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Mylie10 wrote:I’m totally down for the Playoffs even if we get blown out.
I think we’d be trouble for teams in a 7 game scenario.
In a one game make it or break get in scenario I’m not confident.
But all playoff experience is valuable. Teaches you what and what not to do in the biggest moments.
Onus wrote:Playoffs is a huge teaching moment. It’s a different league than the regular season. And not many people on the team have playoff experience.
The-Power wrote:Onus wrote:I mean we don’t know what pick we would have and who would be there but Corey kispert is someone who would help right away.
Do you plan your season around the hope that Corey Kispert may fall to you, though?
Also, he's kind of unique in that there is probably no other player in that range for whom you can have the expectation that he just comes in and performs well. It's based on Kispert's experience and profile.
And even in his case, I think it's fair to ask how much better he'd be in his first year compared to Jessup, who'd play in a similar role, or a more experienced NBA player you can realistically target in FA or smaller trades.
FNQ wrote:Onus wrote:Playoffs is a huge teaching moment. It’s a different league than the regular season. And not many people on the team have playoff experience.
Aside from playing exclusively better teams... how?
This is a narrative I've always challenged.. and the answer always is "it just is". But how? Remember how the W's were never gonna win a title because we were perimeter based? More offense than defense?
The playoffs is the same game with better teams. This isnt like hockey where the rules change. Good teams still prepare for you just like they would an in regular season matchup. The real difference: more people are watching which affects *opinion* more.. but you don't get better, learn more, or have it tougher, simply by virtue of playing in the playoffs.
FNQ wrote:Mylie10 wrote:I’m totally down for the Playoffs even if we get blown out.
I think we’d be trouble for teams in a 7 game scenario.
In a one game make it or break get in scenario I’m not confident.
But all playoff experience is valuable. Teaches you what and what not to do in the biggest moments.
Practice teaches you that
Playoffs are where you show it off
You don't get better simply by virtue of playing a playoff game vs a regular season game
”Mav_Carter wrote: my list doesn't matter...I'm pretty much wrong on everything...
Onus wrote:FNQ wrote:Onus wrote:Playoffs is a huge teaching moment. It’s a different league than the regular season. And not many people on the team have playoff experience.
Aside from playing exclusively better teams... how?
This is a narrative I've always challenged.. and the answer always is "it just is". But how? Remember how the W's were never gonna win a title because we were perimeter based? More offense than defense?
The playoffs is the same game with better teams. This isnt like hockey where the rules change. Good teams still prepare for you just like they would an in regular season matchup. The real difference: more people are watching which affects *opinion* more.. but you don't get better, learn more, or have it tougher, simply by virtue of playing in the playoffs.
How? Intensity, game preparation, schemes, concentration. If you’re good enough playoff teams will expose your weaknesses so you know what to work on. It’s good to see how teams will game plan for you and what they will try to take away. It’s a completely different league.
FNQ wrote:So they dont require intensity, game prep schemes, concentration in the regular season?
The only difference is there are no bad teams to punt around.
The-Power wrote:FNQ wrote:So they dont require intensity, game prep schemes, concentration in the regular season?
The only difference is there are no bad teams to punt around.
I'm really surprised to see you challenge the idea that teams prepare better and adjust a lot more over course of a series on both offense and defense, just as players pick up their intensity compared to the regular season because the games are more important. Opposing players also learn more about your tendencies, just as you can try to pick up those nuances to gain small advantages. Not to mention that officiating is a bit different and the pressure to perform well is certainly higher as the stakes go up.
All of this seems rather obvious, as does the idea that learning to better deal with those differences all requires exposure and experience (something not at all limited to sports either). You'll also always hear players and coaches talk about the unique playoff experience and how you can't simulate the playoffs in the regular season, just as you can't simulate an NBA game in practice no matter how hard you play. Or you'll hear players talk about having to figure it out in the playoffs over time, and you'll see players having their playoff-peak well after they had their regular season peak because they had and needed time to develop that necessary resilience.
Of course they could all be lying or be under illusions, and the playoffs aren't actually different in any meaningful way from Game X during the regular season – I just don't see any reason to actually believe that, and you haven't really provided a convincing answer as to why I should doubt that the playoffs are indeed different in a number of ways.
wco81 wrote:Two lobs that JW couldn't convert vs. Pacers.
One was horrible, too low and the other one could have been higher. He let the latter one go right through his hands, similar to another pass vs. Knicks that went through his hands.
wco81 wrote:What's the point of all that wingspan and catch radius?
But it's the hands.
They have to drill him more on those, make him catch those lobs in practice.
wco81 wrote:Your lols are content free.
What are you, 15 years old?
Go ahead, post some funny emojis.
They have to be tracking all the balls which go through his hands.
wco81 wrote:Warriors had a great playoffs experience when they beat Denver and then took a couple of games from the Spurs.
Then the next year they lost in the first round in 7 games to the Clippers IIRC.
Then they took off in 2014-15, though they had some rough spots vs. Memphis and vs. the Cavs.
The team and the players wanted to get into the playoffs and stay in the playoffs every season.
But the situation now is different with your second or third best player out and a roster with several G-leaguers.
Yeah I knew somebody was going to make the HaNdz post. Those lobs were awful. Only pass he missed was the transition play in the second half and even that was heavily contested.FNQ wrote:wco81 wrote:Two lobs that JW couldn't convert vs. Pacers.
One was horrible, too low and the other one could have been higher. He let the latter one go right through his hands, similar to another pass vs. Knicks that went through his hands.
Literally about 3 feet behind him and a couple feet too high but yes, his fault
Melo and amare should thrive in this offense. If Jeremy Tyler and cole Aldridge looked that good in summer league then us knick fans have a lot to be excited about. Make room for all the bandwagoners when we take off
MintFresh wrote:The thing is even when he has position for a rebound and touches it first he always gets it taken away from him. Any contested rebound where he has a fighters chance the ball is taken from his hands. Or when he's in full stride and the rare chance it hits him in the numbers he gets stripped in traffic.
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