misterearl wrote:Perhpas one of the most insightful posts of the week:"I do believe Melo at this point needs more help off the bench from a coach who'll take advantage of his strengths to make his teammates better. It would require Melo becoming more of a post player and picking defenses apart at double teams and platooning point duties as a point forward. The problem is what do you do with Amar'e?"
Juice: If you put the ball in Carmelo Anthony Mason's hands at point forward, you open an opportunity for meshing his talents with the versatile Fields in the pick and roll. They need time together. Forget Anthony and Stoudemire meshing. Stoudemire needs to be a more wiling passer for that to work. He is not.
Stoudemire works from the left side of the floor in a halfcourt set. The problem is finding a 6'11 distraction with some offense that D'Antoni would trust to ease the consistent double teams that have mocked our not having a center. A backup four would be nice, just for insurance.
Solve the frontcourt riddle and you fix the Knicks.
ROTFLOL earl do you know my history of name making?
What I meant by what to do with Amar'e is if Melo's in the post or operating from a triple threat post pinch position you take away Amar'e's office. He'd have to adjust his game and become more like you said a facilitator he can find guys roaming baseline or cutting all day. He is 6'10" and can see over most defenders especially in a cross match. But can these guys re-invent their games at this stage in their careers and how much more time do you give 2 players making $20mio/yr for the next 4yrs?
3/27/2011 4:11 PM