ORL@NYK 1/6: 7:30PM

[Im Coming Home]

Terrible half.

[8516knicks]

Cole Anthony? I repeat Cole Anthony? Someone has hexed us.

[robillionaire]

Really for Clarkson yet? He can at least score points and play basketball

[8516knicks]

Really for Clarkson yet? He can at least score points and play basketball

Clarkson is the anti-christ.

[Guano]

This is great. Enjoying the bench play.

Are we blaming Rose?

Yes. The bench sucks.

Trade mitch!

[8516knicks]

It does seem whatever a Goga BItadze is, it's better than Jericho and all his walls.

[DaGawd]

Really for Clarkson yet? He can at least score points and play basketball

he has plantar fasciitis and might be sidelined for a minute

[WaltFrazier]

Should have tried harder to bring over Lessort from France

[TKKnicks1]

Put in Kolek! The man knows how to run the offense and is lethal from 3. Go small if you have to and play Shamet, Payne and Kolek in the backcourt. Do something creative Thibs!

[8516knicks]

I thought Jonathan Issac was supposed to be good and he can't even start on this Magic less Wagner batallion team?

[Guano]

We can't hit 3s anymore

[robillionaire]

Really for Clarkson yet? He can at least score points and play basketball

he has plantar fasciitis and might be sidelined for a minute

The options are dwindling by the second!

[8516knicks]

Put in Kolek! The man knows how to run the offense and is lethal from 3. Go small if you have to and play Shamet, Payne and Kolek in the backcourt. Do something creative Thibs!

Wow, that's asking for a million to one longshot there!

[robillionaire]

Should have tried harder to bring over Lessort from France

We should have called in Jokubaitis he’d be dominating and is much better than Payne and Shamet

[NoDopeOnSundays]

You right, we need more Landry Shamet he’s the answer

If it means Bridges, Hart and OG don't play 40 minutes I'm fine with it. Shamet is just to buy the starters time and not burn them out, not to win games. There are only 13 benches that are net positives, ours is one of them because while they can't score, neither can you.

You mean when they are out there with 2 or 3 other starters? Yeah sure I get why they might be positive in net rating but individually they stink and the more they play the worse they are that’s why they don’t play. We have the worst bench production in the league especially without Deuce.

And we have one of the best starting 5s when they're fresh. Our ORTG/DRTG both fall off a cliff in the 4th quarter of games, mainly because the starting 5 is tired. We have a top 10 defense for the first 3 quarters of the game and the 27th ranked defense in the 4th, that is solely because of fatigue. Whether the bench sucks or not is really irrelevant, they absolutely have to play just so the starters have more gas in the tank.

[8516knicks]

Should have tried harder to bring over Lessort from France

Say it with me: "NO MORE FRENCHMEN!"

[WaltFrazier]

We need the energy of that Go New York Go ad

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Do some of you think a bench is supposed to win games? The point of a bench is usually just to keep the game from getting away and get your starters rest.

But last year the bench did win us games. We had a big bench edge.

Last year we had the 30th ranked bench in the NBA for MPG. That bench last season was net positive on the year, just like this one, both barely play.

[8516knicks]

Just an observation: in the offseason people proposed both Issac and CarterJr. for us - right now not bad 24 min 15 pts 7 rebs.

[TexasMassacre]

What a terrible first half.
I'd rather **** in me hands and clap than watch this rubbish.
Put in the bench and let them get blown out.