GT: Brooklyn Grit @ Manhattan Nix - Thursday, 03/16/17 7:30 PM. SK6 is OUT; Porzingis is OUT

[MrDollarBills]

lol I just heard "Brooooklyn" chants... funny because I don't think we often chant that at Barclays anymore

I was a few rows up from those dudes. Some of them had Knicks jerseys on but they were cheering Lin on. In fact, Lin got a nice pop from the crowd every time he scored.

There were more than a few Nets fans in the house. The Knicks fans in our row were pretty pissed. It was funny seeing people say Levert and Acy were garbage and then when they hit shots they were like wtf??? people seriously only look at our record and assume that everyone on the team sucks. The three kids definitely turned heads tonight with their excellent play.

It felt good, first NBA game i had been to in awhile at MSG, they really fixed the place up nice. Great amenities, clean as a whistle. It was clutch that they had a dunkin donuts right outside of the entrance from my section (lower 100) because i needed the ice coffees. The Nets really have no idea how much easier it is for New Jersey fans to attend Knicks games as opposed to going through a hassle to get to Barclays, nor do they care but that's why people cheer more for the opposing team than the Nets in their own arena. I'll be definitely buying Nets vs. Knicks tix next year for sure, the Nets may never get me to attend a game again at their home arena until they start making the playoffs. It's not worth the time to go to an arena where they care nothing about us long time Nets fans and make no concessions to make traveling there easier.

Just curious, what would Barclays need to do to make the fan experience better? One thing I didn't like when I went there was waiting in line outside before the game.

My complaint is mainly the travel inconvenience for NJ fans.

[playteamball]

Great game...beating the knicks is always awesome. as horrible as we are and with how little talent we have they are STILL in a worse situation then us. Porzingas is a stud but this a mess from ownership down to their star. 100% we turn it around before they are.

-RHJ was fantastic, continues to excel at PF. he is finding his role in the NBA.
-KJ McDaniels with some solid minutes. good ot see him get some burn.
-Lin with a ton of high IQ plays... his double teaming is excellent when he chooses to, he reads plays so well
-Whitehead with some huge buckets late in the third

The team is playing really well.... and kenny is getting everyone minutes. perfect balance of oncourt competitiveness and developmental time. win-win.

Isn't it pathetic how Phil Jackson couldn't do anything with this team? I know Dolan is a mess, but Phil, with his pedigree, really didn't get the job done. I personally think the team needs to rid itself of Melo, get younger, feature Porz, because he's the real deal.

Phil but the nail in his coffin when he gave carmello that contract.... then dolan pressured going after big names to to make a splash because dolan is a moron. PHil should have said if noah/rose are in im out.

Knicks had a golden opportunity to let melo walk and build around Godzingas. they have some nice young complimentary guys like hernan-gomez and holiday. they basically did what we refused to do... overpay marginal veterans in order to try and win 30 games while stunting development of its young players.

it always starts with ownership, and dolan is as bad as it gets.

Props to prokorov to learning on the job handing the keys to marks, and taking a step back to where he is just writing checks

Wait you are giving props to yourself? lol

[NyCeEvO]

Great game...beating the knicks is always awesome. as horrible as we are and with how little talent we have they are STILL in a worse situation then us. Porzingas is a stud but this a mess from ownership down to their star. 100% we turn it around before they are.

-RHJ was fantastic, continues to excel at PF. he is finding his role in the NBA.
-KJ McDaniels with some solid minutes. good ot see him get some burn.
-Lin with a ton of high IQ plays... his double teaming is excellent when he chooses to, he reads plays so well
-Whitehead with some huge buckets late in the third

The team is playing really well.... and kenny is getting everyone minutes. perfect balance of oncourt competitiveness and developmental time. win-win.

Isn't it pathetic how Phil Jackson couldn't do anything with this team? I know Dolan is a mess, but Phil, with his pedigree, really didn't get the job done. I personally think the team needs to rid itself of Melo, get younger, feature Porz, because he's the real deal.

Phil but the nail in his coffin when he gave carmello that contract.... then dolan pressured going after big names to to make a splash because dolan is a moron. PHil should have said if noah/rose are in im out.

Knicks had a golden opportunity to let melo walk and build around Godzingas. they have some nice young complimentary guys like hernan-gomez and holiday. they basically did what we refused to do... overpay marginal veterans in order to try and win 30 games while stunting development of its young players.

it always starts with ownership, and dolan is as bad as it gets.

Props to prokorov to learning on the job handing the keys to marks, and taking a step back to where he is just writing checks

But here's the thing...Dolan hasn't meddled with anything since PJax came in. From Day 1, he's said and re-asserted that Phil has complete control over the makeup of the team.

What has transpired since Phil took over is 100% on him.

[Prokorov]

Isn't it pathetic how Phil Jackson couldn't do anything with this team? I know Dolan is a mess, but Phil, with his pedigree, really didn't get the job done. I personally think the team needs to rid itself of Melo, get younger, feature Porz, because he's the real deal.

Phil but the nail in his coffin when he gave carmello that contract.... then dolan pressured going after big names to to make a splash because dolan is a moron. PHil should have said if noah/rose are in im out.

Knicks had a golden opportunity to let melo walk and build around Godzingas. they have some nice young complimentary guys like hernan-gomez and holiday. they basically did what we refused to do... overpay marginal veterans in order to try and win 30 games while stunting development of its young players.

it always starts with ownership, and dolan is as bad as it gets.

Props to prokorov to learning on the job handing the keys to marks, and taking a step back to where he is just writing checks

But here's the thing...Dolan hasn't meddled with anything since PJax came in. From Day 1, he's said and re-asserted that Phil has complete control over the makeup of the team.

What has transpired since Phil took over is 100% on him.

I thought Dolan pushed for Rose?

either way it was over the second they signed carmello, so thats all on Phil anyhow.

[Paradise]

''I think they got us this year,'' O'Quinn said. ''But it's tough. You know, a team like that, you look at the roster, they shouldn't be in the gym with us, I feel.''

That's why the games aren't played on paper. What he should've said (and possibly meant) that they talent that they possess on their team should be capable of competing with great teams. Instead, they're losing to less talented teams that play harder and smarter than they do.

The Knicks are a hot mess right now and they talent isn't being utilized to its greatest ability nor does their talent desire to give it all on every night. This should be their reality check.

Well, considering his comment is referring to the names on the jerseys and not the stats on paper because as our fellow RealGMer Ducler would post the head to head stats and I see nothing that says the Knicks out of our league. I mean, O'Quinn got owned by Acy all night long...and on Sunday.



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[NyCeEvO]

Phil but the nail in his coffin when he gave carmello that contract.... then dolan pressured going after big names to to make a splash because dolan is a moron. PHil should have said if noah/rose are in im out.

Knicks had a golden opportunity to let melo walk and build around Godzingas. they have some nice young complimentary guys like hernan-gomez and holiday. they basically did what we refused to do... overpay marginal veterans in order to try and win 30 games while stunting development of its young players.

it always starts with ownership, and dolan is as bad as it gets.

Props to prokorov to learning on the job handing the keys to marks, and taking a step back to where he is just writing checks

But here's the thing...Dolan hasn't meddled with anything since PJax came in. From Day 1, he's said and re-asserted that Phil has complete control over the makeup of the team.

What has transpired since Phil took over is 100% on him.

I thought Dolan pushed for Rose?

either way it was over the second they signed carmello, so thats all on Phil anyhow.

No, that's on Phil.

I don't know how some Knicks fans are giving Phil a pass. In his estimation, he's had two teams that were supposed to make the playoffs and both have failed.

I credit Phil's team with doing their homework on KP. There was one scout (I forget his name at the moment) who basically said that the Knicks have to draft KP because he's that good.

Maybe you give Phil some credit for staking his reputation on selecting KP, but Knicks fans shouldn't assume that their next draft pick will automatically be as good as KP.

The board was largely split between Jahlil Okafor and Emmanuel Mudiay prior to the draft, yet KP is the one that was initially booed and ended up being great.

I have questions about the potential of Fultz and Josh Jackson yet many Knicks fans are clamoring for both. Imagine if they get one of those guys and they don't fulfill expectations.

Then you have 2 failed attempts at reaching the playoffs. This year is the 2nd playoff attempt and yet the team has performed so poorly that it unintentionally tanked. Now just imagine that the Knicks go from making moves to being a playoff team to unintentionally tanking to completely missing on the draft pick and ultimately wasting every aspect of this year. That would be the height of embarrassment.

Phil needs to go.

[MrDollarBills]

I think Melo being resigned is Dolan's work. Jackson didn't want the guy and has basically sabotaged the team by trashing Melo to the press.

Jackson doesn't know what he's doing anyway. Offering Noah that contract was horrific. I would have never traded a good player like Robin Lopez for Derrick Rose, who is washed up and frankly, unprofessional.

[Yit]

Tracking Players' Performance vs Knicks 16 Mar 2017

By GCP
RHJ - 45
Lopez - 43
Lin - 29
CLV - 25
KJM - 17
Foye - 15
Acy - 15
Hamilton - 13
Dinwiddie - 11
Whitehead - 10

Best offensive effort = RHJ (13), Best defensive effort = none above 10

Opponent's GCP
KOQ - 55
L.Tho - 40
C.Ant - 27
D.Ros - 24
J.Hol - 18
C.Lee - 14
R.Bak - 10
W.Her - 6
C.Ran - 3

Best 5 player average Nets (32) vs Knicks (33) - we managed to steal this - if Porzingis was fit we may not have won this.