4/3/18: New York Knicks vs. Orlando Magic (L 73-97)

[rtn393]

Please post all pre-game predictions, in-game observations, and post-game analysis in this thread, but start separate threads for topics not directly related to the game.





PROJECTED STARTERS

PG: Trey Burke vs. D.J. Augustin
SG: Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Wes Iwundu
SF: Courtney Lee vs. Jonathan Isaac
PF: Lance Thomas vs. Aaron Gordon
C: Kyle O'Quinn vs. Nikola Vucevic

[Koopa Troopa]

When does the season end?

[big_j_NY]

When does the season end?

1 more week.......then the bleeding ends for this season

[NYGM]

What's going on?

[taowave]

Frank needs ALOT of work on the offensive end...Pretty brutal

[H20Knick]

Mudiay and Ntilikina a combined 2 of 15. 43 minutes, 4 points, 4 assists, 5 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 6 turnovers

[Starbury3]

YES GREAT TANK LOSS

[Starbury3]

Also, this team is disgustingly bad. Only good thing was KO was block city tonight

[H20Knick]

DONT JINX IT STARBURY. 3 MINUTES LEFT

[PistolPete]

[Starbury3]

DONT JINX IT STARBURY. 3 MINUTES LEFT

Quick give it to Hardaway!

[H20Knick]

Quick give it to Hardaway!

fantastic loss!

[nazrmohamed]

I love Wally Szerbiak. Dude tells the truth. He's giving Frank the honest business about settling on not being an offensive option at this level. It's his time and he's wasting it. That's Anaya been my thing. I love defensive Pgs. But I know that in today's nba if you can't put the ball in the basket you just might never get to opportunity to showcase it. He said it can be done, but you gotta really have elite level scorers at the other 4 positions. Dude use the words "he doesn't have the capacity." It was hard to hear but Walt's seen lots of players and lots of systems.

[H20Knick]

23.0 ppg, 4.3 apg, 4.1 rpg, 42.5% FG%, 29.1% 3pt%, +15.5/200poss, 37.9 mpg... DMitch in March (15 games)

18.0 ppg, 5.8 apg, 2.7 rpg, 42.6% FG%, 37.5% 3pt%, +2.3/200poss, 29.8 mpg... DSJ in March (11 games)

6.6 ppg, 3.1 apg, 2.3 apg, 35.4 FG%, 28.5% 3pt%, -6.5/200poss, 23.6 mpg... Frank in March (14 games)

I think this partially explains why all of a sudden a bunch of people are okay drafting 21 year old Mikal Bridges.

[PistolPete]

Was listening to the Magic broadcast tonight and they mentioned that Frank is the second youngest player in the league. Didn't realize that. That actually makes me feel a lot better about Frank in the long-term.

[H20Knick]

Was listening to the Magic broadcast tonight and they mentioned that Frank is the second youngest player in the league. Didn't realize that. That actually makes me feel a lot better about Frank in the long-term.

he's still only 4 months younger than jayson tatum though.

[spree#8]

he's still only 4 months younger than jayson tatum though.

Who cares? The point is that he has time. Gotta improve next season and be ready in year 3. His rookie season went as expected, so there is no point in getting too low on him or too high on others (who also had season's as expected). If he improves, he will be fine, if not, he won't. All we can do is give him the time.

[NYGM]

Who cares.

Improvement is not going to be overnight..

Let's see what he can do with one summer of intense work..

[KnicksRUs]

Frank will be perfectly fine. I still hold the argument that if you don't see his potential/instincts for the game you don't know shit about basketball. Dude's going to prove a lot of you wrong with the work he does in the off season.

[H20Knick]

He's still behind. Everything you're saying they said after mudiay's rookie year too. Wait til year 3 lol