orangeblobman wrote:What's this "he's in MDA's 'system'"? I don't get that, man. You're judging a player based on a system that he's not playing in? That's crazy. This is what it is, and he's putting up baller numbers. If I'm going to one college and you come along and tell me that, 'well, if you were going to this other college, you would be a wack student' but what does that have to do with what I'm doing now, man? If you come along and tell me 'well, there are tons of people that are homeless', yea but I'm not homeless, I have my own set of problems relative to the circumstances of my present situation. I'm not homeless, Felton isn't homeless; Felton is a baller.

And really, you know, then you can say well this system is this and this one is that, Coach Mike is wack, but that's a different question. And really, the Knicks are 11-9 and over the last 10 they're the #1 team in the league. So this is valid, it's more than valid, it's a winning team, what's the deal. Felton is balling on a winning team, what's up, man?

wow...haven't seen this name in a while...I had you ignored so I had to do an extra click just to read your post....not bad

This team is one of the best offensive teams in the league despite not having a perfect roster. This team is young and inexperienced but they can play. The SSOL offense is working and the Hornets game proved it. The Hornets are one of the top defensive teams this year. They only allow opponents to score 91 pts a game. They couldn't stop us and we scored 100 and could've scored more. Felton is and was a good player before he got here, just like Nash was, but like Nash, playing for Mike is a huge benefit. Before Mike, there was no talk of MVP for Nash. Just give the Man his credit. He helps PG's to be better than they were.

nixluva wrote:1st of all, no one was thinking Felton was this good before he came here. 2nd Mike has been teaching him to play the game in the same way that he taught Nash. It makes the PG better than they were before. Yes they had the talent, but you can't ignore the fact that Mike found the perfect role for Felton. He made adjustments in what he asked Felton to do and he's thriving now. Felton couldn't make a basic PnR work and now he's got it. You have to add that to the list of things Felton would thank Mike for. I really get tired of this lack of appreciation for what Mike brings to the table.

This team is one of the best offensive teams in the league despite not having a perfect roster. This team is young and inexperienced but they can play. The SSOL offense is working and the Hornets game proved it. The Hornets are one of the top defensive teams this year. They only allow opponents to score 91 pts a game. They couldn't stop us and we scored 100 and could've scored more. Felton is and was a good player before he got here, just like Nash was, but like Nash, playing for Mike is a huge benefit. Before Mike, there was no talk of MVP for Nash. Just give the Man his credit. He helps PG's to be better than they were.

Yes, gotta agree to some of this. For all the criticism MDA gets on this board, no one recognizes (or wants to?) the good things he brings to the team. People here would have given a arm and a leg for Avery Johnson to be coach instead of MDA and we repeatedly sliced through the Nets defense while playing pretty good defense on our end. People buy in to these stereotypes way too much and go completely overboard.