A Blown Knee & Flat Tires-Another NY Pothole Year: 17-18 Knicks Season Thread

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:mjlol: nikkas giving Frank brownie points talkin bout his demeanor gives off greatness :dead:.
Does anybody in #knickstape know this poster @blackcrusaderm ?:patrice:

He been shytting on nitty all year and it ain't even November yet. :martin: U wanna ride DSJ nuts go to the mavs thread homie:camby: foh
Are you nikkas confused :dahell: i'm not here to be friends wit you nikkas talkin bout if anyone know me :heh: relax nikka we're on a forum :dead:.
Nah, he joined Courtdog and Zema :heh: as the third person on my ignore list.
Be a grown man and use the ignore feature brehs :scusthov: you sure showed me :dead:.
 

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Jarrett Jack: Perhaps Ramon Sessions' futility might have made this performance a bit sweeter but Jack looked entirely serviceable. 8 pts, 5 asts, 7 boards...dude just found ways to make positive contributions. It wasn't perfect, the start was particularly stagnant for the offense but overall he was solid.

THJ: On a night where virtually everyone showed positive, Timmy was kind of a dud. He forced shots early, just awful selection but then he got some good looks as time went on with just as many bricks. He's gotta break the cold streak. 11 pts, 3 boards, 2 asts and at least he gave a bit of production in other areas rather than absolutely nothing. He seems like he's beating himself up out there and in postgames, dude just has to focus on positive impacts regardless of his shooting.

Lee: 13 pts, 3 boards, 1 ast and 3 for 6 from the three point line. On a lot of nights, there isn't too much to say about this guy because you know what expect. He's a solid, reliable presence.

Kanter: Started really badly, with some forces and getting beat down the floor. Hornacek gets respect for benching this guy off that really ugly start. The move lit a fire under him and his second half play was pretty damned inspired. 6/8 12 pts, 6 boards and 2 blocks mostly compiled in the third quarter. Probably his worst play in the first followed by his best in the third.

Frank: It felt like the momentum shifted our way more and more the longer he stayed out there. 9 pts, 5 asts, 2 boards with 3 TO's. His game is silky smooth, he sees the whole floor. Dude is QB like scanning the floor as if he's going through the progressions. He did take some time to find his jumper and make some bad TO's but that's rookie life. The real shining bit from his game is defense. He gets over screens, knows when to rotate and challenges shooters by going straight up with that massive reach. Those deflections he seemed to keep getting, that was a staple of virtually every game I've watched dude too from France to now. Just think, he's the same age as some kids waiting to start their Freshman seasons.

KOQ: I felt he started the game a bit low energy on defense. Offensively he was open inside twice and the wings just missed him. But then Frank got in and this dude started to pick it up. He got more touches and made some perfect passes, got more active on D and his rebounding was unstoppable. 4 pts, 12 boards, 3 asts. So far he's played really well.

McDermott: The three ball started to fall for him (new PG's, new shooter). 4 for 6 from the field for 12 points and added 5 boards. I thought the spacing was at it's best in the second quarter when Doug and THJ paired with KOQ receiving the ball near the top of the key to look for cutters. He's growing on me.

Willy: 4 pts, 4 boards in 13 minutes plus 2 steals overall a much better defensive performance than we've seen lately. He passes the ball nicely and has always had really great instincts. I was a bit surprised that Zeller kinda bodied him a few times though. He needs to get developmental time but it's gonna be hard if Kanter and KOQ play how they closed this game out.

Lance: Got 6 minutes out there and played some defense. He had Frank pass him the ball instead of take a TO when dribbling out the clock. Dude is way more likeable when he's not playing enough minutes to drive you crazy.

Dotson: In six minutes he moved off the ball well and got some good looks but couldn't knock them down. His effort on defense is visible and he gets around the ball on boards every time out. Can't say too much in the short time.

Horny: Something had to change and Jeff made changes. He started a new PG, put one of the rotation players in a suit and benched a productive Center for lazy play. All of that seemed to spark the team along with the presence of a distributor like Frank. He put the clean up crew in to get them minutes at a good time and he found almost fifteen minutes for Willy which is good to see. The fact he was willing to ride the rookie's momentum when the kid was producing gives me a sigh of relief. The Nets came in as the highest scoring team in the league and the Knicks locked them up well...He had a good game, no jokes tn.
 
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