<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post">With the kinda of perimeter defense you guys have, no. Also with Houston coming back, those perimeter defense woes will definately not go away. This team doesn't have enough offensive weapons to play like the Mavericks or Suns or Wizards, and the Suns actually play defense too, but this team ahs to play defense.
In a 7 game series you guys would definately not win without perimeter defense, and also having no real shot blocker inside. KT will be able to play Bosh one on one well as I noted in the other thread he is a good defender, but as soon as our perimeter guys beat the outside guy their's not much to stop them, and with KT being foul prone, Sweetney wouldn't be able to play Bosh because of the height and quickness diffirence. Sweetney is, not like, he is a less athletic Elton Brand, and also doesn't have as good a shot etc, but that's basically what he is which is good.
I like him though since I like Brand and he reminds me a lot of him, but unless the defense comes their will be struggles. The defensive guys, JYD, Ariza don't get enough minutes, and the other good defender, KT is foul prone.</div>
The Knicks defense is not as bad as you're making it sound. Their defense is not as bad as the Mavericks. And despite not having the best defensive perimeter presence our offense is good enough to get by the Raptors or any playoff team like Toronto in a 7 or game series. Although Bosh might be quick and taller he still is extremely skinny for the PF position and Michael Sweetney will kill him in the post. Sweetney knows how to utilize his weight and it didn't show because he played 6 minutes yeasterday. If Sweetney had played sufficient minutes it is very likely Bosh would be in some kind of foul trouble. Knicks like Crawford were just missing shots that they usually make. When Allan Houston comes back it will be much different. The offense would have been much better. Houston is arguably a top 5 shooter in the league. He managed to put up good shooting numbers while playing hurt. Houston's floor spreading will only give Mohammed more room to do damage inside. Yesterday's game was a combination of nothing falling for NYK, bad defense, and luck for the Raptors. When bench players that I never heard of were making some tough mid range shots I knew it was just a good game for Toronto.