Kemet wrote:Oh WOW! Melo is finally in a lineup with Quinn this season .. it makes me think Quinn was in Melo's dog-house like Amare n K-Mart

nyknickzingis wrote:MDA wanted Melo to shoot quick three pointers and installed many bad habits in Melo as well. Too much taking defensive possessions off - looking to focus on pushing the ball ahead of grinding and playing defense.

Yes MDA wanted team ball and all good offenses have that element (team ball) and MDA's offene is a good offense. However overall he never focused on defense or how Melo could break down teams with passes in isolations. The Triangle allows players like Kobe, Jordan, Shaq and now Melo to isolate and then find the open man because you always should (in theory) know where the other 4 guys are.

MDA didn't even want the ball to go through Melo like we're seeing now. He wanted the point guard to run a high screen roll and break down the defense. It's a great offense for a point guard, not so much for a player like Melo. The smartest thing MDA did was use Melo as a 4, something we should be doing more of. Porzingis/Melo 5/4 lineups with 3 ballhandling wings like say Galloway, Grant and Afflalo would make opponents life miserable trying to defend.

You're completely wrong in your assessment of MDA! FAIL. The year MELO acted up was when the team was defending better but the offense wasn't working. MELO is statistically one of the best PnR ball handlers in the game and he should've been great in that role under MDA if he bought in!

newyorker4ever wrote:

SocraticBallin22 wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

Kemet wrote:Gallo should've been the starter 20 something games ago

He was playing like crap 20 something days ago. You guys don't seem to understand that in the NBA players must prove themselves to deserve minutes to get minutes and if you watch the games you'll see that when they play well they get a chance to play in the next game.

He's aggressive when he's out there--the anti Jose. He attacks the rim. He looks for his shot. He pushes the pace. He defends his position. He gets steals. Jose does none of the above.

Ummmmmmmm thank you but i know all of that and for the past few gameday threads i've been saying he should start over Calderon. If you read my post that you commented on you would see that it says he was playing like crap 20 something game ago. You should read the post first.

NY4ever ...Gallo was on fire our first 14 games into the season, when Afflalo became healthy to play Gallo minutes went down plus Fisher were giving Gallo spot minute in n out of every different type of lineup he could put together.

nixluva wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:MDA wanted Melo to shoot quick three pointers and installed many bad habits in Melo as well. Too much taking defensive possessions off - looking to focus on pushing the ball ahead of grinding and playing defense.

Yes MDA wanted team ball and all good offenses have that element (team ball) and MDA's offene is a good offense. However overall he never focused on defense or how Melo could break down teams with passes in isolations. The Triangle allows players like Kobe, Jordan, Shaq and now Melo to isolate and then find the open man because you always should (in theory) know where the other 4 guys are.

MDA didn't even want the ball to go through Melo like we're seeing now. He wanted the point guard to run a high screen roll and break down the defense. It's a great offense for a point guard, not so much for a player like Melo. The smartest thing MDA did was use Melo as a 4, something we should be doing more of. Porzingis/Melo 5/4 lineups with 3 ballhandling wings like say Galloway, Grant and Afflalo would make opponents life miserable trying to defend.

You're completely wrong in your assessment of MDA! FAIL. The year MELO acted up was when the team was defending better but the offense wasn't working. MELO is statistically one of the best PnR ball handlers in the game and he should've been great in that role under MDA if he bought in!