Comments on: 2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks @ the Cavs’ New All-Center Starting Lineup

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 17:01:14 +0000

Don’t much care if we win or lose, although beating Boston I will always root for, but definitely want to see RJ & IQ continue their recent play. Hopefully IQs mini bad streak was just him shaking the rust off.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 16:55:34 +0000

Same starters again for Knicks.

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 16:33:54 +0000

Robinson and Noel both active

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 15:56:41 +0000

Kemba gonna make his season debut today. So the skid will likely continue…

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 14:23:15 +0000

NetsTown:
Nets own this town.

@Brian: Can i request a ban? 😀

By: marechal

marechal — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 13:09:52 +0000

I thought Harden was incredibly deferential when he shared the floor with Durant. He was actively looking to assist first. I think the problem is being overblown. They have two of the best offensive players ever, they’ll figure out a way.

By: nicos

nicos — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:34:46 +0000

There’s no way this ends well with Kyrie. He’ll derail the whole thing before he accepts playing off of the ball enough to satisfy KD and Harden. I think Harden really wanted it to work out with Westbrook- they’re friends. I doubt he feels the same about Kyrie. If they can’t get on the same page I doubt Harden is going to bend over backwards to make things work- he’s every bit the egotistical jerk Kyrie is but with a lot less crazy. At the end of the day Harden’s just a better player than Kyrie and everyone who matters- KD, Nash, and D’A- knows it and I can’t imagine Kyrie accepting that.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 07:38:44 +0000

In reply to geo.

more to the point – i wanna watch kyrie”s expression as harden holds the ball for 15 solid seconds or so possession after possession after possession…

The funny thing is that Harden was annoying in the playoffs last year when he let Westbrook, I think, shoot too much. Basically, Harden with the ball is almost always the best thing for a team if you need a score late, so it was annoying how often he would pass it. And D’Antoni would actively be running plays for other guys at the end of the game.

By: nicos

nicos — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 06:36:48 +0000

Paul Pierce put up a .144 WS/48, 3.4 OBPM, and a 2.3 VORP as a 21 year old rookie. He didn’t piece together anything- he pretty much arrived in the NBA as Paul Pierce despite not finishing that well. Also very different league back then- I wonder what the norm actually was.

Look if RJ manages to crack .500 TS% by the end of the year I wouldn’t write him off but if he stays where he is he looks a lot more like Dragan Bender or Mudiay than anybody who’s any kind of player.

By: djphan

djphan — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 05:38:10 +0000

The odds of RJ being a Paul Pierce-level player are like 10,000 to 1. It’s stupid to even bring up his name as a possible outcome. Get real please.

paul pierce wasn’t much of a player at age 18… in fact rj was way better….he shot 60% at the line at age 18… at age 21 pierce was shooting 53% at the rim in his rookie year…

it’s probably not likely… i agree… but pierce isn’t miles ahead of rj at this stage in the game…. pierce was in the process of becoming the player we knew but it took him a couple of years to piece together that game that we recognize…. and rj right now is right around that age where pierce was putting it together…. and if he improves his shooting .. esp dramatically… then he’d probably be somewhere along that track…