Last 18/19 NY Knicks season transmission: "F*** all the haters from you to SAS" See y'all in '20

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3. The Knicks can't stop, won't stop anyone
If it weren't for this season's Cavs, the Knicks would be flirting with ignominy -- on pace to threaten the record for most points allowed per possession. New York has allowed 113.5 points per 100 possessions; no prior team in the NBA's public database (which dates to 1996-97) has ever been worse. Ditto for Basketball-Reference's accounting, which encompasses all of NBA history.

Using points per possession is unkind to the Kazoos. Offense is way up leaguewide; in relative terms, the 2008-09 Kings and 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats (of 7-59 infamy) were more porous than New York. (Such adjustments do not save the present-day Cavaliers, a full two points behind the Knicks.)

New York's centers -- Enes Kanter and the scorching Luke Kornet -- need airtight perimeter defense in front of them, and New York's guards and wings, umm, don't provide that. Frank Ntilikina has slipped a hair on that end. Damyean Dotson can get out of whack away from the ball. Courtney Lee has barely played. The rest disintegrate at the mere sight of a pick.

Once opposing ball-handlers dribble into daylight, Kanter and Kornet do nothing to impede them.

Small-ball units with Noah Vonleh at center have been stingy, but it's unclear if that would sustain over heavy minutes. Mitchell Robinsonintrigues; he's second in block rate, barely behind Turner, with an old-school knack for keeping swats inbounds. He also fouls any nearby entity, in part because he is only learning the footwork and angles of NBA defense:

Kristaps Porzingis looms. But the Knicks need perimeter defenders who offer some resistance.
 

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3. The Knicks can't stop, won't stop anyone
If it weren't for this season's Cavs, the Knicks would be flirting with ignominy -- on pace to threaten the record for most points allowed per possession. New York has allowed 113.5 points per 100 possessions; no prior team in the NBA's public database (which dates to 1996-97) has ever been worse. Ditto for Basketball-Reference's accounting, which encompasses all of NBA history.

Using points per possession is unkind to the Kazoos. Offense is way up leaguewide; in relative terms, the 2008-09 Kings and 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats (of 7-59 infamy) were more porous than New York. (Such adjustments do not save the present-day Cavaliers, a full two points behind the Knicks.)

New York's centers -- Enes Kanter and the scorching Luke Kornet -- need airtight perimeter defense in front of them, and New York's guards and wings, umm, don't provide that. Frank Ntilikina has slipped a hair on that end. Damyean Dotson can get out of whack away from the ball. Courtney Lee has barely played. The rest disintegrate at the mere sight of a pick.

Once opposing ball-handlers dribble into daylight, Kanter and Kornet do nothing to impede them.

Small-ball units with Noah Vonleh at center have been stingy, but it's unclear if that would sustain over heavy minutes. Mitchell Robinsonintrigues; he's second in block rate, barely behind Turner, with an old-school knack for keeping swats inbounds. He also fouls any nearby entity, in part because he is only learning the footwork and angles of NBA defense:

Kristaps Porzingis looms. But the Knicks need perimeter defenders who offer some resistance.


I laugh now, but when I'm trying to watch games closely to put together recaps that defense is brutal to watch. I want Frank/Dot/Knox/Vonleh/Mitch to log enough minutes to see the data on how they gel (the four minus Knox showed promising returns with THJ).
 
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