JrZyHuStLa wrote:Carmelo Anthony is a better player than Mike D'antoni is a coach.Time has given us the answer some of us already knew.
Is the real problem a perennial all star? Or a head coach who's system has never proved anything?
If it weren't for D'antoni, this team could've won the divison and been a sure fire 2nd round team.
Mike Woodson has done a terrific job.
It's not about MDA or Woody. This is about Melo pure and simple. No coach was making Melo miss shots and get his shot blocked for most of the year. No coach is making him make shots and finish strong now. This is all about Melo. Case in point, before his shot returned and he was still sucking it up offensively, the single biggest change was Melo's effort level in every other aspect of the game, but particularly on the defensive end. It was night and day different the DAY that MDA resigned. because Melo made up his mind to push himself, he actually played himself into Elite level conditioning.
Melo was visibly spent early on during the 1st few games after MDA resigned and he had started playing harder on both ends, but over time he's actually gotten in shape enough to play hard on both ends and still be a dominant offensive player. That's really all on Melo. He could always have been doing this. No excuses!!! This is about personal accountability for a player paid to be the leader of a franchise. The same as Durant or Lebron, Melo owes it to the franchise and the fans to be ready to play at an Elite level and to give max effort every single night. He's been doing that for a few games now which is great, but it's a shame he didn't always do this, cuz if he had this team would already be a top team in the League and not fighting for survival.
I grow tired of all the revisionist history now that Melo is playing like we expected him to when we traded for him. Let's not forget all the poor play and losing this team has done since he's come here just cuz he's had a good little run. He's got a lot more work to do. You compare this short period with that of what a DRose has done as an MVP level player and it's not even close. We're not talking stats. Just talking about doing what his team needs for an entire season and playoffs. Melo has yet to do that for this franchise.
DATE MIN FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
January 35.6 8.3-21.1 .393 1.4-4.4 .311 5.4-6.8 .789 6.7 4.6 0.4 1.3 2.4 3.4 23.3
February 31.5 6.1-15.4 .398 0.6-2.3 .278 3.6-4.4 .829 4.0 3.4 0.5 0.8 2.4 2.1 16.5
March 32.1 6.7-16.2 .415 0.9-3.3 .268 5.1-6.5 .782 6.3 3.0 0.5 1.3 3.0 2.3 19.4
April(3 gms) 38.3 13.0-26.0 .500 2.3-5.0 .467 5.3-7.0 .762 8.3 2.7 0.7 1.0 3.3 2.7 33.7
You can see that in April so far he's been putting up Superstar performances. The Totality of the other months tells the story about the rest of the year and his less than stellar performance. That's not about a coach! This is about Melo pure and simple. He had to be sucking pretty hard to have the shooting %'s he had this year. For a guy touted as the best pure scorer, you can't lay that on a coach or teammates. You either make the shots or you don't. The one thing that you should always expect is effort and that's been the biggest change for Melo.
right now. It's looking like a great player was being forced to play to his weakness for a thickheaded coach. And instead of conforming to having an post reliant offense like the knicks are winning with right now when TD was running the point, he tried to turn Melo into a Point Forward. And we saw how great that was with our star Small Forward dealing with injuries from game 11 of the season pretty much until March. That was when his offense took a huge dip too, but who cares about, it didn't use to fit the agenda of Melo the Fat dog trying to get MDA fired. 
You remind me of Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory.