i think putting melo at the 4 was a brilliant move by woody since he SUCKS perimeter defense against wings. instead of chasing them around, he lazily switches and then gets outmatched on the perimeter. id rather him stay down low at the 4 and HIDE his lack of perimeter defense/effort

what do you all think?

callmened wrote:I was having a debate with friends who are BEGGING woody to start melo at the 3 so that his poor shoulder doesnt get hurt again when he was playing the 4.

i think putting melo at the 4 was a brilliant move by woody since he SUCKS perimeter defense against wings. instead of chasing them around, he lazily switches and then gets outmatched on the perimeter. id rather him stay down low at the 4 and HIDE his lack of perimeter defense/effort

what do you all think?

you have a lot of guys on this team that can play 2 positions effectively. Novak, copeland, and kidd couldn't really play other positions and have an honest imapact.. kidd to slow to play pg, novak at 6 10" was to weak to play the 4 or 5 position, and copelands IQ is just to low to play anything other the the 4..

In comes metta,BU, and AB..guys who can make mid range jumpers, and size to at least give a much better effort defensively..

Panos wrote:

nixluva wrote:I think Melo should be at the 3 so that we can play Felton, Shump, Melo, Bargs and Tyson. I think that is a strong lineup to start with. Who knows what Woody will decide for the SL, but I think this is a good SL for this team. It's a more standard lineup that I think allows this team to match up well against any of the top teams in the league. Great size and overall skill.

+1
Then Bargs to the bench for Artest, and move CA to the 4.

your going to put mwp in b4 jr, knowing how effective we were playing small ball,

gunsnewing wrote:

callmened wrote:I was having a debate with friends who are BEGGING woody to start melo at the 3 so that his poor shoulder doesnt get hurt again when he was playing the 4.

i think putting melo at the 4 was a brilliant move by woody since he SUCKS perimeter defense against wings. instead of chasing them around, he lazily switches and then gets outmatched on the perimeter. id rather him stay down low at the 4 and HIDE his lack of perimeter defense/effort

what do you all think?

If Melo can't get in top shape to play the 3 then we should trade him because he sure as hell can't play the 4 defend and rebound

when has Melo EVER had a problem playing the 3 which, is his natural position. He has had his best years playing the 3 and his weight was never an issue at the time. In fact, he's smaller now than when he used to play the 3.

yellowboy90 wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

callmened wrote:I was having a debate with friends who are BEGGING woody to start melo at the 3 so that his poor shoulder doesnt get hurt again when he was playing the 4.

i think putting melo at the 4 was a brilliant move by woody since he SUCKS perimeter defense against wings. instead of chasing them around, he lazily switches and then gets outmatched on the perimeter. id rather him stay down low at the 4 and HIDE his lack of perimeter defense/effort

what do you all think?

If Melo can't get in top shape to play the 3 then we should trade him because he sure as hell can't play the 4 defend and rebound

when has Melo EVER had a problem playing the 3 which, is his natural position. He has had his best years playing the 3 and his weight was never an issue at the time. In fact, he's smaller now than when he used to play the 3.

what are you talking about, posters have made it clear that Melo is pushing at least 245 lbs and is probably around 260 lbs.

yup, just like they made it clear before last season that Felton was a fat slob. Bunch of haters, fake New Yorkers with their overly pessimistic attitudes. That's not New York. I'm a native New Yorker, born and bred and this soft, emotional new breed of Man is an embarrassment (imo)

DurzoBlint wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

callmened wrote:I was having a debate with friends who are BEGGING woody to start melo at the 3 so that his poor shoulder doesnt get hurt again when he was playing the 4.

i think putting melo at the 4 was a brilliant move by woody since he SUCKS perimeter defense against wings. instead of chasing them around, he lazily switches and then gets outmatched on the perimeter. id rather him stay down low at the 4 and HIDE his lack of perimeter defense/effort

what do you all think?

If Melo can't get in top shape to play the 3 then we should trade him because he sure as hell can't play the 4 defend and rebound

when has Melo EVER had a problem playing the 3 which, is his natural position. He has had his best years playing the 3 and his weight was never an issue at the time. In fact, he's smaller now than when he used to play the 3.

what are you talking about, posters have made it clear that Melo is pushing at least 245 lbs and is probably around 260 lbs.

yup, just like they made it clear before last season that Felton was a fat slob. Bunch of haters, fake New Yorkers with their overly pessimistic attitudes. That's not New York. I'm a native New Yorker, born and bred and this soft, emotional new breed of Man is an embarrassment (imo)

+1 That's about as spot on as you can get, Blint.
I never understood when incessant whining about your own team became the hallmark of being a good "fan". Must have been a cultural backlash against facepainters.

I wonder what most of these tough, gritty, realist fan posters would sound like in a room with Spike.

It really doesn't matter if Melo is called a SF or PF. He's gonna score either way. Defensively Melo shouldn't be in a situation where he has to chase quick SF's all day. That's not how the Knicks defend and I wouldn't expect that to change. They're gonna switch and even if that's not the best defense, it does solve the issue of Melo having to chase SF's all around the court. Our guards are very strong and able to guard SF's with no problem.