There's nothing more enjoyable than coming home to a Knicks win, preferably if it's against the Nets. All of this talk about the Nets being a legitimate team is false. I think they were on a hot streak more than anything. Here are some points about the game: - Yi is wack. He's awful on defense. I particularly enjoyed watching Chandler, Al, and even Tim Thomas take turns pwning him from. That's a total of 89 points they combined for. Hopefully it becomes clear why I'm not high on him at all, especially when talking about the Nets' young core. - Sean Williams is also wack. That Amare Stoudemire talk over the summer never ceases to put a smile on my face. I can't believe I was criticized for comparing him to Stromile Swift. Swift is actually better. - Chandler is the real deal. He struggled last game, but it was only about time until he got it together. In about 2 years, I can definitely see him putting up 20/7 or close to it. This is still basically his rookie year since he wasn't getting minutes until the last month of the season. -Duhon is the better point guard over Devin Harris. He really knows how to control the offense and get everyone the ball. Harris is a good scorer but a subpar passer, IMO. I actually think Marbury was a better passer than him during his Net tenure. How did you guys let Al Harrington drop 40 on you guys?
Yeah I agree with you 100% how do you let a sh1tty player like Harrington from a sh1tty team like the Knicks beat you? Knicks, the joke of the eastern conference. OMG, this is the same Knicks that Starbury got chased out of town. THAT IS WHACKZ0razrolfcopter!!! I guess when you have 2 mediocre inconsistent teams play each other, you're going to have inconsistent results. NAH... who am I kidding... the sh1tty KNICKS!!! omg!111friedchicken1111!
Harris isn't a good passer or a good natural point guard, which is why he needs VC or Dooling next to him to really excel. Both of those guys are not natural points either, but they have good passing skills and can take a lot of the "point guard" load off of Harris. Chandler is very impressive. He has the length and skills to be an all-star in the future. Williams is a bad basketball player. Yi is a horrible defender, but then again nobody could stop any of those three guys you listed tonight. They were all on fire. The Nets are a legitimate playoff team, but their inexperience and their horrible defense will cost them games like this. Nobody expects them to play as well as they did against Phoenix or Minnesota every game. Especially not at home...
If the Nets are considered a legitimate playoff team it is solely because of the horrible state of the eastern conference. If that is the case, then the Knicks must also be put into that category. The only reason why the Nets are even statistically better than the Knicks is because they just finished trading their two leading scorers (and one leading rebounder). And even then, the Knicks are only a mere two games behind the Nets for the 6th seed. I also don't heed the "Knicks were just hot" notion, either. Al Harrington has had many high scoring games for the Knicks this season, so it is definitely something he is capable of doing on a fairly consistent basis. Besides, Harrington made a living at the line - 15-16. The Nets lost because their defense is bad, their coaching is bad, and many of their players aren't too good either (Yi, Swat, Yi, Swift, Yi, etc.).
Did I ever say the Knicks aren't a playoff team? The East is wide open this year. The only team I definitely can't see in the playoffs is Charlotte. Maybe Washington. I also said the Nets played horrible defense, which was obviously the reason they lost. The Knicks wouldn't have heated up if the Nets had played good defense from the start. Lawrence Frank has been GREAT this season. I don't see why you think he's a bad coach. He did get schooled by D'Antoni today, though. D'Antoni is a superb coach himself.
Dude, I just watched the replay. BS you target Yi out. The entire team sucked on D. Everytime Yi went to the Bench the Knicks pulled ahead more. So, BS calling out Yi. Blame Frank, he failed to match up the team and his subbing was terrible. Swift came in and sucked TO constantly, Swat sucked, TO and foul constantly. Yi's defense need work, but you see he does hustle chasing little guys around.
Correction, Sir, Yi's defense is wack...overall, statistically he's a decent player based on his Efficiency rating which is a 13.27...he's right behind Luol Deng (13.31), and he's ahead of cats like Wilson Chandler (13.20) Al Thornton (13.04) and Kyle Korver and Tyson Chandler (both below a 13.00)...so overall, is Yi's game weak? No, but is his defense "weak"? Yes. His statistical output doesn't land anywhere near the vicinity of "wack"....your hypothesis isn't substantiated, b.
This is his 2nd year...no one in the Nets Front Office ever expected him to be Great in his Sophomore Season. Fast forward 2 years from now, if Yi's still weak on the defensive end come the 2011 season...then yes, ya'll can officially label him a disappointment. "Wack" would be the Italian dude the Knicks drafted...."Wack" would be Darko Fuckin' Milicic...."Wack" would be Coaching staff of the Oklahoma Thunder. I rest my case.
Maybe that's the reason that Cuban would deal Harris and traded for Kidd, they need a playmaker, not a scorer. But right now, we can't win every game with Harris scoring so much, just one game, pathetic though.
"Disappointment" and Mr. J's word "wack" have a different meaning. He'll continue to have a "wack" game until he's serviceable on defense. If he never does, he'll be somewhat disappointing. I can't believe I'm arguing the semantics of the word "wack."
Oh, I see a goat here! No, the goat is over there! You guys talk a bunch of crap! Yi is not horrible on defense at all. Bball defense is about matchups, and last night in the fourth, smaller quicker men beat him. That's why he is not a SF. Besides, nobody can guard a quicker man outside. Did anyone else stop Harrington or Thomas? Yi has pluses and minuses. Most times he wins. When he is not on the floor, we lose.
I like the PER ratings, but they can be misleading at times. Trevor Ariza has a higher PER than Carmelo Anthony and Paul Pierce. Ginobili has a higher PER than Kobe. Similarly, Yi has a higher PER than Deng, (not Wilson Chandler) Thornton, and the other players you just named. Does this mean he is any better? No. A week or two ago he finally reached 40% shooting from the field. With such size and athleticism Yi wastes his size camping outside and shooting jumpers long. So he’s generally inefficient offensively and a liability defensively. Most of the guys you named: both Tyson and Wilson Chandler, Thornton, are much better defensively. With the exception of blocks and steals, defense is not reflected in the PER rating. And with that said, a player with a high block or steals rate isn’t necessarily a good defender either. The front office might not have expected him to be great, but they did not expect him to be subpar offensively and be awful defensively. The difference is you are measuring something proven versus something unproven. Yi, OKC Thunder, and Darko Milicic have played and have sucked. Therefore one can conclude that they are proven to suck. Gallo has not played therefore he is unproven. How can you call a player wack who hasn’t played yet? I wasn’t referring to you, I was referring to the Nets fans saying “omg!, I can’t believe we just lost to the knicks!!1!” The Nets aren’t that much better, if any at all. But the Nets always play horrible defense. They are 4th in the league in opponent’s PPG. The only difference is that their pace isn’t as fast as Golden State’s or New York’s. Opponents also shoot 30 free throws per game against the Nets, which is good enough for second in the league in opponent’s FTA. So, it was basically a regular game for the Nets defensively. Maybe bad was a little too harsh, but he’s average at best.
