Comments on: NY Post: Knicks push Clippers before running out of steam in loss https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/ Knicks, Stats, Humor, Analysis. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Grocer https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/#comment-729230 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:22:20 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18631#comment-729230

Yes, the Mets’ colors were a Dodgers/Giants combo, while the Knicks colors reflect the NYC flag (which I suppose could be said of the Mets as well).

This sort of thing is why I don’t trust Yang’s strong polling numbers.

]]> By: djphan https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/#comment-729229 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:07:00 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18631#comment-729229 yea i read that article too but we don’t know what those non basketball issues were…. like lack of work ethic? there’s like a million dudes that have been selected in the lottery with a lack of work ethic… how’d this guy go undrafted?

]]> By: Max https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/#comment-729226 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:56:34 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18631#comment-729226

djphan:
for whatever reason… teams have been actively avoiding wood… and i don’t think anyone has figured out why… or it hasn’t been made known…

my best guess is that folks think he’s lazy? or was going to pull a larry sanders ? i have no idea but he was really good in college.. was good when given limited opportunities… and showed out when given an extended look…

weird…

There are reasons, I wrote about it a couple of weeks ago, I think it was in or after the Nets game,
if you’ll find it you’ll get some answers 😉

]]> By: Z-man https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/#comment-729225 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:54:59 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18631#comment-729225 Wood reminds me of Whiteside, who no one wanted and was all of a sudden a monster. I was worried about the small sample size of excellent play with him, but the film was eye-opening. I’m surprised that he didn’t get a better deal, but seems like a great landing spot for him.

]]> By: Z-man https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/#comment-729224 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:50:38 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18631#comment-729224 I like the Rockets because they abandoned that D’Antoni ultra-small BS and can now match up with anyone. If/when they are healthy, Wall is very good and Boogie is a nice piece on the minimum. They have a solid rotation.

]]> By: djphan https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/#comment-729223 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:50:20 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18631#comment-729223 for whatever reason… teams have been actively avoiding wood… and i don’t think anyone has figured out why… or it hasn’t been made known…

my best guess is that folks think he’s lazy? or was going to pull a larry sanders ? i have no idea but he was really good in college.. was good when given limited opportunities… and showed out when given an extended look…

weird…

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/#comment-729222 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:33:37 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18631#comment-729222 In reply to Bruno Almeida.

Also, Chris Wood is a superstar, I’m convinced. I mean, I was convinced last season pretty much, but he’s has not lost a single beat going from a terrible team, to the crazy Harden trade situation and after. If anyone still blindly believe the collective ability of front offices to properly evaluate talent, this has got to shake it up. I watched the game against the Pelicans and he looked like the best player on the court.

I was a big Wood believer, but I tend towards geo’s take on the Rockets overall, which is that it is just this season’s weirdness. I doubt the Rockets keep this up long term. That doesn’t mean that Wood isn’t great, though, as I think that he definitely is.

]]> By: thenoblefacehumper https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/#comment-729221 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:28:24 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18631#comment-729221 I continue to like LaVine more than some here, but I wouldn’t even consider trading for him at any realistic price. Our place on the win curve is such that any additions to the roster need to be just that, additions. We can’t afford to add LaVine at the expense of existing talent and/or assets, whether that’s Quickley or a future first.

I do think he could be an interesting target in free agency in 2022 if we nail the 2021 draft, and I also think that’s around the time the inevitable KAT grumblings will start…

]]> By: Bruno Almeida https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/#comment-729220 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:27:22 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18631#comment-729220 Also, Chris Wood is a superstar, I’m convinced. I mean, I was convinced last season pretty much, but he’s has not lost a single beat going from a terrible team, to the crazy Harden trade situation and after. If anyone still blindly believe the collective ability of front offices to properly evaluate talent, this has got to shake it up. I watched the game against the Pelicans and he looked like the best player on the court.

]]> By: geo https://knickerblogger.net/2021/02/ny-post-knicks-push-clippers-before-running-out-of-steam-in-loss/#comment-729219 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:11:42 +0000 http://KnickerBlogger.Net/?p=18631#comment-729219

Weird NBA factoid of the day in a season filled with them.

The Rockets are 6-3 since the James Harden trade — despite John Wall, Christian Wood and Victor Oladipo all missing games — and have the NBA’s second-best defensive rating (102.8) during that span.

i don’t know raven, we’ve all mentioned it a bunch – but, this season is weird as far as game to game match ups…short off-season, team injury and virus issues, the scheduling is a little different…

you hear it a lot that active athletes are creatures of routine, and, their normal routines are significantly impacted this season…

any given sunday in football is now any given game in basketball…

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