Comments on: 2009 Game Thread: NYK @ CHA

By: Quick

Quick — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:13:03 +0000

I can’t wait until the Knicks make some kind of trade for a useful pg or wing player with shooting skills. I’d even take an offensively challenged guy who protects the rim. Lee is just a sucker defensively. I mean would it hurt to “attempt” to block a shot. People go at him like he’s a bitch or something. Damn!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:59:10 +0000

furthermore, after the knicks package jeffries and nate in a trade, you will begin to see Hill and Douglas. they will get their time and come on later in the season. we still have 58 games to go…

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:55:32 +0000

also, we were up by 8 going into the final period, so I think the rotation had been doing decently well. we were even up by 6 with 3 minutes again. i don’t think it was a rotation issue as much as it was we just choked at the end of the game. maybe we could have thrown nate in at the end, but that makes little sense (would have been rusty) and we didn’t need him earlier. i kind of do want to see a little more douglas though.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:47:33 +0000

Darko won’t be here next year. His contract expires.

By: irvin

irvin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:59:14 +0000

Jon Abbey wrote:

“really makes you wonder why Nate or at least Douglas didn’t get a chance.”

Not to mention the fact that not playing the rookies this year effectively puts the Knicks in the position of starting the 2010/2011 season from zero.

Everybody praises the “wonderful” (only when compared to the 1-9 start) results of D’Antoni’s 7-man rotation. But this is coming with a very heavy price tag: the current nucleus will not be there for next season and we have to start all over gain. Lee, Hughes, Nate, Harrington and even Jeffries might be gone by next year and then…it’s back to square one with an alienated Darko, a useless Curry and a bunch of rookies who never got the chance to develop their skills.

How come D’Antoni is so quick to bench Gallo and others (Darko, Nate, the rookies) but will stick with Duhon and Hughes for incredibly long periods of strikingly bad play? Isn’t that a recipe for losing the team chemistry and losing the respect of players?

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:56:04 +0000

“Again they lost tonight because they scored 87 pts and got nothing offensively from Harrington, Gallo and Hughes.”

really makes you wonder why Nate or at least Douglas didn’t get a chance.

By: BigBlueAL

BigBlueAL — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:12:22 +0000

Irvin – Gallo and Chandler are just as good at blocking shots as Jeffries (all 3 average just below 1 block per game) and they each had 2 blocks tonight. The Bobcats are no longer a terrible team and actually now have a very good starting 5 (not much of a bench but that does have alot to do with LB going with a short rotation).

These Knicks defensively will never be confused with the Riley/VG Knicks teams but you have to admit they have been playing pretty good D recently and the zone they use is actually very effective. Again they lost tonight because they scored 87 pts and got nothing offensively from Harrington, Gallo and Hughes. Earlier in this season they wouldve lost tonight by 20 but with the way they have been playing D lately they nearly almost won tonight on the road w/o scoring 90 pts.

By: greatscott

greatscott — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:09:23 +0000

“But I can’t help but walk away from this game thinking one thing: moral victory. Jeffries’ value is skyrocketing.” – Hahn

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:30:01 +0000

The Knicks are extracting value from Jeffries!
The Knicks are extracting value from Jeffries!

Donnie, please work the phones. If they can unload him, it would be a miracle start to the season.

By: irvin

irvin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:23:19 +0000

bigBlueAl wrote:

“Really?? They were sloppy, but no-defense???? What game were you watching?? ”

I was watching the game where the only guy playing REAL defense against a terrible team was Jeffries (For FAKE defense, pay attention to what Lee and Gallo do when guys are driving to the basket).

David Lee, Gallinary, Harrington & Chandler, even Duhon, were NOT paragons of defense tonight. It’s just that their terrible performance today was masked by the worse play of the Bobcats (22 turnovers, poor shooting, no penetration, hesitation when open for shooting, etc.) combined with Jeffries’ spectacular game.