earthmansurfer wrote:Oh, was that a strike shortened year? My bad.
Yes, I remember Felton falling off bad the weeks leading up to the trade.

I don't believe it was...that was last year

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=8971341&s=espn

gunsnewing wrote:This guys are talking heads. No better than me or you. Actually worse

True, but I find it funny that SAS was killing Lin last year and now has turned around.

NYKBocker wrote:Live right now...SAS admitting that Lin in the past couple of months is a lot better than Felton.

Wow, that is a complete 360! Didn't he have some mighty hard words for Lin vs. Felton in the past? From memory he was not kind at all to Lin.

earthmansurfer wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:Live right now...SAS admitting that Lin in the past couple of months is a lot better than Felton.

Wow, that is a complete 360! Didn't he have some mighty hard words for Lin vs. Felton in the past? From memory he was not kind at all to Lin.

He even said he can't believe he has been thinking about Lin these past 2 months.

He's speaking too soon, not letting the cards fall into place. He's talking about a first round exit without talking about our potential first round opponent.

If we get Milwaukee, we can beat those guys come postseason play. Same with Atlanta and Boston with Rondo and Jared Sullinger now out. All this talk about being eliminated during the first round, but unless we fall to the 4th/5th seed I can't see a first round loss.

He's always been a talking tool. Nets getting Josh Smith? Nope. Knicks going after J.O'Neal? Nah. Getting Kenyon Martin along with a 2nd rounder? Yes. I do agree, we need Jason Kidd on the bench sooner rather than later.

GustavBahler wrote:

NYDiva wrote:Cowherd made some interesting points.

It made me think about the time I enjoyed watching Melo the most, which was during the Olympics when he played with Bron, CP3, DWill, Westbrook. It was lovely watching his game b/c I felt as if Coach K & Mike D utilized him exactly the way he SHOULD be. As pure instant offense. Let him sit on the wing while Bron & Paul create looks for him and he will destroy you. The less he has to create his shot, the more potent he is.

I think that Melo can be your go-to guy on a title team but that squad has GOT to have a heck of a playmaker on it. Not necessarily Bron/CP3-level, but somewhere in the realm of Jrue Holiday. A strong 2, as Cowherd said. Someone who will control the tempo of the game and make sure that the offense doesn't become stagnant. (Team stands around watching Melo dribble, dribble, dribble, then make a move.) Someone who can creates shots for Melo and take pressure off of him to create them for himself. An actual floor leader.

The only other way is if Melo goes on some kind of crazy Dirk-in-2011 tear and is an offensive juggernaut in the postseason. I tend to think that he's too inefficient for this, especially during playoff basketball when the D is that much tighter. But, w/o a really good playmaker, I think that's the only other way he could lead the Knicks to a 'chip. Going on some kind of insane tear offensively.

Remember how great his form was to start the season? Surgical precision, no wasted motion. Melo can still light it up but I don't see the same attention to detail.

CrushAlot wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

NYDiva wrote:Cowherd made some interesting points.

It made me think about the time I enjoyed watching Melo the most, which was during the Olympics when he played with Bron, CP3, DWill, Westbrook. It was lovely watching his game b/c I felt as if Coach K & Mike D utilized him exactly the way he SHOULD be. As pure instant offense. Let him sit on the wing while Bron & Paul create looks for him and he will destroy you. The less he has to create his shot, the more potent he is.

I think that Melo can be your go-to guy on a title team but that squad has GOT to have a heck of a playmaker on it. Not necessarily Bron/CP3-level, but somewhere in the realm of Jrue Holiday. A strong 2, as Cowherd said. Someone who will control the tempo of the game and make sure that the offense doesn't become stagnant. (Team stands around watching Melo dribble, dribble, dribble, then make a move.) Someone who can creates shots for Melo and take pressure off of him to create them for himself. An actual floor leader.

The only other way is if Melo goes on some kind of crazy Dirk-in-2011 tear and is an offensive juggernaut in the postseason. I tend to think that he's too inefficient for this, especially during playoff basketball when the D is that much tighter. But, w/o a really good playmaker, I think that's the only other way he could lead the Knicks to a 'chip. Going on some kind of insane tear offensively.

Remember how great his form was to start the season? Surgical precision, no wasted motion. Melo can still light it up but I don't see the same attention to detail.

He was unstoppable and he was so hot in the first quarter that it freed everybody else up on offense.

Absolutely. In some ways he reminds me of Ewing only in the sense that he isn't the kind of guy who will lead by getting in a teammates face or rally the troops. When he does lead its by example.