Comments on: 2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks @ Grizzlies: The Road Trip Continues!

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Tue, 04 May 2021 05:03:39 +0000

The Infamous Cdiggy: The more I think about it, the more I believe this is the one factor that all the Teams (Optimist, Pessimist, Tank, etc) never truly accounted for because we hadn’t seen the effect of such level of coaching since Riley/Van Gundy.

We are FOURTH in the NBA in three-point %. FOURTH… FUCKING FOURTH!!! Let that sink in for a moment.

I think it was also difficult to ascertain how much of the bad play from some of our players had to do with coaching, preparation, on court X and Os etc. We could reasonably expect a guy like Bullock, a career 38% shooter from 3, to get better than the 33% he had last season, we could expect Burks to score well because he did that last season, but Randle and Barrett outright learning how to shoot? Of course there might be some noise to the numbers still, it’s a shortened season with weird schedules, but those would generally be expected to affect performance negatively, not positively like this.

It really does seem to be about Thibs and his coaching staff changing things around, encouraging guys to make extra passes, find open men, etc. It’s still a relatively weak team on talent level but those little things are having a big impact.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Tue, 04 May 2021 04:43:14 +0000

I looked at some Memphis blogs. Seems like their impression is that we are Grit & Grind now, not them

By: The Infamous Cdiggy

The Infamous Cdiggy — Tue, 04 May 2021 04:27:57 +0000

Started listening to KFTV via youtube for Knicks post-game chat. Folks are calling Norvelle “Pelle Pelle”. I like it!

By: geo

geo — Tue, 04 May 2021 04:13:41 +0000

guys on the team call julius: ju…

what an unbelievable player transformation…not only did he make huge leaps with his play, turns out he’a also a very good team leader…a leader for both the young guys and the vets…a leader with a really good work ethic and now an unbelievable 3 point shot…

it’s weird, it’s like we lucked into a number one lotto pick ready to dominate right away…

By: geo

geo — Tue, 04 May 2021 04:09:25 +0000

and the winner is –

For Whom the Pelle Tolls

By: The Infamous Cdiggy

The Infamous Cdiggy — Tue, 04 May 2021 04:04:54 +0000

JK47:
This team is so well prepared and when somebody needs to step up and fill in because of an injury it seems like whoever is asked to step up always gets the job done.

I had really forgotten what good coaching looks like. The Knicks have not had a coach this good since at least Van Gundy and maybe even Riley.

The more I think about it, the more I believe this is the one factor that all the Teams (Optimist, Pessimist, Tank, etc) never truly accounted for because we hadn’t seen the effect of such level of coaching since Riley/Van Gundy.

We are FOURTH in the NBA in three-point %. FOURTH… FUCKING FOURTH!!! Let that sink in for a moment.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Tue, 04 May 2021 03:51:22 +0000

All kidding aside, Leon Rose doesn’t utter a word, yet he has worked miracles as a first-year POBO. It really does all start with him.

By: DRed

DRed — Tue, 04 May 2021 03:49:10 +0000

The rest of the schedule is fucking brutal so this was a huge W

By: Z-man

Z-man — Tue, 04 May 2021 03:49:02 +0000

When Derrick Rose said it all starts with Ju, did he mean Leon or Randle?

By: JK47

JK47 — Tue, 04 May 2021 03:40:36 +0000

This team is so well prepared and when somebody needs to step up and fill in because of an injury it seems like whoever is asked to step up always gets the job done.

I had really forgotten what good coaching looks like. The Knicks have not had a coach this good since at least Van Gundy and maybe even Riley.