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Post by jbnewyork162 on Jul 26, 2009 22:17:36 GMT -5
Its funny unofficially we mentioned many times on the old AOL board boy would it be cool if Oak-tree could come to NY as a coach in some capacity, to teach these guys some better defensive awareness. Well................ Just click the link, lol: www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/60810/20090726/oakley_wants_to_become_assistant_coach/To think this has been on the table since the last regular season and never discussed or mentioned by brass or even consummated as of yet boggles the mind. You be the judge. -Jason |
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Post by ReneNYG1 on Jul 26, 2009 22:47:43 GMT -5
Sign the man ,we need his toughness taught,he has big man defensive skills that are valueble if he can teach our young guys how to hold the post and boxout properly and cheat on the low post those things help.
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Post by irish2u2 on Jul 27, 2009 0:13:20 GMT -5
I take Oak in a NY minute. ; )
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Post by pearl on Jul 27, 2009 6:06:55 GMT -5
Get Oak in here this SECOND, Please. Make him an intergral part of the Knicks defensive and rebounding coaching staff. If Eddie Curry stays, I want Oak kicking his ass, every minute while instructing him. It is so disgusting watching teams walk through the Knicks exterior and interior defense, for their lay up drills. This is absolutely mind-boggling, how NY ever thinks they will have a championship caliber team with this mindset constituted by their current group.
They can line up free agent after free agent, bit as Hap's footer message says from Clyde, " Team defense is the hallmark of a championship". This is what drove me nuts with Jamaal Crawford, he made Zero attempt to play defense, showed no desire to improve this part of his game and the same is true of Eddie Curry. Then, NY has players who SOMETIMES play defense, like Duhon, Nate and Harrington, but never on a play by play, posession by possession standard.
The old tapes I share with everyone, watch if Dave DeBusschere's man ever got off a jump shot without shooting beyond their range and w/o a hand in their face, NEVER. I know Walsh is trying to attract FA's for 2010 and beyond, because they like D'Antoni, but personally I don't see this style winning a championship.
Get OAK in here, first of all, he will put some grit on this team and Walsh should give Oak free reign to teach defense, boxing out and playing DEEFENSE on every possession mandatory. Defense is a mindset, its that simple of a philosophy and D'Antoni comes up way short in this area. Let Oak work with the bigs and Clyde with the guards, and I'm certain there will be improvement. My letter is going out to Donnie Walsh this morning.
Pearl
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Post by kgooglog on Jul 27, 2009 7:07:23 GMT -5
I read that Oak article a couple of days back, thinking that this man has been virually ignored by all NBA teams in terms of what he can give these younger players. Boy, what could David Lee learn about defense from a man who is his size...And does anyone think Eddy Curry would be bouncing into Vegas weighing 330 pounds if Oak had been waiting for him?
Like Pearl said. We have two Knick alumni who know the two primary positions in NBA basketball. Clyde can work with the point guards and Oak can work with our "bigs", especially a guy like Jordan Hill who has yet to pick up the bad habits of NBA sloth and was a defensive player of the year in college.
VonWafer aka Ken
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