ruruland:
Chandler finished with an incomprehensible 1 defensive rebound in 34 minutes.

Aldridge had 7 offensive rebounds.

If you want to look at why the Knicks defense has slipped, talk about inability to guard pnr or quick pgs, but Chandler’s been absolutely atrocious at times.

Naturally, no one in the media and few on this board will talk about Chandler poor defense and rebounding, he is of course a better player than Patrick Ewing in his prime.

Yeah, Chandler sucked on the defensive glass. Then again he did have 6 offensive rebounds. Stat had 1 rebound in 17 minutes. Which one is better?

And again, stop talking about big Pat. Knicks fans do that. What the fuck do you know about Ewing? You were a Nuggets fan until we traded for your binky. Pat was awesome, a true warrior, but he had his flaws too, which you’d know about if you were actually a Knicks fan.

ruruland: I was going to bring up the comeback thing at some point. That Mavs team was incredible. Pretty uncanny so far, how many huge deficits have the Knicks made up this year?

Incredibly, the Knicks have only lost by more than 10 points 2 times this season, both against the rockets. If tonight’s Clippers-Nuggets score sticks, the Clippers will have the same amount. Miami’s gotten blown out by 15+ twice by the Knicks alone. Pretty good sign that the Knicks are in almost every game, they’ve been doing terrible on holidays though lol (lost on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years so far, did win on Halloween though)

jon abbey: heh, just for the record, I posted before seeing this. just for starters, there were two plays in the first four minutes, both times Chandler got beaten to what should have been an easy defensive board, Portland got a second chance, three pointers both times, six points to take it from 6-2 to 12-4.

I’m not exactly criticizing, I kind of like that Chandler is pacing himself a bit but so far this season, he is very far from the top 10 player in the league that people claimed recently.

I’ve gotten over the grade inflation and blame game, arguing against WP was fun for a while but it’s getting way too repetitive and easy to do. Not looking forward to these next couple of weeks without Felton.

Juany8: Interestingly, the Mavericks only had a 4.2 point differential for the season the year they won the ring. That team also had a fascinating ability to make up big leads late in games, even late in the playoffs. After they lost Tyson Chandler, they actually improved in defensive efficiency the next year. If these Knicks are the next coming of that Mavs team (signs are all there) then they are right on schedule, right down to the Mavs horrible record with Dirk out of the lineup.

I think a healthy Knicks team has a good chance of beating any team in the playoffs.

I was going to bring up the comeback thing at some point. That Mavs team was incredible. Pretty uncanny so far, how many huge deficits have the Knicks made up this year?

ruruland:
Chandler finished with an incomprehensible 1 defensive rebound in 34 minutes.

Aldridge had 7 offensive rebounds.

If you want to look at why the Knicks defense has slipped, talk about inability to guard pnr or quick pgs, but Chandler’s been absolutely atrocious at times.

Naturally, no one in the media and few on this board will talk about Chandler poor defense and rebounding, he is of course a better player than Patrick Ewing in his prime.

heh, just for the record, I posted before seeing this. just for starters, there were two plays in the first four minutes, both times Chandler got beaten to what should have been an easy defensive board, Portland got a second chance, three pointers both times, six points to take it from 6-2 to 12-4.

I’m not exactly criticizing, I kind of like that Chandler is pacing himself a bit but so far this season, he is very far from the top 10 player in the league that people claimed recently.

ruruland: The defense will get better. I’m not concerned at all. The Knicks should start doing some real damage the next month or so.

Interestingly, the Mavericks only had a 4.2 point differential for the season the year they won the ring. That team also had a fascinating ability to make up big leads late in games, even late in the playoffs. After they lost Tyson Chandler, they actually improved in defensive efficiency the next year. If these Knicks are the next coming of that Mavs team (signs are all there) then they are right on schedule, right down to the Mavs horrible record with Dirk out of the lineup.

I think a healthy Knicks team has a good chance of beating any team in the playoffs.

Kidd has turned back into early-career ason, Novak is worthless when he can’t get space (if you’re going to put him in, run the occasional play for him to get an open look), Chandler got abused over and over for big loose balls and rebounds (he had 1 defensive rebound! 1! let’s see how his grade inflation looks later), Amar’e is still horrendous as a defensive 5, amazing we even got a look to tie. San Antonio is going to be ugly, hurry back Shump and Felton.

Juany8: 18-6 with Melo Felton and Chandler. Going to keep saying it as long as it remains true. Let’s see how the Clippers handle Chris Paul missing a bunch of games….

Speaking of which, the last time a team with a top 3 point differential won the title was the 09 Lakers team. In that same span, only 1 team with the top differential in the league has made the Finals. This Clippers streak doesn’t mean shit.

The defense will get better. I’m not concerned at all. The Knicks should start doing some real damage the next month or so.

BigBlueAL: Kinda like the Knicks in November??:-)

18-6 with Melo Felton and Chandler. Going to keep saying it as long as it remains true. Let’s see how the Clippers handle Chris Paul missing a bunch of games….

Speaking of which, the last time a team with a top 3 point differential won the title was the 09 Lakers team. In that same span, only 1 team with the top differential in the league has made the Finals. This Clippers streak doesn’t mean shit.