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Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: June 13, 2022, 11:38:11 PM

[Kam]

These losses... this one didn't feel like a tough loss at all... i dunno what some of these scribes are talkin about.

Miami was a tough loss.

[kiidcarter8]

Jonathan Macri
@JCMacriNBA
 Among the Knicks early season +/- numbers, 2 really stand out:

Vonleh's on court rating: +9.9 (easily the best on NY)
Kanter off court: +4.5 (also easily the highest)

Fiz's greatest challenge: finding workable defensive units for Kanter while keeping good D in the starting 5.

We have been over this

Vonleh's Offense/defense rating is the best on the team

But Kanter's is 110/108, nearer the top than the bottom

[kiidcarter8]

Win shares per 48 minutes


Vonleh  -  .227

Hardaway -   .142

Robinson -   .141

Kanter -   .123

Dotson -    .109

Trier -   .063

Burke -  .035

Ntlikina -   .030

Hazonja looked the worst last night and is at the bottom (other than Kornet) -   at -.100


Complete Knick team  stats (sortable):

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/2019.html#all_per_poss

[bodiddley]

I don't like Kant & Zonja out there at the same time.

[bodiddley]

hey Chip remember when I was able to find the date and box score of the Oscar v. NYK game you went to?

Well I just pulled a similar trick:

Giants great Willie McCovey

My extremely minor Willie McCovey story.
As a kid I went to a doubleheader with my brother and father.
We were in the lower section, and as things dragged along in the 2nd game, lots of folks had left.  So my brother and I moved down and went eventually to the front row, where we got the bright idea of pounding on the top of the Padres dugout (possibly to the tune of Let's Go Mets).  After a while Willie McCovey pops out from the dugout and yells, "Hey! you kids ..."  My brother starts asking him to give us a ball, I guess hoping for a bribe to leave them alone.  Willie McC: "Get out of here" as he scans around for some security.  And Willie was a big guy, so we hustled back up a couple dozen rows to where our seats were.  My father mildly curious asked, "What was that all about?"  He hadn't really been paying attention to what we were up to.  My brother (excitedly): "We just talked to Willie McCovey."  I marveled at that positive spin, since I thought we were about to get kicked out of the stadium or otherwise get in trouble from some direction.  But it was the 70's and nobody really cared.  I had just turned 9 and my brother had just turned 12.

Through the magic of the internet, a quick 20 seconds of research confirms this occurred Sunday May 5, 1974.  I remembered it was NYMets v. SD Padres and McCovey only spent '74 & '75 with San Diego.  And easy to spot their only doubleheader in those two years v. NYM.  No wonder folks started leaving.  Both teams had losing records and the 2nd game went into extra innings with the Mets winning in the 10th.  Both games had a good deal of scoring late.  Mets record was 10-15 after splitting that doubleheader.  This after almost winning the World Series the year before.

Anyway, Willie McCovey had a terrific career and was still affiliated with the Giants.  Nice tribute when they moved into a new stadium and named the water beyond the outfield fence McCovey's Cove.

[Kam]

Finally the roster breakdown you never asked for:


Players that help the team more than hurt the team:

* Noah
* Damyean
* Alwaysonzo

Players that are basically net neutral, but marginally positive

* Junior
* Frank
* Trey
* Mitch

Players that are basically net neutral, but marginally negative

* Enes
* Ron

Players that hurt the team more than help

* Lance
* Mario


Injured

* KP
* Lee
* Knox

Reserve

* Emmannuel
* Luke
* Isiah

[Kam]

We finally have a good Noah.

Not that crappy one who tried to save all the animals in his boat.

[Kam]

Novon Layups

Because he... like... blocks shots and stuff.  Say Novon fast enough and it still sounds like you're saying Noah Von.

E Kant

He can't defend inside. He can't shoot threes.  He's from the old world.  He philosophizes about his place in the world.

Junior!

His dad was better.  Also more famous.  But despised.  I won't utter the full name.  Instead i yell out JUNIOR! like the guy stalking Aaron Rodgers.



Hardwood Mitch

The only other Mitch in the NBA i know is Brentwood Mitch.  Because that's Kid's nickname for him.

Subpar Mario

This one is rather self-evident



Lance alittle

Lance. a lot (he is not)

Iso Zo

This one is Alonzo's own Twitter handle.  So i'm not sure it qualifies, but its accurate and funny.
How about Always On Zo Trier/i]?

Moody Guy

I don't know how accurate this is. But its easy.

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Need to work on better names / find nicknames for:

Damyean Dotson

I like the simplicity of Dot. 
But i also like Damn Dotson  -  - Based on the Damn Daniel meme of 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnI-byHtMN0

Frank


Frank is kinda boring.  How aboutKnickilina after what Stiff Curry said about him?

Kristaps PorZingis

KZ?

Trey Burke

Trey Trey  His name is an aphorism for his play </Clyde Voice>

Ron Baker

Touchdown Maker?  Shout out to Stephen Baker 1987-1992 NY Giants

Kentucky's Kevin Knox

Nothing jumps out at me Hard Knox?  That's not a basketball adjective.

Luke Kornet

There's a place called Koronet Pizza on Broadway and 110th street.  Used to go there all the time in the 80s.  They had video game machines.

Courtney Lee

CLee is boring

[bodiddley]

Three-ball Burke

Kornet = Chop Suey

[Kam]

I don't think most people get the Kornet Chop Suey  reference.  It's 100 years old.

[carlos123]

Kaminheiro, you're becoming a Brazilian version of BoZ.

I know you ain't Brasileiro, but you probably have the flair to be one.

[kiidcarter8]

Paul George 4-20, 0-10 from deep - bailed out by nice performances by teammates Abrines and Shroder.

Monk has 21 in 23 minutes (7-15, 4-12), averaging 24 minutes and 13 points for 4-5 Hornets

[bodiddley]

I don't think most people get the Kornet Chop Suey  reference.  It's 100 years old.

So it's educational.

Folks should know:
- who Louis Armstrong was
- what a cornet was/is
- what music from the Jazz Age sounded like

There's 100 years of recorded music, so no reason not to listen to great music and musicianship all the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2fhRwAFA2Y

Anyway, I think it'd be pretty amusing if people called Luke Kornet "Chop Suey."  It's a rather oddball knickname, and the Louis Armstrong reference just makes it that much better.

[facilitatorn]

He needs more Jazz in his game.

I had such high hopes for Luke, but he’s a bit of a wet noodle. How bout Lo Mein?

[kiidcarter8]

Laughing at the yahoos this morning re:  D'Aaron Fox

Let the players simmer, folks - before crucifying them (see Hardaway, Tim Jr)