LeBron played in Cleveland until he couldn't take anymore and went to South Beach. Melo has great talent and if he teamed up with the right players he will get his ring. Right now almost everyone wants to beat up on him. With New York picking a guy who played 25 games in a perfect storm. Lin didn't do it himself. He played with a bunch of guys who was as hungry as he was and if anyone thought that that would last forever they were dreaming. We better get the right players around Melo. How would you feel if someone comes in on your truf and plays well and then you are the blame for everything wrong with this team. Melo is a winner and if he leave because of all this mess I really don't believe a star player would really want to come to New York Maybe Brooklyn. Don't think that Melo and the rest of the USA team are not talking about maybe finding a way to play together? Look how well Melo is playing in England. He also trust and respect those guys.
So what I am saying is Jeremy Lin was fools gold and we will see this comming season. Melo is the real deal. No I didn't like the way he came to NY with the trade but it is what it is and Chris Paul is Comming to New York even if he plays for a dollar the first year. Then the next year Melo, Amear, Tyson will soon have to adjust thier salary if they want a ring.

     MIN    FGM-FGA	FG%   3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	  FT%	REB  AST  BLK  STL  PF   TO   PTS
Jan  35.6   8.3-21.1   .393   1.4-4.4	.311	5.4-6.8	  .789	6.7  4.6  0.4  1.3  2.4  3.4  23.3
Feb  31.5   6.1-15.4   .398   0.6-2.3	.278	3.6-4.4	  .829	4.0  3.4  0.5  0.8  2.4	 2.1  16.5
Mar  32.1   6.7-16.2   .415   0.9-3.3	.268	5.1-6.5	  .782	6.3  3.0  0.5  1.3  3.0  2.3  19.4
Apr  36.9  11.3-22.8   .495   1.9-4.2	.460	5.4-6.7	  .813	7.3  3.6  0.4  1.1  3.1	 2.5  29.8

Sure last April was great but when you're the best player on the team and an All Star people will have high expectations. Fans are gonna want more than 1 playoff win, no matter what the rest of the team make up is. Is that fare? IDK. I do know that it's the way it always is here in NY. You don't come here not knowing that expectation are higher here and so is scrutiny. This is the media capital of the world!!!! You can't play like dog mess for most of the time you're here and not hear about it.

CashMoney wrote:I can see Melo retiring as a Knick. It's no secret that CP3 want to play for the Knicks. We have a solid squad this year but we're also set up to have a ton of cap space in 3 years. If we don't get it done in this 3 year window we can reload around Melo at that time.

And if we don't get it done in year 8, we can retool around our 2020 first round draft pick, which we haven't yet traded. Yippie!

IrishKnickFan wrote:

arkrud wrote:Melo is a Star player. He can score the basketball. He can dominate offense and can play multiple positions.
He can defend and can rebound. He may even pass the ball once in a blue moon and can handle the ball but he hate it.
Melo want to finish, want to shine, want to take it easy, to be cool.
Will he be a leader, will he sacrifice his game, will he make other players better, will he concentrate on team and on winning?
Debates are over. We'll see it soon. The moment of truth is coming starting November.

i agree this year is a big year for him especially since lebron has finally won his ring. I'd say he at least had to bring us to the ECF for this year to be considered a good one

Uptown wrote:

IrishKnickFan wrote:

arkrud wrote:Melo is a Star player. He can score the basketball. He can dominate offense and can play multiple positions.
He can defend and can rebound. He may even pass the ball once in a blue moon and can handle the ball but he hate it.
Melo want to finish, want to shine, want to take it easy, to be cool.
Will he be a leader, will he sacrifice his game, will he make other players better, will he concentrate on team and on winning?
Debates are over. We'll see it soon. The moment of truth is coming starting November.

i agree this year is a big year for him especially since lebron has finally won his ring. I'd say he at least had to bring us to the ECF for this year to be considered a good one

So if the Knicks lose to a better seed and a team that has more talent like the Heat, in the semi's, would you still consider the season to be a failure?

IrishKnickFan wrote:

Uptown wrote:

IrishKnickFan wrote:

arkrud wrote:Melo is a Star player. He can score the basketball. He can dominate offense and can play multiple positions.
He can defend and can rebound. He may even pass the ball once in a blue moon and can handle the ball but he hate it.
Melo want to finish, want to shine, want to take it easy, to be cool.
Will he be a leader, will he sacrifice his game, will he make other players better, will he concentrate on team and on winning?
Debates are over. We'll see it soon. The moment of truth is coming starting November.

i agree this year is a big year for him especially since lebron has finally won his ring. I'd say he at least had to bring us to the ECF for this year to be considered a good one

So if the Knicks lose to a better seed and a team that has more talent like the Heat, in the semi's, would you still consider the season to be a failure?

if we meet the heat in the semi's and it goes 7 games or its a close series i wouldnt be mad but the goal is to win a championship

Winning a 'Chip is our goal and the goal of 29 other teams. Only 1 can win it which makes it extremely elusive and difficult.

Uptown wrote:

IrishKnickFan wrote:

Uptown wrote:

IrishKnickFan wrote:

arkrud wrote:Melo is a Star player. He can score the basketball. He can dominate offense and can play multiple positions.
He can defend and can rebound. He may even pass the ball once in a blue moon and can handle the ball but he hate it.
Melo want to finish, want to shine, want to take it easy, to be cool.
Will he be a leader, will he sacrifice his game, will he make other players better, will he concentrate on team and on winning?
Debates are over. We'll see it soon. The moment of truth is coming starting November.

i agree this year is a big year for him especially since lebron has finally won his ring. I'd say he at least had to bring us to the ECF for this year to be considered a good one

So if the Knicks lose to a better seed and a team that has more talent like the Heat, in the semi's, would you still consider the season to be a failure?

if we meet the heat in the semi's and it goes 7 games or its a close series i wouldnt be mad but the goal is to win a championship

Winning a 'Chip is our goal and the goal of 29 other teams. Only 1 can win it which makes it extremely elusive and difficult.