Clean wrote:The smart thing to do when you have Kawhi playing D on Melo is to stop with the ISO's and have Melo play offball. All those cuts the other players are making is what Melo should be doing. It is obvious that Melo has nothing for Kawhi so we need to change our plan of attack.

simple solution triangle wise: have melo and kp switch so melo is starting possessions on the weak side.

fitzfarm wrote:But Melo needs to turn it on in the second half ... We need to get back to ball movement and pushing the tempo

That will happen. The spacing is horrendous tonight and the claw is guarding him 80% of the time

Clean wrote:The smart thing to do when you have Kawhi playing D on Melo is to stop with the ISO's and have Melo play offball. All those cuts the other players are making is what Melo should be doing. It is obvious that Melo has nothing for Kawhi so we need to change our plan of attack.

Our plan of attack has been KP and it seems to be working since we're only down by 3 at half.

newyorker4ever wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

SocraticBallin22 wrote:It's amazing how good we have become in the last 13 quarters.

Not to try to pat myself on the back but all year while people have been complaining about everything Knicks i've been saying that these guys need time to learn the system and learn how to play with each other so hopefully what we're seeing is that they are getting the system down and how to play with each other.

i think you are going overboard about the so called complaining. Most knicks fans have been fair and objective. Its been a season of highs and lows so far as they find consistency. EVERY fan loves KP which is rare for any NBA player even the superstars. Im not saying you are patting yourself on the back BUT you make it seem everyone else has been totally wrong which isnt exactly true

Hahaha are you crazy?? I was being nice about the complaining cause it was absolutely ridiculous on here. Really really ridiculous. Nobody was giving a almost completely new team learning a new offense any time at all to learn the system. Trades were out there like crazy to.

NO im not crazy and i dont appreciate you calling me crazy either. Anyway i agree some like to be a little too negative BUT not nearly as much as you make it seem IMO

Well i didn't call you crazy i asked if you were so there's that and IMHO people took it WAY WAY overboard on here and if i really wanted to which i don't i could go back and pull up MANY MANY threads and posts of an amazing amount of hate and MANY MANY threads and posts that had us trading away players because they're no good at all but the truth all along was they were learning and still are learning the system and the players they're playing with.

WaltLongmire wrote:To many of those forced passes to Anthony and AA. Not sure where the nice movement we had earlier in the game went.

I think it was Kawhi and Green dialing it up on D honestly. Not a great sign. Kawhi gives Melo fits.

fitzfarm wrote:Man if the refs let Melo play defense like Lenord he would be the greatest player on earth

Not sure what game the refs are watching, sometimes.

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newyorker4ever wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:Carmelo needs to get his head in the game. Kawhi got at least three rebounds on him due to his lack of focus

Oh good i was wondering when you would drop in to throw some of your negativity around here. Thanks for stopping by...lol

I love you too dude

Lineup I would like to try:

Grant
Galloway
DWill
Melo
KP

That lineup killed it in Portland.