Frank:
So apparently Woodson said that the reason the defense has sucked is because they haven’t practiced– hey Woody, didn’t you guys just have a stretch of one game in 7 days? How much more practice do you want?

I continue to think that this is partially communication/practice/injuries, but that a major part of this is just plain old effort. When Tyson comes to play, the whole defense looks good. When he’s giving anything less than 95-100%, it looks bad.

The other possibility is that the defense really has gotten worse the less Ronnie Brewer (and Rasheed) has played.It sure didn’t look like he was doing anything that special on defense, but maybe he was.

How much do all the players really practice in 5 on 5 settings? Also, he could mean with all the different lineups it hard to create a cohesive unit. IDK. I think it’s actually some coaching issues like doubling the post.

Eternal OptiKnist: is there any possiblity that the improvement in rebounding correlates to dip in rebounding…do you sacrifice some rim protection because you focus on boxing out for a rebound vs rotating to help at the rim?

I’m sorry…apparently, i am an idiot…what i meant to say was “is there any possiblity that the improvement in rebounding correlates to dip in DEFENSE”. My bad. I do believe this is the first time i’ve quoted myself.

ruruland: Do folks realize that the Knicks are the No.1 defensive rebounding team in the league?

is there any possiblity that the improvement in rebounding correlates to dip in rebounding…do you sacrifice some rim protection because you focus on boxing out for a rebound vs rotating to help at the rim?

I continue to think that this is partially communication/practice/injuries, but that a major part of this is just plain old effort. When Tyson comes to play, the whole defense looks good. When he’s giving anything less than 95-100%, it looks bad.

The other possibility is that the defense really has gotten worse the less Ronnie Brewer (and Rasheed) has played. It sure didn’t look like he was doing anything that special on defense, but maybe he was.

Robtachi: Where’d you see that? Their Defensive Rebound Rate is currently 6th.

According to the team stats on espn.com, the Knicks’ defensive rebounding rate of .752 is tops in the league. They are the only team in the league that gives up an average of fewer than 10 offensive rebounds a game. They’ve actually done a good job rebounding overall over the last 15 games or so (They have a + differential over that span) and are slowly creeping up the rebounding stat list. Earlier in the year, they were averaging -4.1 rebounds compared to their opponents.

ruruland:
Like I was saying: “J.R. Smith has shot 43% from the 3-pt line when he does so w/o dribbling. When he dribbles once or more: 8.3%.” Chris Herring (who, along with Iannazzonne do a fine job)

and that’s not even counting all of those awful multiple dribble 22 footers one step inside the line, worst shot in basketball.