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Total Members Voted: 3

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

[bodiddley]

I've mentioned earlier in the season his penchant for getting hurt. Still feel that way. But, man, he's been playing like a beast. This is the best I've ever seen him, and it doesn't surprise me that the Knicks were hesitant to let him go.

Yeah, contract year Mitch has been beastly, when not hobbled.  It's like someone reminded Mitch that he's playing for $50+M.

[carlos123]

Tom

You need to fix our offense. 

In lieu of Derrick Rose?

We took 50 three pointers. 

FIFTY

[Cough]

We made 15

THIRTY PERCENT

30-58 from two, which is a little under 52%

HELLO.

Am I missing something?

No, the Knicks are.  Settling for threes and clanging

Coach is just as lost and confused as his team

OR VICEVERSA




Just had to re-post Chips kitty
Its really pretty

[kidcarter8]

Tom

 You need to fix our offense. 

In lieu of Derrick Rose?

We took 50 three pointers. 

FIFTY

[Cough]

We made 15

THIRTY PERCENT

30-58 from two, which is a little under 52%

HELLO.

Am I missing something?

No, the Knicks are.  Settling for threes and clanging

Thibs quote today -

"If you score that many points you should win the game"

Tom doesnt realize the points were the result of PACE - and playing a youthful team that is quicker than you in every spot at a RACEY pace is silliness.

That and ...

I know you are a team defense guy but once in a while just put your best defender (Grimes) on their "guy you have to stop" (Giddey) and tell him fight through everything.  Credit the rest of the Thunder cast but they were able to get theirs because Josh was running roughshod, doing whatever he pleased.  And we were passing him off.

So....

Bad loss?

Heh - understating it some.  Coach needs to be accountable.  So does Stand Pat Leon, though with Barrett this result likely   does change.

[kidcarter8]

We should've tried to get something for Mitch.



I think everything was on the table but Robinson wasnt fetching a #1.

He is now a guy we look to re-sign, surely.

[bodiddley]

Knix 1Q defense was terrible, especially 4Eva.
Grimes and Mitch were good.
And late 1Q gave up two transition dunks.  One was a 2-on-4, and Kenrich gets a dunk.  How is the transition D so bad?  A few clueless players and lack of communication.

[elephant]

Am I missing something?

No, the Knicks are.  Settling for threes and clanging

The opponent finds far more easy buckets than we do.

It's becoming a constant with the Knicks.

Recently I said I was waiting for the players who will step up, exert their will, and win these kinds of close games.

Still waiting!

[Kam]

Randle was good until the end game.  Then he basically threw the game away.   4 of his 7 turnovers came in the 4th or OT. 

He is playing better of late and giving his effort. 

He does exert his will. 

The problem is he isn't very good with pressure. 

Pressure from late game situations. 

Pressure from fans in the stands. 

Pressure of his own expectations.   

I think it is fair to say he is the kind of guy who isn't at his best when under pressure.   

I'm not going to say he totally wilts under pressure because that wouldn't be accurate or nice. 

But there is definitely something up with Randle and pressure moments.   

I'm not going to kill him over it as long as the effort is there.

Maybe RJ or Rose when healthy can be the late game pressure release valve for Randle.

[carlos123]

Randle was good until the end game.  Then he basically threw the game away.   4 of his 7 turnovers came in the 4th or OT. 

He is playing better of late and giving his effort. 

He does exert his will. 

The problem is he isn't very good with pressure. 

Pressure from late game situations. 

How about minutes?

He has been playing around 40 minutes a game.

Yesterday it was 45.

You know, fatigue does not help making good decisions and then being able to execute.

[chipstern]

Randle was good until the end game.  Then he basically threw the game away.   4 of his 7 turnovers came in the 4th or OT. 

He is playing better of late and giving his effort. 

He does exert his will. 

The problem is he isn't very good with pressure. 

Pressure from late game situations. 

Pressure from fans in the stands. 

Pressure of his own expectations.   

I think it is fair to say he is the kind of guy who isn't at his best when under pressure.   

I'm not going to say he totally wilts under pressure because that wouldn't be accurate or nice. 

But there is definitely something up with Randle and pressure moments.   

I'm not going to kill him over it as long as the effort is there.

Maybe RJ or Rose when healthy can be the late game pressure release valve for Randle.

Fatigue.

Thibs tasking him with being our PG at crunch, and when he over dribbles, and leaps in the air without a plan, well, bad things happen.  His passing and creating for his team mates has been epic,  but Thibs goes to the well too often, and other teams know how to apply pressure at crunch time..

Again, watching Thunder facilitators Giddey and Mann or orchestrate compared to Burks and Quickley, a combined 3 for 18...Thibs insistence on a rain of threes [15-50], his refusal to bench IQ and empower McBride, and running Julius into the ground...not unlike how he literally ran RJ into the ground...Julius is one slip away from a crippling Amare injury with four years on his contract.

A bad look.

 

[carlos123]

Hey, Chip, glad we are in agreement about how Thibs runs his players into the ground, which causes fatigue, bad plays and eventually injuries.

Following Van Grumbys playbook, re. Ewing and Larry Johnson.

Hope we replace Thibs at the end of the season, before he does further damage.

Now, I know you do not want my guy, or Fac for that matter, so who would you pick?

PS. As far as I am concerned, of course
ITS MILLER TIME BABY!

[elephant]

Randle was good until the end game.  Then he basically threw the game away.   4 of his 7 turnovers came in the 4th or OT. 

He is playing better of late and giving his effort. 

He does exert his will. 

The problem is he isn't very good with pressure. 

Pressure from late game situations. 

Pressure from fans in the stands. 

Pressure of his own expectations.   

I think it is fair to say he is the kind of guy who isn't at his best when under pressure.   

I'm not going to say he totally wilts under pressure because that wouldn't be accurate or nice. 

But there is definitely something up with Randle and pressure moments.   

I'm not going to kill him over it as long as the effort is there.

Maybe RJ or Rose when healthy can be the late game pressure release valve for Randle.

This is why I keep going back to the POINT GUARD. I apologize for an extreme example, but imagine if Chris Paul was on the team.

Randle would be perfect. PERFECT!

He wouldn't have to be the goddamn general on the floor.

[chipstern]

Hey, Chip, glad we are in agreement about how Thibs runs his players into the ground, which causes fatigue, bad plays and eventually injuries.

Following Van Grumbys playbook, re. Ewing and Larry Johnson.

Hope we replace Thibs at the end of the season, before he does further damage.

Now, I know you do not want my guy, or Fac for that matter, so who would you pick?

PS. As far as I am concerned, of course
ITS MILLER TIME BABY!

You know what Johnny One Note?

Your tired ass vaudeville routine has worn quite thin.

Talk about beating off a dead horse.

We are not in agreement with you.

We are not sharing the Red Queen's dreary drum beat for Thibs to be fired, whatsoever our issues, some self inflicted, some a twist of fate [Derrick Rose].

Nor are we amused.

Did I mention how you can go fuck yourself?

I suppose I did. 

As you were, compadre. 

Mike Miller has become your Jimmer Fredette. 

[carlos123]

Hey, Chip, glad we are in agreement about how Thibs runs his players into the ground, which causes fatigue, bad plays and eventually injuries.

Following Van Grumbys playbook, re. Ewing and Larry Johnson.

Hope we replace Thibs at the end of the season, before he does further damage.

Now, I know you do not want my guy, or Fac for that matter, so who would you pick?

PS. As far as I am concerned, of course
ITS MILLER TIME BABY!

You know what Johnny One Note?

Your tired ass vaudeville routine has worn quite thin.

Talk about beating off a dead horse.

We are not in agreement with you.

We are not sharing the Red Queen's dreary drum beat for Thibs to be fired, whatsoever our issues, some self inflicted, some a twist of fate [Derrick Rose].

Nor are we amused.

Did I mention how you can go fuck yourself?

I suppose I did. 

As you were, compadre. 

Mike Miller has become your Jimmer Fredette.

Likewise!

Oh, and I aint your "COMPADRE", meshuggah Stern.

[bodiddley]

Told you - Charlotte is gone  - not to be caught

CHA just dropped below .500.  In 9th.  Just one game ahead of now healthy ATL.  Knix would be right on their tail too, if they ween't busy blowing giant leads and losing games they should win.

CHA and SAC show the folly of the out-score-'em approach.

[kidcarter8]

CHA and SAC show the folly of the out-score-'em approach.





Which is how we attacked Thunder

Folly indeed.  Slow the pace vs these young'uns.