Comments on: 2019-20 David Fizdale Coaching Death Watch: Game 5 – Knicks @ Sixers

By: GoNYGoNYGo - Dolan must sell

GoNYGoNYGo - Dolan must sell — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 13:24:09 +0000

@153 – I keep posting for this year’s tank 🙂

@156 – Or maybe losing 2 rotation point guards on a team with many new faces made him a bad coach? This is why we say, in the beginning of the year, that we need to wait until at least December to see what this team is. November is pretty much the preseason. If the Knicks had won two of the games it lost, we’ would be (foolishly) talking playoffs.

By: bobneptune

bobneptune — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 13:20:25 +0000

With Frank’s ws/48 now entering the “Ray Felton Zone” (cue up the Twilight Zone music please) I submit a list of 100 players at age of 21 or less who sported WS/48 of .050 or less and unsurprisingly many were not very good, but surprisingly some are Hall of Famers 🙂 🙂 Interestingly enough…. some 20-21 year olds who are committed can actually get way better at shit!

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&per_poss_base=100&season_start=1&season_end=-1&lg_id=NBA&age_min=18&age_max=21&is_playoffs=N&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&c1stat=ws_per_48&c1comp=lt&c1val=.05&order_by=ws_per_48

By: Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats

Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 11:38:47 +0000

Is it me, or does it seem like Fiz is coaching better now that he seems to have settled on a rotation?

By: geo

geo — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 06:33:01 +0000

I’ve decided to consider this season frank’s rookie year…totally punting on those first couple of years…

one of the things I enjoy most about league pass, particularly the msg feed, is that you get to see more interaction between players and coaches during the game’s in-between time…

frank’s pretty much always by himself – I’m guessing ol’ frank ain’t exactly the coolest guy on the team…especially now that he’s coaches pet…yeah, frank ain’t got a ton of juice on the team – yet…

just like those fans went crazy when simmons hit that three – wait til frank dunks…

frank actually dribbled along the baseline one play…it was kind of shocking…

he’s been the surprise of the season for us…

I didn’t watch much of the world championships (fuck you very much espn)…did watch about 5 minutes of frank, but, nothing really stood out…

nothing in the pre-season really stood out for me either…when I saw him play when things started for real, my first thought was: damn, frank must have got himself some ass this summer…

that’s a new man right there, inspired and buoyed by lust…

By: geo

geo — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 06:12:26 +0000

oh yeah, that one shot by mike scott when randall never even raised his arms – that was the end of the game…

By: geo

geo — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 06:02:45 +0000

finished the game a while ago and checking in on the thread from the end and going backwards…

go ny go’s post pretty much says it all…and, now I know who to blame for the loss 🙂

I kind of remember hearing teams coming back from a long road trip will often be sluggish when they get back home…

our defense looks a hell of lot better – especially considering we’re rolling julius randall out there every night – our defense looks a hell of a lot better…

DSJ, randall, knox were all serious liabilities on the defensive end…

if we’re getting lit up from 3, frank and dot need to be out on the perimeter…dot should have played more in the 4th…DSJ and knox should have stayed on the bench…

both frank and RJ are far from perfect on the defensive end, but, seems overall they’re helping a lot more than hurting…

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 06:00:12 +0000

When Frank Ntilikina is our best offensive player in a game there’s really no need to examine much else to explain how we lost.

By: GoNYGoNYGo - Dolan must sell

GoNYGoNYGo - Dolan must sell — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 05:37:05 +0000

Excuse me. DReality check guys. The 76’ers are a legit contender. They have 3 former all-stars on the roster. They are undefeated at home. It would have been nice to win – a miracle. But just that. Fault? The Sixers woke up and kicked it into gear. Embid got both our centers into foul trouble in the first quarter and was unstoppable. And when he sat they brought in Al Horford. And they had a pissed-off Trae Burke. The Knicks didn’t lose, they were beaten. It was a fun game.

By: GoNYGoNYGo - Dolan must sell

GoNYGoNYGo - Dolan must sell — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 05:25:23 +0000

It’s my fault. All me.
I didn’t post in the game thread. Then, I couldn’t help myself and posted. From that point on the Knicks played like the Knicks. I brought on the bad juju. Self flagellation in progress.

By: The Glass Half Rebuilt

The Glass Half Rebuilt — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 04:39:52 +0000

One of the big mistakes with the veteran leaders on this team (Morris, Randle, and Portis) is that they are all me-first guys on offense in this dynamic. They all want to take over games instead of sticking to a team-first style of play and continuing to move the ball. A lot of that is also coaching, but you can’t give Marcus Morris $15M for a year and expect him to go from role-playing grunt to team captain in 2 months. You can’t give Bobby Portis $16M because he has big eyes.

If the Knicks want veteran leadership, they should trade for Chris Paul. He’ll spread the ball, yell at Frank every time he just dumps it down to Julius Randle, punch RJ Barrett in the chest when he misses free throws, and fire Bobby Portis immediately. But what we have right now is some bullshit. Hopefully we trade Marcus Morris for a 1st rounder or a decent young player.

Anybody think Gregg Poppovich would take Dolan’s POBO money instead of just retiring? He could be our version of Pat Riley, but I’m not sure his blunt honesty would work well with Dolan’s ego. I’m just tired of Steve Mills ruining the Knicks. He’s the Marvin Lewis of the NBA.