Game Day: Knicks (10-24) @ Suns (13-21), Fri 1/3/20

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If Devin keeps this up there is really no excuse for him not to be in an All-Star.

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Good win, but if this team continues to wait until the second half to get into the game, the rest of the season is gonna be hard to watch and full of more losses.

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Wally_West wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:42 pm
If Devin keeps this up there is really no excuse for him not to be in an All-Star.
Wouldn’t even be an issue if the suns were .500 - it would be a no brainer to include him at that point.

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I hope they give Okobo a few games in a row as the backup. See if he can improve on his consistency. Real nice pass he made to bridges tonight but lookin a little tentative out there

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2019-20 Suns: 14-21

2018-19 Suns: 14-51

We would have to lose 30 games in a row to match last year's pace.
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AmareIsGod wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:34 pm
djy2j wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:33 pm
As terrible as Ayton is at remembering to box out, he’s absolutely money at the FT line
Yeah. With those 13 or 14 rebounds. Dude is TRASH on the glass. Could you be a bigger Ayton hater? My God man. You need to learn to just let it go. Guy has the best +/- on the court tonight and leads the team in rebounds and I read nothing but constant trash about him from you.

15 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, +10 on the +/-.
And let’s add it’s essentially his third game of the year (don’t count the first game, new season now), and he played 38 minutes tonight.

People have long leashes and boners for Bender, Chriss, Jackson, Warren, Len and the rest of the hot garbage but we get a young big man who actually has star potential and everyone hates him to death

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Danimal wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:53 pm
I hope they give Okobo a few games in a row as the backup. See if he can improve on his consistency. Real nice pass he made to bridges tonight but lookin a little tentative out there
Agree. Even at his worst he’s better than Carter.

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Wally_West wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:42 pm
If Devin keeps this up there is really no excuse for him not to be in an All-Star.
He’s had a great stretch. This is what I expect from him. Consistency. I’d like to see him have another 10 good games before dropping a stinker

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AmareIsGod wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:34 pm
djy2j wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:33 pm
As terrible as Ayton is at remembering to box out, he’s absolutely money at the FT line
Yeah. With those 13 or 14 rebounds. Dude is TRASH on the glass. Could you be a bigger Ayton hater? My God man. You need to learn to just let it go. Guy has the best +/- on the court tonight and leads the team in rebounds and I read nothing but constant trash about him from you.

15 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, +10 on the +/-.
I keep it 100. If you want me to ooh and ahh over a guy who just grabbed 12 rebounds and 8 of them came right to him without a challenge, you’re going to be waiting. Stats say Chandler was a good defensive rebounder in Phx also. That’s fools gold.

His stat line was fine. No complaints. Nice double
double. He played with better energy....

Him allowing Knicks players to the boards whenever they wanted is basketball 101. They teach that shit in middle school.

I’m not going to watch a special talent like Ayton and sit on my hands when he gets outhustled by guys who have a fraction of his abilities.

I’ll give him credit as he earns it, like I have been, but I’ll always put him on blast when he earns it.
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djy2j wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:59 pm
AmareIsGod wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:34 pm
djy2j wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:33 pm
As terrible as Ayton is at remembering to box out, he’s absolutely money at the FT line
Yeah. With those 13 or 14 rebounds. Dude is TRASH on the glass. Could you be a bigger Ayton hater? My God man. You need to learn to just let it go. Guy has the best +/- on the court tonight and leads the team in rebounds and I read nothing but constant trash about him from you.

15 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, +10 on the +/-.
I keep it 100. If you want me to ooh and ahh over a guy who just grabbed 12 rebounds and 8 of them came right to him without a challenge, you’re going to be waiting. Stats say Chandler was a good defensive rebounder in Phx also. That’s fools gold.

His stat line was fine. No complaints. Nice double
double. He played with better energy....

Him allowing Knicks players to the boards whenever they wanted is basketball 101. They teach that s*** in middle school.

I’m not going to watch a special talent like Ayton and sit on my hands when he gets outhustled by guys who have a fraction of his abilities.

I’ll give him credit as he earns it, like I have been, but I’ll always put him on blast when he earns it.
He helped us win the game and led all players in +/-. Keep blasting him.
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He played better tonight. He showed better energy sooner than last game. He made some great passes. I was impressed with his free throw touch. When people contested his rebounds he didn’t really ever come up with them. If he would have put a body on someone he would have had more than 12 boards. He allowed a lot of guys to go to the boards unhindered. I’m not being unfair. Go back and watch. It’s all there.
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specialsauce wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:13 pm
AmareIsGod wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:34 pm
djy2j wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:33 pm
As terrible as Ayton is at remembering to box out, he’s absolutely money at the FT line
Yeah. With those 13 or 14 rebounds. Dude is TRASH on the glass. Could you be a bigger Ayton hater? My God man. You need to learn to just let it go. Guy has the best +/- on the court tonight and leads the team in rebounds and I read nothing but constant trash about him from you.

15 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, +10 on the +/-.
And let’s add it’s essentially his third game of the year (don’t count the first game, new season now), and he played 38 minutes tonight.

People have long leashes and boners for Bender, Chriss, Jackson, Warren, Len and the rest of the hot garbage but we get a young big man who actually has star potential and everyone hates him to death
Who hates Ayton? I think you’re exaggerating a lot here. People have concerns about his game and where he’s headed, I would hardly call that hate.

You’ve spewed far more hate for Oubre and Booker than anyone has for Ayton. And Oubre and Booker have won more games for us this year than anyone.

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Split T wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:40 pm
specialsauce wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:13 pm
AmareIsGod wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:34 pm
djy2j wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:33 pm
As terrible as Ayton is at remembering to box out, he’s absolutely money at the FT line
Yeah. With those 13 or 14 rebounds. Dude is TRASH on the glass. Could you be a bigger Ayton hater? My God man. You need to learn to just let it go. Guy has the best +/- on the court tonight and leads the team in rebounds and I read nothing but constant trash about him from you.

15 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, +10 on the +/-.
And let’s add it’s essentially his third game of the year (don’t count the first game, new season now), and he played 38 minutes tonight.

People have long leashes and boners for Bender, Chriss, Jackson, Warren, Len and the rest of the hot garbage but we get a young big man who actually has star potential and everyone hates him to death
Who hates Ayton? I think you’re exaggerating a lot here. People have concerns about his game and where he’s headed, I would hardly call that hate.

You’ve spewed far more hate for Oubre and Booker than anyone has for Ayton. And Oubre and Booker have won more games for us this year than anyone.
All concerns regarding ayton are valid. For someone who can sleep walk into a double double I'm going to need to see more from him. I'm willing to give him time since he's been out for most the season but settling for jumpers and getting out hustled on the boards is going to bother me.

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I only hate Ayton when he talks to reporters. He has zero clue on what's going on out there. Other than that no reason to hate his game. He will be our average guy with a potential that will be never realized for long long time and I made peace with it.
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Superbone wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:30 pm
Indy wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:48 am
We should be up by 15 at the end of the 1st if we have the type of pride we say we do.
I don't know how realistic that is. Knicks are playing their best basketball of the season. I'd be very happy to be up 30-22 after one.
I had the correct point differential after one quarter. Just the wrong team. I was hoping we were going to be front runners for the entire night but that wasn't to be. Still, it was more like I expected. New York has been playing well. I'm just glad we stayed within striking distance in the first half. Then we did what we're supposed to do in the 2nd half. We just wore them down and won the game running away. Not by a lot but by enough.
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specialsauce wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:34 pm
Is this Bookers best stretch of his career?
I'd say so. He matched only 2 other Suns tonight to score 30+ in five straight games.
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iLLmatic wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:01 pm
Good God that block by Ayton. Ayton should've blown some kisses at Randle.
That's the kind of aggressiveness we'd all like to see more often from Ayton.
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iLLmatic wrote:
Sat Jan 04, 2020 12:33 am
Split T wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:40 pm
specialsauce wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:13 pm
AmareIsGod wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:34 pm
djy2j wrote:
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:33 pm
As terrible as Ayton is at remembering to box out, he’s absolutely money at the FT line
Yeah. With those 13 or 14 rebounds. Dude is TRASH on the glass. Could you be a bigger Ayton hater? My God man. You need to learn to just let it go. Guy has the best +/- on the court tonight and leads the team in rebounds and I read nothing but constant trash about him from you.

15 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, +10 on the +/-.
And let’s add it’s essentially his third game of the year (don’t count the first game, new season now), and he played 38 minutes tonight.

People have long leashes and boners for Bender, Chriss, Jackson, Warren, Len and the rest of the hot garbage but we get a young big man who actually has star potential and everyone hates him to death
Who hates Ayton? I think you’re exaggerating a lot here. People have concerns about his game and where he’s headed, I would hardly call that hate.

You’ve spewed far more hate for Oubre and Booker than anyone has for Ayton. And Oubre and Booker have won more games for us this year than anyone.
All concerns regarding ayton are valid. For someone who can sleep walk into a double double I'm going to need to see more from him. I'm willing to give him time since he's been out for most the season but settling for jumpers and getting out hustled on the boards is going to bother me.
Ayton could average 20 boards a night if he ever learned to box out. He gets 12 in his sleep. I hope to see more aggressiveness like he showed when he swatted Randle's shit.
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