Comments on: NY Post: David Fizdale desperately wants Knicks to play faster

By: E

Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:57:47 +0000

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By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:52:05 +0000

@49 hilarious

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:37:20 +0000

That speech must have been so much fun to write – but so brutal to perform! Mad props, Kurtwood.

i think it would be easier for me to get a full phd in structural engineering and deliver a legitimate explainer than trying to front sixty seconds of ersatz gibberish as good as that

By: KnickfaninNJ

KnickfaninNJ — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:33:54 +0000

I saw a stat on Twitter which was along the lines of Randle is shooting at a rate of about 45% when he holds the ball for 6 seconds or less on a possession as opposed to somewhere in the 30% range when he goes Zach Randolph black hole

I’m sure this is the case. I commented after Randle had an actual good game that it looked he was shooting faster and then someone here looked up stats and indeed in that game he averaged one or two fewer dribbles than he usually does.

By: KnickfaninNJ

KnickfaninNJ — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:30:53 +0000

I know that Fizdale is quoted as saying “ We’ve got to get to our stuff quicker. We’ve got to get up the floor faster, get into our actions faster. ”. But I don’t believe that means he wants to enter the same half court sets we’ve been using, only earlier. That would make no sense and not really be possible to do because it is those very half courts that take all the time, not bringing the ball up the court. Instead I’m sure he wants half court sets with quicker actions out of them.

By: rama got no use for your spurv plinth

rama got no use for your spurv plinth — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:29:56 +0000

@49

That speech must have been so much fun to write – but so brutal to perform! Mad props, Kurtwood.

By: dtrickey

dtrickey — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:22:46 +0000

Also on a draft note, LaMelo Ball dropped a very nice triple double on Monday night and hit a clutch 3 to send the game into OT. Would not mind taking a punt on him. His shooting mechanics have improved and his IQ looks through the roof. I think Cole Anthony is still the preference, but Ball looks solid.

By: ptmilo

ptmilo — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:16:31 +0000

It’s also about understanding the SPECIFIC SKILLS, STRENGTHS, and WEAKNESSES of the players you have (and are trying to acquire), fitting them together properly, and using the appropriate strategy for those players to maximize a SPECIFIC LINEUP or TEAM output.

not too long ago we had a recurring leak. as leaks do it would flood the basement when it rained. or not. it refused to be pigeon holed. we had all sorts of experts out to patch stuff or opine about stuff needing patching or both.

one guy in particular came over for like the sixth time and i happened upon him delivering the leak version of sermon on the mount to my wife. if you’ve ever seen amazon’s patriot it sounded disturbingly like leslie explaining the structural dynamics of flow. he couldn’t explicitly use all caps, because he was talking, but he got by.

apparently, my wife had asked him what he would normally try next if his current plan didn’t work. he didn’t approve of the invitation to stereotype our plumbing snowflake with normality, and so out came his inner khan academy. i interrupted to ask him how any of these facts about the INTERPLAY of GRADING and TRENCHING and SOIL CONDITIONS and JOINT EXPANSION might be used to fix our actual house. He said he didn’t want to get specific, it was too complicated.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P5-9Rfrui9A

By: dtrickey

dtrickey — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:12:10 +0000

I think what Fiz is trying to say is somewhat correct, he just said it in a dumb way.

I saw a stat on Twitter which was along the lines of Randle is shooting at a rate of about 45% when he holds the ball for 6 seconds or less on a possession as opposed to somewhere in the 30% range when he goes Zach Randolph black hole, so technically Fiz in on to something that the offence may look better if the pace is quickened. I will try and find the tweet if I can.

By: geo

geo — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:09:40 +0000

Fizdale said Tuesday that he hopes that a faster pace will help players like Julius Randall and Marcus Morris get easier baskets. The onus is also on those forwards to run the floor and get out in transition.

“Can you get up the floor and get you two layups? Can you get to the line three or four more times a game just because you ran the floor hard?” Fizdale said, referencing conversations he’s had with both Morris and Randall.

i don’t know – sounds like coach speak for morris and randall need to get up the floor faster, can’t have them hanging around the basket looking for rebounds…cool, more rebounds for frank…