Fat Kat wrote:Deeeez Knicks wrote:Another issue with Frank is that he does seem like a player that needs a system and structure. I don’t think you can throw him out there with no set plays or system and expect him to make something happen or for him to do well. That seems how Fiz wanted our guards to play. It didn’t work at all and was a horrible offense. It was a free for all so players that weren’t shy about getting there own shots could do well and get there own, but team ball and the overall offense suffered a lot.
If Frank doesn’t fit, that is one thing. But Fiz’s vision and offense is another. With or without Frank it needs a complete overhaul else I could see other players like RJ struggling too.
This is some of what we ran
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2018/12/6/18128203/film-study-what-kind-of-offense-are-the-knicks-running
We ran some simply plays that everyone does but there wasn't really any system and we didnt come close to building an identity. Often it turned ugly with Timmy/Burke/Mudiay chucking shots up. We were last in offensive efficiency and assists.
Even Fiz acknowledged a lot this, so hopefully it gets better.
He came into the job touting position-less basketball and a hard-nosed, but forward-thinking, approach. He pointed to his connections to the LeBron James-era Heat, who deployed pace-and-space into the NBA and promised to play fast. It was supposed to be the beginning of the age of modernity at Madison Square Garden.
Fizdale’s reviews of his offense so far are mixed.
“Up and down,” he said. “But I do know that when we move the ball, it has its moments of looking really good. And when we hold it, we look like a terrible basketball team.”
More than halfway into his debut season with the Knicks, it’s still not clear what kind of coach Fizdale is and how he wants the Knicks to play. They have not developed any hard-set identity or style, especially on offense. It is easy to say the Knicks’ offense has not been good. It is harder to say what kind of outcomes they’re trying to create.
Fizdale says he is not trying to form an offense around his players this season, nor is he trying to get them to play to his system. Instead, it seems, he just wants to make the best of what he has. Maybe the goal of this season for Fizdale, and the Knicks, is just to survive it in hopes of better seasons ahead.
“I’m trying to find balance because we’re not where I want to be yet necessarily for who we’re going to be, from that standpoint,” Fizdale said. “At the same time I want to keep some familiarity at what we’re going to be doing in the future. At the same time, try to do stuff that can at least highlight and give these guys a chance to be successful on the court. It’s really finding a balance right now for what works for the group and who we have on the floor.”
* We have a Brunson Burner™ * 
