RutgersJetFan Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Amare stating today that up until Woodson he'd never even been taught defense. Too funny. But yeah, Melo and effort was the problem under D'A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 That's the rub though, in the 2nd half they really started to figure things out but that winds up all for naught because tonight Melo and Amare come back in the same game after they just were already trying to get Camby extended time for the past couple games, ditto for Copeland. So just when some of these guys started to click, you're starting all over again. It's going to be like this for the next month or two with Felton and Shump also. Woodson is a good coach and I suspect with Kidd in the locker room they should be able to remain calm throughout everything, so in theory they should be able to play their way out of this once they weather the storm. I can't find the article, but if you look at Synergy it has the Knicks ranked in the bottom 5 teams defensively for the first half, 8th best in the second half and they jump up to the 3rd best defense overall in the 4th quarter. I think it's time Woodson starts giving pre-game half-time speeches, as it's not a talent issue. Amare stating today that up until Woodson he'd never even been taught defense. Too funny. But yeah, Melo and effort was the problem under D'A. He's said this a few times throughout his career and mentioned that he was never taught defense in high school or the pros, but this was the first time he's really talked up a defensive coach and somewhat slighted D'An. This late in his career I'm not asking for any miracles as the guy literally has no defensive instincts, but if he can just learn to not be a detriment to the team on the defensive end, it'll make his minutes and offensive game that much more valuable. FYI: I can't tell if it was the 10 day long break from anything school related or completely ignoring the football forum on this site, but I noticed a drastic increase in my happiness and a noticeable downtick in my snarkiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 This is a "need" win tonight and I hate that it's coming against an elite team. But the Knicks should avoid losing 3 in a row and 2 in a row at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 mare was taught defense in grade school he's just "too big a scorer " to bother with it....he like to trade baskets....so..... trade his ass !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphann4life Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Does anyone have a link to watch tonight's Knicks/Spurs game for free? Update: Found a link lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Ahh, things back to normal. Knicks playing D again and beating a good team. That JR alleyoop was sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 wow didn't see that coming spurs rested their studs, but duncan was a -2 in 24 minutes so even when they played the NYK shut them down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 If Knicks beat Magic on Saturday, they will have gone 5-5 onthis "bad" stretch which is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 wow didn't see that coming spurs rested their studs, but duncan was a -2 in 24 minutes so even when they played the NYK shut them down Duncan most likely was going to rest more, but Pop said in the post-game that he knew it just wasn't their night early on and decided to rest the guys before he usually would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Ahh, things back to normal. Knicks playing D again and beating a good team. That JR alleyoop was sick. That dunk was insane, JR is an absolute athletic freak. It's just mind blowing when someone can make other NBA players look like an average athlete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SMC Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I hope last night's win is a true sign they righted the ship because January & February are going to be the cushion months where the Knicks can pad their record. March is going to be brutal with 18 games (most of any month this season), 10 road games, a killing 5 road games in 8 days, and 6 back-to-backs. That's when they need everyone healthy so they can survive that and get ready for the playoffs with only 10 games in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Knicks have an interesting record breakdown thus far. They are 8-3 against would-be playoff teams in the Eastern Conference and 4-3 against would-be playoff teams in the West. They are 5-0 against nonplayoff Teams in the East and 5-4 against nonplayoff teams in the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombdirt Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 I got tickets to the game against the Pacers next week and if all stays well I'll be going. We're gonna try to get inside ASAP and I'll see if I can get some pictures to post in here. My brother is dead set on attempting to talk to Shump. We're 13 rows up so I'm not sure how feasible that will be. In any case, I'll be the guy in the Jets stocking cap and the white Novak shirt if you want to look for me on TV. If I get a camera on me, I'm gonna do this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Cool, Bomb. Have a great time and make sure you post pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 hey #25, see the ball, see your man tsk tsk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damaged89 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 hey #25, see the ball, see your man tsk tsk He was too busy staring at the Prigs-Amar'e pnr. I'm really hoping Stat can be effective offensively again, Prigioni is a nice fit with him imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Good win tonight. Need to accumulate these type of wins. Magic came to play and Nelaon was nuts out there. But Melo was Melo and scored 16 points in 4th while Magic scored 17. And like I mentioned, 5-5 in their "bad" 10 game stretch which is a good thing. Now time to get 15 over .500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 yeah back on track I really hope we can see this team fully healthy with everyone up to speed by March. that would be pretty F'in cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Good win tonight. Need to accumulate these type of wins. Magic came to play and Nelaon was nuts out there. But Melo was Melo and scored 16 points in 4th while Magic scored 17. And like I mentioned, 5-5 in their "bad" 10 game stretch which is a good thing. Now time to get 15 over .500. Every other quarter was like watching an entirely different game lol; 1st and 3rd quarters we were outscored 70-49 and the 3rd and 4th quarter we outscored them 65-36. Melo was melo, STAT seems to be improving each time he's out there, Camby is night and day different from when he had the foot issue during the first few games of the season and Kidd was fantastic again. Really excited for Shump to come back so he can check guys like Nelson who are abusing our guards with Felton out. All in all, not that bad of a record in this 10 game stretch, even though they totally gave the two games against Sacramento and Portland away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Basketball geeks, maybe you guys can figure out why for us ... Breem brought up something interesting in the broadcast the other night. Ten years ago in the 2002-03 season, there were 25 players averaging 20+ ppg. Five seasons ago (2007-08) there were 27 players averaging 20+ ppg, This season? Only 9. Any ideas why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Rondo suspended for Knicks game because he made contact with official in Hawks game. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I really hate the C's c'mon melo go for 50 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbanmadmike1 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Miserable loss at home to a bad team. They were bullied tonight. Every time you buy into the knicks they have a game like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Miserable loss at home to a bad team. They were bullied tonight. Every time you buy into the knicks they have a game like this... That's what the C's do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius del Sol Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Miserable loss at home to a bad team. They were bullied tonight. Every time you buy into the knicks they have a game like this... Standard Melo/J.R. crapfest. We lost by six points in a game where the team took 75 shots and two guys combined to miss 30 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Miserable loss at home to a bad team. They were bullied tonight. Every time you buy into the knicks they have a game like this... Yes, bad loss, but if this caused you not to believe in them, then you didn't believe to begin with. It's 1 game out of 4 and the Knicks still have a 6 game lead in the division. Melo and JR shot poorly and that's why they lost. They both missed a ton around the basket. They'll have to fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Damn. Sounds like Garnett narrowly avoided a Mardy Collins-like poke-and-run from hardcore Melo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Damn. Sounds like Garnett narrowly avoided a Mardy Collins-like poke-and-run from hardcore Melo. If it wasn't for the 40 people in between them it would have been a straight gangsta slap fight. Garnett's a 2 guard masquerading as a 4 who's perceived toughness is right up there with the Bigfoot myth, though jury's still out on Bigfoot and Melo is Charmin soft. Would have been epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 If it wasn't for the 40 people in between them it would have been a straight gangsta slap fight. Garnett's a 2 guard masquerading as a 4 who's perceived toughness is right up there with the Bigfoot myth, though jury's still out on Bigfoot and Melo is Charmin soft. Would have been epic It would have been thirty seconds of two dudes reciting the fight scene from New Jack City at each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Melo is a goddamned idiot. What exactly was he going to do on that bus-look for a ref to bitch to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Melo is stupid in this situation. Hope its no worse than a fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyHector Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Words cannot begin to describe my disdain for Paul Pierce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Words cannot begin to describe my disdain for Paul Pierce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I remember being at Connors, a local NU bar, in Boston for that game and the second that he came skipping back on the court all my buddy's who were Celtics' fans just sort of shrugged as if in agreement that he was a gigantic pussy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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