ClutchFans Game Thread: Knicks @ Rockets 2/12/2024

Remember, these are Knicks fans... they are so delusional they chant "MVP" for a guy averaging 27, 6, and 4 in the year of our lord 2024.

(#8 in scoring, #14 in assists, and outside the top 100 in rebounding.)

 

I mean he is even Jackson the Gatlin! @WestendMassive

 

Jeenathan Nate Williams
+15 (game high) in 8 minutes. 0 pts, 1 reb

 

Amen's 8 points feel like 20 because he does so many other things. His IQ is off the charts

 

The rebound decided the game

 

He is pure misery for other teams inside the arc.

 

It’s pretty obvious if you watched the game. Tell me you’re a low IQ box score watcher without telling me you’re a low IQ box score watcher. Yikes.

 

Uh oh, Ed Malloy has realised he wasn't meant to screw over one of the league's biggest markets. We've been ****ed over so many times by the refs down the stretch and all we get is a moral victory in the Last 2 Minute report. New York gets this:



Edit: and of course there is no mention of any possible call that may have benefited the Knicks, like the no-call on Jalen's drive just before the shot, or the no-call on Alpe's drive the possession before, or the blatant foul on Holiday's dunk that should have been an and one.

The only call that mattered in that game was that one. Riiiight.

 

WTH. I’m having a hard time understanding Malloy’s reasoning. Just because Holiday had great body control and was able to regain balance after the bump, it shouldn’t be called a foul?

You’re basically encouraging players to flop and exaggerate in order to get calls. No wonder there’re more and more floppers in the game nowadays.

 

Nobody said a word when this happened against us


But we benefit from a game deciding call and the sky is suddenly falling

 

Respect to Dillion Brooks for stopping to sign kids stuff on the way to the locker room at the end of the game.

 

Wasn't Jalen supposed to be our Aaron Holiday?

 

You forgot that was under Silas, and Silas' protests are very soft......

 

I was watching the Knicks broadcast and even they begrudgingly said it was a foul.

 

I am not sure it is just a form. He is not that young and has been training for quite a while and he makes Westbrook look like a sniper. He trained with Mike Miller in OTE, already had one offseason with Sullivan here and it is still horrible. Not sure what it is the eyes, some kind of movement limitation, but I have have serious doubts if he will ever be able to overcome it. Don't see any reason for optimism here. And his brother, that was advertised as a better shooter already, also is also a horrible shooter..

 

Goddamnit Silas

 

Amen is something else, damn he's good on defense. He also gets in a good position right outside the lane on offense for rebounds, sometimes open for a bunny if someone would drive and kick or just pass it to him, it's a shame Jalen Green in particular continuously ignored him. Our fast breaks are still awful when we're with 3 guys or more, but maaannn Amen to Jalen was awesome.

That dunk by Holiday was surprising AF to me, did not know he had those kinds of hops! Brooks finally with a nice shooting game again, but game ball goes to Amen & Aaron. Tate also got some great steals. Btw did we see JeeNathan in there getting some minutes to show off his stuff? Unfortunately was ignored on offense, we still play too selfishly on offense to my liking - mainly Jalen & Jabari who just take terrible shots and get stuffed at the rim way too often - but at least Ime is starting to give the right guys minutes (again).

 

He is already really good on other areas of his game and has an overall positive impact which is what matters.

Even if he can't shoot he makes the opponent unable to shoot as well so it evens out.