I think many are forgetting that we won a total of 29 games last year and haven't had a winning season in 9 years. Adding Melo is a step in the right direction and they need some time to get it together. 1 practice is not going to do it. Let's at least wait until they have 10-12 games under their belts before the doomsday threads begin again.

Also, c'mon enough with who we're going to sign, we have no cap space, blah, blah, blah. We have no idea who will be brought in, who the Knicks can get in the draft and what moves will be made over the summer. This team is not the finished product, not by a long shot.

We're supposed to be ultimate knicks fans not ultimate knicks whiners. Stop complaining about what should have, could have been done and get behind our boys in blue and orange.

LET'S GO KNICKS AND BRING ON THE HEAT!!!!!!!!

How many times do we see teams near the bottom of the league in scoring and feild goal % play us and put up season highs in pts? If Mike really cared about defense, he wouldn't play his guys out of position so much. When he puts Melo at the 4 and Amare at the 5 he's thinking about the offensive advantages we might have and seems to be ignoring the defensive disadvantages he puts his teams in.

And dont tell me Malo and Amare cant be a part of a good defensive team. Ray Allen and Paul Pierce were never confused with being defensive players until Thibbs got a hold of them in Boston and put in an effective defensive system. Now Pierce and Allen are apart of the best defensive unit in the league.

BlueSeats wrote:

nixluva wrote:Before the trade they held 2 opponents to under 100 points!

Wow, that's scary.

My point is that they played good D. Not great, but for this team that's good D and more than enough to win games with this offense. You have to be realistic. Our 2 best players aren't good defenders, so how great can we be on D? We have to get to the point where the D and rebounding is good enough to win games with our strength, which is offense.

nixluva wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:

nixluva wrote:Before the trade they held 2 opponents to under 100 points!

Wow, that's scary.

My point is that they played good D. Not great, but for this team that's good D and more than enough to win games with this offense. You have to be realistic. Our 2 best players aren't good defenders, so how great can we be on D? We have to get to the point where the D and rebounding is good enough to win games with our strength, which is offense.

I think your unintended point was stronger.

BlueSeats wrote:

nixluva wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:

nixluva wrote:Before the trade they held 2 opponents to under 100 points!

Wow, that's scary.

My point is that they played good D. Not great, but for this team that's good D and more than enough to win games with this offense. You have to be realistic. Our 2 best players aren't good defenders, so how great can we be on D? We have to get to the point where the D and rebounding is good enough to win games with our strength, which is offense.

I think your unintended point was stronger.

What FG % did the Cavs shoot? 42% and 28%! It's not like we just let them shoot. The big problem was rebounding. We had a horrible offensive 3rd qtr and we didn't get enough stops in the 4th qtr nor enough rebounds period. Among other things i'm pretty sure they're gonna focus on these points and get better.

orangeblobman wrote:Here's the thing though, when you blow up a team and trade away half your starting line up, you shouldn't have to wait for your resulting product to "get better". Melo and Amar'e, with all their supposed greatness, should be rolling over teams like the Cavs already.

Storm on the horizon, another lost decade.

orangeblobman wrote:Here's the thing though, when you blow up a team and trade away half your starting line up, you shouldn't have to wait for your resulting product to "get better". Melo and Amar'e, with all their supposed greatness, should be rolling over teams like the Cavs already.

Storm on the horizon, another lost decade.

Yeah just like the Heat were rolling over teams during their first 15 games right? The Cavs beat the Lakers as well and at the end of the day it's a pro team playing a pro team. How about watching more than 2 games before deciding that the next decade is lost?

fishmike wrote:I know MDA doesnt care about defense because vmart says so 8x a day so it must be true.

Surround Melo/stat with guys who defend, shoot and are big and athletic. Hey... thats Mosgov, Chandler, Felton and Gallo

JJskinny will help. Earl Barron would be GREAT. His defense isnt anything special but he camps out around the paint and grabs every free board and can knock down the open J

A Earl/Amare/Melo/Fields/Billps starting lineup w/ Douglas, Turiaf, Williams and JJskinny is a solid rotation for what we have to work with this year.

I would love to sign Barron and Troy Murphy. Barron hasn't played in a while..how was he doing last time he was active?

CashMoney wrote:

orangeblobman wrote:Here's the thing though, when you blow up a team and trade away half your starting line up, you shouldn't have to wait for your resulting product to "get better". Melo and Amar'e, with all their supposed greatness, should be rolling over teams like the Cavs already.

Storm on the horizon, another lost decade.

Yeah just like the Heat were rolling over teams during their first 15 games right? The Cavs beat the Lakers as well and at the end of the day it's a pro team playing a pro team. How about watching more than 2 games before deciding that the next decade is lost?