He's not the decision maker keeping him on the floor. Ultimately, that's D'Antoni. Perhaps the unfortunate thing for the Knicks is (at least at this point) that he's the best SG on the Knicks roster... that is, until he's officially displaced by Tony Douglas or Iman Shumpert!

I think Shumpert showed in the last game that he has the potential to be frighteningly good - all of his 18 points came in the flow; not much felt rushed about his game - he reacted well to what the defense was giving him. Perhaps the Wade comparisons may not prove to be that far off!

(To be fair, the sample size is extremely small with Shumpert. Landry Fields had a big night 3 games ago - dropping 21pts, 5rbds... after that, we were hopeful in declaring Fields back on track.)

rvwink wrote:".but the Knicks shouldn't wait to put Landry on the bench. Nobody should be hand held through this."

Landry is playing badly because he is a team player trying to contribute the way MDA taught him along side a couple of selfish scorers who are not passing the ball around. The fact that Landry didn't cause the problem is sad. The right solution to Landry's problem is for Melo to stop dominating the ball and begin sharing it much more. When Melo is having a bad day, why is he allowed to keep shooting.

It begins to look to me that MDA is afraid of correcting the way Melo is currently playing? Anyone else get that idea also?

I don't get it....if the Knicks need baskets you want Melo to stop shooting and look for Landry to make him feel good about himself?

Shump may be a better option at the two if Fields continues to struggle but I think we should let the kid play and develop his game a bit more. You need glue guys like that on a team, coming off the bench could help him but I doubt it. Yanking him out the starting lineup will probably stunt his growth.

TD is not a point and will be more useful as a spark-plug off the bench, the kid's brains are probably so effed up with all the stuff being thrown his way, plus he is going up against professional competition while he is learning on the fly, which aint easy. Whatever the case is, I am liking the fact they they are forcing him to become a playmaker. Just another option to have. I also like Melo being a point forward, basically expanding his game and having him get others involved, not just himself. You then factor in Baron, Bibby, Shump, and Liu, that makes six people that can bring up the ball and set up the offense for us, which is great imo.

It seems that the Knicks are trying to do too much too quick, and with everyone's reaction around here who can blame them. Enough with all this talk about firing the coach, we all need to relax, deserves to stay this year. If Jax becomes available in the summer than thats another story entirely...

Bonn1997 wrote:It's not 6 games. It's ten years.

More like 10 days.

loweyecue wrote:

EnySpree wrote:

rvwink wrote:".but the Knicks shouldn't wait to put Landry on the bench. Nobody should be hand held through this."

Landry is playing badly because he is a team player trying to contribute the way MDA taught him along side a couple of selfish scorers who are not passing the ball around. The fact that Landry didn't cause the problem is sad. The right solution to Landry's problem is for Melo to stop dominating the ball and begin sharing it much more. When Melo is having a bad day, why is he allowed to keep shooting.

It begins to look to me that MDA is afraid of correcting the way Melo is currently playing? Anyone else get that idea also?

I don't get it....if the Knicks need baskets you want Melo to stop shooting and look for Landry to make him feel good about himself?

Well yes, IF Landry is open under he basket as he often is and Melo is trying to dribble through double coverage, he should defintely look for Landry.

OK now you are buggin....Are we talking Melo or Cory Maggette?

No! I want Melo to stop catching passes and then taking whatever time is required to get a shot up himself. Instead he should move the ball and try to get it to an open shooter. Look at the Heat. They have Superstars too and yet they move the ball quite well from side to side. I want the "unselfish passing" back that the Knicks last had the first half of last year. All it takes is one "pig" to put an end to unselfish passing.

I like the guy a lot from last year with his play and off-the-court shenanigans like that Modell's YouTube video. But unfortunately for me and thankfully for the league, no one pays me to make basketball decisions.

This team is going to be good and Fields will play better.

If i said "the official bench Landry fields thread" would we talk about something else. I feel you guys want to slap me just because I did that. Like you guys are really hurt by it.

If it makes anyone feel any better the f.u. stands for "feel up"....like Reggie Evans style. You are now free to walk about the country.

"Btw.....f.u. Landry hurt alot of you guys feelings. Stanford graduates? Fields family tree?"

Nope EnySpree, just ordinary people who respect another person. F.U. is not a term that is thrown around and accepted lightly, as your negative response to "FU EnySpree" demonstrated. Telling someone F.U. is how fights start. Fights lead to wars. And so it goes. Don't think so? Go use F.U. on a stranger and get back to us on the results.

What, exactly, as Landry Fields done to deserve such a personal insult?

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

It's only basketball.