They have Brunson, Bridges, OG Anouby, KAT all are all-stars or near all-stars. They have multiple guys that can create and shoot 3 pointers. They also play better defense than the Rockets who regressed a great deal on defense this past year. Brunson > FVV, OG > Jabari, KAT > Sengun, Bridges > Amen (at least for now). Brown > Ime. They are nothing like us.
Forgot to mention they’ve won 13 straight playoff games and we lost 4 of 5 to the lowly Lakers. Oh, but yes, 33 year old slow FVV is the missing piece to our first title in 34 years.
To the extent that there is a key learning from the Knicks and the Pacers last year, it’s that having a coherent theory and execution of offense, using all 5 players on the floor, is more important than anything else. Margin maximizing and defense (rebounding, turnover economy etc) matters somewhat, but in the playoffs it can’t be all that you do. The possession maxing + ugly halfcourt offense teams have underperformed consistently. Even OKC underperformed last year doing it tbh, and got lucky to win vs Indiana. We have not had a coherent theory of great halfcourt offense this decade. A different roster and probably different coach would be required to get there.
this is why the organization does nothing and tries to gaslight us about the return of obese FVV and old ass Adams members of the fanbase think we’re currently similar to the Knicks…members of the fanbase think this team would have made the Finals or ECF if we were in the East…members of the fanbase thought we could catch OKC in the regular season because OKC had a soft schedule and were going to be playing a bunch of good teams/road games post-ASB ownership and FO have cast some sort of spell
I love the positivity OP. Don't let the Debbie Downers bring you down. ...now, how to replace the Udicker and the Stoner...
The only thing similar was that the Knicks had some disagreements among players and that was the time the Rockets beat them...... Since then they had the player meetings and somehow it got them on a huge Playoffs run..... The Rockets had some Player meetings themselves.
The Spurs just got a lucky run through injured teams Rockets unlucky with 3 key injuries Unfortunately it happens
Like I've been saying for years. Coaching is underrated in the NBA Knicks just swapped from Thibs to Mike Brown, that was literally their biggest move outside of small roster changes to guys that barely play but people keep wanting to pretend that changing Udoka would have no difference and everyone on the team just sucks. Nope, Mike Brown has all these guys playing their ideal role and playing as a team and it makes all the difference in the world. He's squeezing as much as he can out of that team. If the Rockets magically had Coach Spo dudes would suddenly play a lot better. BTW no one had the Knicks doing this, funny how 'obvious' it seems to you all after the fact.
We are lol. We are so very different from Knicks. Name five shooters that can be in the lineup at the same time.
They are a good offensive team, we are not. TS%: Knicks 8th, Rockets 19th eFG%: Knicks 9th, Rockets 17th TOV%: Knicks 11th, Rockets 27th AST ratio: Knicks 10th, Rockets 23rd ORtg: Knicks 4th, Rockets 8th (mostly because of offensive rebounding) In most of the important factors (except for offensive rebounding) for a good offense, the Knicks are way better than the Rockets. I watch the Knicks play the rough Spurs defense, they are able to swing the ball effectively to the open shooter. I wish the Rockets could do that.
They are better than us...from front office, to coaching, and players. Sad to say that from a team owned by Dolan.
If you show Ime this his mind will explode. Love how both teams play together and actually team basketball are in the finals.
I can't think of a less similar offensive team in the NBA. They have 5 shooters on the floor. Josh Hart is a better shooter than 2 of our starters. That's the best spaced offense in the NBA. It's draining Wemby's value as a rim protector having to come out of the paint. Against us, we would literally incentivize him to stay in the paint. Our entire unfixable problem is starting two total non-shooters. Even the arrival of the best jump shooter in NBA history didn't solve it. Grabbing a historic amount of offensive rebounds didn't solve it. Putting 3 excellent shooters around them didn't solve it. To pretend like Mike Browns offensive coaching is the same as ours is ridiculous. Brown exceeded expectations on offense in Sacramento and now in New York. Every single season Udoka has ever coached, his team has underperformed offensively relative to his roster.
