GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:IrishKnickFan wrote:mrKnickShot wrote:IKF - you flip flop faster than Al Gore 
I didnt flip flop. I have said that i think melo is gonna have a good season for a while now i was just stating that his past playoff record isnt good. BUT I think this is the year he will turn it around.
Does it really make sense to judge an individual player in a team sport by how far their teams get in the playoffs?
When Player X was on Team Y they went to the Finals.
Therefore Player X is a "winner"
Logically it makes no sense. I think there were only a handful of players in NBA history that could carry a mediocre team to the Finals: MJ and Lebron. Can't really include Jason Kidd because the Eastern Conference was ATROCIOUS. Some managed to carry their team in say a 1st round series against mediocre competition: T-Mac (Orlando). Otherwise the argument doesn't hold up when you see:
-Kobe getting bounced in the 1st round. Nash failing to make the playoffs. KG's early career. Kevin Love.
This team should be good enough to get out of the 1st round unless we get the 7th/8th seed and face Miami in round 1. Think we can take Chicago. Maybe I'm delusional.
well then how should we judge carmelo? Ok, lets not use the playoffs, although that should be a big part of it, but lets not use that.. OK, then what should we use? individual awards? he has none.. this guy gets mentioned by many homer fans with the other great players yet he owns nothing.. NO mvp's no defensive awards, no NBA first team, and for a guy who is considered to be such a great scorer, he has NO scoring titles.... what has he done to garner all of this respect.? what!
Anyone who sits around and waits for the lottery to better themselves, either in real life or in sports, Is a Loser...............
TKF