An Eastern Conference tilt has the New York Knicks (12-9) hosting the Toronto Raptors (9-13) on Monday evening. This is the second contest of the season between these Atlantic Division foes as on Dec. 1, the Knicks beat the Raptors 119-106.
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It’s frustrating to see these self-proclaimed “experts” in basketball criticising Coach Darko yet not understanding at any level what he is trying to do with this team. To your 2 early guests AK and coach Mo, no Darko does not trust Dennis over Scottie to bring up the ball and he never said that. And thank you Rob for rectifying it.Theres also another training video where the reporter asked generally about trust between players and Darko replied yes its about trust but also communication. This is precisely what Darko said: “We always need to have a player who is declaring the ball, a player who is going to declare a basket, because there is always a cutter or rim-runner, and then to find the most dangerous..to find guys on a weak side who are spotting up and shooting there, and it really comes down to communication and trust and playing for each other.”
I think Darko is trying to create more off-ball opportunities for Scottie to reduce his workload. It's pretty much the exact same thing Mavs are now doing with Luka Dončić. They have brought in Kyrie Irving to bring up the ball and play the classical ball-handling PG role because leaving it all to Luka the offence was slow and it exhausted him. This change has allowed Luka to step it up a degree and really shine this season in terms of shooting. Now he is implementing more catch-and-shoot rhythms to his game. Scottie needs someone like Luka has in Kyrie who will allow him to play faster to exploit transition opportunities and make his job easier. We need a PG to be unselfish and quick in transition pushing the ball to Scottie. Is that going to be Dennis or do we need to bring in someone to fill that void…