PG: Knicks vs Celtics: Season opener!

[aggo]

look at these pnrs


we have to switch some of these.

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[prophet_of_rage]

He also said "It's early"



But the sky is falling on here.

we're just seeing what we told you would happen. you didn't listen. like that time i told you those weren't real yeezys but you bought them anyway.

If we had listened to you we'd have a team built around DeMar DeRozan and Isaac _k_r_. I don't take advice from anyone that thinks the Lordz of the underground were lyrical.

MrDoItAll and Mr. FunkeeMan had bangers on their debut.

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[Deeeez Knicks]

Knicks will be fine and be a really good team. Will they win the championship? Who knows.

If we don't then more moves can be made.

Last few years Knicks have been in a much better position then they been in this century. Can't be mad at that.

[jvsimonetti0514]

I noticed in preseason that the Celtics were shooting like 50+ 3’s a night. Which was more than they did last season. Hate to say it but it’s end game of the 3 point revolution. The game is gonna be a 3 point contest from now on and we need to get on board. The 30 we shot last night isn’t going to cut it going forward.

[Davis18]

We all have been spoiled by OG seamless fit last season.
Give sometime for team to get on the same page.
I like current starting lineup.. wanna see at least 10 games before hasty judgement.
Maybe switch Josh w/ Deuce.
Let's be patient fellow Knicks fans.

[rajajackal]

I noticed in preseason that the Celtics were shooting like 50+ 3’s a night. Which was more than they did last season. Hate to say it but it’s end game of the 3 point revolution. The game is gonna be a 3 point contest from now on and we need to get on board. The 30 we shot last night isn’t going to cut it going forward.

it doesn't have to necessarily become a shoot out though. we can counter with rebounding into transition buckets and not settling early to keep scoring momentum going

[The KnicksFix]

Brown just won FMVP. Tjey have two stars.

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Either way, I still think OG plays Tatum. There’s no way he should be on brown, when Tatum is the greater threat from 3

I mentioned in the GT that the “rotations” were weird and asked why OG was on Brown and Mikal on Tatum. That made no sense to me.

Thibs seemed like HE wasn’t prepared!

Yea I remember u mentioning it in the GT
it looks so weird for the Knicks to have defenders out of position

[KOA]

look at these pnrs


we have to switch some of these.

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Switching isnt the issue on most of these. Most of those were great 1x1 play.
The rest were just illegal screens.

I mean just look at that first play in that clip. If that's not a moving screen, I really dont know what is.
Can't find one screen in that video that didnt fall under any of these categories:

"llegal screening is when the player who is screening an opponent:

Was moving when contact occurred.
Did not give sufficient distance in setting a screen outside the field of vision of a stationary opponent when contact occurred.
Did not respect the elements of time and distance of an opponent in motion when contact occurred.
If the screen is set within the field of vision of a stationary opponent (front or lateral), the screener may establish the screen as close to them as they desire, provided there is no contact."

[3toheadmelo]

anyone comparing this team to the big 3 in miami from 2011 when they started slow are fooling themselves. i watched damn near almost every game that season cause i live in fl. their struggles were not even close to ours.

[Parraknick]

anyone comparing this team to the big 3 in miami from 2011 when they started slow are fooling themselves. i watched damn near almost every game that season cause i live in fl. their struggles were not even close to ours.

It’s more reasonable to compare a new group of Knick players to that Heat team’s situation than to make a complete judgement on a team after 1 RS game

[3toheadmelo]

anyone comparing this team to the big 3 in miami from 2011 when they started slow are fooling themselves. i watched damn near almost every game that season cause i live in fl. their struggles were not even close to ours.

It’s more reasonable to compare a new group of Knick players to that Heat team’s situation than to make a complete judgement on a team after 1 RS game

Yes let’s compare us to a dynasty team that had 2 mvp candidates in their prime team up while their third option is 5x more impactful than our 2nd option. We don’t even have a big 3, yet alone a big 2.

A realistic comp would be the Sacramento kings.

[Parraknick]

anyone comparing this team to the big 3 in miami from 2011 when they started slow are fooling themselves. i watched damn near almost every game that season cause i live in fl. their struggles were not even close to ours.

It’s more reasonable to compare a new group of Knick players to that Heat team’s situation than to make a complete judgement on a team after 1 RS game

Yes let’s compare us to a dynasty team that had 2 mvp candidates in their prime team up while their third option is 5x more impactful than our 2nd option.

A realistic comp would be the Sacramento kings.

Any team with new key players will take time to improve / get comfortable.

That’s the nature of the comparison.

[3toheadmelo]

It’s more reasonable to compare a new group of Knick players to that Heat team’s situation than to make a complete judgement on a team after 1 RS game

Yes let’s compare us to a dynasty team that had 2 mvp candidates in their prime team up while their third option is 5x more impactful than our 2nd option.

A realistic comp would be the Sacramento kings.

Any team with new key players will take time to improve / get comfortable.

That’s the nature of the comparison.

Choosing the most unrealistic comparison isn’t helping that argument though

[god shammgod]

the knicks will obviously get better, it's just how much. after game 1 they have the worst defense in the league so they can only go up lol

p.s. they're more than 10 points worse than the 2nd worse team right now

[Parraknick]

Yes let’s compare us to a dynasty team that had 2 mvp candidates in their prime team up while their third option is 5x more impactful than our 2nd option.

A realistic comp would be the Sacramento kings.

Any team with new key players will take time to improve / get comfortable.

That’s the nature of the comparison.

Choosing the most unrealistic comparison isn’t helping that argument though

You’re persistent, I’ll give you that!

[Iron Mantis]

anyone comparing this team to the big 3 in miami from 2011 when they started slow are fooling themselves. i watched damn near almost every game that season cause i live in fl. their struggles were not even close to ours.

It’s more reasonable to compare a new group of Knick players to that Heat team’s situation than to make a complete judgement on a team after 1 RS game

Folks are desperate to grieve and some are desperate to push agendas.

Last year, first game of the season, it was Brunson and four different starters.

So with a completely new team, going against a historically good team, on their home floor, while they're coked up from a ring ceremony, there's not much to conclude from this loss.

The Knicks are not the Miami Heat, no...but the point is it is reasonable to be patient, allowing a completely new team some time to hit their stride, like it took that team filled with Hall of famers some time to hit their stride.

Wait and see.

[Parraknick]

anyone comparing this team to the big 3 in miami from 2011 when they started slow are fooling themselves. i watched damn near almost every game that season cause i live in fl. their struggles were not even close to ours.

It’s more reasonable to compare a new group of Knick players to that Heat team’s situation than to make a complete judgement on a team after 1 RS game

Folks are desperate to grieve and some are desperate to push agendas.

Last year, first game of the season, it was Brunson and four different starters.

So with a completely new team, going against a historically good team, on their home floor, while they're coked up from a ring ceremony, there's not much to conclude from this loss.

The Knicks are not the Miami Heat, no...but the point is it is reasonable to be patient, allowing a completely new team some time to hit their stride, like it took that team filled with Hall of famers some time to hit their stride.

Wait and see.

Exactly… common sense needs to prevail here people

[DaGawd]

It’s more reasonable to compare a new group of Knick players to that Heat team’s situation than to make a complete judgement on a team after 1 RS game

Folks are desperate to grieve and some are desperate to push agendas.

Last year, first game of the season, it was Brunson and four different starters.

So with a completely new team, going against a historically good team, on their home floor, while they're coked up from a ring ceremony, there's not much to conclude from this loss.

The Knicks are not the Miami Heat, no...but the point is it is reasonable to be patient, allowing a completely new team some time to hit their stride, like it took that team filled with Hall of famers some time to hit their stride.

Wait and see.

Exactly… common sense needs to prevail here people

posted this sentiment in another thread but i’ll post it here. i’m gonna give it til about 20 games to see what we look like by then, but i don’t see this team getting back to then scrappy gritty bruising team we had last year to be the best version of what this current group can become.. it’s not in either of kat or bridges dna imo.. we might have to shift to a more finesse approach offensively at least and take the majority of our shots from behind the arc..basically lean in to attempting the meta build like boston

[RandlesCornrows]

Yes let’s compare us to a dynasty team that had 2 mvp candidates in their prime team up while their third option is 5x more impactful than our 2nd option.

A realistic comp would be the Sacramento kings.

Any team with new key players will take time to improve / get comfortable.

That’s the nature of the comparison.

Choosing the most unrealistic comparison isn’t helping that argument though

different season, same insufferable 3toheadmelo

If you can’t understand that context then god I can’t imagine how difficult your life must be :lol.

[Parraknick]

Folks are desperate to grieve and some are desperate to push agendas.

Last year, first game of the season, it was Brunson and four different starters.

So with a completely new team, going against a historically good team, on their home floor, while they're coked up from a ring ceremony, there's not much to conclude from this loss.

The Knicks are not the Miami Heat, no...but the point is it is reasonable to be patient, allowing a completely new team some time to hit their stride, like it took that team filled with Hall of famers some time to hit their stride.

Wait and see.

Exactly… common sense needs to prevail here people

posted this sentiment in another thread but i’ll post it here. i’m gonna give it til about 20 games to see what we look like by then, but i don’t see this team getting back to then scrappy gritty bruising team we had last year to be the best version of what this current group can become.. it’s not in either of kat or bridges dna imo.. we might have to shift to a more finesse approach offensively at least and take the majority of our shots from behind the arc..basically lean in to attempting the meta build like boston

That’s fair. Boston is leagues ahead right now; no one knows how to beat them consistently.

20 games is a reasonable amount of time for us to see what we have, see what might be possible, establish “our style”. Brunson’s leadership is key imo. That’s our X factor in the toughness stakes. I’m not guaranteeing anything but I do have faith in his mentality becoming infectious to the new guys