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robillionaire wrote:

Fat wrote:

omerome wrote:Nah, the biggest weakness IMO is still a backup PF. If Randle goes down, we're f'ed.

Slide OG to the 4 id be more comfortable with Randle going down than brunson

Yall should be worried more if Hartenstein goes down because we aren’t surviving a Precious/Sims center rotation

BKlutch wrote:Randle is THE HAPPIEST HE'S EVER BEEN POSTGAME. Laughing, clowning, just happy. WOW!

Capn'O wrote:

SelbyCobra wrote:

robillionaire wrote:
He had 8 assists without even playing in the 4th. seemed like way more to me.

Yeah, he was legitimately making sure the ball was constantly getting into a better situation. I've seen games where he goes a couple of trips and plays like this, but (to my eye) invariably always gets to a point where he decides something to the effect of, "alright enough of that, I need to get a shot up." Sometimes that shot is even a good shot, because, well Randle has a ton of skill. Many times it's not - it's something forced, and often he doesn't even get a shot off because the spin-move -accompanied hero-ball drive into the lane is so obvious, that a light double earns an easy strip for the defense.

It's standard in my house while watching Knicks games and Randle gets the ball in one of those tailor-made situations that I'll say out loud: "oh, he's definitely going to shoot this," and it's accurate more often than not. My kids think I'm clairvoyant.

It was incorrect every single time tonight. Even in the situations where it felt like, "this is where Julius puts something up, no question" he was drawing the defense and finding the next man. It was beautiful.

Something pointed out in the game thread - JB called a timeout in the 2nd specifically to calm jules down. He had just gotten a look against Scoot in the post, missed, and a foul wasn't called. He started arguing with the refs and JB called timeout.

I'm saying it here. JB is a champion. With a good front office we're winning one with him.

HarthorneWingo wrote:I’m sitting tight for now if I’m Leon. Let’s not be desperate.

BKlutch wrote:OG seems to have really wanted to join the Knicks.

Spoiler:

Even though nobody good wants to come play for us.

Polk377 wrote:Knicks now in sole possession of 4th place in the East. Minnesota made Orlando look like small children tonight.

thebuzzardman wrote:Kind of enjoying this shinier treadmill the Knicks have assembled from largely not drafted homegrown youth

3toheadmelo wrote:

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Capn'O wrote:

3toheadmelo wrote:

Capn'O wrote:
This is a much better team.

Too early to tell. But in 2013 we were championship contenders imo

Maybe an outside shot before Jason Ratt started chasing the Nets job. But our second scorer was JR Smith...

cgf wrote:

3toheadmelo wrote:

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I am enjoying this team entirely too much

SelbyCobra wrote:

Capn'O wrote:

SelbyCobra wrote:
Yeah, he was legitimately making sure the ball was constantly getting into a better situation. I've seen games where he goes a couple of trips and plays like this, but (to my eye) invariably always gets to a point where he decides something to the effect of, "alright enough of that, I need to get a shot up." Sometimes that shot is even a good shot, because, well Randle has a ton of skill. Many times it's not - it's something forced, and often he doesn't even get a shot off because the spin-move -accompanied hero-ball drive into the lane is so obvious, that a light double earns an easy strip for the defense.

It's standard in my house while watching Knicks games and Randle gets the ball in one of those tailor-made situations that I'll say out loud: "oh, he's definitely going to shoot this," and it's accurate more often than not. My kids think I'm clairvoyant.

It was incorrect every single time tonight. Even in the situations where it felt like, "this is where Julius puts something up, no question" he was drawing the defense and finding the next man. It was beautiful.

Something pointed out in the game thread - JB called a timeout in the 2nd specifically to calm jules down. He had just gotten a look against Scoot in the post, missed, and a foul wasn't called. He started arguing with the refs and JB called timeout.

I'm saying it here. JB is a champion. With a good front office we're winning one with him.

It feels very close, Cap, and Brunson is clearly the fulcrum/catalyst. Not that this is the group, but that this group has shown traits that are necessary in championship level teams, at the level that those teams display them.

A few moves (or maybe just one) away, man. It's pretty nuts.