From: kolli@seas.gwu.edu (Chakravarthy Kolli)
Subject: Re: Bulls vs. Knicks!
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 22:45:37 GMT

In article <1992Dec27.211805.11740@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> u_nique@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jerray Wei) writes:
>Well, the on Christmas day, the Bulls and the Knicks were on center stage, and
>I think it told the world a lot about the possible Eastern Conference
>Championship we might see in the spring.
>
>I was rooting for the Knicks the entire way and was exasperated at every turn.
>Patrick Ewing is an overrated player!!  How come it is that against the Bulls,


  He was never consistent in big games.

>the other Knicks play half decently...now if Patrick would only ever make half
>of his shots, things would work out, but no.  I remember a couple of games last
>year when McDaniel and even Gerald Wilkins lit it up and Ewing kept tossing
>fallaway 20 foot brick after brick.  There's simply no excuse for not getting
>his head under the basket against the likes of Cartwright and Perdue.  He's
>got to work harder for position and take it inside and maybe do some fakes.
>I think there's only been one game in the past three years where he had a good
>game against the Bulls and it's frustrating.  He's not even shooting 50% this
>year, and on top of that, he's nowhere near the top ten in shot blocking.
>
>Pat Riley messed things up too.  I don't know why he left Greg Anthony out
>to get his butt messed up by the Bulls' trap.  How many straight times did
>he turn the ball over for dunks?  Riley is supposed to know how to get out
>of traps, they weren't that tough.  Maybe sometimes he needs Rivers and Anthony
>out there at the same time because Blackman and Starks don't dribble too well.
>After scoring 10 easy points the first half, the Knicks forgot to set up
>Charles Smith.  Give Starks less playing time!  That boy just can't resist
>shooting.  Maybe play a tape of his teammate, Blackman to teach him about
>shot selection.  If Ro had been given more time, he would have outplayed Jordan
>from a shooting standpoint.  One additional thing...Doc Rivers has offensive
>potential, unlike Anthony.  He can drive to the hoop, but he never looks to do
>so.  If he could do that, he could create for his teammates, but Riley seems
>to favor an offense with no one on one play.

  You know what I think?. Pat Riley is not coaching. He is managing
fouls. Did you see how many knicks had 4 to 5 fouls and no one fouled
out. Seems that all he wants his players (some of them are thugs on the
court) to do is go and mug and foul hard on Jordan, Pippen and Grant.
In the process they forget their offense. I think he is a dirty coach.
Atleat this is the impression I got from this years playoffs and the game
on Friday night. 

I don't think Knicks come anywhere near the Bulls in terms of talent.

>Chicago has immense problems to overcome as well if they are to threepeat.
>Michael Jordan shooting 40% on route to a 35 point game isn't going to do it.

 Yes, seems that Jordam has become a streaky shooter like Reggie Miller.
 He is becoming very inconsistent. Yesterday against Indiana he shot very bad.

>B.J. Armstrong isn't the answer at point, and Scottie Pippen...any more
>questions on how he didn't deserve to be an Olympian?  Every other Olympian
>could take charge on the court...heck, even Christian Laettner is having a
>better season than Pippen.  Why does he look like such a wimp out there?

 Don't compare Laettner and Pippen. Pippen does so many other things
on the court apart from scoring. 

>There definitely isn't a Knick he couldn't take it to the hole against, but
>again he settled for dump off shots.  16 points from him and virtually nothing
>from the other Bulls isn't the answer to a championship.
>


I agree, they are playing bad. I still think if Pat Riley thinks
positive and do less of mugging and more of scoring they can beat chicago.
Not because of better talent but because of Chicago's lack of hunger.

chak kolli

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