Comments on: More Painful Than A Blowout?

By: Shogun Assassin

Shogun Assassin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:00:43 +0000

I’m off the Isiah trip once and for all. You’re not much of a professional coach if you continue to start a guy and play him for 10 minutes or less a game. What are you trying to prove? You know he can’t play, that’s why you’re benching him. Why even bother starting him? And second, his rotation is going completely off the rails. It just seems pretty random at this point, with Collins and Rose inexplicably finishing the game, after Balkman looked pretty good in the first half. Nate Robinson’s bricks hurt the team badly. Why was he out there for so long when he was ice cold?

By: John

John — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:21:51 +0000

The more I see Balkman the more I think he should play over Jefferies, who has been just terrible on both ends of the floor. Balkman, as a rookie, is doing what Jefferies was supposed to do–hustle and provide some kind of defensive effort.

Jefferies may be trying too hard, but the only defense he seems to play is straining to block shots, which he is often late on. I would rather see him focus on defensive positioning more than trying to fill a stat sheet with more quantifiable
things like steals and blocks.

By: sm

sm — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:49:43 +0000

Malik Rose in there instead of Frye was lunacy. But what about Isiah going 3-guard with Crawford, Robinson, and Mardy Collins the whole way at the end? How about Q-Rich? Or Balkman? Or hell, Jared Jeffries?

By: TDM

TDM — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:37:50 +0000

Not for nothin’, but Malik Rose getting 12 minutes is insane. Cato would have at least brought a better defensive effort. The biggest guy on the floor for PHX was 6’8″ for much of the first half. Amare was on the pine. However, instead of pounding it inside to our guys with a clear size advantage, you have Q, Nate and Craw pulling up like their playing horse on the school yard. Curry scored 16 in the first, and PHX didn’t have an answer. Hello, Earth to Isiah. Another wasted effort by Curry and Lee. Not to mention, Balkman had decent stats in limited minutes – he could use a few more.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:07:14 +0000

Yeah, it really seemed like Isiah said at the half, “We’re only down three, keep doing it like we’re doing it” while D’Antoni said, “We’re only up three, let’s retool!”

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:55:36 +0000

nothing to do with the Knicks, but Dallas is the best team in the league right now. not only do they still have a slightly better record than Phoenix, but they’re 2-0 against them this year and knocked them out of the playoffs last year.

as for the Knicks, they don’t play smart with very few exceptions, they’re a below average basketball IQ team with a below average basketball IQ coach. D’Antoni’s move at halftime to move Stoudemire outside and have him drive at Curry was inspired, that was the game right there. it sure would be nice if Jamal Crawford shot well for the whole game one of these nights (dude had 23 in the 4th!).

next up, an angry Miami team with both Wade and Shaq back, now Curry might be hurt too. this season is on life-support, just don’t give up entirely like last year, please.

oh, and START DAVID LEE! thank you.

By: T-Mart

T-Mart — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:42:56 +0000

WHY IS MALIK ROSE IN THE GAME WITH 2 MINUTES LEFT!?!?!?!?!?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:37:22 +0000

Oh, and I am so happy that I didn’t end up going to this game (my brother is a big Suns fan, so he went).

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:26:40 +0000

LAME!

AND the Raptors came back and won their game.

Sooo lame.

By: T-Mart

T-Mart — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:03:00 +0000

amen