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Re: Knicks
« Reply #25020 on: October 02, 2022, 02:37:45 PM »
I love Burks!

He was a huge component of our success the year before.

But you gotta put someone in a position to succeed. And I don't think he was used right last year. It was depressing.
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Re: Knicks
« Reply #25021 on: October 02, 2022, 02:38:15 PM »
Quote from: kidcarter8 on October 02, 2022, 02:34:29 PM
Burks was our best perimeter guy last year.  I sur hope there aren't pangs of "we sure miss Alec" like when we were missing Payton.

Who missed Payton?

(crickets)
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« Reply #25022 on: October 02, 2022, 04:11:39 PM »
Payton's offense, particularly his jump shooting was a nightmare, but he defended and was an actual PG.   

We can all second guess Thibs for not entrusting the offense to McBride and Quickley, and I thought he should have rolled the dice, but no sense crying over spilt milk.  But I would chastise Neon Leon as much for his roll of the dice with Kemba, and for passing on Haliburton to pick Obi [though at the time, one can imagine the "brain trust" was projecting Julius being in the final year of his 2+ 1 audition deal]. 

I agree about the stodgy, predictable nature of the offense, with Burks as a Faux Point Guard and Julius as a Stodgy Point Forward. 

Again, old news. 



We shall see what we shall see on Tuesday night, but smoke signals coming out of Tarrytown suggest that we have an ample supply of functional point guards, and that Thibs is looking to up the tempo, play with more pace, and relieve Julius of Point Forward duties, least ways, not task him with running the damn offense. 

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Re: Knicks
« Reply #25023 on: October 02, 2022, 05:34:25 PM »
Quote from: elephant on October 02, 2022, 02:38:15 PM
Quote from: kidcarter8 on October 02, 2022, 02:34:29 PM
Burks was our best perimeter guy last year.  I sur hope there aren't pangs of "we sure miss Alec" like when we were missing Payton.

Who missed Payton?

(crickets)

Anyone who pined for solid PG play.  (Many just didnt realize it.  You, I guess included)
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« Reply #25024 on: October 02, 2022, 06:25:26 PM »
Solid point guard play my fat ass.
That #$% was unwatchable. 9 out of 10 Knick fans couldn't stand him. The other 10% are born imbeciles.

Nobody misses that M'Fer.
Nobody will miss him in Phoenix either, they'd boo his ass the moment he stepped in the game.

F'er was completely unplayable at any serious level. The Hawks didn't even check his ass in the playoffs cause they knew.
China ..or maybe Venezuela beckons this season.

Jeezus...

Elfrid mf'n Payton..lol, lol, lol...good god...

I don't even think his tweet-happy mom misses him anymore.

And his "D" was waaaaaay overrated.
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Re: Knicks
« Reply #25025 on: October 02, 2022, 06:37:30 PM »
A wonderful talent.   Eight years in the league and still just 28.  Played collegiately at age 17.
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« Reply #25026 on: October 02, 2022, 06:48:07 PM »
2021

Knicks win 16 of final 20 games, Payton playing 18 minutes per.

So he gets 8, then 5 minutes the first 2 playoff game (Knicks go 1-1) and is BENCHED the rest of the series vs ATL as Trae Young goes for 29-10 over the 5 games (1-4 and not close).

Heh.
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« Reply #25027 on: October 02, 2022, 06:51:14 PM »
We shall see what we shall see on Tuesday night, but smoke signals coming out of Tarrytown suggest that we have an ample supply of functional point guards, and that Thibs is looking to up the tempo, play with more pace, and relieve Julius of Point Forward duties, least ways, not task him with running the damn offense.

So Thibs is CHANGING the offense smewhat?  We'll see.

Wonder why Brunson didnt take number 13 here.  Or his dad's #9.
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« Reply #25028 on: October 03, 2022, 10:06:59 AM »
Quote from: kidcarter8 on October 02, 2022, 06:48:07 PM
2021

Knicks win 16 of final 20 games, Payton playing 18 minutes per.


lol, you are such a fucking ass-clown, an ass-clown without a memory.
Payton had very little to do with that finish.
In fact, he was playing fewer and fewer minutes with every passing game.

A reduction that contributed greatly to that red hot finish.

Played 18 minutes OR MORE once in the last dozen games.
Played 18 or less just once in the first 45.

Folks were screaming for Thibs to make the change and pull his ass from the starting lineup BEFORE the playoffs began.
Eye test was easy. The less he played, the better we played.
Thibs was stubborn, didn't do the necessary even as he reduced Elf's role day-by-day.
By the time he finally got pulled for good v. Atlanta, looked like a zombie on the floor, mentally broken, barely there, wandering around lost like a drunk hobo, Thibs had done him no favors.
Needless to say, that WONDERFUL TALENT never played a minute in a Knick uni again, thank the good lord!
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« Reply #25029 on: October 03, 2022, 10:19:03 AM »
24 hours til Knick preseason starts and people are talking about Elfrid M'Fn Payton.


jeez....



*** Wasn't my boy Bo a big Elfrid fan? Too bad he's dead, would probably get the chance to see him play in person this year.
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« Reply #25030 on: October 03, 2022, 01:13:36 PM »
Quote from: lesterluv on October 03, 2022, 10:19:03 AM
24 hours til Knick preseason starts and people are talking about Elfrid M'Fn Payton.


jeez....



*** Wasn't my boy Bo a big Elfrid fan? Too bad he's dead, would probably get the chance to see him play in person this year.

Eagerly Awaiting Who Dawg Annoints As His PissBoyScapeGoat For 2022-23.   
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« Reply #25031 on: October 03, 2022, 02:20:25 PM »
"I know I'm used to being the escape goat, but damn, c'mon - when is enough gonna be enough?

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Re: Knicks
« Reply #25032 on: October 03, 2022, 02:34:14 PM »
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« Reply #25033 on: October 03, 2022, 02:36:02 PM »
Quote from: chipstern on October 03, 2022, 01:13:36 PM

Eagerly Awaiting Who Dawg Annoints As His PissBoyScapeGoat For 2022-23.

To qualify as a lesterdawg PissyBoyEscapeGoat for 2022-23, one must receive bucketfulls of eyeball scorching undeserved starter's minutes for an excruciatingly long time while more qualified, winning-type folks sit and wither. So, unless Thibs really surprises us, there are really only five possibilities in order of likelihood:

1a Julius Randlee*
1b RJ Barrett
3. French Guy
4. Mitch
5. JB

* the extra "e" is for extra pee

I'm not predicting anybody is gonna be PBEG, the above just hints at possibilities.
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« Reply #25034 on: October 03, 2022, 03:39:36 PM »
Quote from: lesterluv on October 03, 2022, 02:36:02 PM
Quote from: chipstern on October 03, 2022, 01:13:36 PM

Eagerly Awaiting Who Dawg Annoints As His PissBoyScapeGoat For 2022-23.

To qualify as a lesterdawg PissyBoyEscapeGoat for 2022-23, one must receive bucketfulls of eyeball scorching undeserved starter's minutes for an excruciatingly long time while more qualified, winning-type folks sit and wither. So, unless Thibs really surprises us, in order of likelihood:

1a Julius Randlee*
1b RJ Barrett
3. French Guy
4. Mitch
5. JB

* the extra "e" is for extra pee

I'm not predicting anybody is gonna be PBEG, the above just hints at possibilities.

You have thus annointed our ENTIRE STARTING FIVE as underserving of starters' minutes. 

Duly noted. 

Barclays Beckons

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