Monthly Archives: March 2013

Happy 40th birthday to Jason Kidd

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Yesterday, Knicks guard, Jason Kidd turned 40 years old. He spent the day playing against the Toronto Raptors for the second night in a row. Teammate Chris Copeland sang Kidd a song before the game in front of the home crowd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atOq-dPYKqI

While Kidd didn’t start the game he played 23 minutes and had only 3 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists. While it wasn’t his most productive performance the Knicks pulled out the 110-84 victory.

Kidd has been a great veteran presence for the Knicks whether in the starting line up or coming off the bench. Age is just a number to him while he is still competing with those younger guys in the league.

Jason Kidd

He started his career with the Dallas Mavericks after being drafted with the 2nd overall pick in 1994. Kidd has bounced around as of late playing with the Mavericks the past 4 seasons including their championship run  in 2011.

His game has developed as he as aged from how he used to play back in his rookie year, 18 years ago.

Kidd has since become a knock down shooter from behind the arc and still gives some of the best passes. But is age has kept away from the paint compared to his early day but he is still a threat on the court.

He plays a very crucial and important role to any playoff run the Knicks hope to have this year. When he was playing well in the beginning of the season, so were the Knicks. Coincidence? I think not.

A depleted Knicks team puts a stop to their 4 game skid

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The Knicks entered Monday nights game against the Utah Jazz, on a 4 game losing streak. All of these loses have come on the road and have been embarrassing to say the least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5id5ML9HJwk

The Knicks had faced the Warriors, Nuggets, Trailblazers, and Clippers previously. They had lost all of these games by an average of 20 points. For a team that was once right behind Miami in the East, the Knicks have now slipped to third behind the Pacers.

There is no denying the fact that this severe drop off as of late is due to the lack of star power. The Knicks are without Carmelo Anthony, Ama’re Stoudemire, and Tyson Chandler. Coach Mike Woodson has been forced to adapt and play around with the starting line up.

Last night the starters for the Knicks were Raymond Felton, Pablo Prigioni, Iman Shumpert, Chris Copeland, and Kenyon Martin. Not the lineup you expected to see on the floor for the Knicks to start a game before the season started.

Chris Copeland and Woodson

Chris Copeland finished last nights game with 14 points and 6 rebounds. He has started to emerge as a real scorer for the Knicks in the absence of Anthony and Stoudemire. Copeland, a rookie out of Colorado, has shown flashes of promise for the team.

While he might not be the most efficient scorer, he has been able to score when needed.

The Knicks will need production out of players like Copeland not only until the stars comeback, but for the rest of the season. The more firepower off the bench for the Knicks better. What they can’t afford is another losing streak.

Madison Square Garden

The seasons end is near and the Knicks are in danger of dropping lower then just to the 3 spot. They head back for a much needed game at home against a struggling Orlando Magic team tomorrow night.

Knicks lose second superstar in the past week

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Knicks are now playing without Carmelo Anthony and Ama’re Stoudemire. Anthony went down with an injury Monday March 4th against Cleveland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9vw7X2JAhQ

After going down in the second quarter of the game, Anthony has yet to return to the court. He has been diagnosed with a form of knee tendonitis, that he says he has been dealing with throughout the season.

The Knicks managed to comeback to beat the Cavaliers and have gone 3-2 with Anthony out of the lineup. Now the Knicks learned that they will be without their other superstar for an extended period of time.

Stoudemire will be out for 6 weeks, the remainder of the regular season. While this is his second knee operation this season alone, one has to question what state he will be in if he returns.

The Knicks are in an important stretch of their schedule where they are on the road. They need to keep winning in order to make sure they don’t drop in the Eastern Conference standings.

Anthony and Stoudemire

Knicks suffer first loss to Heat this season

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Entering last nights game at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks had beaten the first two meetings this season. But that could only last so long against a team that is now on a 14-game winning streak.

After taking a 14-point lead into the half the Knicks felt extremely confident. However the second half was a different story. While scoring only 34 second half points the game still managed to come down to the end.

A big part of this blown lead late for the Knicks was turnovers and their inability to knock down shots from behind the arc. The Knicks are the best team when it comes to turnovers however they turned it over 17 times yesterday. Including a steal by LeBron James which led to a dunk at the other end to seal the Knicks fate late.

Jason Kidd

Jason Kidd was the leading scorer for the Knicks coming off the bench making his first 4 shots from behind the arc. Kidd has been struggling for the Knicks and it has clearly effected the play of the team. The team was playing great basketball at the beginning of the season, and so was Kidd.

Kidd was the only one to shoot well from behind the arc. The team as a whole was 8 of 29, or 27.6% from 3-point range. That is incredibly low for a team who was shooting the ball so well a the beginning of the season.

If the Knicks want to contend for a championship and get back on track they need to start hitting the 3-pointers again.

3-pointers