Benjy Ritholtz

down the hallway yeah i would i think it goes back to a theme that we've actually seen all year long uh but it's been exacerbated i'd say of late and as josh hart has gotten less confident shooting the basketball as the season's gone on teams have been more emboldened to stick their centers on him and put their best wing defender or largest wing defender on carl anthony towns and i think what we're seeing is and we saw it down the stretch for sure

down the hallway yeah i would i think it goes back to a theme that we've actually seen all year long uh but it's been exacerbated i'd say of late and as josh hart has gotten less confident shooting the basketball as the season's gone on teams have been more emboldened to stick their centers on him and put their best wing defender or largest wing defender on carl anthony towns and i think what we're seeing is and we saw it down the stretch for sure

down the hallway yeah i would i think it goes back to a theme that we've actually seen all year long uh but it's been exacerbated i'd say of late and as josh hart has gotten less confident shooting the basketball as the season's gone on teams have been more emboldened to stick their centers on him and put their best wing defender or largest wing defender on carl anthony towns and i think what we're seeing is and we saw it down the stretch for sure

Cat is basically frozen out of the offense because if you screen with him, it's just an easy switch. Josh Hart's the one that screens over and over again, and it just becomes a lot of Josh Hart. And Josh Hart does a lot of great things. There's a lot of record scratching when he catches the ball because he's not willing to shoot.

Cat is basically frozen out of the offense because if you screen with him, it's just an easy switch. Josh Hart's the one that screens over and over again, and it just becomes a lot of Josh Hart. And Josh Hart does a lot of great things. There's a lot of record scratching when he catches the ball because he's not willing to shoot.

Cat is basically frozen out of the offense because if you screen with him, it's just an easy switch. Josh Hart's the one that screens over and over again, and it just becomes a lot of Josh Hart. And Josh Hart does a lot of great things. There's a lot of record scratching when he catches the ball because he's not willing to shoot.

And I just think the Knicks need to find a way to tilt the offense more towards the guy they just traded for to be their second best player, and that's Carl Anthony Towns, who barely touched it in the fourth quarter. I think that, to me, is the biggest takeaway.

And I just think the Knicks need to find a way to tilt the offense more towards the guy they just traded for to be their second best player, and that's Carl Anthony Towns, who barely touched it in the fourth quarter. I think that, to me, is the biggest takeaway.

And I just think the Knicks need to find a way to tilt the offense more towards the guy they just traded for to be their second best player, and that's Carl Anthony Towns, who barely touched it in the fourth quarter. I think that, to me, is the biggest takeaway.

It's a great question. And I'm actually not even sure there's a solution with this lineup unless Josh Hart decides to become a much better shooter in the offseason. And he's so far into his career, this has always been a thing with him. That's hard to imagine that being the fix. I think they could...

It's a great question. And I'm actually not even sure there's a solution with this lineup unless Josh Hart decides to become a much better shooter in the offseason. And he's so far into his career, this has always been a thing with him. That's hard to imagine that being the fix. I think they could...

It's a great question. And I'm actually not even sure there's a solution with this lineup unless Josh Hart decides to become a much better shooter in the offseason. And he's so far into his career, this has always been a thing with him. That's hard to imagine that being the fix. I think they could...

Do some things the way they initiate possessions to get cat touches, even if it's just like an elbow entry, because they'll go to this offense with the second unit when campaign plays with cat where it's like enter the ball to cat and run some split cut action. Cat's a really good passer out of there.

Do some things the way they initiate possessions to get cat touches, even if it's just like an elbow entry, because they'll go to this offense with the second unit when campaign plays with cat where it's like enter the ball to cat and run some split cut action. Cat's a really good passer out of there.

Do some things the way they initiate possessions to get cat touches, even if it's just like an elbow entry, because they'll go to this offense with the second unit when campaign plays with cat where it's like enter the ball to cat and run some split cut action. Cat's a really good passer out of there.

And maybe we can get him involved as opposed to just like a pure spacer, which is really what he was in that fourth quarter. I think that's one possibility just to get him involved a little bit.

And maybe we can get him involved as opposed to just like a pure spacer, which is really what he was in that fourth quarter. I think that's one possibility just to get him involved a little bit.

And maybe we can get him involved as opposed to just like a pure spacer, which is really what he was in that fourth quarter. I think that's one possibility just to get him involved a little bit.

But at the end of the day, if you want to free up Brunson, which is the priority, and he saw why, the guy's exceptionally good in these scenarios, you're going to want to screen with whoever the center's guarding, and that is Josh Hart. So I don't know if there's a great solution. I don't know if you guys have any opinion on it.

But at the end of the day, if you want to free up Brunson, which is the priority, and he saw why, the guy's exceptionally good in these scenarios, you're going to want to screen with whoever the center's guarding, and that is Josh Hart. So I don't know if there's a great solution. I don't know if you guys have any opinion on it.