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Total Members Voted: 3

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

[carlos123]

Paul Krugman of NYT and Princeton fame.

And Nobel Prize to boot. Thank you Fac 🙏🏼

[chipstern]

Being rested against Cleveland. 

Does that mean Rose starts? 

Minutes? 

Would like to see McBride get some burn, but I suspect Thibs goes with Quick...

[kidcarter8]

Cool

Yeah, seemed the uptick in minutes for Rose vs Bucks may have been about more than production.  Maybe some soreness for Walker.

[kidcarter8]

Reminder - game is at 6 today

[kidcarter8]

KNICKS

Any five can put on a show.

[Kam]

Rubio played the best NBA game of his life.  But even if you take away half his threes the Knicks would've lost.  Defense needs to improve.

Nice that IQ had a good game.

Grimes did a good job too.  He can be in the rotation.

[carlos123]

We're playing again tomorrow and Obi was really good today.
I think King Julius should have played less than 37 minutes and Obi more than 11, but that's not what coach does.
Too bad in this case, I think.


- Help Chamaco Cartero! -(he needs it much more than Andy Parker)

[bodiddley]

Grind em down to a thib.  We have depth, I'd use it.  Best for Randle and Rose to have their legs during 4Q crunch time.  Looks like CLE played better once Sexton was gone -- though Rubio becoming a Curry Brother isn't exactly sustainable.

4th guy in 10 games to have a career high v. the new Knix defense.
(Jaylen, Ross, OG, Rubiyat)

3Q of close contests is where teams often lose the game.
Often has to do with preparation and energy/focus.
Which shouldn't be a NYK problem.
Knix got killed on the boards.

[bodiddley]

1Q:
JarAllen active and dominant.  Mitch not looking sharp.
Randle 1-2 on corner 3's.  But Randle jacking contested corner 3's is doing CLE a favor.
Also allowing CLE to gang rebound 3 against Mitch.

I was just thinking how nice it is to have Rose's vet savvy.  He just knows how to make plays. As soon as the thought bubble went away, Rose gets distracted by a live Rubio dribble (at the 5' mark), and turns his head back to the corner to look for his man, just as Sexting is catching a pass under the rim.  Er.  Well, it's the offensive savvy I was thinking about.

Rubio with some weak D v. Knick wings.
3' mark: Garland has Burks contained in the corner, then just weirdly overplays to the wrong side allowing Burks to cut baseline back door and get a pass right over Garland.  Blech.  Dumb play. 
Noel rushes over to help Burks up, while Mobley runs downcourt for an easy transition bucket.  I saw that in a game last night too.  You're teammate will get up on his own.  Do your job and get back. especially if you're the C.

RJB looked tired when Thibs finally took him out with 1 min left 1Q.  First Randle blow as well.  Poor game so far from RJB, unnecessary fouls and missed 3's.

Fournier good 2Q.
Breen mentioned that Rose leads the League in +/-
Randle a bit up and down.
Mobley impressive.  Strong game from JarAllen.
Mitch accepted the challenge and had a good 2Q.

[bodiddley]

3Q Knix got killed.
4Q NYK never could make a 2nd run to get it under 6.
2nd unit was just trading baskets with them.
Couldn't get stops.

Rubio is red hot.
So Knix decide ... to give him some open shots.

8' mark, Quix picks up Rubio full court.  Good, until Rubio dribbles around his back at the midcourt line and gets past Quix.  Nawlins steps up to slow up Rubio and allow Quix to get back in the play.  But instead Quix wrongly decides to switch to Noel's man Jar Allen who is 4 feet behind the 3 point line setting a pick.  Why on earth would you guard A.Jar way out there?  Rubio calmly pulls up for a 16 foot open J.  Back to 10 point lead.

Quix cuts the lead to 7 with a quick 3

7' mark, Cavs run a Rubio-Wade high PnR.  The idea is to put Burks and Toppin, two weak defenders into the action.  Burks dies on the screen, Toppin starts to roll in with Jar Allen who is covered by Noel.  Need better communication.  Looks like ObiT thought they were switching.  But there was no reason to, and you'd rather ObiT on a guard outside than Noel anyway. Rubio splashes an open 16' J.  Can't leave the hot shooter wide open.
 
Grimes nails a long 2.  7 point deficit, 6 mins left.

Then Cavs move the ball around, Knix wind up weirdly with two double teams at the same time, so that Windler is open weak side elbow and Mobley in the corner.  Mobley corner 3.  (did I mention the kid can play?).  10 point lead.  5'44" left

Three mid-4Q possessions where Knix made wrong decisions, and couldn't coordinate switches.  Burks, ObiT and Quix to blame.  Too many iffy defenders out there.

Quix misses a floater and falls down.
Cavs push and Rubio finds a wide open Osman on a 4-on-3 break.  Noel slow getting back.
Knix transition D poor.
One play, Osman dribbled all the way down court past 3 Knix and hit an open man Windler for a corner 3.  There was another open man in the opposite corner as well.

Cavs a real surprise team.  They play hard.  Were the more active and cohesive team. 
Were missing Sexton, Okoro, Markkanen and Love as well.
Knix showed some poor body language 2nd half.  Burks and Randle notably. 
Fournier missed all 6 of his 2nd half shots.
RJB was off all game and looked tired.  Thibs didn't bring him back (I think).

[chipstern]

Was fucking awesome.  An offensive and defensive juggernaut. 

Cavs finally drew a bit of luck in the draft.   

Looked like the second coming of Bob McAdoo and _________________________.

[kidcarter8]

Sucks that we lost

Some rest for the masses may not be a bad thing

Rubio beautiful to watch - and doesn't need to throw it in anyone's face.  Timeless class.

[kiidcarter8]

Sexton torn meniscus

Let the Rubio show continue

[bodiddley]

Too bad about Sexting.
Just as Cavs are playing well.

I thought WAS and TOR and GS could be fairly good/competitive this year.  Hard teams to gauge.  Wiz with the Lake makeover; Barnes in and Lowry out for Raps; Poole looked terrific pre-season (I saw GSW 3x pre-season).
And you could see how CHI could be solid too if they could figure out their D and build some instant chemistry. 

But CLE a real surprise to me.   I liked the MArkk and Rubio pickups.  But looked like D and cohesion would be issues. The duplicate backcourt (Garland/Sexton) and duplicate frontcourt (A Jar & Mobley) didn't look promising.   Probably Scottie Barnes would fit their needs better, but Mobley looks terrific.  Like a young AD.  Both look like future all-stars.  Certainly going to be some questioning about taking Cade and Jalen Green 1 & 2.  Cause 3 & 4 can ball.

Interestingly, in the early going, only one of the Top 9 picks is shooting over 29% on 3's.  That'd be Wagner, who has a nice all-around game.  #13 Duarte is shooting 42% on 3's.  But thus far, not much shooting from this draft class.

[kidcarter8]

Good stats - something to keep an eye on