mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:I still believe in stat...he definitely needs more touches though. Him taking less then 10 shots is ridiculous. Even bosh sees more opportunities.

Its hard to get him touches. He had/has no perimeter game anymore - if he catches too far from the basket and tries to make a move, its a turnover or an offensive foul. He is best in a PnR but with no PG that aint easy.

What he did to them in game 3 was unforgivable! Unless ... he is a monster next year

Technically, Stat took more than 7 shots (about 10) because he as fouled about 3-4 times. Second, We get no penetration frm out guards that can draw the defense and drop a dime to Stat for an easy look. Also, not sure why but we dont run much PNR with Stat. Lastly, you have to put some of the balme of Stat. Why is is that JR can come off the bench and manage to get hit 15 looks but Stat cant?

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:I still believe in stat...he definitely needs more touches though. Him taking less then 10 shots is ridiculous. Even bosh sees more opportunities.

Its hard to get him touches. He had/has no perimeter game anymore - if he catches too far from the basket and tries to make a move, its a turnover or an offensive foul. He is best in a PnR but with no PG that aint easy.

What he did to them in game 3 was unforgivable! Unless ... he is a monster next year

Out of wack year for him this year. I think he comes back strong next year

You are disregarding the second part of last year/playoffs

He wasn't that bad 2nd part of last year just more players to share the wealth with. He couldn't keep up the monster pace he was playing at in first half of season when u add a Melo & Billups to the team. Playoffs he was injured and still had one monster game against Boston.

FoeDiddy wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:I still believe in stat...he definitely needs more touches though. Him taking less then 10 shots is ridiculous. Even bosh sees more opportunities.

Its hard to get him touches. He had/has no perimeter game anymore - if he catches too far from the basket and tries to make a move, its a turnover or an offensive foul. He is best in a PnR but with no PG that aint easy.

What he did to them in game 3 was unforgivable! Unless ... he is a monster next year

Out of wack year for him this year. I think he comes back strong next year

You are disregarding the second part of last year/playoffs

He wasn't that bad 2nd part of last year just more players to share the wealth with. He couldn't keep up the monster pace he was playing at in first half of season when u add a Melo & Billups to the team. Playoffs he was injured and still had one monster game against Boston.

I don't remember that game that he was such a monster

FoeDiddy wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:I still believe in stat...he definitely needs more touches though. Him taking less then 10 shots is ridiculous. Even bosh sees more opportunities.

Its hard to get him touches. He had/has no perimeter game anymore - if he catches too far from the basket and tries to make a move, its a turnover or an offensive foul. He is best in a PnR but with no PG that aint easy.

What he did to them in game 3 was unforgivable! Unless ... he is a monster next year

Out of wack year for him this year. I think he comes back strong next year

You are disregarding the second part of last year/playoffs

He wasn't that bad 2nd part of last year just more players to share the wealth with. He couldn't keep up the monster pace he was playing at in first half of season when u add a Melo & Billups to the team. Playoffs he was injured and still had one monster game against Boston.

I don't remember that game that he was such a monster

Since you forgot...Game 1 before he got injured..28 points

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB3TwQ8PUT0

Thanks for restoring my memory - it was easy to forget. Do you remember how he got hurt?

A TRICK DUNK IN PRACTICE

DUMB

SOUND FAMILIAR

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:I still believe in stat...he definitely needs more touches though. Him taking less then 10 shots is ridiculous. Even bosh sees more opportunities.

Its hard to get him touches. He had/has no perimeter game anymore - if he catches too far from the basket and tries to make a move, its a turnover or an offensive foul. He is best in a PnR but with no PG that aint easy.

What he did to them in game 3 was unforgivable! Unless ... he is a monster next year

Out of wack year for him this year. I think he comes back strong next year

You are disregarding the second part of last year/playoffs

He wasn't that bad 2nd part of last year just more players to share the wealth with. He couldn't keep up the monster pace he was playing at in first half of season when u add a Melo & Billups to the team. Playoffs he was injured and still had one monster game against Boston.

I don't remember that game that he was such a monster

Since you forgot...Game 1 before he got injured..28 points

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB3TwQ8PUT0

Thanks for restoring my memory - it was easy to forget. Do you remember how he got hurt?

A TRICK DUNK IN PRACTICE

DUMB

SOUND FAMILIAR

Bad luck...You and I have been to games and seen all stars do trick dunks in pregame including Lebron, Kobe, Wade, Vince, etc. The list goes on. Wasn't dumb.

Knicksfan wrote:Healthy we aren't close to the Heat. They are disciplined and play trully suffocating defense. They are also trully championship contenders.

We are pretenders right now. We pretend Melo and Amare can co-exist when their play shows otherwise. We pretend we can defend like warriors when Amar'e plays none. We pretend we are a piece away but we fail to value having a true plan and having the pieces to execute it.

Melo is an amazing talent, but he needs to be led instead of leading the way. Amar'e had a horrible year on and off court, yet two things really stand out: his fragility and his lost leadership since Melo arrived. Lin had an unreal month, but is he really a special player that can be a star in an 82+playoffs season? Will Shumpert recover and be the defensive star he is? Will he round his game instead of simply being a defensive spciallist? How can we replenis the bench? And more importantly, wh will coach us?

This team has more questions than those. Truth is, after our lowest poing under Layden and Isiah, the turnaround has been a mediocre team that will find it hard to make the moves to become contenders.

good points.. I agree, melo needs to be led, but does he want to be led? I like lin, would like to build a team moreso around his style of play, but this team hitched it's wagon to melo....for better or worse it seems.... my lord..

Going forward....

I am not sold on Woodson. I think this series showed that he is not creative. How can you not design one play to get Novak a look? Not one! How can you allow SMith to not only keep jacking shots but also control the freakin' ball? Everytime he gets it, he shoots! I'd rather have Melo or Stat take the 8 extra shots he took last night! They must look to PJax. I doubt he would come but they must ask.

Going forward, Chandler and Melo will be fine. I also think STAT will be better next year. He will have time to heal, let's hope. If not, he needs to be honest and be the 6th man.

WHo is the PG? Lin, Nash....someone else?

WHo is the SG? Fields until Shumpert is back? Please JR, find a bus out of NY and get on it.

Who is going to stretch the floor? Novak? Not a playoff player.

Let's hope Jefferies gets his Knee scoped and resigns for the vet min. I hope that Harrelson works on his body. The kids is a good player.

Many Many Questions....still.

This was not the sort of game in which there is anyone in particular to "blame" for a loss — the Heat were better, in spite of their own lackadaisical tendencies that seem destined to bite them sometime over the next month — but if you're able to avoid tears when J.R. Smith signs with another team this off-season, this game will be a pretty solid reason why. He was the worst J.R. Smith he could be all game, turning the ball over repeatedly and missing random terrible shots every time he was afforded the slightest opportunity. We have grown to enjoy Smith's shenanigans this season, but this is why you can't count on a guy like Smith: If he is your second-best scoring option, you're doomed. Not that anyone else helped out much. Amar'e Stoudemire was inconsistent, Steve Novak was a non-factor again, and, most disturbingly, Tyson Chandler pretty much sleepwalked through the entire game, failing to help out on drives to the basket and repeatedly being out-muscled on rebounds. Honestly: He just looked exhausted. The whole team did. When your emotional leader has nothing left in the tank, you know the rest of the team is toast. (Landry Fields showed some fire late, but hey: He's young.) Carmelo Anthony did what he could, scoring 36 points, but the whole second half was basically Carmelo dribbling for 21 seconds and then throwing up a crazy shot. Some of them went in, but this is not a solid long-term plan, to say the least. The question remains, though: Is that what Carmelo wants his team to be? Sometimes we worry.

- Will Leitch, NYMagazine