nixluva wrote:What pisses people off is that Melo seems to have no problem playing in an open style which is no doubt designed by D'Antoni. He's whipping passes and hitting catch and shoot jumpers. MDA has been coaching the offense for the Olympic Teams for years and for the most part Melo has thrived in it. Just ticks me off that's all.

Woo Sah, let it go Nixluva. You're in a new, better era of Knicks bball. No more drama, just wins baby!

ChuckBuck wrote:

nixluva wrote:What pisses people off is that Melo seems to have no problem playing in an open style which is no doubt designed by D'Antoni. He's whipping passes and hitting catch and shoot jumpers. MDA has been coaching the offense for the Olympic Teams for years and for the most part Melo has thrived in it. Just ticks me off that's all.

Woo Sah, let it go Nixluva. You're in a new, better era of Knicks bball. No more drama, just wins baby!

CashMoney wrote:

nixluva wrote:What pisses people off is that Melo seems to have no problem playing in an open style which is no doubt designed by D'Antoni. He's whipping passes and hitting catch and shoot jumpers. MDA has been coaching the offense for the Olympic Teams for years and for the most part Melo has thrived in it. Just ticks me off that's all.

I hear what you're saying but there a big difference between playing on the Olympic team and playing with the Knicks. Regardelss, I think that what really pisses people off about Melo is that he has the talent to it all but doesn't seem to bring it every game.

I think he took a bog step when Woody was brought it and he put up crazy stats toward the end of the season. I've alway been a Melo fan but I think this is the year that he puts it all together. He seems to have a different swagger to him lately and I can't ever recall him stating things like "My time is shortly."

With Lebron, Wade and Bosh having won the hardware and him being around those guys I think this may be the final kick in the ass he needs.

ChuckBuck wrote:

nixluva wrote:

IrishKnickFan wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

nixluva wrote:What pisses people off is that Melo seems to have no problem playing in an open style which is no doubt designed by D'Antoni. He's whipping passes and hitting catch and shoot jumpers. MDA has been coaching the offense for the Olympic Teams for years and for the most part Melo has thrived in it. Just ticks me off that's all.

Woo Sah, let it go Nixluva. You're in a new, better era of Knicks bball. No more drama, just wins baby!

hopefully they will prove it on the court

See I can separate my criticism of Melo and his questionable character from his actual talent and the Knicks chances to win. I don't like how Melo has handled himself and have fully explained why. That doesn't mean that I don't like his talent and enjoy watching the Knicks win when he's playing well. Just don't ask me to ignore the fact that he played like a BUM under MDA last year and yet he's playing like a duck in water in a D'Antoni designed offense with the Olympic Team.

Does having Deron Williams, CP3, Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, James Harden on the team have anything to do with Making Melo look this good in D'Antoni's offense?

Not making excuses for Melo, but when you're whipping passes to Durant or Lebron, or receiving pin point passes from CP3 or Deron, it tends to make everyone look good.

That would be an illogical conclusion. HE IS A BUM!

Lebron James made some revealing statements in his post championship interviews. He talked about playing angry the first year, trying to prove people wrong. Unhappy and unfulfilled.

The second year Lebron admitted he played for his love of the game. With joy. He played the way he intuitively had been playing for years. That approach allowed him to elevate his focus at the correct moments and lift his team with him.

Carmelo would be wise to tune out the idle chatter and keep the smile on his face... and when Raymond Felton hist him with a clever bounce pass, keep one eye on a streaking Amar'e Stoudemire every now and then.

ChuckBuck wrote:

nixluva wrote:

IrishKnickFan wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

nixluva wrote:What pisses people off is that Melo seems to have no problem playing in an open style which is no doubt designed by D'Antoni. He's whipping passes and hitting catch and shoot jumpers. MDA has been coaching the offense for the Olympic Teams for years and for the most part Melo has thrived in it. Just ticks me off that's all.

Woo Sah, let it go Nixluva. You're in a new, better era of Knicks bball. No more drama, just wins baby!

hopefully they will prove it on the court

See I can separate my criticism of Melo and his questionable character from his actual talent and the Knicks chances to win. I don't like how Melo has handled himself and have fully explained why. That doesn't mean that I don't like his talent and enjoy watching the Knicks win when he's playing well. Just don't ask me to ignore the fact that he played like a BUM under MDA last year and yet he's playing like a duck in water in a D'Antoni designed offense with the Olympic Team.

Does having Deron Williams, CP3, Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, James Harden on the team have anything to do with Making Melo look this good in D'Antoni's offense?

Not making excuses for Melo, but when you're whipping passes to Durant or Lebron, or receiving pin point passes from CP3 or Deron, it tends to make everyone look good.

See I would give you something there if I didn't watch Melo not do these things when he came back into the middle of Linsanity. At that time the team was rolling and they seemed able to share the ball despite it being mostly our role players getting it done. Melo certainly could've whipped passes to his teammates when he came back.

This is not to say that they'd look like this All Star Team he's playing with right now. It's just that you see the WILLINGNESS to make the extra pass and to execute catch and shoot and moving without the ball. All of those principles that are exactly the same as what was going on when he came back to the team that was clicking on all cylinders.

Now Melo has a fresh start with an even stronger team, so let's hope this is the year this team puts it together. Everything should be setup in Melo's favor to thrive and be successful. He should have a career year.

misterearl wrote:Rings And Things

Lebron James made some revealing statements in his post championship interviews. He talked about playing angry the first year, trying to prove people wrong. Unhappy and unfulfilled.

The second year Lebron admitted he played for his love of the game. With joy. He played the way he intuitively had been playing for years. That approach allowed him to elevate his focus at the correct moments and lift his team with him.

Carmelo would be wise to tune out the idle chatter and keep the smile on his face... and when Raymond Felton hist him with a clever bounce pass, keep one eye on a streaking Amar'e Stoudemire every now and then.

Did you say Joy? Uh-oh, Melo better be careful. Its only okay for guys like Lebron, Magic and Isiah to flash a smile and have fun playing a game. some Knick fans dont like when Melo has fun on the court.

IrishKnickFan wrote:

Uptown wrote:

misterearl wrote:Rings And Things

Lebron James made some revealing statements in his post championship interviews. He talked about playing angry the first year, trying to prove people wrong. Unhappy and unfulfilled.

The second year Lebron admitted he played for his love of the game. With joy. He played the way he intuitively had been playing for years. That approach allowed him to elevate his focus at the correct moments and lift his team with him.

Carmelo would be wise to tune out the idle chatter and keep the smile on his face... and when Raymond Felton hist him with a clever bounce pass, keep one eye on a streaking Amar'e Stoudemire every now and then.

Did you say Joy? Uh-oh, Melo better be careful. Its only okay for guys like Lebron, Magic and Isiah to flash a smile and have fun playing a game. some Knick fans dont like when Melo has fun on the court.

Uptown you dont have to protect melo nobody is bashing him they are just pointing out things he needs to work on. In fact most peopel are behind melo they just wnat him to improve on certain aspects of his game that I feel will make us a bigtime threat in the playoffs

ChuckBuck wrote:

IrishKnickFan wrote:

Uptown wrote:

misterearl wrote:Rings And Things

Lebron James made some revealing statements in his post championship interviews. He talked about playing angry the first year, trying to prove people wrong. Unhappy and unfulfilled.

The second year Lebron admitted he played for his love of the game. With joy. He played the way he intuitively had been playing for years. That approach allowed him to elevate his focus at the correct moments and lift his team with him.

Carmelo would be wise to tune out the idle chatter and keep the smile on his face... and when Raymond Felton hist him with a clever bounce pass, keep one eye on a streaking Amar'e Stoudemire every now and then.

Did you say Joy? Uh-oh, Melo better be careful. Its only okay for guys like Lebron, Magic and Isiah to flash a smile and have fun playing a game. some Knick fans dont like when Melo has fun on the court.

Uptown you dont have to protect melo nobody is bashing him they are just pointing out things he needs to work on. In fact most peopel are beg=hind melo they just wnat him to improve on certain aspects of his game that I feel will kake us a bigtime threat in the playoffs

LOL at nobody is bashing him.

When hasn't Melo not been bashed?

I know I know the usual:

-When Melo makes it out the first round
-When Melo quit on D'Antoni
-When Melo forced the trade
-When Melo has too much mofongo
-When Melo told Dolan to tell Lin to shove it
-etc etc etc

He's been bashed the second he donned the Knicks uniform, where have you been Irish?