Comments on: 2022-23 Game Thread: Knicks @ Lakers – Three Was Enough Company!

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:10:07 +0000

Yeah, very nice to wake up to a win. 😉 And especially after reading the game thread, when you guys started saying we were clueless at the end of games, i thought to myself “here we go, another close game that ends with an L”. Phew, it was great that we managed to pull it off, because the Nets are looking solid and i want the 5th seed. 🙂

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:00:42 +0000

Well, I fell asleep. Good to wake up to a win.

By: Early Bird Writes

Early Bird Writes — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 05:44:43 +0000

I’ve been thinking that for a while, RJs best NBA skill is salary matching. Whoever came up with the sloth, that feels incredibly accurate watching him plod about.

That said, I still think he figures out the interior scoring, it’s just going to take a lot of skill he doesn’t currently have. The NBA is easy for fast players who get to the basket for open layups. Stronger players don’t get clean looks and need to build a repertoire of finishing moves and floaters.

I worry more about his outside shooting. Other than empty arena RJ, which looks like as much of a thing as empty arena Randle, RJ has shot 32%, 34%, and now 32% again. He shot 31% in college. You’re not a viable wing in this league if you’re shooting 33% from 3 on your career.

By: Rough

Rough — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 05:26:01 +0000

People wonder why the Knicks gave such a big contract to The Sloth right after they were ready to trade him (with multiple picks!) for Donovan Mitchel. I think that was a simple and smart trade-flexibility move. It will be easier to match salaries if an A-star becomes available this summer (or during the 23-24 season) without depleting the entire team as they did in the Carmelo Anthony trade.

By: deeefense

deeefense — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 05:18:11 +0000

I hate the fact that we have 2 games left with the Heat. The most likely outcome would be to split, but that’s no certainty. You want those H2H matchups when you are the one chasing, not when you are the one leading.

By: Rough

Rough — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:59:45 +0000

This is how important tonight’s win was. Knicks are 6th with twelve games to go. Thirteen games to go for the Heat. If we go .500 the rest of the way, we get to 46 wins. Heat will have to go 10-3 to catch up. If we do just a bit better, we can easily get the 5th seat.

By: Nicos

Nicos — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:49:25 +0000

Part of RJ’s second half success was because L.A. switched AD onto Randle making the path to the paint much easier. He was still inefficient but the Knicks have to have RJ out there a lot with Brunson out as Randle and Quick are the only two other guys who can create anything.

By: pepper

pepper — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:47:12 +0000

https://twitter.com/KnicksMuse/status/1635122409434124288

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:43:26 +0000

Game ball goes to Alan.

Awww. And I slept through almost all of it before being woken up for new meds!

By: Rough

Rough — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:36:04 +0000

There are players that are winners and make the so-called “winning plays.” Josh Hart is one of them. As of The Sloth, it is a mystery for me why Thibs is still starting him. My guess is that a) the Knicks still hope they can get something out of their 3rd pick, and b) they hope to add some value and make it easier to include him in a trade. I am not sure this is a good strategy, but I don’t know what the alternative would be either.