The question is, can they bring an elusive championship to NY City? Porzingis’s height, which the Knicks list as 7ft-3in, was seen as something that could provide him an advantage in an era obsessed with the 3-pointer because he would be able to create his own shot by simply towering over defenders.
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Never mind that the restaurant’s nearest location to Madison Square Garden is in New Jersey. In the seven games since Afflalo joined the starting lineup, New York’s starting five has either outscored the opponent or held even in six of those contests.
“I was sore”, Porzingis told the Orlando Sentinel on Wednesday. “All of these things show up in his surprisingly pedestrian rebounding numbers (2.4 offensive and 5.8 defensive per-40)”. Those averages rank third and second among rookies, respectively.
The rookie even had a breakout game with 29 points, 11-rebounds against the Charlotte Hornets.
“Zinger” as they call him, is not just a scorer, but an absolute workhorse on the court.
Porzingis faced a tough big-man tandem of 7-foot-1 center Hassan Whiteside, who had five blocks, and Bosh. He has God-given gifts to play this game in terms of rebounding and scoring.
The similarities between Lin and Porzingis are quite interesting.
In a much improved Eastern Conference, the Knicks are now looking outside from inside the playoff picture, at the 10th seed trailing the 9th seeded Boston Celtics (7-6).
Scouting reports that provide both the strengths and weaknesses of a player need to be analyzed subjectively rather than objectively. Knicks fans promptly made that night moot with -incredibly- early chants of “MVP” as he took his foul shots at the end of his previous game. Who wouldn’t love these guys? “We look forward to it, to see if we can continue finding a way to win”. He rejected practically the entire Minnesota Timberwolves team including Andrew Wiggins, Ricky Rubio, Kevin Garnett and star rookie Karl-Anthony Towns. Upon closer inspection, the team’s 6-1 homestand record does not prove to be particularly extraordinary.
Three of those four players weren’t drafted into the National Basketball Association. It was pretty clear that Lin was being used a lot in those few months when he was at the helm.
Carmelo Anthony draws the double teams. Andre Drummond turned in his customary double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds but went 6-of-14 from the field against the Bucks and has to deal with Whiteside in the middle on Wednesday.BUZZER BEATERS1.
With the second pick, the Lakers selected Ohio State point guard D’Angelo Russell.
Aside from the statistics, the two players come from situations where success was unlikely. Byars also marveled at Porzingis’ maturity and focus at 19 years old. But getting drafted by Miami isn’t what he’s most thankful for. Lin was called up from the D-League only because Davis was injured.
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The Miami Heat also locked up Goran Dragic to a contract, and although he is not having his best season, he is still playing well for the Heat.
