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		By: danvt		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 13:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ben, I do worry about injuries but it’s interesting to see the correlation between minutes and playing good basketball. Coach is letting them play through mistakes. RJ in particular has benefited from not going into the dog house after a bad game or two. Yes there’s some risk but there’s an upside in conditioning, timing and confidence]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ben, I do worry about injuries but it’s interesting to see the correlation between minutes and playing good basketball. Coach is letting them play through mistakes. RJ in particular has benefited from not going into the dog house after a bad game or two. Yes there’s some risk but there’s an upside in conditioning, timing and confidence</p>
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		By: Ben R		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 05:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I posted before I saw danvt&#039;s post. Do you like the 38  minutes for Barrett and Randle? It seems like too much for me. I would love to see Payton, Barrett, Randle, and Mitch all get more like 30 minutes with Burks also getting 30 minutes off the bench that way no one gets run down. I like the set rotation but I don&#039;t see the need for anyone getting heavy minutes. It&#039;s a long weird season.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I posted before I saw danvt&#8217;s post. Do you like the 38  minutes for Barrett and Randle? It seems like too much for me. I would love to see Payton, Barrett, Randle, and Mitch all get more like 30 minutes with Burks also getting 30 minutes off the bench that way no one gets run down. I like the set rotation but I don&#8217;t see the need for anyone getting heavy minutes. It&#8217;s a long weird season.</p>
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		By: Z-man		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 05:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rivers reminds me of Jarrett Jack....just his own thing]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rivers reminds me of Jarrett Jack&#8230;.just his own thing</p>
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		By: Ben R		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 05:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Once we get Burks back I would really love us to cut back our starters&#039; minutes. There isn&#039;t a huge drop off from Mitch/Randle/Barrett/ Bullock/Payton to Noel/Knox/ Burks/Rivers/Quickley so I would love to see our bench get 18-20 minutes a game as a unit (plus some extra minutes for Burks) that way we can keep all our players fresh. It&#039;s one thing if you are riding Butler, Deng, and Noah to try and win but there is no reason to ride Barrett and Randle.

I would also love to see if Frank, when and if he can get healthy, could win Bullock&#039;s minutes. If Frank&#039;s 3-point shooting is real he would be a better starter than Bullock. He is a good step better of a defender and it&#039;s not like Bullock is really lighting it up these days anyway. Frank guarding the other team&#039;s best player would do a lot for our defense as long as he can keep hitting 3s.

Once everyone is healthy where does Toppin fit? He shouldn&#039;t take Mitch or Noel&#039;s minutes, if Knox moves to SF then does Rivers lose his spot in the rotation? Does Knox?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once we get Burks back I would really love us to cut back our starters&#8217; minutes. There isn&#8217;t a huge drop off from Mitch/Randle/Barrett/ Bullock/Payton to Noel/Knox/ Burks/Rivers/Quickley so I would love to see our bench get 18-20 minutes a game as a unit (plus some extra minutes for Burks) that way we can keep all our players fresh. It&#8217;s one thing if you are riding Butler, Deng, and Noah to try and win but there is no reason to ride Barrett and Randle.</p>
<p>I would also love to see if Frank, when and if he can get healthy, could win Bullock&#8217;s minutes. If Frank&#8217;s 3-point shooting is real he would be a better starter than Bullock. He is a good step better of a defender and it&#8217;s not like Bullock is really lighting it up these days anyway. Frank guarding the other team&#8217;s best player would do a lot for our defense as long as he can keep hitting 3s.</p>
<p>Once everyone is healthy where does Toppin fit? He shouldn&#8217;t take Mitch or Noel&#8217;s minutes, if Knox moves to SF then does Rivers lose his spot in the rotation? Does Knox?</p>
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		By: danvt		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 05:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I like the big minutes for the starters and short bench. In recent years it’s been endless auditions. I think Elf has benefited from it and has gotten into a nice rhythm. Happy to have been wrong about him as he’s been excellent. Really excited about IQ and it’s good to see them not just throw him into the fire the way they did with RJ / Knox / Frank in recent years. Yes, Knick fans player development is a thing. Mitch realizing his potential. Julius a beast. I’m really fucking happy right now.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the big minutes for the starters and short bench. In recent years it’s been endless auditions. I think Elf has benefited from it and has gotten into a nice rhythm. Happy to have been wrong about him as he’s been excellent. Really excited about IQ and it’s good to see them not just throw him into the fire the way they did with RJ / Knox / Frank in recent years. Yes, Knick fans player development is a thing. Mitch realizing his potential. Julius a beast. I’m really fucking happy right now.</p>
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		By: heavencent35		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 05:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I always like Rivers game. His confidence is really New York made.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always like Rivers game. His confidence is really New York made.</p>
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		By: heavencent35		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 05:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Payton is playing like a starter level PG.
Should he be out PG in the future. Still young and Magic gave up a lot to get him because of his potential.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Payton is playing like a starter level PG.<br />
Should he be out PG in the future. Still young and Magic gave up a lot to get him because of his potential.</p>
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		By: Z-man		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 05:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[the nice thing is looking around the nba we have a variety of hard-nosed shit to throw at other teams]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the nice thing is looking around the nba we have a variety of hard-nosed shit to throw at other teams</p>
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		By: Deeefense		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 04:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are playing the game as well as we can given the limited talent  level of the players.   

We are getting absolutely great coaching. 

You don&#039;t need a true &quot;PG&quot; if you are playing offense PROPERLY. As long as the players and ball are moving with some purpose and we are getting some penetration the team will get good shots. The shots and assists will fall where they may on any given night.  Who cares who gets them as long as we are getting good shots and have players that can make them. 

Defenses are making it tougher on Randle, but he continues to make plays.  That&#039;s all you can ask.  He&#039;s not even a legit #1 or #2 scorer and he&#039;s getting double teamed. smh  I feel sorry for the poor guy.  We need enough weapons to make them pay for that strategy to give the poor guy a break.  

It was nice to see Mitch have good game against a good big team.   I&#039;ll have to watch the replay again, but maybe all the double teams on Randle helped free up Mitch to do his thing with more frequency.   That&#039;s exactly what we need.  

I didn&#039;t read the thread, but I presume some of the RJ panic has subsided a little. rotflmao

Quickley looked fine. I didn&#039;t see much difference or rust.  

I can&#039;t wait to see Quickley, RJ, and Frank on the court at the same time. 

I hope Thibs gives us a chance to see enough of that young lineup so we can figure what they can eventually do together moving the ball, making plays, and playing D.  Rivers is fine all around as a vet coming off the bench for a good team, but I&#039;d  WAY rather see Frank&#039;s defense with some combination of Quickley&#039;s or Burke&#039;s offense and RJ, but we need either RJ or Frank to make 3s at a decent clip to keep those 2 together.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are playing the game as well as we can given the limited talent  level of the players.   </p>
<p>We are getting absolutely great coaching. </p>
<p>You don&#8217;t need a true &#8220;PG&#8221; if you are playing offense PROPERLY. As long as the players and ball are moving with some purpose and we are getting some penetration the team will get good shots. The shots and assists will fall where they may on any given night.  Who cares who gets them as long as we are getting good shots and have players that can make them. </p>
<p>Defenses are making it tougher on Randle, but he continues to make plays.  That&#8217;s all you can ask.  He&#8217;s not even a legit #1 or #2 scorer and he&#8217;s getting double teamed. smh  I feel sorry for the poor guy.  We need enough weapons to make them pay for that strategy to give the poor guy a break.  </p>
<p>It was nice to see Mitch have good game against a good big team.   I&#8217;ll have to watch the replay again, but maybe all the double teams on Randle helped free up Mitch to do his thing with more frequency.   That&#8217;s exactly what we need.  </p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t read the thread, but I presume some of the RJ panic has subsided a little. rotflmao</p>
<p>Quickley looked fine. I didn&#8217;t see much difference or rust.  </p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait to see Quickley, RJ, and Frank on the court at the same time. </p>
<p>I hope Thibs gives us a chance to see enough of that young lineup so we can figure what they can eventually do together moving the ball, making plays, and playing D.  Rivers is fine all around as a vet coming off the bench for a good team, but I&#8217;d  WAY rather see Frank&#8217;s defense with some combination of Quickley&#8217;s or Burke&#8217;s offense and RJ, but we need either RJ or Frank to make 3s at a decent clip to keep those 2 together.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 04:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After 6 games we are tied with the Celts]]></description>
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