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Put Some Hornacek On Our Game: 2016 New York Knicks Offseason Thread
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OneManGang
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Starks got ejectedAnd to top it off Starks got rejected
@CantStop may I help you sir?
I'm the coli's neighborhood watch. Making sure everything is running smooth.
Wargames
One Of The Last Real Ones To Do It
they did it for Phife, cause i know Phife is a big Knicks fan
Phife was 2 the last time the knicks won a championship brehs
Missed the game.
Who did Porzingis give that work to?
scored his 29 points in a variety of ways: catch and shoot 3 pointers, pick and pop, face up jumpers, free throws, etc. NO POST-UPS closer to the basket
FreshFromATL
Self Made
Thanks for Young Gawdaway Jr. nikkas. Him and Young Schro gonna be a hellava combination for the foreseeable future 
@NY's #1 Draft Pick
@NY's #1 Draft Pick
Thanks for Young Gawdaway Jr. nikkas. Him and Young Schro gonna be a hellava combination for the foreseeable future
@NY's #1 Draft Pick
You believe that yourself? You lurkin real early I see.
storyteller
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What we learned last night:
. Give Melo a legit second option and the floor opens up for the entire team. KP will be everyone's focus and rightfully so, this was what he looked like early in the year. But D-Will (5/7), AA (13 points, 7 assists, 8 boards), Grant (8 pts, 3 boards), RoLo (11,13) and even Jose (11,8,4) all took advantage of a defense that was consistently spread thin.
. KP catching the ball in motion is damn near unstoppable. Using fast breaks to establish post position makes no sense when he can spot up as a trailer or make a HARD cut to rack and dunk on anybody since he's 7'3 and all. He gets to the line or scores in most motion situations and that cut across the paint to catch, turn and shoot is easy buckets for him at least once or twice a game.
. KP's defense was better last night than it's been in at least a month. 0 blocks is hiding just how much of a rim protector he was. Portis tried to do the bully him in the paint thing and missed a bunch of shots inside, KP challenged Brooks and Drose on multiple drives (varying levels of success) and KP's interior defense led to a lot of easy rebounds to the tune of 10 boards all night.
. KP playing big with RoLo playing like he has since January is a truly scary tandem. 23 rebounds between these two guys, a ton of shots challenged in the paint and even though we got beat in most team stats (assists, TO's, FTA's, threes), our rebounding advantage and FG% opened it all up.
. Grant has been looking much better of late in his all around play. Going out on a limb here and making a prediction, but I think both our rookies will show accelerated improvement. KP's stamina alone can make him a bigger impact player through consistency, strength and skill improvements will really help that. Grant's a workhorse and you can see in games that he has worked on his weaknesses, he can finally catch and shoot respectably well! These two are BOTH promising, so don't just zero in on your boy KP because Grant has low key improved a LOT.
. If you make AA a 6th man, he's a problem. Not the most efficient scorer but against second units, he can eat in so many ways and he just steadies the bench a bit (chicken or the egg here but I think D-Will's getting better looks lately and not sure if that's an AA thing until I focus on it more closely).
. I hate Sasha, but he did the pest thing well last night and I'd feel bad ignoring that since I hate on him so hard usually.
. Galloway is still very much a developmental player...he's playing like a young guy with no confidence a lot lately, his jumper has failed him and his defense is hot and cold as opposed to last year when that was where his real value lied. But his upside is real, he can be a good defender and he has the form to be a good shooter; he plays a pretty controlled game for the most part minus some reckless forced fast breaks; and you can build on all of that.
. Seraphin can kick rocks.
. Not Knicks related, but Taj Gibson is such a head scratcher player to me. Dude looks like a stud and a starter most of his time off the bench but whenever his role expands to starter duties he looks somewhere between below average and average. It's strange.
. Give Melo a legit second option and the floor opens up for the entire team. KP will be everyone's focus and rightfully so, this was what he looked like early in the year. But D-Will (5/7), AA (13 points, 7 assists, 8 boards), Grant (8 pts, 3 boards), RoLo (11,13) and even Jose (11,8,4) all took advantage of a defense that was consistently spread thin.
. KP catching the ball in motion is damn near unstoppable. Using fast breaks to establish post position makes no sense when he can spot up as a trailer or make a HARD cut to rack and dunk on anybody since he's 7'3 and all. He gets to the line or scores in most motion situations and that cut across the paint to catch, turn and shoot is easy buckets for him at least once or twice a game.
. KP's defense was better last night than it's been in at least a month. 0 blocks is hiding just how much of a rim protector he was. Portis tried to do the bully him in the paint thing and missed a bunch of shots inside, KP challenged Brooks and Drose on multiple drives (varying levels of success) and KP's interior defense led to a lot of easy rebounds to the tune of 10 boards all night.
. KP playing big with RoLo playing like he has since January is a truly scary tandem. 23 rebounds between these two guys, a ton of shots challenged in the paint and even though we got beat in most team stats (assists, TO's, FTA's, threes), our rebounding advantage and FG% opened it all up.
. Grant has been looking much better of late in his all around play. Going out on a limb here and making a prediction, but I think both our rookies will show accelerated improvement. KP's stamina alone can make him a bigger impact player through consistency, strength and skill improvements will really help that. Grant's a workhorse and you can see in games that he has worked on his weaknesses, he can finally catch and shoot respectably well! These two are BOTH promising, so don't just zero in on your boy KP because Grant has low key improved a LOT.
. If you make AA a 6th man, he's a problem. Not the most efficient scorer but against second units, he can eat in so many ways and he just steadies the bench a bit (chicken or the egg here but I think D-Will's getting better looks lately and not sure if that's an AA thing until I focus on it more closely).
. I hate Sasha, but he did the pest thing well last night and I'd feel bad ignoring that since I hate on him so hard usually.
. Galloway is still very much a developmental player...he's playing like a young guy with no confidence a lot lately, his jumper has failed him and his defense is hot and cold as opposed to last year when that was where his real value lied. But his upside is real, he can be a good defender and he has the form to be a good shooter; he plays a pretty controlled game for the most part minus some reckless forced fast breaks; and you can build on all of that.
. Seraphin can kick rocks.
. Not Knicks related, but Taj Gibson is such a head scratcher player to me. Dude looks like a stud and a starter most of his time off the bench but whenever his role expands to starter duties he looks somewhere between below average and average. It's strange.
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storyteller
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Thanks for Young Gawdaway Jr. nikkas. Him and Young Schro gonna be a hellava combination for the foreseeable future
@NY's #1 Draft Pick
Pretty happy with Grant over here too, glad yall are finally getting something from him...how's his defense looked? Honest question because that was the most blatant hole in his game.
FreshFromATL
Self Made
That's the reason he didn't see the floor for us until about 40 games in, he had to learn to play defense (I guess we already knew he could score). He's been playing pretty well on that end. Hawks have the #2 defense in the league so that was a must.
KP showing up with his legs underneath him was a real treat last night. Getting him in motion, cuts to the hoop, catching the ball while running the floor... he's to long for anybody to disrupt, it's crazy.
Thanks for Young Gawdaway Jr. nikkas. Him and Young Schro gonna be a hellava combination for the foreseeable future
@NY's #1 Draft Pick
Nobody here is worried about Hardaway... we've seen that movie, we know how it ends.
