I forgot we do have another playmaker. Kolek is the guy that can takeover the playmaking when Brunson sits. He has to get reps to learn the NBA so he is ready when we need him.
DLeethal wrote:If we lost to a middling team I’d be more concerned but Cleveland is a 55 win team probably and we controlled the game by double digits before Brunson went down and we got flustered and coughed it up.
my take. Lots off good take aways. Some things that need to be fixed. Im good with how it's coming along. We have some really good pieces.
Clean wrote:I forgot we do have another playmaker. Kolek is the guy that can takeover the playmaking when Brunson sits. He has to get reps to learn the NBA so he is ready when we need him.
Kolek has the best vision on the team...Would love to see him get some minutes with Bridges and Hart and run some PNR with Towns. Kolek can get us some easy baskets....but, he's a Rook and at this point Thibs trusts Payne so he will get those minutes.
DLeethal wrote:martin wrote:Just remember: When the Heatles first got together in 2010, it took them like 20 games to figure things out.And this was with 3 HOF players and a HOF coach in the making.
And while not missing important rotation players.
Took Luka and Kyrie awhile too. Knicks are ahead of where I expected them to be in terms of the chemistry department AND the defense looks like it has a chance to still be really good, which I'm pleasantly surprised a little bit about. I see glimpses of last years team in terms of defense/grit/hustle when we are getting after it on defense.
In general I think the Knicks have shown enough flashes of what they can be to keep me positive and not really sweating Ws and Ls right now. Sort of criminal the schedule they have to start out with as a brand new team put together a month ago.
It's almost like watching a rookie, you just look for flashes in the early days. We are seeing them IMO.
Yeah, I agree. Dallas finally got Kyrie and Luca almost 2 years ago? And it took them a year and half to finally trade for the right role players.
Knicks got most of the players before this year and then just added Mikal and KAT. Mitch is TBD.
It's gonna be so much fun to watch it unfold. I am pumped.
fishmike wrote:DLeethal wrote:If we lost to a middling team I’d be more concerned but Cleveland is a 55 win team probably and we controlled the game by double digits before Brunson went down and we got flustered and coughed it up.
my take. Lots off good take aways. Some things that need to be fixed. Im good with how it's coming along. We have some really good pieces.
For me, its not that I am worried about the talent, I am just hoping they are not regressing to an iso offense. Every player change they made SCREAMS 5 out motion offense or 4-1 motion offense.
But, all I am seeing for offensive sets is pick and roll and iso sets. Not a lot of off ball movement other than clear outs.
