yellowboy90 wrote:

airchibundo507 wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:why didn't Davis get more burn at the point?

Cause he sucked when he played!!!!!

He didn't turn the ball over every other possession. Yes, he didn't face the pressure Lin was facing. Regardless, D'Antoni should have given him more minutes this game and less minutes to Lin, ESPECIALLY in the first half when Lin was rattled and the momentum shifted completely to the Heat's side.

I can live with missed shots. But turnovers... that's a lost possession PLUS giving Miami a guaranteed basket. And you do you really think Baron would have the balls to chuck up 30 foot three-pointers with Melo and Amare on the floor? He does that sht with impunity with the bench unit, which is why I'm glad JR got more assertive last night and ignored him when he demanded the ball.

disagree they needed to let someone else bring up the ball and initiate the offense and let Lin get the ball after a few passes.

That's a decent idea. Bring JR Smith in and let him bring the ball up the floor.

The fact is this. We needed an adjustment. D'Antoni did NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. That's a coach that is supposed to lead us to a championship?

airchibundo507 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

airchibundo507 wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:why didn't Davis get more burn at the point?

Cause he sucked when he played!!!!!

He didn't turn the ball over every other possession. Yes, he didn't face the pressure Lin was facing. Regardless, D'Antoni should have given him more minutes this game and less minutes to Lin, ESPECIALLY in the first half when Lin was rattled and the momentum shifted completely to the Heat's side.

I can live with missed shots. But turnovers... that's a lost possession PLUS giving Miami a guaranteed basket. And you do you really think Baron would have the balls to chuck up 30 foot three-pointers with Melo and Amare on the floor? He does that sht with impunity with the bench unit, which is why I'm glad JR got more assertive last night and ignored him when he demanded the ball.

disagree they needed to let someone else bring up the ball and initiate the offense and let Lin get the ball after a few passes.

That's a decent idea. Bring JR Smith in and let him bring the ball up the floor.

The fact is this. We needed an adjustment. D'Antoni did NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. That's a coach that is supposed to lead us to a championship?

Bonn1997 wrote:

airchibundo507 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

airchibundo507 wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:why didn't Davis get more burn at the point?

Cause he sucked when he played!!!!!

He didn't turn the ball over every other possession. Yes, he didn't face the pressure Lin was facing. Regardless, D'Antoni should have given him more minutes this game and less minutes to Lin, ESPECIALLY in the first half when Lin was rattled and the momentum shifted completely to the Heat's side.

I can live with missed shots. But turnovers... that's a lost possession PLUS giving Miami a guaranteed basket. And you do you really think Baron would have the balls to chuck up 30 foot three-pointers with Melo and Amare on the floor? He does that sht with impunity with the bench unit, which is why I'm glad JR got more assertive last night and ignored him when he demanded the ball.

disagree they needed to let someone else bring up the ball and initiate the offense and let Lin get the ball after a few passes.

That's a decent idea. Bring JR Smith in and let him bring the ball up the floor.

The fact is this. We needed an adjustment. D'Antoni did NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. That's a coach that is supposed to lead us to a championship?

There's nothing for any coach to do. We don't have players who can go up against Wade and Lebron.

were we watching the same game? Wade and LeBron are HUMAN in the halfcourt. Stop turning the damn ball over and we win this game. We had 15 turnovers in the first half, Lin and Amare having 6 apiece. It's hard for me to believe Amare can rack up so many despite the offense not even running through him.

Bonn1997 wrote:

airchibundo507 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

airchibundo507 wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:why didn't Davis get more burn at the point?

Cause he sucked when he played!!!!!

He didn't turn the ball over every other possession. Yes, he didn't face the pressure Lin was facing. Regardless, D'Antoni should have given him more minutes this game and less minutes to Lin, ESPECIALLY in the first half when Lin was rattled and the momentum shifted completely to the Heat's side.

I can live with missed shots. But turnovers... that's a lost possession PLUS giving Miami a guaranteed basket. And you do you really think Baron would have the balls to chuck up 30 foot three-pointers with Melo and Amare on the floor? He does that sht with impunity with the bench unit, which is why I'm glad JR got more assertive last night and ignored him when he demanded the ball.

disagree they needed to let someone else bring up the ball and initiate the offense and let Lin get the ball after a few passes.

That's a decent idea. Bring JR Smith in and let him bring the ball up the floor.

The fact is this. We needed an adjustment. D'Antoni did NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. That's a coach that is supposed to lead us to a championship?

There's nothing for any coach to do. We don't have players who can go up against Wade and Lebron.

I'm surprised that I haven't noticed Lin and Davis playing together, but as crappy as Davis is playing, I'm honestly surprised he's even played over TD!

Bonn1997 wrote:

airchibundo507 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

airchibundo507 wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

DurzoBlint wrote:why didn't Davis get more burn at the point?

Cause he sucked when he played!!!!!

He didn't turn the ball over every other possession. Yes, he didn't face the pressure Lin was facing. Regardless, D'Antoni should have given him more minutes this game and less minutes to Lin, ESPECIALLY in the first half when Lin was rattled and the momentum shifted completely to the Heat's side.

I can live with missed shots. But turnovers... that's a lost possession PLUS giving Miami a guaranteed basket. And you do you really think Baron would have the balls to chuck up 30 foot three-pointers with Melo and Amare on the floor? He does that sht with impunity with the bench unit, which is why I'm glad JR got more assertive last night and ignored him when he demanded the ball.

disagree they needed to let someone else bring up the ball and initiate the offense and let Lin get the ball after a few passes.

That's a decent idea. Bring JR Smith in and let him bring the ball up the floor.

The fact is this. We needed an adjustment. D'Antoni did NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. That's a coach that is supposed to lead us to a championship?

There's nothing for any coach to do. We don't have players who can go up against Wade and Lebron.

Neither does Dallas, but somehow they figured out a way....

NYY1NYK2 wrote:If you gus were watching the game, you would notice we played NO D in the 4th quarter. JR smith and novak brought us within 6 (76-82) then wade went off on and ran the score up to 76-90. MELO PHUCKS UP the offense with his ****ty shot selection. He NEEDS to ATTACK THE RIM!!!

Dont get me started on amare. He played like ****. Get him a shrink to tell his problems to, glue him to the high post 14-16 ft away and make him take 500shots, then glue him along the base line same distance and make him shoot 500 more shots. this gu shoots enough bricks to build a NYC housing project.

Melo didn't fck up the offense, clown. He drained a jumper in LeBron's eye one iso. On other he got to the basket and hit Chandler for a wide open dunk. On another he hit a tough lay-up. Melo was our most effective offense in that point of that game, like it or not. It's like fans like you and MarburyAND1crossover are extensions of D'Antoni and can't bear any offense besides PG pnr, which clearly didn't work in that game.

airchibundo507 wrote:

Nalod wrote:Seriously, we now pining our affection for "Jorts"?

a stretch-4 wouldn't have made a difference? with Joel Anthony swatting everything?

A stretch-4 would make a huge difference. As of right now, the lineup i think fits the best is Lin, Smith, Melo, Novak, and Chandler. That is a complete starting 5 for this system. I hope Stoudemire can turn things around fast, but he has contributed nothing to this team recently. Novak fits in great with a lineup that includes Lin, Melo, and Chandler and is coached by Dantoni.

Bonn1997 wrote:This is a really good article on Melo. It gives a good explanation for why someone as talented as Melo could be inefficient on offense. I wish someone statistically oriented would go over this with Melo. The changes he'd need to make to become a much more effective player are not that complicated. I think he could get near the Wade/Lebron level on offense if he made some simple changes (and got healthy).
http://www.roundballminingcompany.com/2010/10/19/carmelo-anthony-efficient/

I've seen the article before. The truth is that MDA is much like Karl. They have no idea how to incorporate Melo within an offense, so instead they just give him the ball in his sweet spot and have everyone else clear out. There are no such things as curls or designed plays when it comes to Melo.

Melo is a much more versatile scorer now than then, with his newfound pnr play and willingness to defer.

Real Talk.

Knixkik wrote:Not concerned with Melo, but very concerned with Stoudemire. Looks like this team is best building around Lin, Melo, and Chandler. I am very happy with that core and feel like they will fit well together over time. I would love Stoudemire to get his groove back, but we may be better with a stretch-4 instead for this team.

+1 At this stage, Jeffries and even Novak at times are more reliable contributors than Stat. Sure hope Stat makes a comeback.