holfresh wrote:3G4G wrote:fishmike wrote:dk7th wrote:those are nice words. it shows he understands the concepts. perhaps now it is merely a question of willingness. but the probability is pretty high that even if he is willing he may not have the ability to do what he needs to do. i have always thought he had the skill and the talent but his bbiq limited him.otherwise i believe he would have played this way by now. frankly he sounds like an alcoholic in the earliest stages of recovery.
yea... exactly. Talking about all the great things he will do, until he's not comfortable and goes back to his old ways.Simple question: Why is Melo talking at all? If someone has something to prove, prove it. Just go win.
It's hard to root for players when they do things on their terms and not based on principle. In all honesty there are no more coaches for Melo to get fired, there are no more players who bear a threat to "I'm Coming Home", there is no more money for him to chase at the moment, there are no other major gigs he can help his wife land, he can't lose another playoff series in the first round and borrow time off of it, he's probably never going to beat Durant for the NBA scoring leader for the rest of his career even if he tried.....what else could he say other than I need to change my game for my teammates.
I know Denver is thanking all of what they managed to decide on in getting rid of him.
Just for a second, pretend there is no hate and look at the venue and the teams Melo has been on...Try to use logic to see where he has been and where he wants to go...He has been in a city(Denver) that needed to win to fill the seats...They brought in a scorer to fill the arena and it worked, Melo delivered...The supporting cast around him hasn't always been one that was built to win...As I showed in another posting, second tier players has been Voshon Leonard, Boykins, KMart, Andre Miller... They were the second best players on a team, trying to contend in the Western division against the Lakers and Spurs...Not the type of team built to make a run..Yet he is framed as a guy who can't get out the first round because of his deeds...You tell this kid go out there and carry us to a few victories and he did just that...The coach and organization didn't seem to have a problem until he wanted to leave...They did everything to make him stay...He was filling the seats...He obviously wanted more, he wanted to team up with others to make a run at a ring...He is stating he is willing to make the adjustments to do just that...The very thing Knick fans want as well, and he just get killed for it...Give him a chance?? NO, He cost us Gallo...Nothing will make u guys happy unless Gallo is hoisting it up from the three point line and flopping on the defensive end with MDA egging him on...Amazing...
Reasoning is pointless with people whose aim it is to be unreasonable...This kid wants to win and I want to watch him in a Knick uniform go for a ring...I know MDA and Gallo couldn't get us there against the likes of LeBron and KG...Some here don't and may not care as long as their favorites a jacking threes, running the pick and roll, who can give two ****s about defensive basketball...What can I say, keep moaning...Maybe this is the way its done with old dudes coming off the bench, I doubt having old dudes are better than having younger sparks off the bench but I'm rooting for them...You don't have to believe, just continue to be miserable until u see some victories then join the bandwagon and tell us all how u knew he could do it...My popcorn will be popping on Oct. 11 when the run begins..Tune in u might see a few good games and manage to smile under your frozen frowns...Go Knicks!!!!
Holfresh while you continue to harp on guys like gallo and MDA it just shows how shallow you are thinking here... it is about a way of doing business, substitute gallo for any young player with potential, substitute lin for any young player with a lot of potential and it is the same exact thing.... we were far from a finished product with gallo, amare, chandler, MDA and crew, but we were a young crew above .500 with assets.. cap space, picks, etc to methodically improve this team to a point where we can make a sustained run at the top teams in the league...
no one is saying this team will suck, this team should be good, but we are no longer looking for "good" we were on our way there before the trade, this team needs to be great, championship great.. otherwise why make the trade? to see mello flop around in hsi sweet spot hoisting up shots, jab step, jab step, iso, iso.. all day? THIS IS what a lot of you want to see, 'THE BEST PUUUUUUUUURE SCORER".......If carmelo cared about winning he wouldn't wait until now to talk about doing the things it takes to win.. winners have that etched in their DNA.... as DK mentioned in his post.. melo has no more excuses, so what else is he going to say... there are no more coaches to get fired, no more money to make, no more threats to his "i'm coming home".......and msot likely no more scoring titles to win unless durant, lebron, wade, westbrook and a few others retire.. oh wait, did I say any more.. heck he hasn't one one.. my bad...
the key is, if you think that melo could not beat the spurs or lakers with that team in denver, why should it be any different facing two very good teams in the east, with a team of older guys and guys coming off career low years? where is the logic in that?
so while we all wait until this season starts some of us like to come in with a more realistic approach, and if the knicks win great.... I am sure none of us will jump on the so called "bandwagon" we were never off the knicks bandwagon, just not on the carmelo wagon, and win or lose, I am sure that will never change.. at least for me..... the question is, what happens if we don't win a ring? I am sure you will be right in here trying to sell that mortgaging our future was worth watching melo go ham, taking 40 shots but coming up just short to either the celts or heat.... so at night you can sit back starry eyed telling your kids how melo almost saved the knicks from getting swept in the second round, how great he was in the knicks 1 win.... how that game will go down next to the performace jordan had vs the jazz... doesn't matter if we lose.. We had 'THE BEST PUUUUUUURE SCORER".. DOING HIS thang in NY and that is all that mattered.. right?
Anyone who sits around and waits for the lottery to better themselves, either in real life or in sports, Is a Loser...............
TKF