Comments on: 2021-22 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Lakers

By: swiftandabundant

swiftandabundant — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:21:46 +0000

I mean they didn’t have Lebron but Rose is literally our second best player and we’re also thin up front. The Lakers aren’t a good team but they aren’t bad either. It was a solid win and the first quarter was fire for sure. It does feel like we’re starting to turn a corner.

IQ has been awesome. Really happy with the way he is playing right now. Obi too.

By: swiftandabundant

swiftandabundant — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:20:04 +0000

Having lived in LA for 7 years I can say that Lakers fans are by far the most entitled, delusional and, for the most part, ignorant fans in the NBA. They’ve had so much success and so many times stars have gone to The Lakers that they’ve never really had to endure a true rebuild or sustained periods of being really bad. And because of that, they almost always assume when something is wrong that it’s the coaches fault. Guarantee you there are some Lakers fans right now who are like “But we got Lebron and AD and Westbrook and Melo! No way we aren’t gonna win a championship.”

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:01:12 +0000

Z-man:
Here’s a telling quote from the Lakers’ blog:

“If Vogel doesnt turn it around soon and consistently it might be time to promote Fizdale… hes solid.”

It’s amazing isn’t it. Laker fans are blaming their mediocre start on Vogel. I’ve seen that elsewhere too. It can’t be that their management put together a misfit team that doesn’t defend well despite having a good defensive coach.

By: E, all merc'd out

E, all merc'd out — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:34:44 +0000

Randle is barely even a net positive in these fourth quarters and he might not even be that. I’d rather have the ball in Quickley’s hands in the fourth.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:07:10 +0000

Z-man:
Here’s a telling quote from the Lakers’ blog:

“If Vogel doesnt turn it around soon and consistently it might be time to promote Fizdale… hes solid.”

LOL LOL LOL

By: Z-man

Z-man — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:44:52 +0000

Here’s a telling quote from the Lakers’ blog:

“If Vogel doesnt turn it around soon and consistently it might be time to promote Fizdale… hes solid.”

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:41:57 +0000

In reply to Z-man.

Let’s hope we get Rose back for Friday or that one could get ugly. One of Taj or Mitch would help too, but obviously we don’t want to rush those guys back. It’s nice to know that we can lose a few games and still be in the neighborhood of .500 when the schedule softens up again.

Yes, please, just let them get healthy healthy before they return.

I thought it was a very fine win, even with Lebron being out.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:24:41 +0000

This was a critical win for us. It took a great game from Fornier, a decent game from RJ, some IQ heroics and solid minutes from Obi to get it done. I know the Lakers didn’t have LeBron, but we were missing Mitch, Taj, and Rose. Considering that the Lakers had AD, DeAndre and Dwight to throw at us, we survived Randle’s boneheadedness thanks to Obi and to some degree Burks.

Let’s hope we get Rose back for Friday or that one could get ugly. One of Taj or Mitch would help too, but obviously we don’t want to rush those guys back. It’s nice to know that we can lose a few games and still be in the neighborhood of .500 when the schedule softens up again.

By: Let's face it, our Deeefense sucks!

Let's face it, our Deeefense sucks! — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:40:10 +0000

This was a much needed win given the schedule we have coming up, but we struggled against an LA team that was missing James and had AD at less than 100% at home.I suspect we are going struggle during this stretch too.

I still think the defensive energy is better with Noel.

By: Big Chiefin' as Phatt Gandalf

Big Chiefin' as Phatt Gandalf — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 04:58:20 +0000

wow, just finished the evian post game, he has some fairly interesting ideas for an ideal power forward, sort of like an obi…also mentioned the need for lot’s of usage sharing amongst the three primary ball handlers in the starting five…very interesting…

although, i’m not so sure evian thinks julius’ best use in the offense is as a ball handler at all…

hmmm, i wonder if the reason he likes to bring the ball up so much, is to take a breather, not run around the front court a bunch, just hang out around the arc…

i wonder if his teammates think that…