Now Grunwald and Woody have to figure out what the game plan is and who they need to put around Melo to make this all work. The direction is clear, whether some like it or not. Melo is the Knicks right now, with a small nod to Lin cuz he's a goldmine. This comes from Dolan, make no mistake about it. However, that does present a clearer direction and now it's gonna be about putting a team around Melo that actually works with his game, which we know is gonna be ISO driven. That doesn't mean that you can't develop a style that will take advantage of that. It's gonna take some work but that's what they get paid to do.

My thoughts are to add more breakdown guards who can penetrate with success. Players like Ramon Sessions and Shannon Brown come to mind. But really there are a lot of PG's and SG's available for a reasonable price IMO.

Bonn1997 wrote:

nixluva wrote:IMO this team is not as bad off as some want to paint it. What we lacked was a unified team from front office to the 12th man. We just never really had a team in lock step from the top to the bottom and that was a big reason for the long losing streaks. The team vision was split so for a while we played one way and then midway we'd switch up. It's happened far too much. NOW the team finally has a chance to be unified. Dolan, Grunwald, Woody and Melo are all on the same page. Don't underestimate the effect of that kind of unity. Melo hasn't really had that in his entire career. Neither Karl nor MDA really were big believers in Melo's game, but Woody actually fits like a glove.

Now Grunwald and Woody have to figure out what the game plan is and who they need to put around Melo to make this all work. The direction is clear, whether some like it or not. Melo is the Knicks right now, with a small nod to Lin cuz he's a goldmine. This comes from Dolan, make no mistake about it. However, that does present a clearer direction and now it's gonna be about putting a team around Melo that actually works with his game, which we know is gonna be ISO driven. That doesn't mean that you can't develop a style that will take advantage of that. It's gonna take some work but that's what they get paid to do.

My thoughts are to add more breakdown guards who can penetrate with success. Players like Ramon Sessions and Shannon Brown come to mind. But really there are a lot of PG's and SG's available for a reasonable price IMO.

It depends on what you mean by "bad off." Many here complain loudly but that doesn't mean they think this is a .400 team. I don't see any path other than having 5 more Jeremy Lins land on our lap, though.

What team has a better outlook in the east (aside for miami)?

mrKnickShot wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

nixluva wrote:IMO this team is not as bad off as some want to paint it. What we lacked was a unified team from front office to the 12th man. We just never really had a team in lock step from the top to the bottom and that was a big reason for the long losing streaks. The team vision was split so for a while we played one way and then midway we'd switch up. It's happened far too much. NOW the team finally has a chance to be unified. Dolan, Grunwald, Woody and Melo are all on the same page. Don't underestimate the effect of that kind of unity. Melo hasn't really had that in his entire career. Neither Karl nor MDA really were big believers in Melo's game, but Woody actually fits like a glove.

Now Grunwald and Woody have to figure out what the game plan is and who they need to put around Melo to make this all work. The direction is clear, whether some like it or not. Melo is the Knicks right now, with a small nod to Lin cuz he's a goldmine. This comes from Dolan, make no mistake about it. However, that does present a clearer direction and now it's gonna be about putting a team around Melo that actually works with his game, which we know is gonna be ISO driven. That doesn't mean that you can't develop a style that will take advantage of that. It's gonna take some work but that's what they get paid to do.

My thoughts are to add more breakdown guards who can penetrate with success. Players like Ramon Sessions and Shannon Brown come to mind. But really there are a lot of PG's and SG's available for a reasonable price IMO.

It depends on what you mean by "bad off." Many here complain loudly but that doesn't mean they think this is a .400 team. I don't see any path other than having 5 more Jeremy Lins land on our lap, though.

What team has a better outlook in the east (aside for miami)?

Yea I believe the Knicks are the 2nd best team in the East. Some may poo poo this idea, but when you really look at it, neither the Pacers, Sixers nor Bulls(due to Rose injury) are as equipped to go toe to toe with Miami as the Knicks are. I totally ignore the playoffs due to our deep injuries and I believe this team should be able to add talent where needed to make this an even better team than it was last year during the last month of the season.

The focus of this team has changed. This is centered around Melo and a more halfcourt oriented style. That means we need more ISO capable players. Think about what actually worked against the Heat and it was the Westbrook, Rondo, Collison and Durant types. Players that can get their own shots or breakdown a defense. They all have extreme quickness and we have a shot to actually get a couple of players like this. I don't know if Grunwald saw what I saw, but it was pretty evident to me that nothing else worked as well as that and also a strong post player like KG and Hibbert. I believe Woody does see that the Knicks need stronger post play from our bigs.

Bonn1997 wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

nixluva wrote:IMO this team is not as bad off as some want to paint it. What we lacked was a unified team from front office to the 12th man. We just never really had a team in lock step from the top to the bottom and that was a big reason for the long losing streaks. The team vision was split so for a while we played one way and then midway we'd switch up. It's happened far too much. NOW the team finally has a chance to be unified. Dolan, Grunwald, Woody and Melo are all on the same page. Don't underestimate the effect of that kind of unity. Melo hasn't really had that in his entire career. Neither Karl nor MDA really were big believers in Melo's game, but Woody actually fits like a glove.

Now Grunwald and Woody have to figure out what the game plan is and who they need to put around Melo to make this all work. The direction is clear, whether some like it or not. Melo is the Knicks right now, with a small nod to Lin cuz he's a goldmine. This comes from Dolan, make no mistake about it. However, that does present a clearer direction and now it's gonna be about putting a team around Melo that actually works with his game, which we know is gonna be ISO driven. That doesn't mean that you can't develop a style that will take advantage of that. It's gonna take some work but that's what they get paid to do.

My thoughts are to add more breakdown guards who can penetrate with success. Players like Ramon Sessions and Shannon Brown come to mind. But really there are a lot of PG's and SG's available for a reasonable price IMO.

It depends on what you mean by "bad off." Many here complain loudly but that doesn't mean they think this is a .400 team. I don't see any path other than having 5 more Jeremy Lins land on our lap, though.

What team has a better outlook in the east (aside for miami)?

No cap space? No picks? Over $40 mil committed to Amare/Melo? What teams in the east don't have better opportunities for growing towards eventual championship contention than we do?

Yes...let's ignore the fact that we don't have cap space or draft picks becaue we already have a foundation of Melo, STAT, Chandler and hopefully Lin. Stat needs to prove useful again. Hopefully the dropped weight will mean good things for his jumper and quickness. But if he gets back close to where he was and Woodson has a plan we should be the #2 seed.

nixluva wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

nixluva wrote:IMO this team is not as bad off as some want to paint it. What we lacked was a unified team from front office to the 12th man. We just never really had a team in lock step from the top to the bottom and that was a big reason for the long losing streaks. The team vision was split so for a while we played one way and then midway we'd switch up. It's happened far too much. NOW the team finally has a chance to be unified. Dolan, Grunwald, Woody and Melo are all on the same page. Don't underestimate the effect of that kind of unity. Melo hasn't really had that in his entire career. Neither Karl nor MDA really were big believers in Melo's game, but Woody actually fits like a glove.

Now Grunwald and Woody have to figure out what the game plan is and who they need to put around Melo to make this all work. The direction is clear, whether some like it or not. Melo is the Knicks right now, with a small nod to Lin cuz he's a goldmine. This comes from Dolan, make no mistake about it. However, that does present a clearer direction and now it's gonna be about putting a team around Melo that actually works with his game, which we know is gonna be ISO driven. That doesn't mean that you can't develop a style that will take advantage of that. It's gonna take some work but that's what they get paid to do.

My thoughts are to add more breakdown guards who can penetrate with success. Players like Ramon Sessions and Shannon Brown come to mind. But really there are a lot of PG's and SG's available for a reasonable price IMO.

It depends on what you mean by "bad off." Many here complain loudly but that doesn't mean they think this is a .400 team. I don't see any path other than having 5 more Jeremy Lins land on our lap, though.

What team has a better outlook in the east (aside for miami)?

Yea I believe the Knicks are the 2nd best team in the East. Some may poo poo this idea, but when you really look at it, neither the Pacers, Sixers nor Bulls(due to Rose injury) are as equipped to go toe to toe with Miami as the Knicks are. I totally ignore the playoffs due to our deep injuries and I believe this team should be able to add talent where needed to make this an even better team than it was last year during the last month of the season.

The focus of this team has changed. This is centered around Melo and a more halfcourt oriented style. That means we need more ISO capable players. Think about what actually worked against the Heat and it was the Westbrook, Rondo, Collison and Durant types. Players that can get their own shots or breakdown a defense. They all have extreme quickness and we have a shot to actually get a couple of players like this. I don't know if Grunwald saw what I saw, but it was pretty evident to me that nothing else worked as well as that and also a strong post player like KG and Hibbert. I believe Woody does see that the Knicks need stronger post play from our bigs.

I don't think Rose injury brings down the team. You can come back 100% from ACL.

Also I wish the MLE could be split up between two players pg & sg and then we'd still have the Vet Min for Odom

martin wrote:

nixluva wrote:

mrKnickShot wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

nixluva wrote:IMO this team is not as bad off as some want to paint it. What we lacked was a unified team from front office to the 12th man. We just never really had a team in lock step from the top to the bottom and that was a big reason for the long losing streaks. The team vision was split so for a while we played one way and then midway we'd switch up. It's happened far too much. NOW the team finally has a chance to be unified. Dolan, Grunwald, Woody and Melo are all on the same page. Don't underestimate the effect of that kind of unity. Melo hasn't really had that in his entire career. Neither Karl nor MDA really were big believers in Melo's game, but Woody actually fits like a glove.

Now Grunwald and Woody have to figure out what the game plan is and who they need to put around Melo to make this all work. The direction is clear, whether some like it or not. Melo is the Knicks right now, with a small nod to Lin cuz he's a goldmine. This comes from Dolan, make no mistake about it. However, that does present a clearer direction and now it's gonna be about putting a team around Melo that actually works with his game, which we know is gonna be ISO driven. That doesn't mean that you can't develop a style that will take advantage of that. It's gonna take some work but that's what they get paid to do.

My thoughts are to add more breakdown guards who can penetrate with success. Players like Ramon Sessions and Shannon Brown come to mind. But really there are a lot of PG's and SG's available for a reasonable price IMO.

It depends on what you mean by "bad off." Many here complain loudly but that doesn't mean they think this is a .400 team. I don't see any path other than having 5 more Jeremy Lins land on our lap, though.

What team has a better outlook in the east (aside for miami)?

Yea I believe the Knicks are the 2nd best team in the East. Some may poo poo this idea, but when you really look at it, neither the Pacers, Sixers nor Bulls(due to Rose injury) are as equipped to go toe to toe with Miami as the Knicks are. I totally ignore the playoffs due to our deep injuries and I believe this team should be able to add talent where needed to make this an even better team than it was last year during the last month of the season.

The focus of this team has changed. This is centered around Melo and a more halfcourt oriented style. That means we need more ISO capable players. Think about what actually worked against the Heat and it was the Westbrook, Rondo, Collison and Durant types. Players that can get their own shots or breakdown a defense. They all have extreme quickness and we have a shot to actually get a couple of players like this. I don't know if Grunwald saw what I saw, but it was pretty evident to me that nothing else worked as well as that and also a strong post player like KG and Hibbert. I believe Woody does see that the Knicks need stronger post play from our bigs.

I don't think Rose injury brings down the team. You can come back 100% from ACL.

We better f'in believe that to be true. We need Shump!