New York Knicks - The Past, present and future: NBA Special Report – Part 4
If we talk about Milwaukee Bucks, then we can easily point out that their coach is also focused on the defense. Their team does not like to score much. The addition of Stephen Jackson in their team will prove to be fruitful in
the next season. He is too good when it comes to scoring.
Although Brandon Jennings is in developing stages of becoming a star, he will definitely make a super combo with Jackson on the position of guard. The Bucks will improve in future and so should the Knicks. The game will offer even
more competition if Andrew Bogut will be in the team. It is most likely possible that both these teams will come face to face in the playoffs next year.
Despite the fact the Knicks lost most games to them, Cleveland Cavaliers seems to be offering less difficult time in the upcoming games. This may sound ridiculous, but it can easily be proved. Although Anderson Varejao will come
back healthy but he will not be much helpful in taking the Cavaliers to success the next season. Kyrie Irving will perform well, but it will not have much impact on the overall game.
Keeping in mind the NBA Draft, the results show that the Wizards had improved their team much more than the Cavaliers. J.J Hickson should not be the one who the team traded. Wizards have tried to meet the needs of their team by
hiring Shelvin Mack as a back-up point guard.
A solid defender Chris Singleton and a wing player Jan Vesely are now a part of their team also. Acquisition of Vesely will help them to get rid of Andray Blatche as he is not able to make use of his skills in this team. Jonas
Valanciunas is on the tour of Europe and is playing superb in the Basketball under 19 Tournament, so it is worth waiting for him.
The Knicks are not deprived of good players. Carmelo Anthony had been placed thrice in the All-NBA Third Team and once in the second team. He has now been focusing on the defense a lot and will surely get the attention of fans
and analysts. So, his performance will target the voters and will be placed in All-NBA team in the next season. D’Antoni will get an extension in his contract as a coach and who else will like to take that responsibility. He is good at maintaining better relation
with the team members and Amare Stoudemire joined the Knicks because of him, as he coached him when he was with the Phoenix.
The Knicks were third on the list of NBA’s worst scoring defense. For a defensive coach, this is not a good result. The team is on number nine with least efficient defense. However the Knicks will put in all their efforts to make
their defense better and will be benefited from half court offense. The Knicks will have home-court advantage after a long time.
All in all, one cannot say that the Knicks will advance to the Eastern Conference Finals but they will have a successful season next year. For sure!
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