Comments on: 2011 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Magic

By: hoolahoop

hoolahoop — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:37:33 +0000

For those keeping score.
Knuggets 11-4
lost to Orlando in Orlando in last few seconds.
lost to Miami in Miami, fought tough all game.

By: Ben R

Ben R — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:00:13 +0000

JK47: Also, this Denver hot streak is fool’s gold if I’ve ever seen it. Look at tonight’s game: Ray Felton shot 6-12 FG and 3-4 3PT. Al Harrington shot 8-12 FG and 5-6 3PT. JR Smith shot 6-9 FG and 2-3 3PT. Nice win at home against a Spurs team without Tim Duncan, but the Knugget’s hot shooting is not gonna last forever.

That's what's really dangerous about that Denver team. They have 8 players who can easily put up 20 points on any given night. Because of that all they have to do is go to the hot hand. One day it's Nene and Gallo the next it's Felton and Harrington, after that it's Chandler and Smith, then Lawson and Afflalo. Their scoring depth and balance is one of the best i've ever seen.

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:21:09 +0000

Nice point Brian, would have made the same one. JR Smith isn’t my favorite player in the world, but he can score efficiently and in volume and play at least a little defense. He’s had some really good ts% years. 58.5%, 60.3%, 57.6%….

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:49:22 +0000

He’s .445 from 3PT in March. Unsustainable.

During his good years (when he just shot threes), Smith shot .390, .403 and .397, so while yeah, he likely is not going to stay at .445, it’s very believable for him to stay around .400. The guy should be a great three-point shooter. He’s starting to go back to “just taking threes” Smith, which has been one of the key aspects of the Nuggets turnaround (why he ever convinced himself that he should take more twos is beyond me).

Before the trade – 184/504 field goals (31%) were threes.

Since the trade – 84/165 field goals (51%) have been threes.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:27:04 +0000

that’s only the 10th time in his career Melo has had 9 assists or more, first since April 2009. that’s a promising sign at least.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:23:46 +0000

I think this team would be loads better right now if D’Antoni had (and would play) a legit seven footer with Turiaf as backup and Jeffries at 4 or 3 if at all. Mozgov might have been this guy (let’s not forget D’Antoni barely played him when he did have him), and it is a hundred percent on Dolan for giving him away. why anyone would give him any of their money instead of doing all they can to force him to sell the team is beyond me.

also, let’s get a ‘defensive coordinator’ type in the offseason as mentioned in the other thread, Mike Brown might be a good fit. let D’Antoni focus entirely on maximizing the offense, we’ve certainly got the horses on that side.

By: JK47

JK47 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:18:47 +0000

Also, this Denver hot streak is fool’s gold if I’ve ever seen it. Look at tonight’s game: Ray Felton shot 6-12 FG and 3-4 3PT. Al Harrington shot 8-12 FG and 5-6 3PT. JR Smith shot 6-9 FG and 2-3 3PT. Nice win at home against a Spurs team without Tim Duncan, but the Knugget’s hot shooting is not gonna last forever.

Ray Felton is shooting .440 from 3PT in the month of March. Think that’s gonna last? I don’t. How about JR Smith? He’s .445 from 3PT in March. Unsustainable.

By: JK47

JK47 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:12:30 +0000

There are some winnable games coming up on the schedule. Our next six are Bucks, Bobcats, Magic, Nets, Cavs, Raptors. All of those games are home games except the Bobcats game. This team needs to suck it up and start winning some of these games. Losing to Boston and Orlando is frustrating but understandable; losing to the dreck of the league is inexcusable.

The “good against good teams and bad against bad teams” thing was probably a bit of a statistical anomaly. You have to figure we’ll start getting some W’s against some of these scrubby teams.

By: TheXman

TheXman — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:57:28 +0000

hoolahoop: s potential if he modified his game. Don’t kill me for this, but I realized he has a lot of physical abilities in common with Larry Bird. – similar size, good shooters, can go to the rim. One thing about melo is that he holds the ball. Larry Bird would immediately do something with the ball, either a quick pass, shot, or put the ball on the floor and move. Bird also played h

Melo played well tonight, Amare was just listless, some reason u could just in the first quarter, maybe he's mailing it in.

By: hoolahoop

hoolahoop — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:50:10 +0000

I think Amare is getting tired of playing on “The Melo Show”.
They’re playing like crap and losing games, and he doesn’t have the clout to demand the ball and carry this team on his back anymore, nor the supporting cast to do it.
Or, maybe Amare just didn’t have the energy tonight. He’s been a warrior all season and deserves a break.

Melo has enormous potential if he modified his game. Don’t kill me for this, but I realized he has a lot of physical abilities in common with Larry Bird. – similar size, good shooters, can go to the rim. One thing about melo is that he holds the ball. Larry Bird would immediately do something with the ball, either a quick pass, shot, or put the ball on the floor and move. Bird also played hard on defense and went after loose balls. Melo should watch Larry Bird video day and night and try to be like Larry.