Who will get tonights #Knickeffect? Who will score now that Melo and Amare is out? Will JR take more than 50 shots tonight? Comment below as the game goes on
Author: Jay
Episode 179: The Gripe Game
Jay and Marc play a new game where they each come up with a list of things that bother them while watching a Knicks game and if it isn’t on the other persons list they get a point. It’s nothing like scattergories, don’t sue us.
Episode 178: So Confused
Jay and Marc try to make heads or tails out of what Knicks team is going to show up from quarter to quarter, talk about Camby coming back, K-Mart not playing, and a bunch of other interesting Knick strategies. Download Episode 178
Knicks Player Tweet of the Week
We may have to start doing tweet of the day as JR is always up to something on Twitter
Michael (@delacmi1) scours twitter all week to find our Knicks player Tweet of the Week every Monday morning.
A Look at the Western Conference
San Antonio Spurs – So much for the Spurs getting old and their window closing. Yet again Parker, Ginobili, Duncan and company find themselves atop the Western Conference. Other than their big three, the Spurs are arguably younger and deeper than ever. They’ve had 5 straight years of tough losses in the playoffs. Will this be their year? I’m going to go out on a limb and say they’re hoping Memphis falls a spot as it’s a bad matchup for them.
Oklahoma City Thunder – No Harden no problem. Durant and Ibaka took big leaps forward this season and Kevin Martin has fit into the 6th man role flawlessly. With the largest point differential in the league at + 9.1, it looks like the Thunder successfully improved their long-term outlook without sacrificing in the short term, giving them a good chance for a finals rematch against the Heat.
Los Angeles Clippers – No doubt about it, the Clippers are the best team in LA. The only rough patch of the season came when Chris Paul went down for a few games. Griffin and Jordan have both improved significantly over last year and the bench has been amazing with Barnes, Bledsoe and Crawford all playing above expectations. Now that Grant Hill and Chauncey Billups are back, this team goes 12 deep.
Memphis Grizzlies – Looks like the hangover from losing Rudy Gay didn’t last too long. Seven wins in a row for a sneaky good team. Prince has fit in well for them, adding more defense and consistent shooting than Gay was providing. Let’s not forget the huge frontline of Randolph and Gasol is a matchup nightmare for most teams. Continue reading
A look at the eastern conference
I was going to take a look around the league at the halfway mark. Then I figured since the trade deadline was so close I’d wait because that would change everything. Little did I know I could have written 95% of it and added a little blurb about JJ Redick afterwards since he was by far the biggest name that got moved. Anyway here’s how each team is looking with about 25 games left in the season.
Miami Heat – Miami was only a few games ahead of the pack for the first half of the season. Now it looks like they are going to run away with the #1 seed as everyone expected. It helps that LeBron had a ridiculous streak of 6 straight games of scoring over 30 points while shooting over 60%. That streak ended with him scoring 39 points but only shooting 58%. What a slacker. Ray Allen and Udonis Haslem haven’t even been playing well so this team has the potential to get even better down the stretch. They get outrebounded often but at 39-14 and 5 ½ games ahead of Indiana I don’t think that’s a huge concern.
Indiana Pacers – Paul George stepped up in Danny Granger’s absence. Granger came back a game ago to further improve the 2nd place Pacers. The only concern is their max contract center, Roy Hibbert, who is averaging 10 and 8. Their last four wins have come at an average of 27 points a game which is impressive since they are one of the lowest scoring teams in the NBA.
New York Knicks – It looks like the Knicks trolled their fans with fast, crisp ball movement, excellent 3-point shooting, unselfish play, lockdown defense and an 18-5 start. The last 33 games they are 17 and 16 since, can’t defend any guard in the league, play iso-ball and forgot how to shoot. Continue reading
Episode 177: More Questions
Marc and Jay talk about the end of the Rasheed Wallace era, what the team would be like if they kept David Lee, why Shumperts minutes shouldn’t be cut, LeBron may quit his pre-game dunk routine, scenarios in which the Knicks would have the advantage, K-Mart and what to expect from him, Monte Ellis gets the ultimate #Knickeffect, and listener questions. Download Episode 177
Episode 176: Making sense of the lineup
Jay and Marc try to figure out how the lineups being used make sense. They also talk about the Indiana debacle and the loss in Toronto, the trade deadline moves, Jays trip to Barclays, facebook and twitter questions, around the league news and finish off with what we learned. Download Episode 176
Knicks Player Tweet of the Week
Have to go with this farewell tweet from Ronnie Brewer:
But the week wouldn’t be complete without some antics from JR:
Michael (@delacmi1) scours twitter all week to find our Knicks player Tweet of the Week every Monday morning.
Knicks suck against Pacers: The top 10 best things about tonight’s game
- The game will eventually end…I think.
- Grunwald still has until the trading deadline tomorrow at 3PM to dump everyone on this roster and start rebuilding.
- No one was fatally injured in the playing of tonight’s game.
- If you missed tonight’s game because you had something better to do than you are winner.
- Tonight’s game actually made you look back fondly on the loss to Toronto right before the all star game.
- A meteorite did not hit Russia during tonight’s game. Continue reading
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