IrishKnickFan wrote:MSG3 wrote:IrishKnickFan wrote:
MSG3 wrote:OasisBU wrote:MSG3 wrote:Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysIf we would have waited we would have had a chance to get star power with the free agency. With the team we had before we traded for Melo was playing good ball and getting some one like Williams before he went to the Nets or after like now or waiting for Howard or just learning to play better defense. OOOHHH WAIT D'ANTONI WOULD STILL BE HERE. I JUST WONDER WHAT KIND OF TEAM WE WOULD HAVE.
We were 2 games over .500 when we traded for Melo. Results haven't been much better since the trade, but we had our best stretch in years at the end of this season. Hopefully that's closer to the team we are then the team that can't defend or move the ball properly.
That's the optimistic view. We may have been overachieving too. I certainly hope we can be that good again but what happened in the playoffs? Was it just the injuries or more? Plus we have some major off season issues that may really tie our hands next season. I hope we can get back to that level.
We ran in to the NBA champs in the first round. And the defensive player of the year wasn't healthy until game 4, our best perimeter defender tore his ACL, we didn't have a PG and our star PF is a headcase who can't defend or sink a J anymore.
Even if we were 100% I don't know if we could've gotten past them. This year is going to tell whether we are a failure or this team can be a top 3 seed.
The Cavs game ended our playoffs early to be honest. Im sorry but i still dotn get why our guys didnt play hard that game. If we won that game we would have played the pacers and despite injuries i bet we would have beaten them and at least gotten to the secodn round
Yea those losses against Ind and Cleveland killed us. Something to be learned from losses like that. They had been playing great and probably got ****y and comfortable. Didn't care who they played in the first round. Have to stay humble and play hard.
Look at Miami tonight. Didn't give OKC a chance. That shows maturity.
Ya its funny because i've brought those losses up and some people on here say they dont matter but they do matter. I mean like i was saying i know we were banged up but who knows if weon won the cavs and pacer games that we should have won then it would have changed everything. Obviously we woould have faced and beat the pacers,shump might have never hurt himself,and we would have gotten lin back for the second round. The Knicks have a habit of not showing up for easy games. Hopefully next year that ends. In regards to Melo whether its fair or not fair he needs to put this team on his back like lebron did and say" We are going to dominate"
I think the reason there is less of an uproar about one game, the cavs, is because the Knicks were 6 games under .500 before they started their 18-6 run to make the playoffs and avoid the lottery. If you look at that stretch with perspective, the KNicks avoided giving a lottery pick to the Rockets, made the playoffs for the second straight year,had the second best record during that time other than the Spurs, and Melo got player of the month, to focus on one loss when there were so many earlier in the season seems ridiculous. I believe the Knicks had clinched a playoff berth the game before the Cavs game and may have had a let down. I know Melo played badly against the Cavs,he always does but he had 39 the next night and the Knicks had a lot of injuries. The Knicks had a lot to overcome after starting the season 18-24, one loss during an 18-6 run is not why they didn't advance in the playoffs. There were a lot of bad losses to bad teams prior to 18-6. Bobcats?