No other NBA team allowed a higher proportion of scoring to opposing point guards.
"He has a different skill set than all of our point guards, " coach P.
Back then, he was a system point guard in a system built for point guards.
But even before that, the Knicks haven't been that good at stopping opposing point guards.
"It is a dogfight in this division, man, " said guard Raymond Felton, praising the league's point guards.
Overall, they have surrendered 21.7 points per 48 minutes to point guards this season, according to 82games.com.
Of the five positions in basketball, the Knicks have allowed the most points, by far, to point guards.
Days later, Knicks guard Baron Davis tore his ACL. All five of last year's victims were point guards.
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Kidd, one of the game's most accomplished point guards, has effectively served as a shooting guard since joining the Knicks.
Indiana 7-footer Cody Zeller and a pair of point guards were among the latest standout underclassmen to enter the NBA draft.
Repeatedly, opposing point guards in recent weeks have gone off on the Knicks, exposing the team's lack of lateral quickness there.
"We say it every game, he's playing like one of, if not, the elite point guards in the league, " interim coach P.
Deron Williams finished with 15 points, but was a distant No. 2 when it came to the best point guards on the floor.
Melo played with one of the best scoring-dishing point guards of his generation, Chauncey Billups, and so we already know that combination can work.
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Good point guards are content to let scorers gain the attention.
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Opposing point guards averaged 22.6 points per game and accounted for 24% of their team's scoring this season when they played the Knicks, according to 82games.com.
At the University of Kansas, Taylor blossomed into one of the nation's best point guards and helped the team reach the national championship game in 2012.
While the Knicks have been helpless against opposing point guards over the past four games (going 2-2 in that stretch), the problem dates well beyond that.
Part of that is age, as 39-year-old Jason Kidd was tasked with chasing much younger point guards for the four weeks before Raymond Felton returned from an injury.
It's the soccer equivalent of playing with three point guards.
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The most important: The Knicks finally have veteran point guards to help distribute the ball, unlike last season when Anthony was playing too much point forward in what became a stagnant offense.
In between, there was a three-game stretch in January when opposing point guards logged a double-double (Brooklyn's Deron Williams), triple double (Boston's Rajon Rondo) and career-high 35 points (Philadelphia's Jrue Holiday) against the Knicks.
Over the Knicks' 12 games in January, the opposition's point guards have shot 39% from three-point range and 51% overall, while averaging 18.5 points, 6.8 assists and 4.5 rebounds in 36 minutes per game.
Donovan, one of three guards Pitino made take advantage of the new 3-point line, became familiar with leading a team to the Final Four himself almost two decades later when he coached Florida to consecutive national championships.
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