Again from the play-by-play, 38 seconds in the life of Knicks’ PG:
0:51 Jarrett Jack misses 9-foot jumper 103 – 103
0:29 Jarrett Jack bad pass (James Johnson steals) 103 – 103
0:25 Jarrett Jack shooting foul 103 – 103
0:13 Jarrett Jack misses 15-foot jumper 103 – 105

In a 53 minute game we tried 13 3PT they tried 42 (please Hornacek, look at the calendar, it’s 2018, if a player pass a clear shot bench him immediately).

The season has been better than expected before Timmy’s injury, they were even fun to watch, but is derailing quickly and the fucking Bulls are winning like crazy ruining our beloved second round pick.
I hate the concept of tanking (you play sports to win not to lose) luckily this team doesn’t need particular effort to lose a lot.

I’m a big fan of Porzingis but I see some worrying signs: he’s weak, small defenders that get physical outplay him much too often (and he’s not protected by the refs), he’s a woeful rebounder, he’s injury prone and Super Beas could carry the offense way better then he do.
The terrible PG situation and the absence of reliable shooters on the perimeter don’t help him, so for now I give him a pass (let’s see when Timmy comes back and Burke comes up)

Random thoughts:
– I ask this every time but I can’t help myself, WTF is Ron Baker doing for 4 millions?
– How could a real coach start LT in the NBA?
– Please someone put Frankie in the Drazen Petrovic’s workout regimen (1000 shots a day, 20 consecutive FT to go home)
– Super Beas has a role in the NBA, maybe even on a contender, offense aside his work on the board is undervalued.

Thanks to the OT and living in Italy I went to bed at 4:30 in the morning… I use to watch at least 2 games a week, but this is the last sleep I’ll lose for…

Thomas/offense
Jack/defense
Frank/offense
Kanter/defense
Baker/offense
Willy/defense
Noah/offense

Most of the rest are mediocre on both sides.

As soon as Lance Thomas is on the court, there’s almost no way KP can get good shots.

If Frank is out there with one of the other non scorers, they can’t score.

If KP is not on the court, Kanter gets abused.

If jack is on the court, he going to get roasted by anyone that can score and not give enough on offense to make up for it.

It’s hard to put a lineup out there that doesn’t have huge holes in it. It’s at the point where I am starting to think a generally poor defender like Beasley may be our second best all around player while Hardaway is out. He’s almost unquestionably a better scorer than KP at this stage.

Depending on whether you are rooting for wins or losses, the good or bad news is that if Hardaway wasn’t out for so long and KP was just playing decent basketball (forget about franchise or all star level, just decent) the Knicks would be battling for the 4th seed right now. That’s how bad KP has been and how useless Lance Thomas is.

I cant’t even watch the games anymore. Porzingis is so bad it’s too depressing to watch. Any time he tries to rebound in traffic the other player will out jump, out muscle, or strip him of the ball. He’s useless on the boards unless he’s the only one under the basket and/or the ball comes right to him. He needs to be partners with someone like Shawn Marion that can space and rebound. Watching him ISO on offense makes me want to vomit. He’s so bad at times that I’d suggest benching him except we need his defense to cover for Kanter because he’s a train wreck on defense. They play hard, but they are really bad. I surrender. Time to tank.

Bad times.