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Barkley: D'Antoni's system will fail Knicks
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08:16 AM ET 01.28 | Count Charles Barkley among the doubters. Amar'e Stoudemire may have brought the buzz back to the Garden this season, reuniting with his former Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni to make the Knicks relevant again, but at least one Hall of Famer thinks D'Antoni's high-octane offensive system will never be rewarded with an NBA title. "I do not think (the Knicks) can win with that system. I saw it in Phoenix. And let me tell you something, they had a lot more talent in Phoenix. A lot more. Let me just tell you this -- the three most critical areas of the game are defense, rebounding and turnovers. That's one of the fundamental flaws of that system." ... Barkley, who led the Suns to the NBA Finals in 1993, then proceeded to pick apart D'Antoni's system even further.
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"The Knicks defense is just turrible" quoth the Barkley
High Plains Drifter.
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Yeah... but you have to admit... he has a point.
Epoch1
I'm Telling My, MA
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Aparently it is working so far.
ClevelandGuy
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Right again Doc... Miami remains pretty fragile. If everything and everyone are working right the Heat will be a problem for most teams. But when everything isn't running at top speed they're pretty average. Lose one of the big 3 and they kind of suck
And honestly... how often does a team have everyone healthy and everything going right?
Epoch1
I'm Telling My, MA
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Everybody knows and has seen D'antoni's system Fail Just ask Pheonix.....
Ziggy The Fresh…
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Yup we will see.....
Ziggy The Fresh…
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Charles is living in the past. Of course Mike's system of no defense in Phoenix didn't get it done in the playoffs. But times have changed. Knicks play defense. Anybody that keeps rhyming that crap doesn't follow the Knicks close enough. Now I'm not saying our defense is good enough to win championships but I'm not blind to the fact that Knicks have made significant strides on defense.
Lostwill
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Yeah their defense is better i'll admit but will it be good enough for playoff ball??? we'll see......
Ziggy The Fresh…
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Exactly so why go on a limb to make ignorant statements. I like Barkley as a comedian but when he tries to say something insightful or forecast the future he fails miserably. Wasn't he the same guy that said Nets will have a better season that Knicks and that Knicks will be in the lottery again... how's that working on old man? Keep the Knicks outta your mouth unless you got something nice to say.
Lostwill
Natick , MA
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LMAO! oh man......
Ziggy The Fresh…
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Yup at least they'll get to the playoffs this year that can be a hope holder until they get another superstar or a great center....
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