Can't directly quote but you tag two people.
In all seriousness, that's my mistake. It was
@Cory MBA that made the bold prediction post comparing this knicks team to the championship bulls team. Not you.
Total error looking at that page, and seeing your name above the post, not in it.
I can't quote from a locked thread... it doesn't let you.
Yours was this:
Bold Prediction: JR Smith ends up starting by December & rivals Lance Stephenson in stats this year.
I'm a lot of things, but not a liar. My fault on that.
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As far as the games go... it's way too early to panic.
We always knew the second unit was going to struggle to score, and struggle with the offense. It doesn't have a lot of guys that understand spacing or movement.
We also know that we can't really throw the ball down in the post and get results consistently. so, it is going to take time to create enough movement to get open looks.
We also know that this is not necessarily a team that is going to be great defensively. We replaced an agile defender in the middle, for a more stationary shotblocker. Sam can't hedge on a pick and roll, so he has to wait for the attacking scorers to come TO him. If Melo is playing the 4, then there's downgrade there. Calderon is a sieve, and if Hardaway plays with the starters, there is another guy that doesn't play any defense.
It's a skill set thing. We're going to have to be efficient on offense, and hope teams settle for long jumpers.