Postgame Thread: Grizzlies 94, Knicks 83

but it needs to be put in the post game thread… Wheres the vomiting dude

Dunno how long Melo’s out. Gotta get ready for the Thunder

Cop Dramas are so awful. We need Homicide or the wire back

it’s just one game, but if these bad habits continue, he’ll turn into TD 2.0

…and has now moved on to brain cramps.

j/k I still love you Shumpy.

WArriors up 9-0 on Magic.

If the team’s losing they’ll shit on you, if they’re winning they’ll jump on the bandwagon. Knicks lost so they suck. Beat OKC and it’s gravy. You are what the record says you are.

At least the 2nd unit got some confidence. I guess. Whatever.

Quick Question : If every Knick looks lost and/or concussed on offensive end, what exactly is Mike D’Antoni’s contribution as coach? Other than telling everyone how good they can be, that is. I mean, because defense isn’t “his forte”. I’m becoming more and more convinced that he got Nash in his prime, told him to run, and duly cashed in when praise was disproportionally credited. I’m surprised they even broke 60 tonight.

This game gets filed into the “Benchmark” folder. Reality check, boys.

I didn’t expect much out of this game. I wasn’t expecting this ugly, but a home-road back to back after working real hard for a win against a division rival in game one? Recipe for a loss. Pick up and try to do better Saturday.

that everything that could go wrong went wrong in one single game.
Let’s turn the page and forget it. This exceptional kind of crap can’t statistically happen any more. Although this is the Knicks … Nah. Just forget this game. It never happened.

It’s the answer to the playmaker and leadership problems and why Landry and TD will continue to be off cuz they are so much better when someone else is the playmaker:

alanhahn Alan Hahn
For the millionth time, Chris Duhon used to run this offense effectively. The issue is at PG. Not defense. Not Amare. Not Melo.
58 minutes ago

We didn’t stock a team then hire a coach, we hired a coach with a very specific system and common sense says you stock the team with players that can run the O. TD, Shump (not seasoned enuff but shows potential when he gains a conscience), Bibby nor Lin are skilled or seasoned enuff to get the job done. So MDA has to adjust to the players on the floor and it’s not ideal at times. Leadership is not what Amar’e or Melo do. They are scorers and it ends there. The best playmaker is a guy you’d rather have the ball at the end of the play, not setting it up. Right now, Shump is better as a secondary playmaker, not the main man.

Enter Baron Davis. Who hasn’t even ever played with this team and may or may not be the answer. But he is the only true playmaker on the floor when he gets there. Landry Fields and TD have games that shine much better when a playmaker with court vision and leadership is on the floor. It’s not Mike’s fault the team comes out flat on a given night or shrinks in the 4th quarter. We hedged our bets and cash on Amar’e, Melo and Chandler. After that, you get what you pay for and hope your rookies work out. 1st REALLY bad game from Shump, but if you saw him in college, it’s to be expected. Team was flat, Amar’e and Melo in foul trouble (and Melo dinged), so he tried to take over but was ill equipped on this night to do so. Bad ball handling and passing, bad shots (1 on 5, really?), not even trying to set the offense from the get go or get the team set or under control. Not Mike’s fault. I saw plenty of shouting but at the end of the day it’s not he who plays on the floor.

As Hahn said, DUHON ran this offense and he couldn’t shoot if the basket was bolted to his belly. Fields and TD looked great next to Felton, a (IMO) 2nd tier point guard also with a shaky shooting acumen., The offense works. It’s not his fault the team is still a work in progress. It’s also not Melo’s fault he has to ISO in the 4th. When teams bring pressure on D we’re ill equipped because we don’t have a PG who can handle or break down the D. It’s not Mike’s fault guys can’t get the ball to a freaking 7ft monster in the paint who spends more time trying to set screens for guys passing around the perimeter like chickens with their heads cut off.

Few Centers are worth even 10 mil these days, Chandler is an exception and he’s not even someone I like as C. But there are VERY few better. He is a leader on the floor as much as Baron Davis is. Chandler does his part on D, but, and I’m sure you’ve seen Baron on the sideline, Baron is the only true leader on O. And I don’t expect Melo or Amar’e to be. It’s not their game. They the recipients of good leadership and reward it with points scored and dimes for the PG.

Heck, do any of you really think TD would be a huge PG player elsewhere? Iman (MAYBE down the road)? But we’re gonna have games like this and we just might go down to OKC and win one there in WTF fashion. I like trashing in game threads cuz it’s heat of the moment and keeps games fun when they’re this bad. But when the dust settles, win or lose, we’re still a decent work-in-progress team going thru growing pains while being ill-stocked to be a complete offense. 1 man short and hopefully that man’s name is a HEALTHY Baron Davis. Duhon could do it. Felton could do it. Baron Davis is a step up over (+2 over Duhon) them and light years a better floor leader than the guys running in that spot now. And because we haven’t seen him here or if he can stay healthy, even that is not guaranteed.

It’s nobody’s fault for games like tonight. You come out that flat your due a loss. It’s nobody’s fault MDA’s complete O hasn’t been implemented. Our guys are ill-equipped to do so right now, let alone any O. Focus has been on D primarily as well as Chandler said. Mission accomplished. I’m impatient, but it ain’t gonna happen overnight. Flame away kiddies. Hate Mike all ya want. But the truth is the onus is on management when they hire a guy like Mike and have the job to stock the team with guys that can run the O that comes with him.

Did we think it would be easier? Tired? No focus?