You do realize that Sir Realist when pronounced quickly comes out as surrealist, don't you?
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Double meaning. The level of incompetence from Suns management is indeed surreal.
You do realize that Sir Realist when pronounced quickly comes out as surrealist, don't you?
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And that is with his offense being solid enough to at least average around 18+ PPG. The guy will probably be a completely dominant player within the next 2 years.Here is the reality. DA's defense is better than his offense right now.
We would have rejoiced at that possibility last year.
Gambo was on the radio about an hour ago saying that many of friends of his in the the NY media want the Knicks to go get "an Ayton."And that is with his offense being solid enough to at least average around 18+ PPG. The guy will probably be a completely dominant player within the next 2 years.
At the risk of sounding overly positive, I think it's possible that Ricky's performance last night might not be an aberration. Hear me out: We know that he was certainly on a "high" because he just became a father a day ago. But for some players, a light just comes on and can stay on. That happened to Jason Kidd, where he was an abysmal shooter when he was with us but somehow when he got to Jersey, he started shooting well, especially from 3.
So we know that players can become better shooters and sustain it. For Rubio, it wasn't like yesterday he had a good breakfast and it made him dial-in. He played well after a major life change that isn't going away. I'm curious to see if this can sustain itself. I'm not holding out much hope, but I think it's possible. Being a father myself, I know how that fundamentally changes you immediately. Maybe it will have a positive effect on Ricky moving forward and for the rest of his career. Crossing fingers.
Here is the reality. DA's defense is better than his offense right now.
We would have rejoiced at that possibility last year.
His stats now compared with last year, which was a remarkable year for a rookie big man.
18-19, 19-20
points: 16.3, 16.8
rebounds: 10.3, 12
assists: 1.8, 1.8
turnovers: 1.8, 1.7
blocks: .9, 1.6
shooting: .585,.558
ft%: .746, .765
More points, slightly worse efficiency. Plus it is improving.Yes I was just looking at this, his defense is better so far this year statistically but his offense is slightly worse.
I really wish they would force him the ball more inside - against a lot of teams nobody can guard him.
This is nice to see:
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Marcus freaking Morris says the Knicks should have won last night because they are the "better team". What a moron.
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Marcus freaking Morris says the Knicks should have won last night because they are the "better team". What a moron.
He’s knows what he’s saying and why he’s saying it. McD really did a number on this franchise. Hopefully this new regime can turn the persona of the team around, something which I think is already happening.
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Marcus freaking Morris says the Knicks should have won last night because they are the "better team". What a moron.
Rewatched some highlights with the Knicks announcers. They made several comments about Booker’s defense being much better this year. I wonder if this is generally acknowledged around the league now.
Indeed. Booker has improved defensively from one of the worst in the league to merely below average (#191 in defensive rating)...
He can still improve, has shown that and everything else he is doing more than makes up for it.
Booker is 2nd on the team in DFG% and DIFF%. He has been a pretty disruptive defender this year and stats like DRAT don't really show the whole picture because he doesn't rack up a lot of counting stats on defense.
He is 52nd and 55th (respectively) among 135 qualified guards. That would put him in at least the slightly above average range.Where is he in the NBA? Ranking on the team might be misleading considering our team is extremely poor defensively.
I agree with the second part, but not the first. I think he has already improved defensively as much as he can, and the solution is to surround him with capable defenders, particularly in terms of weakside help at power forward.
What indication is there that he has improved as much as he can? He improved this year on both sides of the ball. He has shown the ability to improve. What evidence do you have he has reached his ceiling on either side of the ball? He is playing at an all-star level and still young (23). Huh???