Grizzlies 94, Knicks 83: "OK, I think I am doing other things now."

“And Renaldo Balkman did a good job trying to dunk the ball every time he got it, no matter where he was standing.”

Hard loss to swallow. Got damn.

3-15 in the first half, 2-5 in the second, willing to admit his mistakes. He’s confident but he’s also coachable and can recognize when he fucks up. I hope Melo’s good for OKC, wanna see the real Knicks show up for that game

Renaldo Balkman played, by the way

that used to be a merit in itself. my brother shut this off in the 3rd. shump had a terrible game, but you’re going to get that from rookies with a very short offseason. he’ll get more consistent with time. i just don’t understand why he has to shoot the ball so many damn times. and as said above, he finaly stopped shooting in the 2nd. just hope mello is ok

your “shit was unseemly” counter is up to about 7.

And, in the latter half of the fourth quarter, he wasn’t given the ball more often.

This game only further proves that Bill Walker and OJ Mayo will forever wake up to play one another. The childhood friends and high school teammates played the same exact quantity of minutes, matching up against one another. Both had excellent games in short minutes. Both were hitting difficult long-range shots, both were active defensively.

It is robbery that we weren’t allowed to see more action from the two of them, pause.

For those curious, the last time Walker and Mayo got to spin against each other was March 12th, 2010. Bill Walker dropped 21 points on 8-13 shooting, including 2-4 from beyond the arc. Mayo was 9-16 from the floor for 22 points, in a Grizzlies win. It was one of the more entertaining losses I’ve ever seen, with Walker and Mayo obviously starring down the stretch while guarding each other, and I am obviously irate it was not duplicated.

That Shump also ruined a bunch of possessions by picking his dribble at the elbow, forcing himself to just pivot around like a fool looking for a bail-out pass. Yucky.

Put Sherbert @ SG.

in case anybody missed it, and has the channel. But really maybe don’t watch. Just trying to be helpful?

But decided to go back to sleep as I’ve not been feeling great all week.

Seems like The knicks could’ve done with such wise decisions

this is the biggest problem i see and that is why there is no nice flow to the offense. I believe the shots would be falling if a good point guard was running the offense. It would help out Stat, Chandler and everyone in general. I don’t think the problem is Melo not willing to play MDA style but there isn’t a real pg right now until Baron gets healthy. We would incorporate some of Melo’s style and still play MDA style at same time. I think some people are going to extremes when they say trade Stat. We haven’t even seen them play with a good pg yet.

that chucking spree was unacceptable. He was like 0-8 and still kept shooting…

Also i hope melo is alright because without him we really have no offensive player at all…
Yes Amare is there, but Jesus Christ he has looked absolutely terrible. He’s shooting under 45% for the season, playing bad defense and just overall sucking hard. Did Aliens from a carnival in space steal all his basketball abilities after the boston game? Someone get Jordan on that now.

I just laughed at this game. It was such a disaster that I couldn’t even get upset about it.

I give shump this much.. he tried to put the game on his shoulders. Didn’t succeed, but I hope he uses it as a barometer and learns from this experience.

Man, Melo looks so much better in Denver then he did here. I mean even when Melo was disinterested in playing for them last year he still looked better. His effort comes in such spurts it is a little maddening.

He really does remind me of certain kind of athlete I encounter from time to time. The ones that seem to just look like crap when other guys look terrible but shine when everyone else can do what they are supposed to do (Olympics??). He does not seem like the type that brings the best out of everyone else.

In no way am I saying get rid of him, but I definitely think we need to build a much better team around him.

now they just fling poop

I told everybody many times. O.J.Mayo should be a New York Knick.
Boy that L.Fields is a top shooting guard in the NBA.
NOT!

My dad said that Fields was running the point at the end of the game. Is this true?

Many of which have already been stated in the thread or elsewhere. I feel like 11 games are enough to derive some meaningful concerns about this squad, lest anyone think I’m overreacting to one game.

1. The Knicks really just need a PG. A real, pass first PG with adequate court vision. That will fix sooo many of their problems. It gets the ball out of Carmelo’s hands, gets Amare the ball in situations other than an Iso, and keeps Shumpert from the temptation of taking it to the tIn himself every time. I can’t overemphasize what a dramatic effect I think this will have. It’s kinda scary to be so reliant on Boom’s health, but if he can stay on the court, I think the Knicks’ll be fine.

2. Shump’s game to night really exposed his weaknesses. Frankiec, unfortunately, is right in that this was most certainly the scouting report on him coming into the pros. Not a good shooter, but can’t find a shot he doesn’t like. Can get into the lane, but doesn’t posses the court vision or discipline to be a real point guard. The first few games were exciting, and his defense, intensity and quickness are all NBA quality, but the guy is a backup. We can play him at the 2 when Boom gets back, but his lack of jumper really limits his value as a starting 2. I can live with he and TD as a two-headed combo guard attack off the bench, but IMO neither of them are starters on a competitive team.

3. I dont wanna get too deep into this, but Stat’s explosiveness is in noticeable decline. This troubles me.

we were getting worse and worse offensively. The first 2 games defense kind of masked that, but this time it got exposed. I don’t know if they are not athletic enough to play good defense and have enough left to run efficient offense. The jump shooters have no lift, so they keep missing. Maybe it is because they defend running from one player to another and get tired very quickly?
Yes, I agree we need BD to play asap, my only question is what would be our excuse after he is back and we still keep losing