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Total Members Voted: 3

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

[chipstern]

Uh, that was a good god damn game.

We’ve got a lot of growth and a ton of cleaning up to do, but in a hard fought match we were the better team, almost wire to wire.

They missed shots they should of hit. We missed rebounds, turned it over, and bricked free throws to a maddening extent. We won convincingly. The second quarter gave us an idea of what the Cavs could do and then we shut it down. We created opportunities and got baskets when it mattered. We forced them to play as hard as they could to stay in the game. Beautiful stuff from our boys tonight.

I really like Drummond and McGee together in the Cavs front court. It really brings out the best in both players. Put Okoro out with those two and it will be tough to score regardless of their backcourt deficiencies.
 

The eight who played tonight are legit. Add three on the mend in Quickley, Toppin, and Burks and that’s  eleven we can trust. Hopefully we can get one more  out of Rivers, Brazdekis, or Spellman, which would be a good bonus.

Tampa swamp lizards, Indy, and Hotlanta are next on the trip.

We do have a road win on throughly unsustainable shooting stats.

Maybe next time.  Worth noting that the same thing that contributes to turnovers, also contributes to eleven assists, 11 MOTHERFUCKING ASSISTS FROM YOUR POWER FORWARD.  Even as he scores 28, and nails 4-4 from trey for Pete's sake.  DAMN.  He is our leader, and tonight, in Bullock and Payton, he had some serious co-conspirators.  DAMNDAMNDAMN. 

The minute Julius hit the pine for a rest in the second quarter, you knew the lead was going to wither away.

As for that unsustainable shooting?

We are deveolping a genuine defensive posture, which will result in some wins on nights when the fruit ain't falling. 

A great win on a night when we didn't bring our A Game, turnover [24!] and foul FOUL Fowl Shooting wise [13-21].  But we outrebounded the Cavs 55-43, and it is worth remembering how Drummond kicked our ass in the preseason.  Tonight Drummond/McGee combined for 26-26, Mitchell and Nerlens 13-17. 

But we were 13-25 from trey, and many of those were off of Randle assists. 

Thibs & Randle willed us to a win. 

Knicks 2-2.  Cavs now are 3-1. 

Bucks came back and obliterated Miami tonight, albeit without Butler, but still....

Raptors always play us tough. 

Exhale.  The moment is over. 

NEXT.

[Kam]

When was the last time we were .500 in late December?

[lesterluv]

2021 Knick Win Total Projections

Chip*   50  (+/- 22)
FWK     34
Les      33
Facil     32
Luee     26
BoDid   24
kiid       24 25
Jack Straw 23
Kam     22
Czarlos  20
BankC's 19

[kidcarter8]

When was the last time we were .500 in late December?

3 years ago under Hornacek

[carlos123]

2021 Knick Win Total Projections

Chip*   50  (+/- 22)
FWK     34
Les      33
Facil     32
Luee     26
BoDid   24
kiid       24 25
Jack Straw 23
Kam     22
Czarlos  20
BankC's 19

That’s ok doggie, not quite there yet, but I’m on the verge of becoming a positive pussy. I think after a couple more good wins.

It don’t take much to convince a knicks fan that everything’s gonna be alright now.

[bodiddley]

Caught the 2nd half of Kings - Nugs.
Really like Haliburton's game.
Just smooth and savvy.  Always in the right place on D.
Keeps the ball moving.

Finished with a team high +20.
5-7 FG (3-4 on 3's), had one nice fast break bucket.
24 mins: 13 Pts, 3 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals
But mostly he was just moving the ball.

SacKings held off the Nugs in the 4Q.
Mostly Fox and Rich Holmes (another fave of mine, who also stuffed the stat sheet)

SAC has a deep team with a bench of:
Cory Joe - Haliburton - Jabari - Bjelica - Whiteside 

[lesterluv]

goes to:

Louisiana GOP House Rep-elect Luke Letlow!



after killing hundreds of good people in Louisiana by holding a stream of maskless indoor campaign events, rallies and parades and encouraging others to do the same.

he got what he thoroughly deserved by kicking the bucket from COVID at the over-ripe age of 41.

may many more of his ilk join him and their good friend Herman Cain in Hell's serial-killer wing!

I'm just an ordinary guy in an ordinary coffin!

file under: stinking up the joint, pass the Febreze

[bodiddley]

Saw the 1st half so far:

Randle has to be the 1Q MVP of the League.
Guy's a monster out of the gate.
Last 3 games, Julius is 9-11 on 3's.

I know things slid when Randle exited in other games, but I sure hope the answer isn't going to be Randle not exiting.  44 minutes leads to mistakes (9 turns) and potentially injuries.  At least Randle is in better shape this year.  Hope this isn't the start of Thibs grinding Randle into dust...

Bollocks was solid with Burks and Rivers out.
Franc looks shaky often enough, but is managing enough useful stuff to be helpful.

Cavs:
Nance kept missing open corner 3's ("his shot" Austin Carr about a half dozen times -- one for each miss).  Nance was effective inside.
Sexton is mighty quick, but often gets in the paint without a plan.  Also a poor reach-y defender.
Exum looked awful.  Didn't score, clanky 3's, can't finish when he gets inside.

Bulldog Drummond looked terrific early, but the team collapsed when he was out and they kept him out too long.  And why not play McGee next to Drummond and see how teams handle that.

[kidcarter8]

Haliburton reminds me of Charlie Ward.  But probably a better scorer.  Ward maybe a better board guy

56/50/100 shooting his first 4 games

20.3 PER

Bears watching as we answer my 'take another player at 8/ even trade down question.

Was someone dealing up to 8 where we could have gotten Ty H with their pick?  Or Achiuwa?  Or a few others we have spoken of?

Cole Anthony has a similar PER early - and with poor 2 and 3 point percentages.  Just does so much in his 17 minutes per.  5-1 assists/TO.  17.2/9.1/8.6 numbers per 36 minutes

[Jack Straw]

goes to:

Louisiana GOP House Rep-elect Luke Letlow!

after killing hundreds of good people in Louisiana by holding a stream of maskless indoor campaign events, rallies and parades and encouraging others to do the same.

he got what he thoroughly deserved by kicking the bucket from COVID at the over-ripe age of 41.

may many more of his ilk join him and their good friend Herman Cain in Hell's serial-killer wing!

I'm just an ordinary guy in an ordinary coffin!

file under: stinking up the joint, pass the Febreze

Letlow is a pretty good aptronym for all he accomplished

Charlie Ward averaged 6.5 pnts a game for the Knicks, Halliburton will most definitely be a better scorer than that

[facilitatorn]

http://nypost.com/2020/12/29/a-funny-thing-happened-for-the-knicks-on-this-night/

Curious to see the minutes spread against the Raps.

[kidcarter8]

Knicks with 73.8 mil projected cap space, now that all NBA options ahve passed

This is at least double of all but 3 teams

SPURS - 47.9
THUNDER - 43.6
MAVERICKS - 34.5

So, who do you want after McCollum?

[kidcarter8]

Injury report

Frank hurt his knee, is questionable
Knox says he WILL play through whatever is ailing him (hometown game)
QUICKLEY may very well be ready
Rivers is very close, actually also a possible

(I will expect we get 2 of the 4)

[chipstern]

Hey if we are gonna reference Luka next to Bird, what of Trey Bien?

Steph Curry? 

Got a bit of Pistol Pete in him too.

[chipstern]

Don't get me wrong. 

Mike Miller is a good coach.

A good ASSISSTANT coach.

Tom Thibodeau is a great coach.

A great HEAD COACH. 

Man alive did he ever get in everyone's head. 

DEFENSE

FIGHT THROUGH SCREENS

STOP THE THREES

BALL MOVEMENT

MOVING WITHOUT THE BALL

And whatsoever the fuck he has them working on in practice, and getting them to work on AFTER PRACTICE. 

Do you realize that Cleveland was leading the league in threes.

Do you realize that the day after we STOMPED on Milwaukee and Captain Randle played The Greek Freak to a draw, that the Bucks OBLITERATED the Heat.  THE HEAT.  Albeit without Jimmy Butler, but they just RAINED TREYS on them, and won by something like 40-50. 

KULTURE

https://nypost.com/2020/12/30/tom-thibodeaus-knicks-culture-changes-taking-shape/

THIBS

PS: Because we drafted Obi Toppin we have to get rid of Julius?  Dumbest thing I've heard.  Julius is Don Thibodeau's Wills, least ways Luka....Luka Brazzi that is.  Randle came to camp in a physical condition that showed Thibs something, Coach challenged him and Julius has willed himself to another level. So it's redundant for Obi to come up and come through JR?  FUCK YOU.  Let's trade him for a #1?  Julius AIN'T Morris.  Much Younger and a Better Team Player.  Hey, I wanted Haliburton, but there was something dynamic about Obi that Knicks brass cherished.  When is being challenged by a vet bad.  When is HAVING DEPTH at the 4 bad?  If Thibs keeps weaponizing Julius and Elfrid, be a nice mentor for Obi and for Quickley and Harper....Rivers, too.  Soon we'll have Baby Doc, Bullock AND Burke back in the rotation.  DAMN, we have the makings of a competitive team with some grit, in lieu of a surfeit of TALENT.  And how did Larry put it?  PLAYING THE RIGHT WAY.  Would 33-39 get us to the playoffs?  Something to shoot for.