After reviewing all of the games and teams headed toward a championship ring is this.

1. You will never win a ring if you have a starting 5 and only 2 players you can depend on to nail a shot.
Take a look at the Heat, every starter can nail down a 3 pointer or just shoot the ball. OKC is close but they only have 3 players in the starting line-up that you can really depend on the nail a shot.
I've watched every team in the play-offs and all the teams encluding Chicago didn't have many players on thier team you could depend on to nail down a shot. Defense they have but you need someone to put points on the board.

We can say what we want to say about LeBron and Wade and Bosh but when they get the ball you can always depend on them making a shot. Only Durant is as good but he is only one player. The rest like Westbrooks is a shot in the dark. Who would you rather have on your team? Wade or Westbrooks?It don't look good for OKC because Miami is the team with the weapons. James, Wade and Bosh. and to beat this team you would have to put an allstar team on the floor to beat them. the Maveriks beat them last year because they had the right team at the right time with 4 of the 5 starters you could depend on to knock down shots along with a big defensive center.

I am a Knicks fan and we can't put a winning team on the floor next season and or the following season.

Until we get a top draft player who can play like Durant, James, or Wade. We ain't going no where in the play-offs. I will continue to enjoy the Knicks wins but deep down inside I know that we ain't going deep in the play-offs. Lin will have a lot to prove this coming season because I do not beleive he is our point guard for the future. I want to believe but 25 games just ain't enough it just media hype. Lin please prove me wrong, Amare please prove me wrong and Melo learn to be a leader and make the rest around you better.

BTW Papabear, I hope you will share some of your experiences as a musician on the road. I know I'm not alone in looking forward to it.

The Knicks had a depleted roster due to adding Melo and Tyson, so it's not that surprising that they look a lot less impressive when compared to a team like SA or OKC, but they are more like the Heat. The only problem the Knicks had was a lack of good match between the Coach and the teams best player. You can't have that kind of incompatibility at the top like that. So now with a fresh start with a coach that fits more with Melo's style, things could be better from the start. The only issue is how the rest of the team is built to fit around him. We all know the team lacked enough perimeter shooting and good depth at PG is also essential. Most of all the team needs time together healthy.

One of my thoughts on what Title teams need is having a real 6th man off the bench. I think it's a very important thing to have a guy that is starter material coming off the bench. I think that was the idea behind having JR. His lack of consistency and tendency to go "rogue" didn't help, but if he can get his game under control he could fill that role. I'd love to have a guy like Lamar Odom off the bench.

chewy wrote:We do have a guy name Carmelo Anthony. Any u naming Wade, u really think he is better then Melo? I hope not.

Thank you I've been arguing about this with a friend of mine, Wade might be a better defender but Melo is better hands down. Wade seems to be breaking down he can have big nights on big quarters but not every night anymore.

chewy wrote:We do have a guy name Carmelo Anthony. Any u naming Wade, u really think he is better then Melo? I hope not.

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

After reviewing all of the games and teams headed toward a championship ring is this.

1. You will never win a ring if you have a starting 5 and only 2 players you can depend on to nail a shot.
Take a look at the Heat, every starter can nail down a 3 pointer or just shoot the ball. OKC is close but they only have 3 players in the starting line-up that you can really depend on the nail a shot.
I've watched every team in the play-offs and all the teams encluding Chicago didn't have many players on thier team you could depend on to nail down a shot. Defense they have but you need someone to put points on the board.

We can say what we want to say about LeBron and Wade and Bosh but when they get the ball you can always depend on them making a shot. Only Durant is as good but he is only one player. The rest like Westbrooks is a shot in the dark. Who would you rather have on your team? Wade or Westbrooks?It don't look good for OKC because Miami is the team with the weapons. James, Wade and Bosh. and to beat this team you would have to put an allstar team on the floor to beat them. the Maveriks beat them last year because they had the right team at the right time with 4 of the 5 starters you could depend on to knock down shots along with a big defensive center.

I am a Knicks fan and we can't put a winning team on the floor next season and or the following season.

Until we get a top draft player who can play like Durant, James, or Wade. We ain't going no where in the play-offs. I will continue to enjoy the Knicks wins but deep down inside I know that we ain't going deep in the play-offs. Lin will have a lot to prove this coming season because I do not beleive he is our point guard for the future. I want to believe but 25 games just ain't enough it just media hype. Lin please prove me wrong, Amare please prove me wrong and Melo learn to be a leader and make the rest around you better.

I believe that you have undersold the OKC roster. Westbrook is playing as well if not better than Wade in the playoffs. Durant is deadly from outside and can also create. You did not even mention Harden who would start on most teams. He is at 45% from three and averaging above 17 in the playoffs. This does not even include the depth of OKC......Ibaka, sephalosha and Perkins....all very good to great defenders.

Miami has the best player on the floor. But OKC is eve bit as good.....only young.

Personally, I don't have a problem with Melo getting the ball and shooting all the time. I know who to blame everytime.

gunsnewing wrote:I would take Melo over broken down wade anyday. Its not even a contest. If we had Wade at 30+ attacking small guard as our franchise player I'd just be counting down til microfracture or acl knee surgery and back surgery. Would not be something to look forward to as a Knicks fan. I'd rather have an older Paul Pierce at that point

gunsnewing wrote:Like I said wade is an attacking undersized SG who relied on his athleticism. Like Michael Finley, Stackhouse, vince carter, tracy mcgrady and even penny. How did all those guys fair after 30? Paul Pierce & Melo do not rely on getting past defenders to get to the rim. Lebron will have the ability to do it way past his prime cos of the body

You do realize Wade is still very athletic and just cuz he had some bad shooting games that's not the only part of his game? Wade has a ring and has stepped up in the playoffs so I don't see a reason to kick dirt on him as a player. I would hope we can see Melo help the Knicks achieve as much. Wade doesn't have a bad history dogging him.