter passes instead of being in scoring mode most of the time. But I'm a little old school that way. I feel most of his passes are more of the vanilla variety, where the recipient still needs to work for his basket instead of being set up to score.

Here are his 9 assists from yesterday. Maybe the one to Quickly is impressive. The rest are garden variety passes someone behind the 3 PT line once he meets a double team. No court vision necessary. No hitting of cutters.

https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&a...

martin wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

franco12 wrote:I think he is gassed. Thibs needs to try to manage better?

Would it be terrible to sit him a game? Give him a 3-5 day stretch off?

Don’t sit him but play Rose once in a while

You guys have noticed that when DRose has been given a chance over past few games he has looked not so good even though he is well rested?

Knicks need to play IQ more.

I’m with you. Rose hasn’t looked very good. I love his presence, but he seems a bit off on the court.

EwingsGlass wrote:

martin wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

franco12 wrote:I think he is gassed. Thibs needs to try to manage better?

Would it be terrible to sit him a game? Give him a 3-5 day stretch off?

Don’t sit him but play Rose once in a while

You guys have noticed that when DRose has been given a chance over past few games he has looked not so good even though he is well rested?

Knicks need to play IQ more.

I’m with you. Rose hasn’t looked very good. I love his presence, but he seems a bit off on the court.

Is he finished? Still recovering? Trying to find a rhythm?

martin wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

franco12 wrote:I think he is gassed. Thibs needs to try to manage better?

Would it be terrible to sit him a game? Give him a 3-5 day stretch off?

Don;t sit him but play Rose once in a while

You guys have noticed that when DRose has been given a chance over past few games he has looked not so good even though he is well rested?

Knicks need to play IQ more.

Time to bring Rokas?

The big problem was those two Knicks losses was the end games of playing 4 games in 6 days (Hard)
Bruson played 39 minutes vs Raptors, and 38 minutes vs Bulls.
Brunson did not try to speed up the temple or take charge of the tempo in either game, I guess the 8 game win streak took a lot out of Brunson .. And our coach ....

Like 6’5