Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2023.04.14)

By: Hubert IV

Hubert IV — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 03:36:47 +0000

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By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 22:40:36 +0000

Fun article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/04/12/rudy-gobert-punch-timberwolves/

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 22:33:05 +0000

In reply to Knick fan not in NJ.

Ay-yep.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 22:28:19 +0000

Maybe it’s a large fine, but if the tenth pick were available for that price, teams would be lining up to buy it.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 21:58:24 +0000

Whether the Knicks offense will hold up in the playoffs is a great question. I’ve long had the theory that most offenses do get worse in the playoffs except that read and react offenses like the Triangle don’t, or at least deteriorate less in the playoffs. Phil Jackson’s teams always seemed to come through in the playoffs (and often break our hearts). Steve Kerr’s offensive system seems to do this too, and now Mike Brown’s Kings offense is spectacular. I think it may be that system offenses do better because a lot of playoff defensive preparation involves working on adjusting matchups by how you handle pick and rolls and other offensive schemes that help get good matchups for the offense. But if the offense you are preparing for is designed to pass the ball and make cuts to get players free, adjusting matchups doesn’t work as well.

So where does the Knicks current offense fit in this train of thought? I don’t really know, but suspect it’s somewhere in the middle. I’m really not sure you can defensively adjust for a rebounding edge, but maybe you can. But certainly having Randle or Brunson drive and kick out to a middling but open shooter on the perimeter should still work close to as well as it does now. But I’m worried. The Cavs are a team that has a good defense in the middle and that could mess with our rebounding. On the other hand, if attacking them in the middle turns out to be a decoy for open threes and short floaters, they could get very frustrated with how resilient our offense seems to be.

By: pepper

pepper — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 21:37:37 +0000

“It’s the 3rd largest fine ever handed down by the league, behind only Donald Sterling and the tampering T-Wolves.”

is that inflation adjusted?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 21:26:10 +0000

In reply to Donnie Walsh.

If this doesn’t work, nothing will.

https://knickerblogger.net/2023/04/14/knicks-vs-cavaliers-round-1-preview/

By: Donnie Walsh

Donnie Walsh — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 21:16:35 +0000

*** Mavs get fined the amount of money Mark Cuban has in his couch cushions***

It’s the 3rd largest fine ever handed down by the league, behind only Donald Sterling and the tampering T-Wolves.

By: Wayloncash

Wayloncash — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:37:39 +0000

Walker, is karma the same thing as ball don’t lie? I think so. The 11 would be so sweet!

By: walkerandbendercornerstones

walkerandbendercornerstones — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:06:56 +0000

Yeah that fine was BS but not surprising. I thought what Cuban did was egregious but also not actually different than what a bunch of other teams do, it was just he did it in one important game.

Hopefully now karma will punish the Mavs and they’ll fall to 11.