Comments on: 2011 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Pistons

By: bobneptune

bobneptune — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:51:04 +0000

Caleb: @298 Yessssssssssss!random thought of the day, my father and Wilt (and a few other people) once owned shares in a racehorse – a harness racer, actually… never finished in the money, sad to say…

wilt owned a few pacers in the late 60's. one of them was a very good pacer named rivaltime in 1965. a guy named frank mollica trained him.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:19:05 +0000

@298 Yessssssssssss!

random thought of the day, my father and Wilt (and a few other people) once owned shares in a racehorse – a harness racer, actually… never finished in the money, sad to say…

By: Jimmy C

Jimmy C — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:05:55 +0000

Thanks for the horrific images of mid-coital Cosby faces.

But that is a funny story.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:03:52 +0000

I just read that Mark Jackson is at least being considered for the Indiana job. That would be so awesome. He’d be so bad there.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:56:07 +0000

I was talking to a guy at a party the other night who met Wilt back in 1994 (he even had a picture of him with Wilt on his phone – he had uploaded it on to his phone to show someone who didn’t believe that he had met Wilt). He claimed that he asked Wilt, “Come on, you know what I want to know. 20,000?” and Wilt told him that he felt that it was a conservative estimate, and that his days in Los Angeles were just crazy. Wilt then added that he was pissed at Bill Cosby because he said that Cosby used to hang out at the same parties he did during the early 1970s, and he was irked at Cosby moralizing at the time (1994).

By: Jimmy C

Jimmy C — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:43:04 +0000

Gotta say, having that be my only live game of the year was just awesome. Mozgov’s performance literally made me laugh it was so out of left field. People were looking at me very strangely, and I had to explain that I wasn’t laughing AT him so much as at D’Antoni for waiting this long to give him — and AR for that matter — another chance. He played within himself, got through a rough first quarter, and while many of his points and some of his rebounds could be attributed more to serendipity, it really doesn’t matter. The way Amar’e, Fields and Gallo used their leadership to steer him through was something special. Even before the game, Moz and Felton were playing a little 1 on 1, and Moz looked genuinely excited. I knew then he’d be getting at least a little burn.

I agree that we shouldn’t be getting ahead of ourselves, but I also agree with previous posts that if we can get a solid 10 and 5 out of him on a regular basis, that would be enormous. That way we can focus on a backup PG and have a little more to work with in that regard. Of course, these next few games will be key to that. Really want to see how Moz handles Chandler, even if it’s in more limited minutes.

Highlight of the night: fiance and I sat next to a bombshell blond who claimed to have met and had a drink with Wilt the Stilt. Here’s how she prefaced the story: “Oh I have a better one than that. I had a drink with Wilt the Stilt once. I was at a bar and his friend came over and said I seemed like the kind of girl Wilt would like….”

I struggled so hard to not laugh I almost had an anyeurism.

By: ess-dog

ess-dog — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:03:21 +0000

Brian Cronin: The Pistons’ coach on Fields: I don’t want to see this guy traded for Melo.I also don’t want Gallo traded for Melo. Heck, I don’t want WC traded for Melo, but at this point, he I at least could live with.

This is how I feel. Although, I think Wil is the ideal 6th man.

By: Shad0wF0x

Shad0wF0x — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:42:25 +0000

There were 2 particular plays that impressed me tonight that involved the team and Amar’e/Felton in general.

Amar’e was on the left corner and made a cut towards the free throw line from the outside going through 2 screens. He then caught the ball from Felton (who was on the right elbow) and IMMEDIATELY made a move to the left for the dunk. Amar’e has been much more dangerous and effective when there was no delay between him catching the ball and making his move.

2nd was the play the involved the Knicks swinging the ball via the perimeter which eventually led to a PnR with Felton/STAT. Felton did a give and go with Amar’e which led to a PnR which led to Amar’e at the FT line. Outstanding ballmovement on that play.

Oh and as many posters above pointed out, the Knicks didn’t have trouble rebounding with Mosgov and Randolph out there.

Ideally, I’d like a standard line up of

Felton
Fields
Gallinari
Stoudemire
Mosgov

6th: Chandler
Douglas
Randolph/Turiaf/Williams depending on matchup

By: iserp

iserp — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:05:33 +0000

Robert Silverman: I guess that LeBron guy was pretty good for the Cavs last year

Delonte, Shaq, Z and healthy Mo Williams and Varejao wouldn't hurt. You have almost 4/5s of their starting lineup there (and the other 1/5 is Lebron). I thought they would try to fight for a playoff spot, but they have given up.

By: Ben R

Ben R — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:29:44 +0000

Mozgov needed a game like this. Of course he won’t be able to consistantly do anything close to this but I think this should be a huge boost to his confidence going forward which was his biggest weakness. I would not be surprised if we start seeing the Mozgov we saw i preseason. He has been effeicient everywhere he’s been I would not be surprised if he can be an efficient bigman. He has great size, great offensive instincts and nice touch on his jumper. I put his offensive ceiling higher than the Dalemberts and Biedrins of the world.

As for Gallos rebounding I think he is a bit of a victim of the system. On offense he is always on the perimeter and since Fields is allowed to crash, Gallo’s job is to get back on defense. I also think sharing wing duties with the best rebounding guard in the league doesn’t help his numbers. I don’t think Gallo is a great rebounder but I think on a more conventional team he would be solidly average for a SF.