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It seems that everyone, from Mike Woodson on down, is searching for ways to clean up the Knicks’ porous defense.
On Wednesday night, J.R. Smith offered his take, hinting that the Knicks’ need to improve on D.
“We haven’t been that defensive team that we started off the season as. We were aggressive. Everybody was communicating. Everybody was excited to play. It just hasn’t been like that the last 10, 12 games,” Smith said after the Knicks’ loss to Toronto.
He’s right, by the way.
Over the last 10 games, the Knicks rank 23rd in opponent field goal percentage (47 percent) and 20th in defensive efficiency, a measure of points allowed per 100 possessions. They ranked sixth and fourth, respectively, in those categories after the first nine games of the season.
— Reported by Ian Begley of ESPN New York
