Training Camp & Preseason

payitforward · Post #301 » by **payitforward** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 6:29 pm

Ruzious wrote:...It's either elephants or rhinoceri. Why? El if I know.

It's obvious: neither of them are hip, like, you know.... the hippo.

Reminds me of what Leonard Cohen used to say:

Spoiler:

Post #302 » by **Ruzious** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 6:36 pm

payitforward wrote:
Ruzious wrote:...It's either elephants or rhinoceri. Why? El if I know.

It's obvious: neither of them are hip, like, you know.... the hippo.

Reminds me of what Leonard Cohen used to say:
Spoiler:
If you're looking to pick up a girl, don't go to the same party as Kris Kristofferson. (I know that's generationally irrelevant for most of you)

I got ya - KK was a stud back in the day, and Leonard Cohen was a genius. People will still be trying to master Hallelujah for many decades/centuries to come.

payitforward · Post #303 » by **payitforward** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:58 am

Ruzious wrote:
payitforward wrote:
Ruzious wrote:...It's either elephants or rhinoceri. Why? El if I know.

It's obvious: neither of them are hip, like, you know.... the hippo.

Reminds me of what Leonard Cohen used to say:
Spoiler:
If you're looking to pick up a girl, don't go to the same party as Kris Kristofferson. (I know that's generationally irrelevant for most of you)

I got ya - KK was a stud back in the day, and Leonard Cohen was a genius. People will still be trying to master Hallelujah for many decades/centuries to come.

& Anthem. & If It Be Your Will. & The Future. & In My Secret Life. & A Thousand Kisses Deep. & Everybody Knows. & Famous Blue Raincoat. & Dance Me To the End of Love. & Alexandra Leaving. & Joan of Arc. & Who By Fire. & The Night Comes On.

Even, more or less, his last song, The Hills.

I love Leonard.

FAH1223 · Post #304 » by **FAH1223** » Fri Oct 15, 2021 7:55 pm

Read on Twitter

80sballboy · Post #305 » by **80sballboy** » Fri Oct 15, 2021 11:46 pm

Nice to see Dinwiddie hit 2 threes. But I notice he never really uses his left hand on drives to the basket, even going to his left. That's what I appreciated in John Wall. Though he used his left hand to dunk.

80sballboy · Post #306 » by **80sballboy** » Fri Oct 15, 2021 11:58 pm

Interesting bringing Holiday off the bench as the first point guard. He certainly adds more speed.

Jimmy Recard · Post #307 » by **Jimmy Recard** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:10 am

Holiday looked great in that first quarter

Deni needs to be more assertive out there, especially if he’s gonna be playing mostly with the second unit.

80sballboy · Post #308 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:20 am

The Bertans/Kuzma duo is not exactly an effective defensive frontcourt. And of course, Bertans can't make a 3 to save his life.

80sballboy · Post #309 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:28 am

I'm not in love with the Scott Brooks' tiny backcourt of Neto and AH, but it is working against the Knicks as Holiday is playing his ass off.

smoothSeph · Post #310 » by **smoothSeph** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:29 am

Unseld still isn’t using Deni right, oh well. He’s playing good defense tonight.

80sballboy · Post #311 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:29 am

Jimmy Recard wrote:Holiday looked great in that first quarter

Deni needs to be more assertive out there, especially if he’s gonna be playing mostly with the second unit.

I hear what you're saying, but I'd rather let him let the game come to him. Not try to be Kuzma and throw up some crazy sh-t on a awkward drive. His defense on Randle has been very solid. That's all you can ask.

Dark Faze · Post #312 » by **Dark Faze** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:30 am

I don't understand why Deni isn't involved in the screen game more. He's got the biggest body out of anyone sans the centers and he can make passes as a roll man.

80sballboy · Post #313 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:37 am

Good half, but poor end of the half. You know how that's going to work out in the second half. Knicks missed a lot of open shots in the first half. Still pretty good defense and we weren't giving them as many open looks as the first game at home. Holiday played great. Kuzma back to being Kuzma at 2 for 9. Gafford very active with 8, 6 and 4 blocks. Bertans 0-3 from 3. Beal had 5 pts in 9 minutes.

smoothSeph · Post #314 » by **smoothSeph** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:41 am

I wonder who Rui pushes out the rotation when he returns, Bertans or Deni. Neither have showed much this preseason.

80sballboy · Post #315 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:51 am

Holiday gets the start with Dinwiddie so I guess Beal is done for the night.

80sballboy · Post #316 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 12:56 am

Beal out with a right knee contusion. Wonderful.

80sballboy · Post #317 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 1:02 am

smoothSeph wrote:I wonder who Rui pushes out the rotation when he returns, Bertans or Deni. Neither have showed much this preseason.

Probably should be Bertans. If he's not providing offense, he's gives you nothing.

J-Ves · Post #318 » by **J-Ves** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 1:03 am

I hope Neto saves some of this for the regular season

80sballboy · Post #319 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 1:03 am

Neto showing that he can overpower a defenseless Kemba Walker and get to the rim.

WallToWall · Post #320 » by **WallToWall** » Sat Oct 16, 2021 1:08 am

Avdija is too tentative. He needs to be more assertive when he has the ball.

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