Knicksfan1992 wrote:Wildcat wrote:Zenzibar wrote:Please watch the next game, with an eye on the off-ball help defense by OG.
Rarely have I seen a player with such an elite level help defense. Who is and how many are better?
Him and a healthy Mitch would be amazing.
I know people say this with Mitch a lot but, the numbers with Hartensteing are INSANE and going to be hard to beat.
OG w/Hartenstein per CleaningtheGlass: 100.7 points allowed per 100. 100th percentile defensively
When you remove Hartenstein and make Sims the Center it moves up to 104.8 which is still in the 98th percentile
Basically OG with a decent rim protector almost guarantees you a top flight defense.
The scary thing that the Knicks didn't have before is now they have a possibility of a small ball death lineup with Precious at C.
OG w/ Precious as the C is at 95.9 pts against per 100 possessions, but offensively they are at 126.4 per 100 possessions
100th percentile defensively and 98th percentile offensively. Video game type stuff lol
Now if we can get a healthy Randle, then think about how scary we can become.
OG/Randle/Precious has a small sample size. About 83 possessions worth but, we are a staggering +49.3 per 100 possessions in those minutes.
The added spacing of Precious at the 5 would let Randle FEAST. Same with Hartenstein.
Please Randle get healthy
Overall, I think we have a chance to be the 2nd best team in the league if all players are healthy. Boston is a near flawless team. Their worst shooter from 3 is Jrue. Everyone else is a bucket if left open from 3. There are guys who are lesser on defense, but most players are + and they have enough good defenders to not have to double/overly help.
The biggest difference when comparing to them is that they have 4-5 legit offensive threats whereas our team we have 2-3 on the floor. Our center is a non-threat on offense and if we have Hart and/or precious out there we are working VERY hard to get the ball in the hands of an actual scorer.
BIG much needed and very comforting win last night. We need that 2-3 seed.