Game #7: New York Knicks(4-0) @ Orlando Magic(2-4)

Post #301 » by **ChosenSavior** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:29 am

We will improve in time. It sucks to see us lose but this is the growing pains of rebuilding a team from the ground up. I would really like for the young guys (Harkless & Nicholson) to get a bit more minutes out there going forward. Really hope Jameer can give it a go in the next game, we can certainly use his presence out there.

Nyce_1 · Post #302 » by **Nyce_1** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:29 am

CraZyPraiZ wrote:Growing pains can be tough. Damn we had a good shot at this game.

Nyce_1 · Post #303 » by **Nyce_1** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:31 am

Guys, you gotta remember that we're trying to showcase these vets to increase their value. First Mcbob, then CheddaCheese. Nicholson won't get solid minutes till after the trade deadline.

arkknight1988 · Post #304 » by **arkknight1988** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:31 am

jfinley88 wrote:Lots of things to be encouraged about today.

Harkless/Nicholson locking down the forward spots for the next 10-12 years will be fun. And Baby is playing solid basketball, should get us a 1st...

we need an athletic sg or pg to pair with them. also we need an big defender

TheBigBoss · Post #305 » by **TheBigBoss** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:32 am

Nice effort, your young guys got game, made us nervous. Best of luck with your season!

arkknight1988 · Post #306 » by **arkknight1988** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:33 am

Perdido/BR wrote:
magicman123 wrote:not impressed with the Knicks, def not contenders yet

If I had only seen this one game, I wouldn't either. Knicks played like crap. Did you watch the others?

Loved Harkless, by the way.

Good game.

knicks are good, especially in the eastern conference. they have the most annoying guard in the league in felton, JR, and that prigioni though.

magicman123 · Post #307 » by **magicman123** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:33 am

ChosenSavior wrote:We will improve in time. It sucks to see us lose but this is the growing pains of rebuilding a team from the ground up. I would really like for the young guys (Harkless & Nicholson) to get a bit more minutes out there going forward. Really hope Jameer can give it a go in the next game, we can certainly use his presence out there.

I really dont like Ayon and Ish...once jameer gets back it pushes ish out, and nicholson needs to take all of ayons or mcroberts minutes

harkless looked great tonight, jameer will help the team a lot

Last Guardian · Post #308 » by **Last Guardian** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:34 am

Let me just say this. They are going to have some poor, poor games this season, but I REALLY hope Drew and Harkless are on this team in their primes.

Nyce_1 · Post #309 » by **Nyce_1** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:34 am

TheBigBoss wrote:Nice effort, your young guys got game, made us nervous. Best of luck with your season!

Thanks. We're encouraged by their effort tonight.

Post #310 » by **SOUL** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:34 am

TBH I thought Knicks would be worse before the season started. They look real good offensively

Amare might **** w/ their chemistry, they are way better without him.

arkknight1988 · Post #311 » by **arkknight1988** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:34 am

TheBigBoss wrote:Nice effort, your young guys got game, made us nervous. Best of luck with your season!

thanks! best of luck in the playoffs, the east is wide open outside of miami

br7knicks · Post #312 » by **br7knicks** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:36 am

came in mid way through 3rd quarter. no one on knicks forum knows. what happened to some dancer?

Reverse_Angle · Post #313 » by **Reverse_Angle** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:36 am

FFBlitzace wrote:I'm shocked Baby didn't launch a 3 there.

totally. i already facepalmed at it as soon as he touched the ball. a decent facepalm was wasted because of him. trade baby!

Last Guardian · Post #314 » by **Last Guardian** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:37 am

Knicks are good. Hope they come out of the east. I think they rely too much on the jumper though.

magicman123 · Post #315 » by **magicman123** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:38 am

Saint Nicolas wrote:TBH I thought Knicks would be worse before the season started. They look real good offensively

Amare might **** w/ their chemistry, they are way better without him.

they need more low post scoring, they rely on a ton of three pointers and jumpers (hey like us in the past) amare will definitely help with the scoring, but he will most likely mess with the rhythm of the team..it will be interesting to see how they come together

Perdido/BR · Post #316 » by **Perdido/BR** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:38 am

br7knicks wrote:came in mid way through 3rd quarter. no one on knicks forum knows. what happened to some dancer?

Fell neck first. They said she is conscious, moving and all. Should be alright. Was ugly to see, though.

Optimus_Steel · Post #317 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:39 am

Good loss tonight. We played hard and competed and thats all I ask for this season. The young rooks made it exciting. Hark blocking Anthony like crazy was impressive, I've never seen someone frustrate him like that. Hark just has a knack for making plays. He can be a star in the league someday. Nicholson played great, he showed a lot of confidence and was a factor. I thought Jacque took them out because they started making rookie mistakes in the 4th but thats something we are gonna have to live with for now.

br7knicks · Post #318 » by **br7knicks** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:40 am

Perdido/BR wrote:
br7knicks wrote:came in mid way through 3rd quarter. no one on knicks forum knows. what happened to some dancer?

Fell neck first. They said she is conscious, moving and all. Should be alright. Was ugly to see, though.

oh man. sorry to hear that. hope she turns out ok. glad to hear she's moving around. not to sound selfish, but kinda glad i didn't see it.

OrlandO · Post #319 » by **OrlandO** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:41 am

In the 4th we completely moved away from what was working in quarters 1-3.

Early in the game we made sure to include davis and he produced with 5-5 fg (would be 6-6 if not for off. foul on afflalo) and passes that led to buckets. He had his hand in everything and should have been consistently involved tonight, especially since he was willing to pass when in trouble and not force up bad shots. Don't understand the huge gaps of not using him at all essentially taking him out of the game mentally.

Harkless went full beast mode on both sides of the floor and he should have been left in the game at crunchtime... he earned it. Really should have kept Harkless in there to defend and disrupt. I don't think the Knicks knew what to do about him. Nicholson did his thing getting buckets and although I probably wouldn't have had him in really late, he should have gotten most of McBob's minutes.

Once we moved away from those three guys, we had nothing. That's what sucks about this loss. The knicks didn't shut us down, we took ourselves out of it. Still, lots of good things out of this game. We're seeing progress and players are slowly learning through experience and past failures. Afflalo simply had a bad game and got a little selfish due to frustration. Our biggest impediment this game was JOCK Vaughn. Props to Moore for getting assists AND not turning it over at all. JJ also had an excellent game and continues to prove he's one of the keys to this team remaining competitive.

Post #320 » by **FFBlitzace** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:41 am

The Knicks are pretty good, but like the Nets, they have absolutely no chance of beating a healthy Heat team. Honestly, unless the Lakers can get straightened out, the Heat are likely to just waltz their way to another title, like it or not.