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

By: E, all merc'd out

E, all merc'd out — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:34:27 +0000

Max: That was the moment I did understand we’re going to lose. And Burks was in one of his worst game as a Knick!

Another weirdo security blanket veteran. The guy is hopeless. I’ve seen enough. Time for him to go.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:32:09 +0000

E, all merc’d out:
Sure glad Thibodeau put in Burks rather than Quickley or Toppin after Taj fouled out; you never know what might have happened otherwise, they might have turned the ball over three times down the stretch and not made a basket the last four minutes or something.

That was the moment I did understand we’re going to lose. And Burks was in one of his worst games as a Knick!

By: Max

Max — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:29:42 +0000

I have the same feeling Alan, they tease me with “moments” since the start of the season only to implode for whatever reason.

Maybe, just maybe, going 2-8 or 3-7 before the trade deadline can push Rose to sell and re-stock, but if we stay around .500 I can’t see a chance.

By: E, all merc'd out

E, all merc'd out — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:28:20 +0000

Sure glad Thibodeau put in Burks rather than Quickley or Toppin after Taj fouled out; you never know what might have happened otherwise, they might have turned the ball over three times down the stretch and not made a basket the last four minutes or something.

Quickley’s back on Thibodeau’s dumbass, stupidass probation again. There’s really little reason to have him around as the head coach anymore; he’s served his niche purpose already.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:11:14 +0000

That game sucked. It was not fun, other than Evan going nuclear for a bit.

Yet like so much of the season, it’s a Rorschach test for anybody — including members of our front office — who suffered through it. You can see moments where it seems obvious we need to at minimum punt on the season (i.e., trade Burks, maybe trade other vets if there’s a market for them), if not just blow things up and start over. And then you see moments where the team seems like it’s one more move — or just a fully healthy roster — away from resembling last year’s squad. I’d probably punt, but it’s hard to imagine Leon doing that unless the upcoming road trip is an utter disaster prior to the trade deadline.

By: E, all merc'd out

E, all merc'd out — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:04:25 +0000

Old and unathletic, directionless, poorly coached.

Mediocrity — thy name is Knicks.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:02:49 +0000

cybersoze:
Then i read Max saying he’d better go to sleep given the sh*t show, and i thought “well, nice game to have skipped”.

Instead I stayed up until the end, I filed it under entry #9734 in my “Bad Decisions Due To Knicks Fandom” file…

At the same time I’m very proud of myself, I didn’t break anything, I didn’t scream or curse out loud, despite Barrett and Co. repeated provocations.

Progress.

And fuck them all.

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:45:14 +0000

Donnie Walsh: I can only imagine the Wolvesblogger.net folks being even more on the edge of insanity than even we are here.

Hmm, don’t know, i’d say that’s really a close call. 😛

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:43:21 +0000

KJG, wishing you and your family a speedy recovery, with at most mild symptons. That way in some days this will be in the past and you’ll be more protected than ever from this invisible enemy.
How’s the rest of the KBers that had covid are doing? No one with long covid related problems, right?

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:26:22 +0000

Fell asleep midway through the 2nd quarter. Then i read Max saying he’d better go to sleep given the sh*t show, and i thought “well, nice game to have skipped”. But in the 2nd half we were doing what we do best – comebacks – and i kept reading feeling hopeful about the chance to win the game, only to be as frustrated today as you guys yesterday with the choke job and the L. 🙁
But at least it was an entertaining game with all the ingredients we usually have… bad refereeing, foul trouble, dumb plays, no D, running into double teams with the eyes on the ground, and last but not least, a lot of turnovers… oddly enough we must have gotten a lot better at FTs in the 2nd half, because we shot above 70% for the game but in the stretch i watched we seemed to be missing a lot… and then we had also clutch shots, good D, a french man that gets hot and nails the win by scoring more than 18 pts (oh, wait), a star in beast mode, incense, dance… what a ride… but in the end we weren’t rewarded for the effort…
…after reading all this, wasn’t sure if i was sad for missing (a good part of) the game, but this definitely made me swing… the peroxide dyed blonde that i now can only imagine! 😀