nykshaknbake wrote:Only CHandler, Shump, Harrelson and Bibby have seen the court.

CashMoney wrote:

JCrusher wrote:Well i agree that melo should look in the mirror. I mean if he wanted to be a knicks he could have waited without having dolan destroy this team. Now people see why Donnie didn't want to mkae this move and why he left

Melo didn't force the Knicks to do anything, Dolan did. If we waited longer we may have gotten him for less or maybe not at all. At the end of the day Melo is a premier player and one of the best in the game. He's playing like crap right now but so are others around the league. I for one don't like that 66 games are being crammed together. Things would be different with a full training camp and more than a damn practice per week.

It takes time to learn other players tendancies. Look at all the new players we have for god sakes! Bibby, Chandler, Jordan, Lin, Novak, Shumpert, Harrelson and Davis. 2 new players in the starting line up in Chandler & Shumpert along with STAT and Melo still trying to figure things out.

Chandler is our starting C and Shump is our starting PG. Just throw 2 new starters into the mix with no practice or camp and play at peak efficieny? Every player I named has seen court time this year, regardless of how much.

CashMoney wrote:

JCrusher wrote:Well i agree that melo should look in the mirror. I mean if he wanted to be a knicks he could have waited without having dolan destroy this team. Now people see why Donnie didn't want to mkae this move and why he left

Melo didn't force the Knicks to do anything, Dolan did. If we waited longer we may have gotten him for less or maybe not at all. At the end of the day Melo is a premier player and one of the best in the game. He's playing like crap right now but so are others around the league. I for one don't like that 66 games are being crammed together. Things would be different with a full training camp and more than a damn practice per week.

It takes time to learn other players tendancies. Look at all the new players we have for god sakes! Bibby, Chandler, Jordan, Lin, Novak, Shumpert, Harrelson and Davis. 2 new players in the starting line up in Chandler & Shumpert along with STAT and Melo still trying to figure things out.

We are missing Shawne Williams to spread the floor and to play PF.
TD isn't the same player as last year and not having Shawne and TD's production.
Tyson Chandler improved our defense a lot but is hurting our offense and spacing.
Carter, he wasn't a great scorer, but he was a great 3rd string PG, and played the best defense of PGs we had last year.
Turiaf was big for us as well, while he wasn't great on some nights.
When he played well, he was one our best defender, with rebounding, defense, and shot blocking.

The Knicks are two years away from being a balanced team.

Baron Davis is not an answer because his rehabbed back is not built for this compressed schedule and will require extensive treatment and extra rest between games. We need two guards who can be trusted to initiate the offense and manage egos.

If Davis is able to play 20 minutes a night, consider it a blessing from the bandy-legged god of good hoops. Two guards needed.

Fields is showing signs of adapting and aggressing. Cool. Shumpert as sixth man.

Carmelo is Carmelo. He needs a stunt man. I miss Extra E.

Amar'e. See Carmelo. Josh Harrellson is learning, but raw. Need another quality big man not named Jared Jeffries.

Tyson Chandler. Need another quality big man, preferably with a polished post game.

The rest can take a hike.

eViL wrote:http://www.msg.com/carmelo-postgame-loss-to-bucks-120-1.81418

the look on his face during this interview has me ready to turn against him. i feel like it's a repeat of Marbury. a player i didn't like gets traded to the Knicks. i give him the benefit of the doubt, but he show me that he is exactly who i thought he was. even with my stance that this team needs more time, i'm finding it hard to root for this guy.

Plus plus, plus one. +1.

Uptown wrote:

eViL wrote:http://www.msg.com/carmelo-postgame-loss-to-bucks-120-1.81418

the look on his face during this interview has me ready to turn against him. i feel like it's a repeat of Marbury. a player i didn't like gets traded to the Knicks. i give him the benefit of the doubt, but he show me that he is exactly who i thought he was. even with my stance that this team needs more time, i'm finding it hard to root for this guy.

After watching the vid, I see nothing other than the fact that he was wearing a towel that reminds of anything remotely close to Marbury. Melo is/was a much more accomplished player and played on much more accomplished teams than Marbury did when he arrived.

Look on his face? He's upset, what do you expect? We just lost our 5th game in a row. Would you rather the stoic, stone face Amare along with the cliche'd responses? Since you never liked Melo, that tells me that your are nitpicking.

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:

eViL wrote:http://www.msg.com/carmelo-postgame-loss-to-bucks-120-1.81418

the look on his face during this interview has me ready to turn against him. i feel like it's a repeat of Marbury. a player i didn't like gets traded to the Knicks. i give him the benefit of the doubt, but he show me that he is exactly who i thought he was. even with my stance that this team needs more time, i'm finding it hard to root for this guy.

Plus plus, plus one. +1.

And I will top that with +1

eViL wrote:http://www.msg.com/carmelo-postgame-loss-to-bucks-120-1.81418

the look on his face during this interview has me ready to turn against him. i feel like it's a repeat of Marbury. a player i didn't like gets traded to the Knicks. i give him the benefit of the doubt, but he show me that he is exactly who i thought he was. even with my stance that this team needs more time, i'm finding it hard to root for this guy.

Silverfuel wrote:

eViL wrote:http://www.msg.com/carmelo-postgame-loss-to-bucks-120-1.81418

the look on his face during this interview has me ready to turn against him. i feel like it's a repeat of Marbury. a player i didn't like gets traded to the Knicks. i give him the benefit of the doubt, but he show me that he is exactly who i thought he was. even with my stance that this team needs more time, i'm finding it hard to root for this guy.

It is too early to call him that. Way too early. I am surprised you are blaming Melo for the NYK losing streak.

i'm sorry, but this guy can only score when the offense grinds to a halt and moves over and lets him dominate. his idea of facilitating an offense is going for his and dishing it off (MAYBE) if he needs a bail out. his game is uninspiring. the decisions he makes just leave me scratching my head. and i'm puzzled that anyone is saying otherwise.

i've been supportive of the team and i haven't given up yet, but i cannot fathom a situation with the Knicks being successful until Melo commits to playing team offense. i am not one of those people who thinks the coach is ****ing up. it's so clearly Melo. i would guess that almost all of his baskets come unassisted. that's not good. takes the rhythm right out of the team.

the crowd was screaming at him to "MOVE THE BALL!!" the reason Amare is not scoring is because he willingly moves the ball early in a possession only for it to stick with melo as soon as he gets it. you can hear the collective groans of the crowd every time it happens. it's not a called play. the dude is just trying to hard to be the man.

i was watching on a feed that somehow managed to capture some of Breen and Clyde talking off air and both guys were tearing into Melo's style of play. it's embarrassing to see this guy force as hard as he's forcing. at this point, i'll give him the benefit of the doubt. he's not a bad guy. he's just trying to do too much. he's pressing.