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12/23/2013 8:06 AM
CrushAlot wrote:djsunyc wrote:it seems to me that fields, shump and soon, hardaway will fall victim to melo ball...You think Shump is throwing up air balls because suddenly after three seasons he can no longer play with his teammate? Fields can't shoot straight or get minutes because he played a third of a season with Melo? it was evident that each of those players performed much better when Melo was out multiple times, they all played much better, and more importantly played as a team, also effecting other team mates like Tyson Chandler, Jeffries, Novak, JR Smith, TD (okay maybe not TD) When you have ball movement, you feel like you are part of the team, and you will work harder if on DEFENSE if you miss or mess up, it is a natural response
"[Sometimes], they're just looking for me to make something happen," he said. "We've got to get away from that. We've got to get better at that. We will." "I believe in [my teammates] just as much as they believe in me. They've got to know that," Anthony said earlier this week. "They've got to believe that and they've got to play ball coming down the stretch, too." This was before his last second heroics on the Washington game, where he demanded the ball inbound pushing away Udrih, only to slowly walk up the half court, and make sure he can get off a shot so he could be a HERO, instead of using his brain, by calling a time out first so ball would be inbounded in half court or push the ball up and find the open man for ANY basket with possible tip in, instead he opted for making sure HE HAD THE LAST SHOT ATTEMPT, and this is NOT the first time he has done stunts like this Come on, Melo likes to play HERO BALL, and now because we are having a poor season, he is throwing his own team mates under the bus, saying they cannot expect him to "bail the team out all the time", saying his team mates cannot stand around while he goes ISO and do NOTHING, saying "he believes in his team mates as much as they believe in me" He had no problem playing that role in his entire career, actually preferring it, and that is why Lin is no longer here, despite we could have used is abilities, but Melo's EGO needs to be constantly stroked and pleasured.... He had no problem NOT pushing the ball for the best shot possible in the Wizards game, instead opting for the HALF COURT CHUCK when the ball was in his hands He certainly had no problem playing that role vs the Pacer's in the post season while it was largely ineffective but of course now that we are losing he does not want to be the leader to take the blame despite his willingness to take and make 9/30 shots per game on a nightly basis. SO what has George Karl, Dantoni, Amare, Chandler, Iman, Lin, etc... have all said about BALL MOVEMENT and having Melo play a more balanced game.... Knicks vs Wizards, at about 1:20 it shows the play from beal leading to the Chuck by Melo but listen to the comments of Woodson and NBA analyst in Brent Barry/3D Jim Rome on the play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls0FsB88ivI New York Knicks "We all have to step up to those challenges. It's not every night I'm going to bail us out. We should know that," he said.
And here's Anthony talking about his teammates after last Wednesday's loss to Chicago. "[Sometimes], they're just looking for me to make something happen," he said. "We've got to get away from that. We've got to get better at that. We will." The Knicks offense clicked well in Saturday's win over Atlanta, but Anthony has a point. J.R. Smith is averaging just 10.4 points per game after scoring 18.1 per night last season. Iman Shumpert has totaled eight points in his last 111 minutes on the court. And you can't count on much offense from Pablo Prigioni. Injuries, of course, have affected Anthony's supporting cast. Tyson Chandler has been out since Nov. 5 with a broken leg. Raymond Felton has been in and out of the lineup with hamstring and hip issues. And Anthony himself deserves some share of the blame here. He's scoring nearly two points per game fewer than he did last season and shooting a a lower percentage from beyond the arc for the 7-16 Knicks. But Anthony's teammates are giving him less offensive support this year than last year's group did. Last season, all Knicks not named Anthony who played at least 14 minutes per game shot a combined 44.1 percent from the floor. This season, all Knicks other than Anthony playing at least 14 minutes per game are shooting a combined 42.6 percent from the floor. That's not a huge disparity. But the Knick offense is relying more on Anthony this season than it did last year. This year, the players averaging at least 14 minutes per game not named Anthony are scoring 70.6 percent of New York's total points. Last season, those players averaging more than 14 minutes totaled 75.8 percent of the Knicks' points. To further Anthony's point, it seems like the Knicks are better off with a stronger supporting cast and a little less from Anthony. The Knicks beat the Magic and Nets by more than 30 points apiece earlier this month. Anthony took a total of 22 shots in those wins. Clearly, Anthony isn't throwing his teammates under the bus. But his words and actions show that he's looking for more support. "I believe in [my teammates] just as much as they believe in me. They've got to know that," Anthony said earlier this week. "They've got to believe that and they've got to play ball coming down the stretch, too." http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/51322/melo-i-need-help-from-teammates
It's no secret that this season has not gone well for New York Knicksforward Carmelo Anthony. Off the court, he created an unnecessary media firestorm with his declaration in the New York Observer that he wanted to become a free agent after the season. On the court, Melo has yet to come close to the guy who won the NBA scoring title last year. He has struggled to find a rhythm on offense, and his team has struggled to overcome the loss of perhaps its most irreplaceable player—Tyson Chandler—who will be out for more than a month with a fractured leg. Just how "off" is Melo at the moment? Let's compare his per-36-minute statistics to those of perennial punching bag Andrea Bargnani. Rk Player G FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PTS Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table It seems that quite a few NBA executives are starting to doubt whether he has what it takes to lead his team to the promised land. In this ESPN Insider article (subscription only), Chris Broussard interviews four anonymous NBA executives on the subject of the Knicks star. And the results aren't glowing. Scott Cunningham/Getty Images Here are a few keys excerpts: I like Melo. I like that he competes. He obviously can score at a high level. People forget that when he got drafted by Denver, the Nuggets had won 17 games the year before. And he immediately turned them into a playoff team and took them to the playoffs every year he was there. He took a 17-win team and led them to 43 wins. So he can win and make a team better. I think his problem is that he went to Denver, which was a dysfunctional franchise at that time, so he picked up some bad habits and didn't learn what it takes to really win in this league. If he had gone to a better organization with a truly professional environment coming out of the gate, he would have learned and been more professional. He won big in college (leading Syracuse to the National Championship in 2003). He won big in high school at Oak Hill. He's been a winner all his life. From Exec No. 2: He's a great player, but he's also a selfish player. That's just how he is. I don't think he'll look at himself in the mirror and say, "What am I not doing? What am I doing that's keeping us from winning?" From Exec No. 3: From Exec No. 4: I love him as a player. I just don't think he's your alpha male. He can't be your No. 1 guy. He's kind of like Clyde Drexler. As the alpha male in Portland, Clyde never got over the top. But when he went to Houston and was the No. 2 guy to Hakeem Olajuwon, he won. Melo's too much about himself to be the No. 1 guy. Scott Cunningham/Getty Images And finally, here is perhaps the cruelest cut of all, courtesy of Exec No. 4: "He's kind of like the 2013 version of Stephon Marbury. He's not as bad as Stephon, but he's got Steph tendencies." |