My Posse's On Broadway: Official NY Knicks 2016-2017 Season Thread

[Youhadasparkwhenustarted]

Give up 115 to Orlando brehs

Maybe this game can serve as a wake up call. Over the next month, the Knicks have a relatively easy schedule, if they can't come out of that stretch with a decent record then it's time to seriously reconsider the future of this Knicks squad. They've had time to gel, excuses are running out.

 

[ikbm]

Give up 115 to Orlando brehs

Maybe this game can serve as a wake up call. Over the next month, the Knicks have a relatively easy schedule, if they can't come out of that stretch with a decent record then it's time to seriously reconsider the future of this Knicks squad. They've had time to gel, excuses are running out.

we have a home at home against the bucks
either giannis or jabari is gonna make melo look so flabby
literal young bucks bout to run all over us

 

[Shogun]

Not his fault..... Its sort of Melo and the fact KP isn't out there intimidating perimeter players.

Literally our whole defense is "KP is so damn tall we can play them closer because they don't want to drive into the 7'3 KP"

Also LMAO at dude saying we will check our live feed "Carefully" So people don't start cursing everyone out

Naw it aint his fault...this team us uncoachable :trollmelo:

 

[Wargames]

Oh shyt Wally is calling Carmelo old on the post game,

 

[The War Report]

Melo is washed. If the last two years weren't an indicator to you, then you're a delusional Knicks fans like Loopy.

 

[Rev]

we have a home at home against the bucks
either giannis or jabari is gonna make melo look so flabby
literal young bucks bout to run all over us

I honestly don't know how fans can still defend Melo being a solid or the main piece for the short-term future at this point. People get gassed off a couple games, but don't look at how he affects the bigger picture.

 

[Frump]

Carmelo has been campaigning himself for the all star game on twitter incessantly for the last few weeks

Always worried about the brand

 

[Trip]

I honestly don't know how fans can still defend Melo being a solid or the main piece for the short-term future at this point. People get gassed off a couple games, but don't look at how he affects the bigger picture.

Melo fishing for all star votes on twitter lol. Get him out for fukks sakes.

 

[Frump]

I honestly don't know how fans can still defend Melo being a solid or the main piece for the short-term future at this point. People get gassed off a couple games, but don't look at how he affects the bigger picture.

His fans don't care

They just want to see that ppg average high so they can continue to delude themselves into thinking he's great

 

[ogc163]

 

[Illuminatos]

Melo is washed.

Anyone voting Melo in the All-Star game should be ashamed. Seriously, this guy doesn't deserve it. Let him miss out on the All-Star game and maybe he might finally switch his game up for the betterment of the team.
And it's time for this fool to start playing the 4, he can't defend 3s at all.

 

[THE K-MAN]

 

[THE K-MAN]

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Lord That Game Was Torture

Pure Garbage

Worst Game I Been To

And I Went To Like 6 Games In The David Lee-Nate Robinson Days

 

[Primetime]

Two things with yalls defense, that i've noticed anyway:

• One is with how they handle off-the-ball screeners: the defender whose man is setting the screen doesn't hedge or impede or switch. So the end result is the wing defender (Lee, Rose, Jennings, etc) gets clipped by the screen as their man curls into a wide open three unimpeded everytime. Doesn't matter if Orlando can't shoot 3s if it's wide open and, more importantly, they know in advance it's going to be wide open. And teams pass to where Noah's man is screening because one, he naturally drifts backwards towards the basket anyway (so he doesn't obstruct the trajectory of the offense player curling) and two, they know Noah doesn't want to switch on the screen anyway.
• Two, nobody knows whose responsibility it is to drop down for the initial help when there is penetration. Which means nobody knows whose supposed to rotate on whose man is now open once the primary help defender leaves his man. I saw this late in the 4th when Melo left his man wide open at the top of they key to drift down to help a drive.. but Jennings also left his man at the corner baseline to help on that same drive. So you had 3 knicks in the paint on 1 magic player, and the pass went to Melo's open mad for a straight on 3. It should probably be Jennings job to help there b/c a cross court pass is harder than a short pass to the top of the key but regardless it has to be one or the other, and whoever it is that commits, the next man over should be anticipating the kickout to the offensive player whose defender just commited to help.. and the next next man should be anticipating the next pass after that. But the knicks don't seem to know who should help to begin with.

I think the first problem is easy enough to troubleshoot, as the coach just needs to make a decision as to what the guy defending the screener should do in those situations. The second issue is more complex because that requires all 5 guys working in unison in how they are reacting, anticipating and recovering.. not just physical effort but mental.