Comments on: 2021-22 Game Thread: Knicks @ Clippers

By: Raven

Raven — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:30:40 +0000

It’s going to be really interesting to see what, if anything, Thibs learns and takes away from yesterday’s game. The two biggest ones, IMHO, being that 1. Julius Randle is not the answer (at least currently, if ever going forward), and 2. play the kids,

I presume he’ll roll out the normal starting lineup, but hopefully he’ll keep all of the ‘starters’ to under 30 minutes as he did last night, with the understandable exception of RJ.

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:32:50 +0000

@Brian: although the Knicks won while Hornets and Hawks didn’t play, there’s an update on the elimination numbers watch.

Elimination Number for Knicks/Hornets – 13
Elimination Number for Knicks/Nets – 13
Elimination Number for Knicks/Hawks – 14

Oh yeah, felt great writing this comment! 😀

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:26:03 +0000

Z-man: Breen pointed out that of the kiddie lineup with RJ, Sims, Deuce, Cam and IQ, the old man of the group wai Sims. That was pretty cool! Add Grimes, Obi, Rokas and possibly Mitch to that and that’s the best young core we’ve had in a looooong time…maybe since just pre-Melo trade? And we have 3 #1 picks in the next two years. But alas, those pick swaps…

Yeah, i’d re-sign Mitch and if we don’t move up to the Top4, i’d pack this year’s pick and one of next year’s to get Jaden Ivey. Unless Leon knows for sure he’ll get Brunson, in that case i wouldn’t waste a pick trading up, but if we’re not sure we’ll get a good PG in free-agency, i’d waste one pick to get Ivey and solve the PG hole.
Also, i’d trade the vets i was able to, keeping DRose to mentor the PGs and that’s it. A young team to watch develop would be a good idea, for a change.

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:16:46 +0000

The Infamous Cdiggy: I met Tyronn Lue a couple weeks ago when he and Balmer came to one of men’s basketball games.
Balmer joined the team in the locker room after the win. We got it on our Twitter feed, Feb 16: https://mobile.twitter.com/AthleticsELAC

They are trying to hire you, and you said no because you’re a Knicks fan, is that it? 😀
Jokes aside, it’s super cool to meet Balmer and Lue, what did you think of them?
Direct link to the tweet here: https://mobile.twitter.com/ElacBball/status/1494425035263537156

By: Z-man

Z-man — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:02:13 +0000

Breen pointed out that of the kiddie lineup with RJ, Sims, Deuce, Cam and IQ, the old man of the group wai Sims. That was pretty cool! Add Grimes, Obi, Rokas and possibly Mitch to that and that’s the best young core we’ve had in a looooong time…maybe since just pre-Melo trade? And we have 3 #1 picks in the next two years. But alas, those pick swaps…

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:56:32 +0000

We should get a win from time to time, for the losing to not get in the player’s heads. This one was a good game to get the win. And playing the kids is all i ask, so last night was a success. And WAS won, so the distance to them is the same. If we were tanking right, we would lose tonight because it’s against a fellow tanker in our range, but who knows what we’ll do.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:32:34 +0000

At first it seemed weird that Mitch had a plus/minus of 0 because he was so dominant but then I remembered he was mostly on the floor with Randle. I wonder how much his FT shooting is gonna cost him in free agency, not one of his six attempts had a prayer of going in. Sims on the other hand shoots moon balls from the line and they clanked too. Sims is slow off his feet compared to Mitch but he’s a strong mfer and pursues and grabs rebounds really well, also is moving much better laterally on the perimeter and staying on his feet and not fouling. I’m pretty excited about him.

By: Knew Your Nicks

Knew Your Nicks — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:26:37 +0000

Kids playing together is highly exciting!
If we play these guys and this way i don’t mind not tanking.
And i dont even care about the play in.
But if Thibs play the kids and they make the play in they’d deserve it as psych reward!
Let’s Go YoungKnicks!

By: Z-man

Z-man — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:25:21 +0000

Deuce was very deferential for the most part, focusing on hounding Jackson on D and providing spacing on O as IQ ran the point. Of his 3 shots (all 3’s) one clanked, one rimmed out and one swished from straightaway. He was pretty relentless on defense and tried to go over every screen. Made some rookie mistakes with his hands which accounted for the 4 fouls. I think he’s still in “do nothing that’s gonna put me in the doghouse again” mode, in other words, he doesn’t look to be playing free like he does in the G-league. Since IQ, RJ and Reddish were cooking, his uber-conservative play on O was a non-issue.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:11:51 +0000

How did Deuce look, btw? Other than the +/- (meaningless in any one game), his stats weren’t thrilling, but Thibs at least was forced to play him 18 minutes.