Comments on: Knicks 90, Yazz 83

By: bobneptune

bobneptune — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:54:19 +0000

Z-man: They are good, yes, but they are also built to take full advantage of altitude. No team has a bigger home-road disparity.

What is the altitude in Oklahoma City? :-)

By: Douglas

Douglas — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:39:09 +0000

Jim I appreciate the use of the soft “J” in “Jazz.” Great recap.

By: steveoh

steveoh — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:34:58 +0000

Knicks PR: Tyson Chandler’s MRI revealed a small bulging disk in neck and he’ll be out one week.

(Probable reality: Tyson Chandler’s self-examination revealed that he has a neck and it hurts when he swallows).

And this:

Knicks PR: MRI of Kurt Thomas’ foot revealed an acute stress reaction/ a chronic stress fracture in navicular bone. 2-4 weeks.

(Probable Reality: MRI of Kurt Thomas revealed to the Knicks staff that his old man smell isn’t going away).

By: steveoh

steveoh — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:15:53 +0000

Also:

Knicks PR: Jason Kidd bruised his hand. X-Rays were negative. Listed as possible for Wednesday.

(Probable reality: Jason Kidd broke his hand. X-Rays were not taken. Amputation scheduled for three weeks from Thursday).

By: chrisk06811

chrisk06811 — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:35:35 +0000

I’ve seen Denver in person twice this year. They are 9 solid guys deep; with mcgee, wilson chandler, miller and brewer off the bench. The only hole there is brewer’s shooting. That whole team plays d, except maybe gallo, and they seem to have no ego. They could care less who scores and they run all night. not a great 3 pt shooting team, but when they are hitting them, they are very very good.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:59:36 +0000

JR must lead the NBA alltime in percentage of times isolated on the perimeter that he ends up taking a decidedly worse shot than the one he could have taken when he first got the ball. I’ve never seen anything like it, even the NY version of Jamal Crawford didn’t do that anywhere near as much.

By: d-mar

d-mar — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:59:19 +0000

If you look at the EC standings right now, assuming we hang on to the 2 or the 3 seed, we could easily end up facing Chicago or Boston in the 1st round. So in a way, we want those 2 teams to get hot and move up to the 4 or 5 spot and have Brooklyn and/or Atlanta fall down to 6 or 7. It’s also a strong possibility that our first round opponent could be determined on the last day of the regular season, which would be crazy.

Of course, we need to start winning games and solidify our Atlantic lead, how about figuring out how to beat the freakin’ Raptors for starters?

By: lavor postell

lavor postell — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:58:06 +0000

Whenever Novak wants join the rest of the team offensively by making any of the numerous wide open threes he’s missed on this trip that would be great. The fact is he is such a liability defensively and on the boards that if he misses those shots he becomes a huge net negative on the entire team. Watching him in the open court really is one of the most ridiculous things you can ever watch an NBA level player do.

By: Zanzibar

Zanzibar — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:51:09 +0000

Opposing SGs not PGs off the dribble.

By: Zanzibar

Zanzibar — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:41:25 +0000

I think many players take a good hard look at their game once they hit 27/28 yo. Lebron mentioned the key change he made after the loss to the Mavs was to rebalance his game, taking fewer jump shots and focusing more on post-ups/drives. JR should be able to take most opposing PGs off the dribble and there’s no reason this shouldn’t be a greater part of his game, especially when his shot isn’t falling. If anybody can get through to him, it’s Woodson and I only hope Woody is pushing him hard in this respect. If not, you really have to question Woody’s overall value since player motivation seems to be his forte.

JR driving more is also a way to lower Melo’s usage and improve his overall productivity. Additionally, if Camby and Chandler are in the game, you have a good chance for an offensive rebound. I think a 4th quarter lineup of Felton/JR/Melo/Camby/Chandler could give a lot of teams trouble, not just defensively but on offense as well if our perimeter players attack the rim. Camby, however, can only play so many minutes and most of them will be him shoring up the second unit without Chandler on the floor. It’s a shame we didn’t push hard to sign Chris Anderson earlier.