Comments on: 2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks vs Kevin Durant, Joe Harris and Three Guys Off The Street

By: Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats

Totes McGoats as Totes McGoats — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:38:45 +0000

Not to minimize KD’s greatness, but I feel like this was a game we should have won. Defense should have been simple- make Durant beat you by himself. Who cares if he goes for 60? As long as we’re not letting their shooters get free and letting DJ dominate the boards, we should win that one. But they absolutely killed us in the 2nd quarter. Oh..and someone needs to tell Elf to stop shooting jumpers. He needs to focus on attacking the paint. I know it’s hard without Bullock or Burks out there, but he’s gotta stick to his guns.

I don’t wanna kill the team because I know we’ve got some injuries, but I don’t know what Thibs is thinking. If the goal is to get shooting in the starting 5 while guys are out, then you elevate Knox or Quickley and leave Rivers as your 6th man. Teams don’t fear Rivers from outside.

By: Joinone

Joinone — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 05:46:14 +0000

Nickeil Alexander Walker just randomly puts up 37 points on 23 shots against the Clippers. This season is weird

By: Leonam

Leonam — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 05:15:32 +0000

pepper:
watching Halliburton…how the heck did we pass on this guy?

He’s good. Seems like a guy who rarely loses control of what he’s doing.

By: pepper

pepper — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:47:59 +0000

watching Halliburton…how the heck did we pass on this guy?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:35:42 +0000

In reply to nicos.

Would you trade Randle for an impending free agent ‘Dipo?

By: nicos

nicos — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:28:22 +0000

It was kind of interesting to see Durant in Randle’s ear after the game- had that “keep it up I like what you’re doing” vibe.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:15:26 +0000

In reply to nicos.

Oh, totally, even if he’s “just” Knoxak, that clearly is valuable, in and of itself.

By: nicos

nicos — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:10:50 +0000

Knox is still just 21- he’s younger than both Obi and Quickley. If this were his first/second season (which wouldn’t be crazy given his age) everybody would be pretty excited I think. Having watched him play in a fog for two solid years does temper the enthusiasm quite a bit though. But a 6’9″ 21 year old who can really shoot has some asset value so let’s hope he keeps it up.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:07:26 +0000

In reply to Owen.

He still stinks. But his TS% might be above league average after this. So that is something.

Yeah, he’s been shooting so well that he’s downright playable so far this year. It really is a huge improvement. A very limited player, but that’s still a huge step up for him!

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 04:04:38 +0000

Knox drove to the basket once and hit a step back jumper after a dribble or two. These thoroughly unremarkable acts, regularly observed in most NBA players, were some of the first instances of such exhibited by him.

There was some very mild rejoicing….

He still stinks. But his TS% might be above league average after this. So that is something.