the crux of the matter with stoudemire for me is that, lacking the ability to make playmaking passes to teammates and generally make others around him better, he resorted to "putting the team on his back" aka "beast mode" and wore himself out in the process.
it did not help that felton was a non-orchestrator who was sub-standard in the pick and roll, forcing stoudemire to be more selfish.
before that season i was hoping the knicks would acquire a good pick and roll guard, and they didn't. before the season started i was hoping that stoudemire would average 4 assists per game, or at least keep the offense cohesive, and he didn't.
2.6 assists per game that's not going to get it done in terms of teamwork.
30.9 usage to 13.2 for a 2.34:1 ratio, which is indicative of ball-hogging and likely to the detriment of his teammates.
his bpm which is the sum of his offensive and defensive plus/minus was a paltry 0.5, the very definition of a zero-sum player... and yes he was not by any means a leader... you can't be a leader while playing no defense, making others better, and going for hustle stats (compare the big ticket... no comparison!)
and by the way, ray felton's was also 0.5.
chandler -0.2 with 54.2TS and 2.6:1 which means he rarely had the ball in a position to make plays for others
gallo 0.5 with a 60TS (elite) and 2.5:1 see above
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%
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