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

By: E, all merc'd out

E, all merc'd out — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:19:02 +0000

Julius Randle’s overall net on-off rating is now minus-19.4 per 100 possessions.

By: E, all merc'd out

E, all merc'd out — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:09:19 +0000

They’re 7-14 in their last 21 games; that doesn’t even rise to the level of mediocre.(*) Teams running at that pace with an old roster are typically sellers.

(*) 23rd in net rating, pretty tame schedule, not really any injury or COVID issues of any significance (at least until yesterday). It’s a meh team at best.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:15:30 +0000

Even Macri is starting to treat this as a lost season, and he’s Mr Knicks Optimism. Today’s newsletter talks about the possibility of us being sellers at the deadline.

By: GHenman

GHenman — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 12:14:24 +0000

I don’t remember hearing Kemba say he’s okay with coming off the bench. He’s been a starter all of his life and probably sees himself as a starter still. Maybe Thibs is just respecting Kemba’s wishes. I thought they benched him a little early, but once they did there’s really no going back. It’s kind of like benching your starting quarterback. At this point I think they should just start Rose until one of the Kids is ready.

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:59:56 +0000

The Bucks are really good. It showed yesterday.

Grimes had the best starting debut of a Knicks rookie ever.

Going to focus on those two things because otherwise my urge to be relentlessly negative will destroy me.

By: Ingmarrrr

Ingmarrrr — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:54:14 +0000

Z-man:
My take on Grimes:
-The 3pt jumper is legitimatrly wet
-has potential as a 2 on both ends
-some basic passing and rebounding skills
-scrappy on D but might struggle against length and speed
-can get his shot off, both the on catch and the dribble
-not sure if he can get to the rim
-looks like a find at #25, a legit NBA rotation player at worst

That’s great, thanks. He seems like a high IQ guy so I think that should help him, but who knows how these things work.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:12:44 +0000

My take on Grimes:
-The 3pt jumper is legitimatrly wet
-has potential as a 2 on both ends
-some basic passing and rebounding skills
-scrappy on D but might struggle against length and speed
-can get his shot off, both the on catch and the dribble
-not sure if he can get to the rim
-looks like a find at #25, a legit NBA rotation player at worst

By: Ingmarrrr

Ingmarrrr — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:14:51 +0000

How was Grimes?! Is this kind of scoring burst sustainable? Is he really that good? (I loved him before the draft, just sayin’…)

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:50:11 +0000

KevinR, you could be right. I think my intuition is only because we gave up 90 points and 112 points in the last two games which doesn’t seem to bad

By: Big Chiefin' Geo

Big Chiefin' Geo — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:04:00 +0000

or, you could say we addressed weaknesses that were exposed in the playoffs during the off-season…and, currently we are still in the process of implementing an offense that won’t stagnate during playoff basketball…

i believe in julius…

or, you could say – we still don’t have a freaking starting point guard…i mean how stupid is that…it’s like every year is a new year and for some reasons the lessons of the past, just are ignored…

get a point guard already – although, graham and the pelicans aren’t doing so well, neither is lowry and the heat…other than ball, did any other starting point guards change teams?

i don’t know what the solution is, but burks ain’t the answer…