Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2017.12.08)

By: Knick fan not in NJ at this time

Knick fan not in NJ at this time — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 17:22:40 +0000

Thats an interesting thought. Certainly, if Russ gives an assist at the last moment to Melo, Melo will certainly take the shot.

By: Stratomatic says "NY basketball is back"

Stratomatic says "NY basketball is back" — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 15:22:47 +0000

1. Melo’s TS% had been hovering between 53%-54% for awhile. He just had terrible back to back games. and it dropped sharply. I’d be willing to bet it ends up higher than it is now and probably closer to his typical range.

2. I’m starting to think Westbrook is one of those guys that gets a lot of low quality assists.

a. If you have the ball and get your teammate a great look at the basket or a wide open 3, the efficiency of those shots is going to be very high.

b. If you hold the ball trying to create something for yourself and then just pass it east/west to another player that’s covered that shoots late in the clock, you still get an assist if he makes it, but you aren’t helping him at all. You could even be hurting his efficiency.

We typically think of players with a lot of assists as helping the efficiency of their teammates (assisted shots of more efficient), but quality of assist does matter. We’ve seen a few examples this year of players that seemed to get better away from Russ and not improve with Russ for it all to be a random event.

By: TheOakmanCometh

TheOakmanCometh — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 06:54:15 +0000

As bad as the Noah contract, the THJ contract, the Baker contract, our roster imbalance, our murky strategic vision, and our team president are, I am genuinely grateful that the Melo debate is no longer my problem. This team would be really, really hard to watch if he was still here jab-stepping the season away.

By: heavencent35

heavencent35 — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 05:30:00 +0000

Always thought that oladipo is a solid player.

By: lavor postell

lavor postell — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 04:45:58 +0000

I’m not worried about it in the short term, but there are minor tweaks we can make with the spacing on sets we run for our wings like THJ, Lee, McD, etc. that could up our 3PA noticeably. I also think Hornacek has done some very nice things with what he has to work with on both ends, so it’s not even close to all bad on both ends. He deserves quite a bit of credit tbh.

By: Grocer

Grocer — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 03:37:02 +0000

Part of the issue with our lack of threes is that we haven’t really developed much of an offensive scheme. We run simple plays and only seem to have a handful which makes us pretty easy to defend. It’s not the only reason, but it’s the one that makes me not worry too much about it. That’ll change with time.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 02:37:38 +0000

The Pacers break the Cavs streak… I’m honestly almost ready to admit that Oladipo has made the leap to superstardom.

By: kevin5318

kevin5318 — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 02:36:37 +0000

Lee seems to only shoot them when he’s wide open.

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 01:57:10 +0000

For whatever reason, Courtney Lee has never shot many 3s. He’s shooting .467 on his 3’s, but he doesn’t take more. Jack can’t shoot, Ntilikina can’t shoot. Hardaway can shoot and does, but he’s at .316 3P% this year.

I think part of the issue is that we just don’t have guys who are capable of converting that many 3’s a game. And yeah, most teams shoot 3’s off the pick and roll. Even with a double team on KP, most teams can rotate if nothing else is going on.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 01:46:13 +0000

In reply to ptmilo.

Thibs in Minnesota on the other hand is really fucking things up.

Holy shit, right? The Knicks at least don’t have that many good players, the T-Wolves have a bunch and are still not shooting any threes.