when cast as your #1 guy, you can definitely win a bunch of regular season games.

you can also get some wins in the postseason.

winning a bunch of games in the regular season and getting to the playoffs should not be looked at as a bad thing. many franchises long for that and it basically defines the entire knicks organization from 1995 on. when the knicks didn't win the title in 1994 with jordan away, the team really need to figure things out and make some pretty drastic changes. but instead of doing that, they kept trying to band aid the situation. led to a ton of great regular seasons and some great postseason series but for all intent and purpose, they were never going to win a title. not alot of owners/teams are forward thinking and ready to sacrifice current success for the future b/c it is unknown.

the opportunity to win a title with melo relies alot on some luck and circumstance.

denver put together a fantastic loaded squad under melo, but it was not good enough to challenge for a title. they peaked under melo making it to the wcf and then within 2 years, he was gone.

the knicks have won a ton of regular season games but failed in the playoffs. this much on the the back of melo but with a much older and weaker squad than denver's. alot had to due with being in a very weak east and being able to overachieve during the regular season.

but looking at the knicks roster, the prospects of improving are very very poor. they are limited in what moves they can make. this reminds me alot of the iverson/sixers situation. they were able to break through to the finals one year and that's where they peaked. in a weak eastern conference, they put together some good regular seasons but could not get to that next level with iverson.

melo is top notch but trying to build a team with him as your primary guy doesn't give you alot of options to construct a roster. this is not a robin/batman situation. melo needs to be batman and robin (much like iverson and not a wonder why pairing both of them didn't work). there is no one out there to put this team over the hump. so if the objective is to make the finals, then the entire organization needs to re-evaluate. problem for you all is that with dolan in charge so you know what the outcome is going to be.

djsunyc wrote:carmelo anthony is a fantastic scorer. one of the best in the league.

when cast as your #1 guy, you can definitely win a bunch of regular season games.

you can also get some wins in the postseason.

winning a bunch of games in the regular season and getting to the playoffs should not be looked at as a bad thing. many franchises long for that and it basically defines the entire knicks organization from 1995 on. when the knicks didn't win the title in 1994 with jordan away, the team really need to figure things out and make some pretty drastic changes. but instead of doing that, they kept trying to band aid the situation. led to a ton of great regular seasons and some great postseason series but for all intent and purpose, they were never going to win a title. not alot of owners/teams are forward thinking and ready to sacrifice current success for the future b/c it is unknown.

the opportunity to win a title with melo relies alot on some luck and circumstance.

denver put together a fantastic loaded squad under melo, but it was not good enough to challenge for a title. they peaked under melo making it to the wcf and then within 2 years, he was gone.

the knicks have won a ton of regular season games but failed in the playoffs. this much on the the back of melo but with a much older and weaker squad than denver's. alot had to due with being in a very weak east and being able to overachieve during the regular season.

but looking at the knicks roster, the prospects of improving are very very poor. they are limited in what moves they can make. this reminds me alot of the iverson/sixers situation. they were able to break through to the finals one year and that's where they peaked. in a weak eastern conference, they put together some good regular seasons but could not get to that next level with iverson.

melo is top notch but trying to build a team with him as your primary guy doesn't give you alot of options to construct a roster. this is not a robin/batman situation. melo needs to be batman and robin (much like iverson and not a wonder why pairing both of them didn't work). there is no one out there to put this team over the hump. so if the objective is to make the finals, then the entire organization needs to re-evaluate. problem for you all is that with dolan in charge so you know what the outcome is going to be.

Voshon Leonard and Earl Boykins were the Robin to Melo's Batman on those squads...They were the second leading scorers on Melo's Denver teams, different teams mind you...Later came Billups...

Finestrg wrote:I have no problem with Melo as the centerpiece...Dude went for almost 40 last night. I thought he was great. Played his heart out. He needs better pieces around him. The right pieces..

Finestrg wrote:I have no problem with Melo as the centerpiece...Dude went for almost 40 last night. I thought he was great. Played his heart out. He needs better pieces around him. The right pieces..

Melo himself said this is the BEST team he EVER had around him - and he couldn't even get to the ECF, whereas by extension he has been to the WCF, with a worse team - so now the Team was the best ever he had, and clearly Melo can never be blamed for anything so um - let's fire the coach!

loweyecue wrote:

toad wrote:

Finestrg wrote:I have no problem with Melo as the centerpiece...Dude went for almost 40 last night. I thought he was great. Played his heart out. He needs better pieces around him. The right pieces..

Here are the pieces we need for Melo. Now how do we get them all in Knicks uniforms?

LOL

toad wrote:

Finestrg wrote:I have no problem with Melo as the centerpiece...Dude went for almost 40 last night. I thought he was great. Played his heart out. He needs better pieces around him. The right pieces..

Here are the pieces we need for Melo. Now how do we get them all in Knicks uniforms?

CrushAlot wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

Finestrg wrote:I have no problem with Melo as the centerpiece...Dude went for almost 40 last night. I thought he was great. Played his heart out. He needs better pieces around him. The right pieces..

Melo himself said this is the BEST team he EVER had around him - and he couldn't even get to the ECF, whereas by extension he has been to the WCF, with a worse team - so now the Team was the best ever he had, and clearly Melo can never be blamed for anything so um - let's fire the coach!

I think he was in the moment. Not sure that he would ever say this is the second best team I have ever been on or man this team is almost as good as my Denver team.

Exactly. What's he supposed to say? It was a decent team...Better than decent to be fair -- we did win 54 games. But it's not good enough to go all the way. Chandler and JR Smith and to a lesser degree Amar'e (I'll give him a bit of a pass here coming off knee surgery) aren't a good enough supporting cast. Bottom line is that Melo needed at least Chandler & Smith to play big--at least contribute--and for the 2nd year in a row, they failed (esp. Chandler and JR -- how much could we really expect out of a guy coming off knee surgery and thrust right into a playoff series against an Indiana team with that high-caliber a frontcourt?). These two didn't show up in this series at all...Melo deserved better man...I think it's been proven now we don't have the proper formula. We may not be able to make wholesale changes but clearly some degree of augmentation is needed.

Finestrg wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

Finestrg wrote:I have no problem with Melo as the centerpiece...Dude went for almost 40 last night. I thought he was great. Played his heart out. He needs better pieces around him. The right pieces..

Melo himself said this is the BEST team he EVER had around him - and he couldn't even get to the ECF, whereas by extension he has been to the WCF, with a worse team - so now the Team was the best ever he had, and clearly Melo can never be blamed for anything so um - let's fire the coach!

I think he was in the moment. Not sure that he would ever say this is the second best team I have ever been on or man this team is almost as good as my Denver team.

Exactly. What's he supposed to say? It was a decent team...Better than decent to be fair -- we did win 54 games. But it's not good enough to go all the way. Chandler and JR Smith and to a lesser degree Amar'e (I'll give him a bit of a pass here coming off knee surgery) aren't a good enough supporting cast. Bottom line is that Melo needed at least Chandler & Smith to play big--at least contribute--and for the 2nd year in a row, they failed (esp. Chandler and JR -- how much could we really expect out of a guy coming off knee surgery and thrust right into a playoff series against an Indiana team with that high-caliber a frontcourt?). These two didn't show up in this series at all...Melo deserved better man...I think it's been proven now we don't have the proper formula. We may not be able to make wholesale changes but clearly some degree of augmentation is needed.

Yes it's always someone else's fault - while Melo had a total of one good game in the two play-off series we played this year. So exactly what is it that he needs now? Who are you going to get for him?

loweyecue wrote:

Finestrg wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

Finestrg wrote:I have no problem with Melo as the centerpiece...Dude went for almost 40 last night. I thought he was great. Played his heart out. He needs better pieces around him. The right pieces..

Melo himself said this is the BEST team he EVER had around him - and he couldn't even get to the ECF, whereas by extension he has been to the WCF, with a worse team - so now the Team was the best ever he had, and clearly Melo can never be blamed for anything so um - let's fire the coach!

I think he was in the moment. Not sure that he would ever say this is the second best team I have ever been on or man this team is almost as good as my Denver team.

Exactly. What's he supposed to say? It was a decent team...Better than decent to be fair -- we did win 54 games. But it's not good enough to go all the way. Chandler and JR Smith and to a lesser degree Amar'e (I'll give him a bit of a pass here coming off knee surgery) aren't a good enough supporting cast. Bottom line is that Melo needed at least Chandler & Smith to play big--at least contribute--and for the 2nd year in a row, they failed (esp. Chandler and JR -- how much could we really expect out of a guy coming off knee surgery and thrust right into a playoff series against an Indiana team with that high-caliber a frontcourt?). These two didn't show up in this series at all...Melo deserved better man...I think it's been proven now we don't have the proper formula. We may not be able to make wholesale changes but clearly some degree of augmentation is needed.

Yes it's always someone else's fault - while Melo had a total of one good game in the two play-off series we played this year. So exactly what is it that he needs now? Who are you going to get for him?