http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2005110922 Oi vey. I recorded the game on my tivo thing. I'm going to watch it tonight probably. I'll provide some analysis then.
Jarrett Jack looked lost out their. Quentin Richardson was worthless last night. Nate Robinson is fearless. He ATTACKS the basket like no other. Other than fouling out, I love Telfair's game. He's just a player, and as a basketball fan, you have to love his game. The Knicks were pretty, meh, on offense. Trevor Ariza was just out of it. Antonio was a non-factor due to foul trouble. Channing stepped up and did well. Gotta love the new guys on this team.
I think it's time to press the panic button. This was a bad loss against a team we should have beaten handily. I dont know what to say. There were way too many turnovers comitted. Marbury finished with more turnovers than assists although he at least played decent defense for most of the game. Curry had a staggering six turnovers! And we simply could not stop Zach Randolph and Darius Miles or even Ruben Patterson(which is disgraceful). Our individual defense and team defense just werent there. We simply folded down the stretch. Brown has to shorten the rotation. He played 11 guys last night. He shouldnt be playing more than 10 at the most. The team seemed to lack continuity. Other than that I dont know what he can do. This team just isnt his kind of team and I'm pretty sure he's starting to wonder if defecting to the Knicks was a good idea. I do know thought that we shouldnt get Darius Miles. I'm certain of that. On the brightside Crawford played well. He took relatively smart shots, Curry actually pulled down 9 rebounds, and our free throw shooting is getting better. Anyway I think Isiah Thomas should be fired.
Pretty poor to give up 26 points to Darius Miles. Watching the game, it seemed like he didn't even want to play. He is so unexplosive, and he basically wanders around the court. Did anyone see him travel? Has this guy played basically. He basically got the ball at the top of key, and took about 4 steps.
They look about as sorry as the Raptors francise right now, but hold on guys. I think it will take a little while for LB and these guys to start clicking. I just hope no one starts rambling like Terrell Owens.
Jamal Crawford in the starting lineup, interesting. I'm calling it now, he's getting traded. I think the picture above describes the Knick's season so far. After the game Nate McMillan said the signing of Eddy Curry is the reason Jerome James has looked bad. He said James felt slighted by the move and doesn't feel like he's part of the big picture in NY anymore. LB is great at turning around teams, but the Knicks might be his toughest challenge yet.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting STCBBall3:</div><div class="quote_post">Pretty poor to give up 26 points to Darius Miles. Watching the game, it seemed like he didn't even want to play. He is so unexplosive, and he basically wanders around the court. Did anyone see him travel? Has this guy played basically. He basically got the ball at the top of key, and took about 4 steps.</div> Any two or three in this league with halfway decent offsensive skils can get 20 or better on the Knicks, they just dont have anyone to defend that shooting guard/small forward postion. Ricky Davis and PP combine for 57 opening night.... Jason Richardson got a easily 25 over the weekend.... And Miles gets 26 last night...and you can expect the trend to continue until the knicks pick up a defender at the wing spot...everybody says Ariza..and while he does have the athletism to be that type of stopper in the future the Kid doesnt have the NBA savy to be that type of player right now. As far as Crawford getting traded Shape...Iam with you, I think the guy needs to be on the next thing smoking out of grand central station. If he aint scoring then he is a liablity...nothing else he does on the court impresses me. And his scoring is overatted also cause he is a volume, low shooting % scorer. Scott Skiles/Paxson threw a party when the Bulls got rid of him last year because they know you cant win with him at the two...Isiah will soon realize the same.
Its been a horrible opening weekend for the knicks. Theyre not scoring points is the bottom line and their defense is atrocious. They havent scored over 90 pts in a game without OT. Their shooting one of the worst fg% in the NBA and their D is horrible. Main reasons are Curry averaging 26 mpg, Crawford averaged 3 TOpg, and an unstable starting rotation and a 12 man rotation. Lb's teams have started off slow and this is a new team just put together. We have to be patient.
