Comments on: Pacers 81, Knicks 76

By: d-mar

d-mar — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:41:46 +0000

Camby out 2-4 weeks. Get K-Mart on a 10 day contract asap.

By: johnlocke

johnlocke — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:26:23 +0000

He's a loudmouth and annoying sure, but I think he can be pretty funny and has good sources.

jon abbey: linking to Stephen A Smith only prolongs his career. whether he’s right or wrong, he’s never worth reading.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:10:39 +0000

linking to Stephen A Smith only prolongs his career. whether he’s right or wrong, he’s never worth reading.

By: johnlocke

johnlocke — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:02:34 +0000

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8836156/stephen-smith-carmelo-anthony-blame-himself

By: ruruland

ruruland — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:23:01 +0000

Wow: http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/artesro01/on-off/2013/

By: ruruland

ruruland — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:07:46 +0000

Frank: off topic, but all this handwringing about the Lakers has me thinking that if the Lakers don’t make the playoffs, Artest is likely to get the amnesty treatment after this season.He’s always wanted to play for the Knicks, and so one would think that if he makes it through waivers (no sure thing), he might be a very very nice pickup, especially since a bunch of guys on this team might be gone next year.He can still play D with the best of them, and is still usable piece on offense. Shump, Artest, Tyson is the core of a REALLY good defense.

Artest has been great this year. Big fan and little doubt he'd be motivated coming back home and playing in a defensive culture again. he's 34th in the league against isolations (.61 ppp) and 11th against post-ups. Still dominant and he turns his great possessions into steals and transition quite frequently. (he's had the best defensive Synergy numbers of any top wing defender in '10 and '11 before dropping off last year when he was overweight). His offensive numbers look very good as well.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:48:27 +0000

off topic, but all this handwringing about the Lakers has me thinking that if the Lakers don’t make the playoffs, Artest is likely to get the amnesty treatment after this season. He’s always wanted to play for the Knicks, and so one would think that if he makes it through waivers (no sure thing), he might be a very very nice pickup, especially since a bunch of guys on this team might be gone next year. He can still play D with the best of them, and is still usable piece on offense. Shump, Artest, Tyson is the core of a REALLY good defense.

By: ruruland

ruruland — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:34:06 +0000

Amar’e has apparently shown that pop and bounce in practice since he returned.

It takes time to get your legs in good enough shape to get close to a max jump after 10 sprints and knee bends in the post, a few close-outs etc.

I would be surprised if Amar’e didn’t eventually return to the form he had in ’10 and ’11 where he was quite dominant for very long stretches. His off-season was better than Melo’s, and Melo had an unbelievable off-season.

We’re seeing acceleration and agility that he didn’t have at the beginning of last season when he was heavy.

Dirk has a .497 TS in his first ten games. It takes time.

Meanwhile, Doc keeps talking about Melo/KG. Now, apparently, KG didn’t say anything at all.

If this doesn’t piss you off….http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/doc-rivers-says-carmelo-anthony-is-to-blame-he-did-something-crazy-1.4432119

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:33:46 +0000

On the bright side, the Knicks still somehow have a shot at the top seed. Whatever is going on in Miami, it’s giving the Knicks time to get healthy

Yeah, the same with the Hawks’ recent collapse when it looked like they were poised to pass the Knicks. I will take it!

By: Matt Smith

Matt Smith — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:08:21 +0000

Another note on Woodson – am I the only one who was irate when he didn’t call a timeout when Camby was clearly hurt? Not only clearly hurt, but Camby actually SIGNALLED for him to call a timeout and Woodson just stood there. That’s not bad coaching, that’s putting one of your own at risk. And the reward was a steal+dunk from Paul George.