Your in game thoughts here. Home win would be nice.
I just found out that Wilson Chandler will be inserted into the starting line-up and will play power forward next to Amare Stoudemire. Mozgov hits the bench. I wondered how long D’Antoni would start the rookie at center. Now we know: Seven games. Oh well, I don’t think we will see a big change in defense, but Chandler may help the rebounding. The only consequence may be to the bench scoring. Through the first five games New York’s bench was arguably one of the best reserve units. Very interesting.
Firsties!
Why do we keep coming back for more?
Wilson in the starting line-up. I’m not sure of how I feel about this.
Hey massive, how did you manage to set up an avatar, I don’t see that option on my member page?
Sup Dogs!
Last Night that would have been a charge, guess it’s time for home cookin…
Nice cut by Fields
Gallo and WC driving?
Hitting 3s?
Passing?
What the hell is going on?
this game could be fool’s gold. It will be a shootout, and whoever is hotter is going to win. I won’t feel much better from a win unless it’s a true blowout.
geez are my comments slow to post. So far a lot more movement.
so is Mozgov out of the rotation now?
Beggars can’t be choosers.
I’ll take a win.
For a while during the summer, there was something along the bottom of the web page stating that you had to set up an account with gravatar.com, and then take it from there. Can’t remember how exactly I did it, but I think there’s something on the website (gravatar.com) that explains it to you.
you want a blowout.? do they give extra wins for those because all i want is a win.
Probably not. Just probably started with small lineup for match ups.
Sure we’ll see Mosgov tonight/
Classy tribute to Lee — when I look back on the Knicks’ lost decade, his play will be the only fond memory.
Can I say how much I personally am in love w/Landry Fields?
Apparently Clyde is out of the rotation tonite also
Less Moz and more Gallo/Fields/Chandler/Turiaf would be OK by me. In my amateur opinion, he doesn’t look super ready thus far.
Looks like Gallo is awake tonight, which is nice. Think these two teams are gonna score some points? Should be a fun game to watch.
And here comes Mozgov. :)
…not that there is anything wrong with that..
Yeah, Gravatar.com for avatars.
Oh David Lee. Why can’t I quit you…
Gallo is pretty good at getting others involved.
RANDOLPH VS. LEE
lots of travels this year
i think our defense is pretty over-rated
Not having Turiaf hurts.
I think the Knicks are passing too much on open looks.
A big game from AR would be nifty tonight. But DLee’s out for blood. You can smell it
whore
Me or Lee?
I sure do love Landry Fields.
Not as much love for AR.
He’s mine! All mine!
Landry Fields once again. Anthony Randolph looks like he’s coming around now.
Nice pass AR!!
Pretty good period, all said and done. Fast paced game.
Good close out to the quarter.
Hey, I’ve been sticking up for Landry Fields since draft night!!
Randolph really looks like a non-blue “Avatar” person
Fine. You can have him on weekdays. I get alternate weekends…fair?
By the by, to downgrade my horn tooting, I never thought he’d be this good when I stuck up for him then. I just thought he was a good second round pick and I was irked that people (*cough*Chad Ford*cough*) acted like he wasn’t.
AR seems like a guy that needs to get a “flow” going. Maybe the Turiaf injury is just what he needs to get going.
My original sentiment this season was that we should start with Gallo, AR and Stat in the starting lineup. I still think we should try it eventually.
LOL his face even looks a little bit cat-like.
Agreed.
That said, I must give my apologies to Howard Beck. His Chandler as power forward meme worked!
Lee has way better hands than STAT in traffic.
Done!
STAT hits, but one of the worst stab steps I have seen
Could this please be Amar’e’s “statement” game?
As long as the statement isn’t, “I miss Steve Nash!”
Can Dolan just buy the rims from the United Center? The Garden ones don’t seem to work properly.
The knicks are getting rubbed in the face right now. Torre
that from my son
i hope so. if he cant score against lee and rodmonivich (sp?) than i’ve lost all hope for this team
The Knicks appear to have the weakest hands in the NBA
That was awesomely embarrassing.
is their a fate worst then being a knicks fan
Boo.
God, Amare’s iso’s are fugly – even when he makes it.
Looks like Tripucka just realized that the “Stand around and watch Amar’e offense” is a problem
So odd. The stats say Amar’e’s having a good half. but to watch it? blech
IL GALLO!
21-foot jumpers are never a good idea, even if they go in.
Too bad, Gallo’s having a nice half
Just like WC 3s are no good, regardless of the outcome.
Horrible pass from WC. Dumb foul from the love interest of at least two of the bloggers here.
I’m really starting to dislike Chandler. He’s like the anti-Fields.
I like that STAT is getting to the line, but the offense really isn’t flowing. Where are the pick-and-rolls? Isn’t Amar’e supposed to be “the best dive man in the NBA?” or something?
The bromance is over….
STAT’s ball handling is just horrible.
When is Chris Duhon appreciation night?
Scheduled for Leap Day
Someone say something to keep me from killing myself please!
Not being literal of course
Knick fan? Call the Samaritans.
I wish Eddy was in action tonight. I want to see, once and for all, which Curry is better, theirs or ours…
Anybody else have a hard time differentiating between Gallo and Fields in the standard long-shot on television? I wish one of them would wear a two digit number. (Either that or I should just go up stairs and find my glasses).
I actually figured out a way to differentiate just fine. I just assume it is Fields and 95% of the time I’m right.
I thought it was my dumb internet setup. But I think one of the commentators mistook the two as well.
just got in…
anything interesting?
Lee Being Lee. Fields being Fields. Too many turnovers (I’m talking to you, Stat)
We all heard Curry could shoot it, but did anyone know he was such a good finisher at the basket?
I think Amar’e only has 2 fingers on each hand. He can’t hold onto anything.
Felton is driving me crazy
What the fuck is going on with the one on one again.
The TOs are driving me nuts
I usually hate this comment – but there’s no energy out there
Funny thing about Felton, he was driving to the basket often in the first three games but then he got happy with the deep jumper. I don’t like that. Douglas is doing that too and he has been really careless with the ball.
This is ugly
Hey, it’s just one (more) game.
And a HORRIBLY officiated one at that. Knicks are getting hacked, and not getting calls.
Was that D’Antoni speaking ebonics?
I think I’m changing my fantasy team’s name to “Wilson Chandler’s tooth.”
You have to be crazy to play in the NBA, especially at PF, without a mouthguard.
Felton!
Potential 4 point play!
True dat.
Felton!
remind anyone of another number 2?
Utah is about to roll through Florida with 2 wins over potential Eastern Conference champs.
Who?
Essentially a 6 man rotation out there. Great coaching.
Chandler looks like a hockey player
Damn, Curry just did Hakeem’s patented baseline move…
also, Lee and Amare have identical lines so far:
Lee- 21 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast, 4 stl, 0 blocks
Amare- 20 pts, 9 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 0 blocks
extra 4 mil a year well spent.
Anyone else think Randolph should be out there?
Except Stat has SIX turnovers
Actually, the 3rd quarter would’ve been a good time.
and Lee has four.
Knicks getting a chance to save this one…
WC need some work on his chops anyway
Having some outside shooting is opening the lanes for Amare
And why is WC shooting from the 3 so much.
Curry back door.
Hmmm. Think you might want to defend that?
I like Tony Douglas, but he has TERRIBLE court vision; just no feel whatsoever.
6/25 3’s. Too many 3’s?
OMG
TOs
Wil is the only one making any threes…
Horrible game by Douglas
Three straight possessions w/an utterly unforced turnover. Just a killer
Knicks getting outplayed, but they’re hanging around
I would seriously rather have Vinny Del Friggin’ Negro as coach right now…
I realize, but our good 3 pt shooters are hardly taking any. specifically, Gallo has taken 3 total.
Averages dictate that the better 3pt shooters need to keep pumping them. WC isn’t as good from 3.
Defensively, NY has no clue.
They’re playing harder than some previous Knick teams but I don’t see a coherent defensive philosophy. It’s just guys running around. For instance, on the screen roll are we hedging? Are we doubling the passer to delay the pass to the screener? What are we doing, other than giving up layups?
Bucks destroyed the Hawks in ATL. Glad it wasn’t JUST us.
Dying by the 3. What’s new under the Dantoni sky? The only consolation is that there is “ten new guys” and the season is only 5 losses old. No reason to panic just yet :-)
I’ve been pretty patient with D’Antoni, and he’s clearly not going to get canned after 8 games, but I expect better from this team.
Through the first 6, I felt like this team at least was showing fight every night, but tonight is eerily reminscent of the last two years.
Fields is labeled as being not all that athletic, but he looks awfully quick in the lane and slashing. Looks athletic as hell.
Who has labeled him as that?
Considering how bad they’ve been, I still think the Knicks will win. (If I had Ewing Balls I’d guarantee it)
Looking forward to the disappointment. Did you see the paint?! It was wide open!
I wrote 127 when it was an 8 point game :)
I also didn’t realize Fields’ athleticism, but that follow dunk last night was ridiculous.
Knicks benefiting from FT shooting. Can’t believe it’s 3.
All the way back?
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Agree. stat replaces lee. inefficient WC replaces crazy spin move Al. Gallo and TD are themselves. Turiaf is Barron and/or Jeffries. Felton is 2009 Duhon instead of 2010 Duhon. Doesn’t feel very different at all.
Also, why in the world does Keith Smart have Radman on the floor in crunch time?? (not that I’m complaining mind you)
They are entertaining.
This is a great game.
Wow, nevermind. Let’s take this one!!!
Un-flippin’-real.
Chandler slows down a fast break opportunity by meandering up the court, then bricks a three.
A couple possessions later, he draws a foul to push the Warriors into the penalty with 3 minutes remaining.
Mind games, I tell you–
I know somebody here was complaining the Knicks weren’t getting calls, but the way I saw it, the Knicks were benefiting big time from non-calls during their run late in the 3rd, and this call sending Chandler to the line?? Wow.
(Also, Felton’s 4 point play and then a no-call on Reggie Williams’ 3 on the other end).
Man, I have to say I think Turiaf is getting unnecessarily dissed by a bunch of folks on this board.
He’s playing some of the best D for the Knicks than any center they have had since Ewing. Now, that’s not saying too much, and it’s still early. But there is no reason to be unhappy with his game.
His D has been very good. His rebounding is solid and he is tough.
I never thought he was going to be great, but he has been more than adequate.
Who wants to bet Will misses one here. A thousand bucks says yes
I’d rather have Turiaf over Jeffries by about a million times over.
Wow a lead. When was the last time the Knicks led?
Chandler 26 pts 1 steal 2 blocks and -1 tooth
Yeah but c’mon, Barron was great…
In that play, Stat should just take it to Lee, who is a fine matador
Nevermind. I’m a lousy gambler…
Turiaf? He’s not even playing today.
No offense, Robert
hell yeah
If we win this game, it will prove Ted’s theorem that if the Knicks take at least 25 threes, they will win (or at least almost win.)
OK, great play by Chandler on the 4 on 1 and then WHERE WERE THE OTHER KNICKS??
That was piss poor. Four KNicks give up on the play and Chandler makes a great play but gets no help.
No STAT chokes on the line/.
Hate games like this…
every game’s like this.
I hereby bet Robert Silverman $1000 that Lee makes both of his free throws.
Lee’s better than STAT…he makes his FTs in the clutch
Terrible take by Gallo. Just terrible.
I’m already done with this team. Wake me up in June.
Ha.
Check’s in the mail
@ 156
Baiting… just cold-blooded baiting.
Ive never seen a bigger bunch of losers in my life than these Knicks players. Absolutely pathetic.
Dumb shot by Gallo
Another stupid loss and this is feeling like last year again
Damnit. I wish this game had just let me go to bed a half hour ago.
stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid,stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.
:)
BigBlueAL, really?
Al Harrington
Eddy Curry
Jared Jeffries
Chris Duhon
The Corpse of Tracy McGrady
Larry Hughes
Need I say more?
These officials are seriously trying to give us this game.
Since when is Wilson Chandler our 2nd and almost 1st offensive threat? That’s just not good.
I have agreed with Tripucka’s anti-3 stance all game, but at this point, you actually sort of do need a 3.
Obviously we’re going to get one.
My bad tastycakes. This is the 2nd biggest bunch of losers Ive ever seen :-)
Classic NOOOOOOOYYYYEEEEESSSSSS shot…
Okay. Lee couldn’t do that…
Dude…
stupid [facepalm], stupid [facepalm], stupid [facepalm], stupid [facepalm], stupid [facepalm], stupid [facepalm], stupid [facepalm], stupid [facepalm], stupid [facepalm]… oh wait, STAT just hit a three.
Teams are gonna wise up to the Amar’e-for-3-in-close-situations gambit. BUT YEAH
One of the most entertaining stupid game I’ve seen in a long time.
damn we may need duhon back. atleast he could run the P-N-R
These effers are going to make this loss even more agonizing — or this win even more glorious.
Effers.
That is the longest 5 seconds ever.
Yeah, I can’t say I’ve been all that entertained. I would almost feel bad if the Knicks won.
ALMOST
So if GS gets a deuce, the Knicks get a three for STAT
Ditto
Rebound
Rebound
Rebound
THAT was the longest 5 seconds ever
To finish Felton will drive for a two when they';re down by 3
Chandler? Really? That was colossally dumb
LAKUBSFKASJFBKASJNVCKXAJNVASV
I HATE YOU, CHANDLER. I HATE YOU.
Why Chandler? Why Chandler? Why Chandler?
Wait, WC takes the three.
Entirely consistent
FUCK
I’d rather Amar’e take it than Wil in that situation. Dammit.
That sucked.
How freaking beautiful: the game on the line, Chandler takes a 3 and misses!
6/27 on 3’s – the Dantoni System at its best!!!!!!
Perfect ending to a perfect day (where’s my wine?)
Fucking brilliant, give it to the worst 3pt shooter in the planet. I swear the Knicks collective basketball IQ is below 0. Cant wait to see this team get their asses handed to them by the T’Wolves.
Well, I did predict a 3-7 start before catching fire in the new year as the players figure each other out and begin to gel and they finish 40-42.
I just didn’t think it would hurt this bad.
Somewhere right now Isiah Thomas is laughing his ass off.
Well on the bright side, if you take away our 24 missed threes, our FG% doesn’t really look so bad…
#@%&^*#$#@%^%$#&*^%$#@!
I got league pass this year.
Still can’t believe there were four GS players around WC and no Knicks came to help…
how do you know he isn’t a knickerblogger?
you guys unfairly hate on chandler. yes he takes to many 3s but he had a pretty good game and shot well from distance in the game… I certainly did not want TD shooting that shot. the options for that shot were either gallo or chandler once felton gave the ball up..
irvin, we get it: you hate D’Antoni. Funny thing is, NONE OF US HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER FIRING HIM. So can you let ease up for once? You say the same freaking thing in every post. I doubt anyone is impressed with the job he’s done, but…saying it over and over, without any elaboration, nuance, or further point to saying it is just pointless.
Chandler is the most confident mother-fucker I’ve ever seen.
I wonder if he boards the team plane and immediately takes a seat in the cockpit.
Also I remember a time when MSG was impossible to go into and win if you were the road team. Now its probably the easiest place in the NBA to go to and get a win on the road.
Fields had another nice night. Only Knick with a decent +/-, +9.
He’s smarter than his teammates. Keep the ball away from him. Do gooder, know it all fancy pants, Robert spouse.
thank you. i thought i was the only one that noticed this
Dumb players + dumb coach = dumb losses
I keep reliving the Bucks fans counting down 5-4-3-2-1, and the Knicks rushing shots because they’re not watching their own shot clock.
This team does dumb things, constantly.
They’re like Rocky without a knock out punch.
@rama:
I don’t hate D’Antoni – I hate the way he coaches.
And sorry about the repetition – but the way the team plays, we are all guilty of the same: too many threes, why is chandler taking them, etc. etc.
Don’t take your frustration out on me, PLEASE :-)))))
Forget Lee and STAT, Steph Curry was the best player on the floor tonight. That kid is so damn smooth, NEVER misses an open shot and has that Rondo-like ability to finish around the basket without even leaving his feet. He just took us apart.
so your saying we should hate the Warriors for taking him 7th because im still angry about that
would have been nice to have gotten him.
d-mar, dont remind me about Steph Curry. If only he wouldve dropped 1 more pick in the draft…..
@ 204
Hilarious!
Too early to panic, boys: the season is young and we can still achieve the 53 losses with our “ten new guys”. Remember that according to our “in-house pseudo-guru” the best thing to do when missing 3’s is to keep on shooting them! (reminds me of the 10% discount comercial: “the more you shop, the more you save!”).
I say it loud and clear: D’Antoni must go. That’s the solution. Sorry, Rama – but I feel it’s my duty as a Knick fan to point my team in the right direction; if more fans do the same, management may listen…
@ 204 is by far the comment of the night!!!!!!
Also I apologize for my dramatic, overreaction comments during and shortly after the game. Unfortunately I like most of you just want to believe in this team so much losses like this are beyond frustrating.
Agree on @204 – lol!
problem from last year: pg skills and a true center
problems from this year: pg skills and a true center
ah, the same coach……….
Can someone please tell Toney Douglas that he’s not Gary Payton? When Jeremy Lin has the ball by all means pressure him every play but if you do it against Curry or Ellis they’re going to burn you. Curry was in the lane way too much tonight- now Curry is really good and he’s going to get into the lane some but you don’t need to help him by overplaying the ball every time down court. And while it’s nice to see the Knicks actually help on defense not everybody needs to help on every play- too many times the Knicks had 2 or 3 guys rotating into the paint to help leaving guys wide open on the perimeter- that late three by Wright where Gallo left him open even though there was little need for him to be pinching into the lane was a particularly bad one.
Also wasn’t crazy about D’Antoni using that last time out when he did- also took a 20 with two and change left when it probably wasn’t necessary.
It’ll be interesting to see how many minutes (if any) Mozgov gets when Turiaf comes back. 3 fouls in two minutes tonight- it seems like between fouls and turnovers the whistle is just constantly blowing whenever he’s in the game.
I have defended D’Antoni alot and I admit I am losing patience with him and this team but the thing is who would you hire if you fired him right now??
Sorry but Jeff Van Gundy as much as I would love for him to come back aint ever working for James Dolan again so who is available right now who is worth hiring to fire D’Antoni??
Game Recap is up if y’all want to continue venting there, chums.
http://knickerblogger.net/2010-2011-game-recap-warriors-122-knickerbockers-117/
Just a general comment here — this season seems to me to represent a real shift for the NBA in that really talented point guards/small guards are everywhere. We’ve known this was happening for a while, but I feel like this year is the year that it becomes an absolute reality.
Mike Conley, Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose, Jrue Holiday, Brandon Jennings, Eric Gordon, Darren Collison and perhaps even our own Toney Douglas (I know tonight’s not a night to praise him…) all seem poised to have breakout seasons.
Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry both seem to have taken steps forward
Tyreke Evans hasn’t shown much improvement statistically, but he’s another young player of this mold.
John Wall…
Rajon Rondo is now probably the best player on the Celtics.
The league seems to be becoming much more of a small guard’s league, and more than that, other than Rondo and maybe Conley, all these guards are very good scorers. It’s been a cliché for a while that the undersized scoring/combo guard — the guy who has a point guard’s handle but perhaps looks to score more often than distribute — is fool’s gold. People often say you can’t win with these players, citing Iverson, Marbury, Francis. It seems like that’s changing, and it’s changing the look and feel of the NBA.
I think a lot of people or alt least I post as if the comments were invisible. No one wants to engage another Itallian Stallion or Clyde Police or Williamatumiam or whatever that thing was, etc. and generate dozens of posts.