Stunts, Blunts & Basketball: The 2013-14 New York Knicks Season Thread

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Tina asks What was it about the 2nd half that made the team flow better? "We started moving the ball, we started to play with one another.Until we figure that part out it's gonna be a lot of nights like this." Tina asks what do you see in Iman you played with him for 3 years now. Why is he struggling. "It's hard for any player to get into a rhythm when the ball don't move. I've played my entire career that when the ball moves, everyone has career years, so the ball don't move, guys can't get into a rhythm, they don't get the ball enough to get into a rhythm. It's one pass and the ball doesn't move." Some guy asks why do you think the ball isn't moving. He laughs and says "That's your guys job to figure that out."

http://knicksnow.com/videos/4452/amar-e-we-re-not-moving-the-ball#.UpRLDmSxOBB
 

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Stat has it all wrong.

Ball movement? The Knicks had 24 assists on 38 made fg's. So over 60% of your FG's came from ball movement. Stat needs to touch on the fact that he's arguably the worst defensive big man since himself. This guy wouldn't know defense if they gave him Hakeem's brain, Mourning's presence down low with Mutumbo's finger wave. He's the one that consistently refuse to help out in the paint when a guard penetrates, he refuses to bang down low for 2nd chance points, he's the one that would get beat off the dribble by a guy like Tyler Hansborough. Knicks have a locker room full of players that believe they are the answer to the offense, but they damn sure are the problem to our defense. You can win in this league scoring 90 pts, but you cannot consistently give up 100 pts. Woodson never really put these players in check, you still have an erratic player in Smith, No true point guard play, guards getting consistently beat off the dribble including Iman, no one is rebounding efficiently outside Anthony, no one is defending the paint outside Kenyon and on a few occasions Bargnani. These players have to understand that there are other things they can bring to the team without the ball in their hands.
 

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Melo dug deep out there and tried his best to will this team into a win

I just wish he would put that same effort into his defense (but that would probably require Woody to play him less minutes)

I agree to a point, but it's hard when the entire team suck at. He's the only efficient player offensively and rebounding. So, he should be the only efficient defensive player too? He's letting the guards get consistently beat off the dribble? He's allowing them into the lane without dropping on them? He's allowing them easy layups? He's not boxing out for 2nd chance points? What you're saying I can rock with, but the team as a whole should put Melo's effort he displays on the offensive to their defense.
 
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