holfresh wrote:How did it help us against Miami in the playoffs?

Our main issue in the playoffs was not having any guard play.

Panic City!

holfresh wrote:Miami had hiccups in the playoffs last year with 2 top 5 guys in the starting lineup...It wasn't until Bosh came back that their team began clicking...But we think Melo can do it alone...

As mrknick pointed out our issues was no pg play and having shumpert out and tyson sick. Amare really had no bearing to be honest

mrKnickShot wrote:

IrishKnickFan wrote:

holfresh wrote:Miami had hiccups in the playoffs last year with 2 top 5 guys in the starting lineup...It wasn't until Bosh came back that their team began clicking...But we think Melo can do it alone...

As mrknick pointed out our issues was no pg play and having shumpert out and tyson sick. Amare really had no bearing to be honest

That is not really what I said.

I said that our MAIN issue was lack of any guard/guard-play.

Of course Amare being hurt (again) and Tyson's no show made a difference.

i apologize

holfresh wrote:I'm truly lost with this...I have never got a good explanation when asked...Why does everyone think less is more with the Knicks and they only need Melo offensively in the starting lineup??..I don't get it..

It was just a suggestion. I may be wrong. It just seems like when amare and melo are on the court they dont mesh well. And we know amare cant play defense at all. I just like melo at the 4. He not only can blow by the opposing power forwards but he also is a great rebounder. im not saying that amare and melo should never play together but i dont think it will hurt to experiment with amare coming off the bench. If anything it may keep amare healthy

Panos wrote:

Nalod wrote:WE doing silver linings already? Before the season?

Panic City!

Not to be a Cassandra, but I have a really bad feeling about this season. We're going to have a lot of injuries with Amare, all the old timers, plus Brewer and Shrump. It's gonna be another wasted season. I feel it.

It sure is headed in that direction right off the bat. It's no longer a coincidence. We are not "cursed" and out of luck. It is what happens when you go after castoffs with history of injuries and bloated contracts. I felt we would finish ahead of the the Nets, Pacers and Sixers now with Amare in and out of the lineup again I pencil us in more another 1st round sweep to Miami. Call it pessimistic whatever I'm sick of investing time on this team when the owner is a clueless, reactionary a-hole

holfresh wrote:How did it help us against Miami in the playoffs?

gunsnewing wrote:

holfresh wrote:I'm truly lost with this...I have never got a good explanation when asked...Why does everyone think less is more with the Knicks and they only need Melo offensively in the starting lineup??..I don't get it..

and the fact that they are going to have to coexist because both with be in the game in the 4th quarter anyway. You trade one of the two. Perfect world we trade Amare. In a more realistic world we trade Melo who has value or simply wait another 3yrs and hope Dolan allows for the 1st time a true rebuild after so many failed attempts at acquiring castoffs.

What is a true rebuild? Being bad for 5 years to get high draft picks? About 1% of teams that do this get deep into the playoffs as a result. We have about a 2% chance of getting a player as good as Melo to build around. How is the true rebuild going for Detroit, Sacramento, Golden State, Charlotte, Washington, etc? There's only 1 OKC and 1 San Antonio. I don't get the fascination with this.

Bonn1997 wrote:

holfresh wrote:How did it help us against Miami in the playoffs?

Nothing short of a magician would have helped us there.

Or if Lin, Amare and Chandler actually played we could have possibly done better than the great Thunder.

But without them, we just merely did the same.