tkf wrote:dk7th wrote:tkf wrote:dk7th wrote:meloanyk wrote:ToddTT wrote:Let's just say that we are incredibly lucky, and Toure has an awesome season.Are we able to easily resign him next year?
Not sure but the greatness of Murray and Beno sent Lin's porous D to the bench. Just happy we dont have that overrated player on our books for $15mil next year. Houston been trying to dump him all season with no takers
under d'antoni and without melo he led the team to 7 straight wins and 9 out of 11 before miami mauled him. say what you will about porous d and whatnot but this was melo's team and they would not have co-existed. god forbid melo should take only 16 shots a game.
in houston it is tough for lin playing alongside a great backcourt player like harden who is also not known for defense. so it is a question of who fits better alongside harden, lin or beverly? it's not a knock on lin but rather a better fit with beverly out there. simple.
great point as I posted a article pointing that out, as well.. it is a matter of fit...
you know what i actually knew that. i should have cited your post as a source but then all the melo fluffers would be up in arms at the very thought of the knicks becoming lin's team-- which ideally it should have, warts and all.
ah, no biggie, I agree, it would have been a call to war had you cited my post.. LOL.. I just thought it was nice to have someone else post the truth about that situation....
yes of course it's the truth. but in order to fluff melo it is an immutable law that other players and a coach have to be denigrated. d'antoni, fields, gallo, both chandlers, lin, amare, copeland, novak, mozgov, shumpert-- the list goes on forever.
you know why they have to be denigrated?: because melo's career and his game can't stand on their own merits. this is not to say that he doesn't have value-- but as virtually every other player not named russell, magic, or bird-- it's a question of fit. melo fits in as a third wheel, kind of like bosh, kind of like aguirre.
getting back to mchale for a second-- he played with one of the unsung greats in dennis johnson, a player bird claimed was his greatest teammate-- so you don't think that he isn't looking at his backcourt players through his dj glasses? between fit and his own experience it is absolutely sound reasoning to start beverly.
knicks win 38-43 games in 16-17. rose MUST shoot no more than 14 shots per game, defer to kp6 + melo, and have a usage rate of less than 25%