PG: The hair foul game

[Parraknick]

For me , I think the lack of a center is a real thing. We are basically playing without a real center the entirety of the game. We wont win like that. Not only do we stop the points in the paint with a center, but we can get a lot more rebounds as well. Precious and Mitch are huge pieces. We are playing without a real big, other than KAT who is more of a stretch 4

Boston, Dallas, GSW. All very good teams that have only one big in their starting line up.

Our offense was predicated on second chance points. Mitch and ihart feasted on the boards for us, giving us chance after chance to score. Defensively Mitch locked the paint down. We need that dood back man. And precious as well. Mikal needs to step up on defense now, its concerning.

Our rebounding was great last year but we missed so many shots, therefore had so many opportunities to get offensive boards. As you say, predicated on second chance points. I rather get the ball in the first time

I truly hope Mitch comes back and adds plenty of value to this team. But even when healthy, he has terrible hands and cannot shoot FTs.

Precious I like. I think he will be they key addition that is currently unavailable

[DaGawd]

wolves losing 2 back to back games to the blazers is nasty work

[DaGawd]

Safe to say bridges wasn’t worth 5 first rounders!

Safe lol at 11 games.

I wouldn't want to play for these sorry ass fans myself

honestly he isn’t with that many picks tho. it was a definite over pay

[Galvationknicks]

Safe to say bridges wasn’t worth 5 first rounders!

Safe lol at 11 games.

I wouldn't want to play for these sorry ass fans myself

honestly he isn’t with that many picks tho. it was a definite over pay

It was bc it was the nets. If we win a chip in the next 5 years then it was worth it

[The KnicksFix]

There were two pivotal plays in the fourth quarter. First at the 6:53 mark left in the 4th, then at the 5:03 mark left in the 4th. Both lavine jump shots as he goes one on one against Mikal. Dood just gets wrecked everytime. He provides no resistance and no tough defense. What was the point of bringing Mikal in? Play tougher D, make the offense work for it. He’s been absolutely trash on defense and it’s maddening to watch him get abused when his calling card IS DEFENSE. I wish we didn’t trade for that guy. We could have instead use the picks on giannis.
A line up of Brunson deuce hart giannis and KAT would have been incredible. You’re a bum Mikal

[thebuzzardman]

Knicks sure do suck now

[HarthorneWingo]

Okay so we’re a .500 right now. We’ll be better as the we get some guys back and things start jelling.

I think the Bulls are not a bad team this season plus this was the second game of a back-to-back. It’s too early to dwell on this one game.

[ctorres]

Safe to say bridges wasn’t worth 5 first rounders!

Knicks tax was in full effect with that one, lol

On a stacked starting lineup in which all 5 guys are getting numbers, it's gonna be hard for Mikal to do any better than the 16/4/4 he is averaging. Only a matter of time for him to hit a hot streak and improve his 3pt shooting and FT's.

I don't know if any of us expected OG to make as much of an impact as he has offensively. Last 7 games, OG is averaging 19 ppg on 50/45/90 splits to go with 6 rpg, 3 apg, 1.4 spg, and 1 bpg

I thought OG was gonna be at best a 13 ppg player for us and mostly just defend. I was so wrong about him.

I also didn't think Josh would come out of the gate as a 13/9/6 guy.

So the emergence of both OG and Josh have reduced Mikal's offensive role.

[Jstock12]

Safe lol at 11 games.

I wouldn't want to play for these sorry ass fans myself

honestly he isn’t with that many picks tho. it was a definite over pay

It was bc it was the nets. If we win a chip in the next 5 years then it was worth it

Does it look like the Knicks are in any position to win a chip? They look significantly worse than last year's team that also wasn't enough for the chip.

[doogie_hauser]

put some respect on Kat's name!

Read on Twitter

Sorry for intruding on your board but I honestly have to shout out and acknowledge KAT for this..

Larry Bird often did the same thing (although usually in his case drilling 3 pointers) after a game the Celts lost or he played badly in during the 80s.

KAT is dialled in and is committed to winning.

I do wonder if he is better suited to the 4 position and you guys should trade for DeAndre Ayton whom Portland are likely to move on soon given Donovan Clingan's promise (although he is on a pretty hefty contract)

If that could be done, I think that would be a very good move for the Knicks, especially as Ayton is more of a specialist defensive big (which is not KAT's strongest suit imo)

[Parraknick]

put some respect on Kat's name!

Read on Twitter

Sorry for intruding on your board but I honestly have to shout out and acknowledge KAT for this..

Larry Bird often did the same thing (although usually in his case drilling 3 pointers) after a game the Celts lost or he played badly in during the 80s.

KAT is dialled in and is committed to winning.

I do wonder if he is better suited to the 4 position and you guys should trade for DeAndre Ayton whom Portland are likely to move on soon given Donovan Clingan's promise (although he is on a pretty hefty contract)

If that could be done, I think that would be a very good move for the Knicks, especially as Ayton is more of a specialist defensive big (which is not KAT's strongest suit imo)

No trades will happen until this team, including the injured players, have had a chance to play a decent chunk of games together.

[The KnicksFix]

honestly he isn’t with that many picks tho. it was a definite over pay

It was bc it was the nets. If we win a chip in the next 5 years then it was worth it

Does it look like the Knicks are in any position to win a chip? They look significantly worse than last year's team that also wasn't enough for the chip.

Relax bud, they are still two big major pieces down, trying to fit in two new starters with a bench that just started to be healthy, relax buddy

[3toheadmelo]

It’s pretty cool seeing lavine back healthy. Really fun player to watch when he has it going. Whoever trades for him is getting a good player. Averaging 23 PPG on 54/42/73 splits. Hyper efficient.

[NoStatsGuy]

tough to watch this team at the moment.

[R-DAWG]

The vibes around this team are off/different

A year ago we had a team of overachievers and young players. The rotation was 9 deep and the future was filled with excess draft capital and payroll flexibility.

Now, we are a maxed out team with no depth. And given the expectations a roster of underachievers.

We need a lot more out of Bridges. Hate to throw all the blame on him, but everything about this organization changed on the night that trade was made. We paid a superstar price for an average starter thinking he we got an elite defender and knock down shooter. Instead we got a one way mid ranger shooter.

[Chanel Bomber]

It’s pretty cool seeing lavine back healthy. Really fun player to watch when he has it going. Whoever trades for him is getting a good player. Averaging 23 PPG on 54/42/73 splits. Hyper efficient.

He's a good piece to have, you're just going nowhere with him as a top option. And you have to account for his poor defense. But I think he would be great here as a Divo replacement. We miss a dynamic 3-point shooter/ballhandler on the perimeter without Divo. The contract is an albatross but purely as a basketball player he'd be a much better fit than Mikal.

[3toheadmelo]

It’s pretty cool seeing lavine back healthy. Really fun player to watch when he has it going. Whoever trades for him is getting a good player. Averaging 23 PPG on 54/42/73 splits. Hyper efficient.

He's a good piece to have, you're just going nowhere with him as a top option. And you have to account for his poor defense. But I think he would be great here as a Divo replacement. We miss a dynamic 3-point shooter/ballhandler on the perimeter without Divo. The contract is an albatross but purely as a basketball player he'd be a much better fit than Mikal.

Yeah he’s definitely not a #1 option. Would be great here as our #3 instead of Mikal for sure.

[The Vo Show]

For the way we are using Mikal, I think I'd rather have traded a first to the Bulls for Caruso. We gave up 5 firsts for a 3 & D with no 3 and some D.

Even with the second unit, Mikal doesn't get any touches, doesn't demand the ball nor does he lock anyone down. Thibs needs to call plays for him or something cause Brunson will get right at some point but Mikal may never get going if we don't feature him a bit, especially early in the season and with JB struggling.

[Wildcat]

wolves losing 2 back to back games to the blazers is nasty work

Not a good look for Divo.

[Wildcat]

honestly he isn’t with that many picks tho. it was a definite over pay

It was bc it was the nets. If we win a chip in the next 5 years then it was worth it

Does it look like the Knicks are in any position to win a chip? They look significantly worse than last year's team that also wasn't enough for the chip.

Year ago they were 6-5. They're 5-6 now. I don't see that as significantly worse. This was a **** game amidst them figuring out the gelling issues.