misterearl wrote:The Knicks resurgence is in part due to Melo and Stoudemire finally respecting one other on the court.

Anthony is passing the ball with purpose, instead of as a safety valve. Amare feels phenomenal.

Beat Boston.

Shump is great coming off the bench he brings a defensive mindset/spark off the bench. Also I think he will have time to develop his offensive game as a bench player. It's more time on the floor for him without melo. He'll shoot more without being criticized,and that's what shump needs practice with shooting... Shump with boost his confidence with the bench role and become the animal we all know is inside this young man.

Thjr has all the makings of a potential star... He needs to work on conditioning and defense, also a offensive move with the ball but that will come because he is so gifted offensively. Great 6/7th man off the bench for the next year or two. Till he takes the rains as the starting two guard. He's gotta dethrone jr. Which is gonna be hard.

Jeremy Tyler what can I say, I love the kid he has all the skills to be a star big man in this league. I honestly feel this kid makes chandler expendable, for a really good point guard. I think Phil will see this as well... He doesn't have to have the ball at all to be effective on the floor. He can shoot from anywhere inside the three. Nice fade a way. Nice back to the basket moves. Can throw down dunks with the best of them.. Understands the pick and role.. He is still a work in progress in terms of aggression on defense(to many fouls) and he needs more time on the floor, to polish his offensive game.

Prigs is perfect as the second unit floor general. He can get the kids (shump, thjr, Tyler) the ball and open looks, he also can hit the open three.

This rotation should have been going on since the beginning of the season... I think we would all be singing a different tune if this were the case.

gunsnewing wrote:Yea Amare was playing great last year so much so that his minutes were increased to 30mins. Shortly hereafter he went down

yeah cause he leaves the court fine and the next day a report surfaces that he will be out indefinitely, and your like WTF

playa2 wrote:If you guys are trying to convince me that Amare starting is the reason for the resurgence then I have some land in GUAM to sell you.

What got Amare's fire going..... is it just because he's starting ????? That's crazy !

So when he came in games off the bench he couldn't play the same way ???

Guys were blowing by Amare left and right, naw it's something else that persuaded these guys to play the right way.

They weren't even covering for each other.

Once the tone is set. players play off of that..this is something melo has a hard time doing and chandler is so limited offensively he needs another leader/ tone setter in the game.

Stat also holds a high standard for his teammates, also something melo needs to work on. He won't accept dogging it and he's not afraid to let you hear it.

It's hard to get wins with your vocal leader as well as second best player is sitting on the bench to start games and only coming in for 20 meaningless minutes. No crunch time minutes or starting minutes.

Like I said stat was just like melo growing up a star type of nba player. How would melo do playing 20 meaningless minutes in a game.. He'd prob wouldn't be able to deal with it and demand a trade. Prob averaging less points and playing with less heart then stat. pissed he's only getting 20...melo cares about melo.

fitzfarm wrote:

playa2 wrote:If you guys are trying to convince me that Amare starting is the reason for the resurgence then I have some land in GUAM to sell you.

What got Amare's fire going..... is it just because he's starting ????? That's crazy !

So when he came in games off the bench he couldn't play the same way ???

Guys were blowing by Amare left and right, naw it's something else that persuaded these guys to play the right way.

They weren't even covering for each other.

Stat is a special player, a leader, he is someone who started his whole life and amare was the star he is since being in organized basketball as a kid... How do you think melo would do coming off the bench for only 20 minutes prob the same as stat a few flashes of greatness with a few magnified mishaps. As a starter your a tone setter. which stat is very good at setting the tone of the game, this is very hard for someone who is the 7th man off the bench playing 20 minutes a game. The tone is already set and hard to change .

Once the tone is set. players play off of that..this is something melo has a hard time doing and chandler is so limited offensively he needs another leader/ tone setter in the game.

Stat also holds a high standard for his teammates, also something melo needs to work on. He won't accept dogging it and he's not afraid to let you hear it.

It's hard to get wins with your vocal leader as well as second best player is sitting on the bench to start games and only coming in for 20 meaningless minutes. No crunch time minutes or starting minutes.

Like I said stat was just like melo growing up a star type of nba player. How would melo do playing 20 meaningless minutes in a game.. He'd prob wouldn't be able to deal with it and demand a trade. Prob averaging less points and playing with less heart then stat. pissed he's only getting 20...melo cares about melo.

Stats really sets the example of a leader with his defense, rebounding (box out anyone?) and assists (1 assist per for his career?). Oh please. Every five days we have a new leader.

mreinman wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:

playa2 wrote:If you guys are trying to convince me that Amare starting is the reason for the resurgence then I have some land in GUAM to sell you.

What got Amare's fire going..... is it just because he's starting ????? That's crazy !

So when he came in games off the bench he couldn't play the same way ???

Guys were blowing by Amare left and right, naw it's something else that persuaded these guys to play the right way.

They weren't even covering for each other.

Stat is a special player, a leader, he is someone who started his whole life and amare was the star he is since being in organized basketball as a kid... How do you think melo would do coming off the bench for only 20 minutes prob the same as stat a few flashes of greatness with a few magnified mishaps. As a starter your a tone setter. which stat is very good at setting the tone of the game, this is very hard for someone who is the 7th man off the bench playing 20 minutes a game. The tone is already set and hard to change .

Once the tone is set. players play off of that..this is something melo has a hard time doing and chandler is so limited offensively he needs another leader/ tone setter in the game.

Stat also holds a high standard for his teammates, also something melo needs to work on. He won't accept dogging it and he's not afraid to let you hear it.

It's hard to get wins with your vocal leader as well as second best player is sitting on the bench to start games and only coming in for 20 meaningless minutes. No crunch time minutes or starting minutes.

Like I said stat was just like melo growing up a star type of nba player. How would melo do playing 20 meaningless minutes in a game.. He'd prob wouldn't be able to deal with it and demand a trade. Prob averaging less points and playing with less heart then stat. pissed he's only getting 20...melo cares about melo.

Stats really sets the example of a leader with his defense, rebounding (box out anyone?) and assists (1 assist per for his career?). Oh please. Every five days we have a new leader.

fitzfarm wrote:

playa2 wrote:If you guys are trying to convince me that Amare starting is the reason for the resurgence then I have some land in GUAM to sell you.

What got Amare's fire going..... is it just because he's starting ????? That's crazy !

So when he came in games off the bench he couldn't play the same way ???

Guys were blowing by Amare left and right, naw it's something else that persuaded these guys to play the right way.

They weren't even covering for each other.

Stat is a special player, a leader, he is someone who started his whole life and amare was the star he is since being in organized basketball as a kid... How do you think melo would do coming off the bench for only 20 minutes prob the same as stat a few flashes of greatness with a few magnified mishaps. As a starter your a tone setter. which stat is very good at setting the tone of the game, this is very hard for someone who is the 7th man off the bench playing 20 minutes a game. The tone is already set and hard to change .

Once the tone is set. players play off of that..this is something melo has a hard time doing and chandler is so limited offensively he needs another leader/ tone setter in the game.

Stat also holds a high standard for his teammates, also something melo needs to work on. He won't accept dogging it and he's not afraid to let you hear it.

It's hard to get wins with your vocal leader as well as second best player is sitting on the bench to start games and only coming in for 20 meaningless minutes. No crunch time minutes or starting minutes.

Like I said stat was just like melo growing up a star type of nba player. How would melo do playing 20 meaningless minutes in a game.. He'd prob wouldn't be able to deal with it and demand a trade. Prob averaging less points and playing with less heart then stat. pissed he's only getting 20...melo cares about melo.

jrodmc wrote:

playa2 wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:

playa2 wrote:If you guys are trying to convince me that Amare starting is the reason for the resurgence then I have some land in GUAM to sell you.

What got Amare's fire going..... is it just because he's starting ????? That's crazy !

So when he came in games off the bench he couldn't play the same way ???

Guys were blowing by Amare left and right, naw it's something else that persuaded these guys to play the right way.

They weren't even covering for each other.

Stat is a special player, a leader, he is someone who started his whole life and amare was the star he is since being in organized basketball as a kid... How do you think melo would do coming off the bench for only 20 minutes prob the same as stat a few flashes of greatness with a few magnified mishaps. As a starter your a tone setter. which stat is very good at setting the tone of the game, this is very hard for someone who is the 7th man off the bench playing 20 minutes a game. The tone is already set and hard to change .

Once the tone is set. players play off of that..this is something melo has a hard time doing and chandler is so limited offensively he needs another leader/ tone setter in the game.

Stat also holds a high standard for his teammates, also something melo needs to work on. He won't accept dogging it and he's not afraid to let you hear it.

It's hard to get wins with your vocal leader as well as second best player is sitting on the bench to start games and only coming in for 20 meaningless minutes. No crunch time minutes or starting minutes.

Like I said stat was just like melo growing up a star type of nba player. How would melo do playing 20 meaningless minutes in a game.. He'd prob wouldn't be able to deal with it and demand a trade. Prob averaging less points and playing with less heart then stat. pissed he's only getting 20...melo cares about melo.

Sooooooooo what made guys like Tyson, JR , Felton and Shumpert all of a sudden play with urgency ???

Sunspots? Global Warming? Trilateral Commission? Industrial-Military complex? Phil Jackson's ties to the Buddhist chapter of Opus Dei? George Bush's 401K? Overcompensation for Obama's lack of hops?

Phil Jackson' endorsement of

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