Why have the Knicks been so terrible?

Ill tell you why; they are the most offensively undisciplined team in the league. There is no accountability in D'Antoni's run and chuck offense, everybody has a green light to throw the ball at the rim from anywhere on the floor. One thing I’ve noticed during the terrible 6 game losing streak is that after the games all you hear from the coaching staff is how they just need to make shots. How many losses will it take for the coaching staff to understand that its time to address something different like, oh I don’t know we take WAY to many shots from the perimeter and the only times we've had success over this abysmal stretch is when they have been aggressive going to the hole. How about nobody on the team telling people to stop settling and play like you want to win a freaking game. Do you think Kobe would stay silent during a stretch like this...NO because you know if you settle and don't give 100% you would be hearing from number 24.

With an offense based on getting shots up quick and having more possessions you are bound to have bad shooting nights, what is unacceptable is that the Knicks don’t seem to have a contingency plan for those nights. It seems they are reserved to the fact that if they don’t shoot well they will lose. Mike D'Antoni is supposed to be one of the finest offensive minds in the NBA but seems to have no answer to this recurring problem. Compound that with the fact that the Knicks allow their poor shooting to affect every other aspect of their game and you have a 3-8 start.

Its clear that the defense is better than last year, however once they stop hitting shots they become complacent and the bad habits start to creep up. I understand Amare is the superstar and he has to be aggressive but he can’t turn the ball over 5 times a game. D'Antoni sees the need to talk about how Landry Fields, "cuts too much" when he has been the most consistent and impressive Knick, but fails to mention that Amare consistently fumbles the ball out of bounds like a hot pan out the oven. There seem to be a lot of issues the Knicks have to work out, maybe the Knicks start hitting shots and this will all go away but I know one thing...they cant continue to play like this.

Ladies and Gentleman: Wilson Chandler

The Knicks have found their second scoring option to Amare Stoudemire in Wilson Chandler. Wilson Chandler is averaging 21 points, 10 rebounds and shooting 45% from the field in the first three games. This is after Wilson tore up preseason shooting 47.4% from the field and 47% from three. His production was nothing to sneeze at considering he just began resuming basketball activities mid-september coming off of surgery.

His reward for a productive preseason was presented in the form of a newly assigned bench role. At first glance the move was glaring, about as glaring as the favoritism D'Antoni was showing to the bricking Gallinari. However due to the surprising play of rookie Landry Fields known to some(Walt Clyde Frazier) as a precocious neophyte, D'antoni has Chandler coming off the bench forcing him to be aggressive every minute hes out on the floor. Chandler has always been at his best when he is aggressive, his major issue was the consistency of that aggression.

He has shown in the first three games that the preseason wasnt a spike in production but a new level of it. With the spotlight on Gallinari to take the next step in his development, Chandler was quietly taking his.