Quick Takes:
- My favorite part of the Frank performance was the second half of the first quarter when they actually let him run point for five minutes.
- Serious note, Frank when he's cooking looks smooth. The euro step, quick drive left and the stutter step around a screen to get off the floater were all crafty moves boosted by his long strides.
- Dotson should have had more opportunities to prove he's an NBA player, there's promise to his game in limited views.
- Kornet is the rare big man who is ineffective inside scoring and rebounding. His shot blocking and three point shooting might be able to mask that for a while but he'd be hated if he were a rotation big with those deficiencies.
- Lance, Jack and Lee played with some heart out there, respect. Lance especially, I have no clue how he managed to foul out in a game like that.
- Beasley deserves to get paid, I just don't want the Knicks to do it.
- KOQ deserves to get a raise, I just hope the Knicks can re-sign him for a reasonable tab (8-10 per imo would be reasonable).
- Lebron's hair line is screaming "I can't carry this team again" in a way that his actual game never has.
- Hicks played, so there's that.
- Burke wasn't on his game in this one but you combine Frank's additional aggression with George Hill guarding an undersized PG all night and it makes some sense. That said, if an uptick in Frank's aggression can turn Burke fairly invisible then it's something to watch for in the future which was noted by
@DPresidential a while back though the splits were still showing some positive signs overall.