No panic button just yet, but this is embarrassing.
Those were bad shots by many tonight. Either forced, or the O isn't set for the rebound. And they still don't get back on D, a pathetic effort tonight for most.
VDesai wrote:Bad shot by Brunson
This team is far from an eastern contender. No effort at all
Hello darkness my old friend
Back to back games in which we get absolutely shredded in the last minute. Inexcusable lack of poise not to mention turnovers, and weak rebounding cost us this one.
Still early season with a new team at the end of a roadtrip
But red flags are rearing their heads. We are soft. Brunson has not been good enough either.
I take solace in the fact that we dont even have 50 pct of what Brunson was last year. When he rounds back into form, it will get wayyyy better.
To give up these 10 pt runs in the last 3 or 4 mins in consecutive games is troubling
I expect better defense and more toughness from our guys. A lack of both has cost us a pair of road games. Clyde said, "the Hawks wanted it more" and he's right. That, alone, is nothing short absolutely embarrassing.
The only reason this game was even this close is that Hawks are young and dumb. And they still had more poise than this veteran Knicks squad.
A winnable game, lack of board work killed us. Gotta get more size.
- Brunson bad tonight - continuing to hunt his own shots. 4 assists and 3 TO's but many hopeless possessions.
- Hart out of control - destroyed by French rookie
- Mikal invisible
- Sims invisible
- Towns I thought was great BUT with less than attractive D
- Deuce nice shooting but lost 2 balls just carelessly
- Hawks young wings were LONG and tough on D --- TBH they were more impressive than Mikal/OG. Mikal getting beat all over.
Offense moved well without Brunson on the floor - it's bogging down when he's on (clunky, clogged). Kolek with 2 nice buckets but beat back-door and yanked immediately -- meanwhile everyone else on floor beat all night.
Far too sloppy on D, we seem small on the boards even with Kat grabbing 16 boards --- I don't like the Hart fit with starting group (too sloppy) and if you start running Hart out their for 35/40 every night I think there are declining returns
Frustrating loss but we'll learn from this.
The learning should have been from the last game where they could never build a real lead, this game they went up 5 late. They were in the driver's seat and folded, again. Now we have the Bucks, Pacers, & 76ers next.
SergioNYK wrote:Frustrating loss but we'll learn from this.
SergioNYK wrote:Frustrating loss but we'll learn from this.
I thought that two days ago but maybe we're slow learners. No excuse for a pair of lackluster performances and complete gutlessness down the stretch.
We really let this dude get 33 because we give up constant wide open shots. Not just 33 he shot 60% on 3's while shooting 10!
Yall still think Thibs won't be playing Mitch next to KAT?
Papabear Says
We forgot that with us trying to get better other teams were getting better also.
Had a rough day and fell asleep during the first quarter. One thing I noticed from the box score. Three players had more assists than Brunson, including a bench player, Deuce. Who more than doubled him up. As I’ve pointed out before, Brunson was doing the same thing to start last season. I’m hoping the coaching staff reminds him that even with the depleted bench, it isn’t necessary.
One play before I dozed off, Brunson was on the wing, closely defended. He looked at KAT, whose man was worried about him taking it to the rim, and gave him some room. Instead of passing, JB forced up a bad shot, bricked it.
Brunson is saying the right things after the game is over, but on the court at times it looks like a scoring competition with his own teammates. Hope that changes soon, because we won’t get anywhere with JB playing this way. We need a floor general, not just a scoring PG.
Troubling result. It’s still early, but these are the efforts that lower your expectations as a fan.
-Brunson hasn’t adapted to his new team. With the weapons he has now, he should be looking to pass so much more than ever, yet the constant forced shots like it’s either him or nothing are really not cutting it.
-Mikal worries me. The potential is there on both ends, but it’s been inconsistent so far and he still seems to not have a clear role on offense. Tonight was bad.
-Defense has been bad. At first you put it on how early it is, but the last two games has been embarrassing. A lot seems to be on effort and that really infuriates me. Sims has been a huge disappointment too. Thibs needs to use players according to how they might impact the game and not their experience because right now Huk projects to do better for us on defense than lost Sims can.
-KAT is better than advertised, but this team, especially the “wingstop” needs to actually help. He is working on defense, but he isn’t obviously a Mitch. Many are expecting the pairing, but I’m sensing we might get more KAT-Precious pairings. I think that PF right now is a problem, but don’t think that sliding KAT there solves it.
The game against the Rockets was alarming to me, but this one is straight up unacceptable coming of a loss as a “contending team”. So far, we are exhibiting the same lack of focus, effort and want that lesser versions of us have. But this team has so many weapons that a game like this is very disappointing.
And let me just add: you play like this against a sorry-a$$ player like Trae? You should always come to down this clown, yet they always let him talk his crap. This was really infuriating. Talking about the Celtics and contending? Nah, this team is very far away from that right now.
I think they are personally invested in Sims. They thought they would have to rely on him so they put in a lot of work to prepare him in the offseason. They will give him every chance to figure it out before they give Huk consistant minutes. I am just glad we got a decent player out of our late 2nd in Huk who will eventually takeover.
