Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2023.02.07)

By: deeefense

deeefense — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 23:06:43 +0000

I’m really worried about tonight’s game.

1. The Magic are much better than their overall record indicates. They are 6-4 over their last 10, and 17-13 over their 30. Granted, I picked a starting point that maximized the results, but that’s not a bad team over 30 games.

2. The Knicks are coming off a huge win. They could let down a bit or be taking this team lightly when they shouldn’t be. This could be a tough game.

3. RJ may be back. That’s the scariest of all. He could easily go 6-18 with 4 TOs and snatch a loss out of the jaws of victory.

By: deeefense

deeefense — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:57:14 +0000

“Speaking of “not materializing”, how is your theory that Thibs knows the shooting tendencies of all 450 NBA players and has devised a notoriously complex defensive system that forces players to take the wide open 3PAs that they’re bad at making holding up in the absence of Mitch?”

I’m not sure why you keep harping on this.

1. There is technology being used in the NBA that can track this. Mark Cuban was the person that made me aware of it. Years back he said the Mavs used it and he knew within a few square feet what spots on the court were better than others. They used it for specific players to help find strength and weaknesses and try to force players to their weaknesses and know more about their own player’s strengths.

2. You don’t have to know every single detail about every single player for something like this to be effective. You just have to know things like whether the player prefers going left or right, shooting from the left corner or right corner, left wing or right wing, straight on etc.. It’s all fairly standard scouting and data that can then be used to help defensively at the margin.

Any coach that focuses heavily on defense, has the data, and prepares his players well is going to go over things like this to gain little edges.

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:11:08 +0000

Spencer Dinwiddie: “We may not be the best trade package, but we’re the best looking. And the Nets needed some help in that department.”

Okay, this is a much better press conference 😆

By: Early Bird

Early Bird — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:04:37 +0000

Yeah, having 2 bad defenders seems to be the team’s limit without Mitch in there. Mitch seemed okay holding it down with all 3 in. Be curious to see the Mitch & 3 stats, or maybe Mitch & 3 stats with a 5th guy who can play defense (basically anyone except Fournier).

Supposedly we’re no longer pursuing OG

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:59:48 +0000

Noah Kirkwood was pretty pissed when he left, too.

“I signed a 10 say contract and they waived me 6 days later. That’s four fucking days they still owe me. I didn’t go to Harvard for this shit!”
-N Kirkwood, 10/12/2022

By: Hubert IV

Hubert IV — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:59:33 +0000

Wow, a player who didn’t get paid says he feels disrespected. That never happens.

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:56:40 +0000

Lets hope Clyde and RJ won’t have beef. I know whose side I am on.

https://twitter.com/BigKnickEnergy_/status/1623062224880168981

There was a good thread about how the Randle-RJ-Brunson trio has been massacred but that each pair alone has been plus. There are some strange numbers floating around.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:41:46 +0000

Actually, it’s been a consistent refrain from Nets players that they don’t like the Nets management. Durant and Harden said it before Kyrie did.

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:40:33 +0000

Kyrie is another example of that Dipshit or Asshole conundrum

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:38:00 +0000

@Rachel__Nichols
Kyrie Irving in his first press conference since the trade says he felt “disrespected” by the Nets and wishes that he had paid more attention going in to who were the people running the franchise. Said he felt “wanted” by the Mavericks.

This is just incredible. Just incredible. What a guy.