Comments on: 2022-23 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Sixers, Time to Take Down Philly for the Holidays! https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/ Knicks, Stats, Humor, Analysis. Mon, 26 Dec 2022 11:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Owen https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/#comment-829631 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 11:49:20 +0000 https://knickerblogger.net/?p=20222#comment-829631 Well, we were on an eight game winning streak until Grimes sprained his ankle.

I think he is good and Sims is at worst a useful third big.

Deuce is an amazing guy to bring in to play SS in the ninth inning.

]]> By: E, all merc'd out https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/#comment-829630 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 11:19:25 +0000 https://knickerblogger.net/?p=20222#comment-829630 Let’s step back for a moment and contemplate that the proposition was that priors and premises should be materially tweaked because the Knicks injected Miles McBride, Jericho Sims, and Quentin Grimes into their rotation.

I mean … um … yeah.

]]> By: DRed https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/#comment-829629 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 03:41:12 +0000 https://knickerblogger.net/?p=20222#comment-829629 Yeah, I mean the Knicks aren’t a top 4 the conference team. So when the other team shoots 18-39 from 3 we’re going to lose.

]]> By: Bruno Almeida https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/#comment-829628 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 01:54:56 +0000 https://knickerblogger.net/?p=20222#comment-829628 The issue remains the same, when games get tough teams like Philly have players like Embiid and Harden who can consistently change a game, and we don’t. They have superstars and we have good players. But that is all stuff we already knew about this team and it is what it is.

]]> By: Z--man https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/#comment-829627 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 01:25:43 +0000 https://knickerblogger.net/?p=20222#comment-829627 Celts with a statement win…

]]> By: Owen https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/#comment-829626 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 01:11:14 +0000 https://knickerblogger.net/?p=20222#comment-829626 Burks probably would have slotted in pretty well in multiple spots in our lineup.

]]> By: pepper https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/#comment-829625 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 01:07:13 +0000 https://knickerblogger.net/?p=20222#comment-829625 Glad I went skiing…

]]> By: Raven is a Big Black Bird https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/#comment-829624 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:58:54 +0000 https://knickerblogger.net/?p=20222#comment-829624 Noble, I’ll just argue the opposite. We’re losing because Deuce is playing 5-10 minutes a game now, instead of 15-25. Inexplicable. Look no further.

(To be partly serious, I do think that the more Deuce plays, the more comfortable he becomes taking the shots he should. I agree right now he’s looking tentative, as he did last year when he played 3 minutes a game in the corner waiting to see if a pass came to him [as would I in a similar situation]).

]]> By: TNFH https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/#comment-829623 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:58:00 +0000 https://knickerblogger.net/?p=20222#comment-829623 Also in the hindsight department, boy, would like to see our record if we dumped Cam and kept Burks.

]]> By: TNFH https://knickerblogger.net/2022/12/2022-23-game-thread-knicks-vs-sixers-time-to-take-down-philly-for-the-holidays/#comment-829622 Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:34:52 +0000 https://knickerblogger.net/?p=20222#comment-829622 Agree that not much in a macro sense will change without a major move. The real contenders have guys who can effortlessly create a lot of good shots, and we do not.

Some shorter-term thoughts:
-Might be time to go back to a 10 man rotation, we seem pretty gassed at the end of games.

-This might not be popular, especially with Raven, but if we’re sticking with 9 men I’m not sure it’s sustainable to keep playing McBride. He’s downright Ntilikinian on offense. It’s possible when we inserted him in the rotation his energy was a necessary addition, but now that we’ve stabilized whatever Rose can still bring offensively might be more important. This isn’t a change I want to see because I prefer McBride even if it costs us a win or two, but it might be the win maximizing formula.

-When Obi gets back, we should run the offense through him for the 12 or so non-Randle minutes he gets. Have him screen and roll, post up mismatches, etc. Without personnel changes I don’t see a better way to generate offense from the bench. See if he can be Dayton Obi against other bench units. Maybe pair these minutes with the aforementioned potential Rose minutes.

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