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Basketball / Today's Trivia

« on: July 21, 2023, 04:03:52 PM »

https://www.crossovergrid.com/


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Basketball / NBA Trivia

« on: July 21, 2023, 04:02:02 PM »

You guys hip to this?  https://www.crossovergrid.com/.

I got 5 out of 9 correct today.


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Basketball / Summer Leaguer's Diary of Hope. (good read)

« on: July 20, 2023, 07:01:33 PM »

Knicks QJ Peterson on IG: https://www.reddit.com/r/NYKnicks/comments/154vahn/really_good_read_from_a_summer_league_prospect/

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: July 20, 2023, 06:54:54 PM »

Yo!  The forum is back??  Since when?!

Missed you, sunshine.

Except for the occasional intermittent outage it has never been away for me.

I hope you have had good travels in the meantime

How much do you blame the decent of Fournier from well reputed shooter to social disease on our always polarizing coach?

Excellent travels my friend.

With my browser-banishment here I feel like my time away I was actually in another dimension, where I got to see the Knicks make the playoffs, knock off a higher seed, and compete vs an eventual finalist.   It was like that THANOS meme.   



How was it on earth prime?  Hope you guys had an exciting season.  It had a little bit of everything.

I saw what Evan said and i'm actually not gonna kill him for it.  Evan Fournier is a pro.  When he made his comments the other day, he knew what he was doing.  Trying to get outta here but held hostage by his contract.  His ploy won't work because i don't think he is willing to make a big stink about it.   Him telling some french reporter isn't really a big stink.  Maybe we ask him to stay home instead of come to camp now.  That's about all it would amount to. He is stuck here and is an important piece (as a contract) for our next evolution.

I love me some Jalen Brunson.  He is our Batman.

I love me some Immanuel Quickley (tough playoffs bud).  Still seeing Robin potential.

RJ - meh.   This is a break or make year coming up for him

Sad to see OBI fly away, and will monitor his sitch in INDY closely.  Might smile when I see his next dunk, even if it's over iHart.

And I love me some Elba.  I missed you guys.  Had to go to some deep dark places to find a new home.  But it feels nice to be back.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: July 20, 2023, 06:39:39 PM »

Oh you beautiful bastards I thought I'd lost you forever

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Basketball / Re: Help

« on: July 19, 2023, 10:01:21 PM »

I can no longer see or post to the forum on my computer, no problem on the cell phone.
The message I get on chrome is:
This site cannot provide a secure connection (well, I knew that, but did not use to give me trouble).
forums.escapefromelba.com uses an unsupported protocol.
ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH

I tried two more browsers with the same result.
I also went through settings to allow the forum as a no secure connection site.

Still the same result.

Can anyone help? I really enjoy the forum on the computes. Thanks

Bruh,  I saw that message until today.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: July 19, 2023, 09:49:52 PM »

Yo!  The forum is back??  Since when?!

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Basketball / RJ - yikes

« on: October 29, 2022, 02:08:19 PM »

Randle not so bad.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: October 29, 2022, 01:34:52 PM »

I was encouraged by how the Knicks hung in with the Bucks through the first and even second period (if it had been .01 seconds longer).

There was one play in the 2nd period I thought was particularly damaging to our slim chances,  where Randle got the ball in transition, the Knicks had a 4 on 1 and Randle took two dribbles and what seemed like an eternity to pass the ball to a streaking RJ Barrett who had run out of court by then and had to stop and take an awkward push shot.

Scoring would've given the Knicks the lead there.  Instead the Bucks went back and scored.  Then scored on the next two possessions as well as the Knicks reeled.  That was psychically damaging to the team and there was never a real recovery in the second half.

This was a Knick team at -nearly- full strength vs a wounded Bucks squad so let's not take too much solace in this loss.

This was a chance to steal a game we shouldn't have won.

Oh well.  Onto the CAVS. 

Looking for a statement game from RJ but worried the statement will be from DM.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: October 28, 2022, 06:14:45 PM »

Refs blew 3 calls in the last 2 minutes of OT,  all to the Knicks disadvantage

https://official.nba.com/l2m/L2MReport.html?gameId=0022200058

01:56.0     Foul
Comment:   Washington (CHA) jumps from point A to point B and initiates contact with Randle (NYK), which affects his driving shot attempt.

01:55.0    Foul
Comment:   Hayward (CHA) makes contact with Robinson's (NYK) right arm as he attempts to secure the loose ball. The contact to Robinson's arm impacts his ability to control the rebound.

00:49.6   Turnover: Traveling   
Comment:   Oubre Jr. (CHA) establishes his right foot as his pivot foot and then lifts and re-plants that foot at the start of his dribble.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: October 27, 2022, 08:28:58 PM »

Julius is moving the ball really well.  Fournier, Reddish, and RJ all pound the rock more often.
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/touches?PlayerPosition=F&TeamID=1610612752&dir=D&sort=AVG_DRIB_PER_TOUCH

But when he has the ball he's still holding onto it longer than any other big/wing on the team.   
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/touches?PlayerPosition=F&TeamID=1610612752&dir=D&sort=AVG_SEC_PER_TOUCH

When it comes to points per touch he suffers because he is still asked to handle the ball too often (for my taste)
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/touches?PlayerPosition=F&TeamID=1610612752&dir=D&sort=PTS_PER_TOUCH


Cam is 6th in points per touch league-wide of those who have at least 20 touches.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: October 27, 2022, 07:00:37 PM »

I know this is a Knicks sub but what the GIANTS are doing this year just defies all logic.

The Giants are 6-1 despite allocating a whopping 32%($65.6M) of their salary cap to players who are not playing:

• $44.8M in dead cap (Logan Ryan, Bradberry, Solder etc no longer on the team)
  
• and $21.2M to Kenny Golladay who has been hurt/barely played.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: October 27, 2022, 06:26:37 PM »

Don't get me wrong, i'm very happy with Julius.  Despite the stinky brain farts.  That's just who he is.  You're never going to have a perfect game from him but he is doing just enough good things right now where we can live with the stink.   (athough is this was last season we'd have lost that game and probably blamed the hell outta Julius)

Julius and Cam to me are the same type.  They're mistake making players. But if they're helping more than hurting you can live with it.

If I have to pick some nits:
 1.  We shouldn't be giving up 122 points in regulation to that team.  I looked up at the scoreboard and the Hornets had a 50/40/90 slashline nearly all through the first quarter.  That is ridiculousness.   They had like 8 or 9 guys score in double-figures.  They were without their best offensive weapons.   Concern may be warranted.

2.  I love IQ.  My wife's favorite player.  She loves him.   But man, he's changed.  He's not calling his own number as much.  Maybe his agent told him to start looking like more of a floor general if he wants to get paid, but i can definitely sense a hesitation to shoot it as often as he used to.   This is probably a good thing long-term, but part of me is like... 'what's wrong with IQ?'   i guess it doesn't look natural yet.  He's thinking... this play I won't shoot... this play I will shoot instead of just taking what the defense gives him.  Passing up open looks isn't the IQ I know.

3.  This was my first time watching RJ in person and man is it a trip to watch him move.  He looks like he's moving slower than everyone else out there, but he's just so strong and deliberate about getting to where he is going it doesn't matter that it looks awkward ... except i can't help but wonder if this lack of fluidity will just get worse with age.  He's so different from any other player i can't compare him to anyone else.  His movements are like if you engineered a robot to play basketball.  Not necessarily a bad thing.... just not very graceful.

4. 13 minutes for MY favorite player (OBI) isn't cutting it.  He's got a smooth stroke and the whole offense doesn't grind to a halt when he needs to score.   I absolutely love having Cam and Obi on the floor at the same time.  I feel like they're a cheat code of unlimited athletic potential when they're on the floor together.  I haven't felt like we've had wings this dangerous since Sprewell was menacing PJ Carleisimo.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: October 27, 2022, 02:05:21 PM »

I believe Randle's dribbles per touch rate took an upward lurch

Last night he was at 1.78 dribbles per touch.  So even on a night where he seemed maybe to regress to old habits based on the eye test, he was still nowhere near as ball-dominant as he was when we had no PG.

He is deferring to Brunson and that is huge.  If those two are on the same page with Brunson in the mode of facilitating first and scoring second, with Randle in the mode of scoring first and facilitating second, we might have the makings of a top 15 offense.

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Basketball / Re: Knicks

« on: October 27, 2022, 10:38:01 AM »

Andrew Claudio
@AndrewJClaudio_

Players to score 27 points, dish out 13 assists and shoot  66% or better from the field in a single game in Knicks history:

- Michael Ray Richardson (1982)
- Rory Sparrow (1985)
- Jalen Brunson (2022)