Posted on September 1st, 7:55 pm, by Noah, under
Visuals.
The darker the tint, the worse a player’s performance in that said area. Amar’e may have the greatest variety of shots within the arc, having added a good midrange jumper in recent years. Ronnie Turiaf, meanwhile, remarkably shot 80 percent at the rim last year, blowing the other seven players out of the water. Like [...]
Posted on August 5th, 8:00 am, by Noah, under
Notes.
Tommy Dee writes on just how close the Knicks were to signing LeBron. It’s a painful read, but a good one. The Knicks expect Kelenna Azubuike to be ready by the season’s start. Azubuike went down with a nasty knee injury early last season, had surgery in November, and then followup surgery a few months [...]
The Knicks now have three centers on their roster, and in Ronny Turiaf the team knows what they’re getting. Yesterday I looked at Eddy Curry and his chances of helping the team, and today let’s examine the other mystery, Timofey Mozgov. Earlier this month, Donnie Walsh stealthily snared Mozgov from his Russian team. There is [...]
Posted on July 24th, 9:15 pm, by Noah, under
Evaluations.
Until the Heat added Mike Miller, the most popular theory for how to stop Miami was to simply clog the middle. Some have raised similar theories for the Knicks, leading for some calls for the Knicks to acquire a similar shooter – Donnie Walsh may have been interested in Miller and fellow sharpshooter Kyle Korver [...]
Posted on July 17th, 10:30 pm, by Noah, under
Evaluations.
At the start the offseason, the issue of the Knicks frontline had already been an oft-talked about issue. With the 6’9″ David Lee playing out of position at the five and little defensive help provided by Al Harrington and others, opposing centers posted a 20.5 PER (82games.com), the second worst mark in the Eastern Conference [...]