markvmc wrote:

playa2 wrote:

franco12 wrote:

playa2 wrote:

playa2 wrote:Who has the power to influence the players to play hard and play the right way all of a sudden ?

Melo,
Woody
Dolan
OTHERS

Notice how they put aside all their selfish ambitions and now they trust one another.

Nobody has an opinion on this huh ?

These is the same roster, so did the two new guys Earl Clark and Shannon Brown bring this resurgence ?

I think some of the change might be Phil Jackson talk, maybe the break of CAA on the Knicks:

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/10583166/looks-phil-jackson-take-new-york-knicks-job?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

One Knicks player recently told ESPN.com that the CAA ties were a problem in the locker room.

"You see how guys from CAA are treated differently," the player said. "How they get away with saying certain things to coaches. How coaches talk to them differently than they talk to the other guys. It's a problem."

Sorry I never got the memo on CAA , what does that mean ?

Carmelo Anthony Allstars?

lol

playa2 wrote:

franco12 wrote:

playa2 wrote:

playa2 wrote:Who has the power to influence the players to play hard and play the right way all of a sudden ?

Melo,
Woody
Dolan
OTHERS

Notice how they put aside all their selfish ambitions and now they trust one another.

Nobody has an opinion on this huh ?

These is the same roster, so did the two new guys Earl Clark and Shannon Brown bring this resurgence ?

I think some of the change might be Phil Jackson talk, maybe the break of CAA on the Knicks:

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/10583166/looks-phil-jackson-take-new-york-knicks-job?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

One Knicks player recently told ESPN.com that the CAA ties were a problem in the locker room.

"You see how guys from CAA are treated differently," the player said. "How they get away with saying certain things to coaches. How coaches talk to them differently than they talk to the other guys. It's a problem."

Sorry I never got the memo on CAA , what does that mean ?

Carmelo Anthony's Assist

Once the trade deadline passed, guys relaxed.

It ain't that deep. Happens every year.

mattshaw78 wrote:

misterearl wrote:playa - you are overthinking this.

Once the trade deadline passed, guys relaxed.

It ain't that deep. Happens every year.

Also maybe because we have been playing scrub teams lol

Exactly

misterearl wrote:playa - you are overthinking this.

Once the trade deadline passed, guys relaxed.

It ain't that deep. Happens every year.

Mista, I dunno, I am thinking though.

Right after Woody announced himself being the problem and taking the blame, the team started to play better.

And I don't buy that scrub theory, because scrubs were giving us the business to up until now.

Most here thought without Kmart we couldn't even attempt to play adequate post defense, but some how we play pretty good team defense now.

I'm not buying that we play more relaxed now, I think within our roster, players were giving half effort on the court collectively on purpose.

I think they wanted Woody gone( it's how we got rid of Danphoney), but now that a potential new Sheriff is coming to town they are playing to their potential no more cruise control especially on defense!

jrodmc wrote:

playa2 wrote:

misterearl wrote:playa - you are overthinking this.

Once the trade deadline passed, guys relaxed.

It ain't that deep. Happens every year.

Mista, I dunno, I am thinking though.

Right after Woody announced himself being the problem and taking the blame, the team started to play better.

And I don't buy that scrub theory, because scrubs were giving us the business to up until now.

Most here thought without Kmart we couldn't even attempt to play adequate post defense, but some how we play pretty good team defense now.

I'm not buying that we play more relaxed now, I think within that roster players were giving half effort on the court collectively on purpose.

I think they wanted Woody gone, but now that a potential new Sheriff is coming to town they are playing to their potential no more cruise control especially on defense!

playa, is there anything at all to you that doesn't smell of consipiracy? Anything?
In the Sicksers game thread, there were comments about how lax the team looked at points in the first half when we were down.
And Bargs was playing great post defense against people like DHow. I don't remember anyone maintaining that Kmart was the key to anything. A definite nice to have on D, but not much else

Ease up and enjoy the games, Mr. Zapruder.

Keep it alive with #5! (Copyright 2014 AnswerMan One-Liner Format Industries, LLC)

Believe what you want Jrodmc, This organization & team is fully of conspiracies and dysfunction, why you guys try and down play it now baffles me.

jrodmc wrote:

playa2 wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

playa2 wrote:

misterearl wrote:playa - you are overthinking this.

Once the trade deadline passed, guys relaxed.

It ain't that deep. Happens every year.

Mista, I dunno, I am thinking though.

Right after Woody announced himself being the problem and taking the blame, the team started to play better.

And I don't buy that scrub theory, because scrubs were giving us the business to up until now.

Most here thought without Kmart we couldn't even attempt to play adequate post defense, but some how we play pretty good team defense now.

I'm not buying that we play more relaxed now, I think within that roster players were giving half effort on the court collectively on purpose.

I think they wanted Woody gone, but now that a potential new Sheriff is coming to town they are playing to their potential no more cruise control especially on defense!

playa, is there anything at all to you that doesn't smell of consipiracy? Anything?
In the Sicksers game thread, there were comments about how lax the team looked at points in the first half when we were down.
And Bargs was playing great post defense against people like DHow. I don't remember anyone maintaining that Kmart was the key to anything. A definite nice to have on D, but not much else

Ease up and enjoy the games, Mr. Zapruder.

Keep it alive with #5! (Copyright 2014 AnswerMan One-Liner Format Industries, LLC)

Believe what you want Jrodmc, This organization & team is fully of conspiracies and dysfunction, why you guys try and down play it now baffles me.

yeah, okay. Just remember, it's Phil on the grassy knoll, off to the left with the candlestick!

You among others can't handle the truth, NYK's dysfunction at it's highest where David " The Don" Stern former Commissioner had to step in and address the conspiracies & buffonery at MSG...... SEE ANUCKA BROWNE SANDERS !

Now get in the truck and shut dup !

Vmart wrote:It has always been about STAT.

Agreed

gunsnewing wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:One name for the reason we are winning and should have been starting for months. Amar'e!just the fact he gets everyone motivated in the starting line up speaks volumes of his veteran voice he also isn't afraid to call players out like chandler for dogging it

That's the reason I pleaded for them to start Amare last year because I knew Melo 1 on 5 was not going to work in the playoffs. Unfortunately we wasted all of amares minutes trying to force a roll for him off the bench. Hindsight we should've given him off the first 3/4s of the season and started him late in the season in preparation for facing Indiana in the 2nd round