gunsnewing wrote:Say Novak was able to get off a few more shots would that really make a difference? Would that cure Tysons Flu. Would that have kep shump from tearing his acl? Would that have kept Amare from punching a fire extinguisher. Would that have kept Baron from tearing every part of his knee? Melo wasnt great but be has a pass this time because Lebron gave him fits defensively. I think people are being too hard on Woodson. This was on the players. Oh and it didnt help that JR shot 30%

At least Melo did far better than D Rose did against Lebron last year, DRose had a far superior team.

Melo - 28 points 8 rebounds on 42 pct. against Lebron JAMES playing 1 talent against 3?

And Melo had to guard Lebron the whole game.

martin wrote:

s3231 wrote:I don't like this quote from Woodson about Lin today:

“Will he start? Only time will tell,” Woodson said.

Granted, Woodson goes on to say that Lin played at a high level and had some success this season. I just don't like how he is leaving the door open for Lin not to start. I mean, the kid only saved our season but whatever...Woodson couldn't just squash any doubt by saying that right now, Lin is absolutely the starting PG (with the "right now" part leaving the door open to change if we get a guy like Nash)?

Woodson should tell us the full lineup for next year. And first 3 guys off bench.

This is and has been my biggest fear with Woodson as head coach. It means Lin will eventually regress from starter, to rotation player to borderline scrub because Woodson will tune out anyone who doesn't dump the ball into Melo's hands every single trip up the floor.

I remember seeing him rip into Lin for passing to Novak etc even when they were making shots and Melo was shooting around 2-15. Mow I maybe completely wrong on this and it's still more of a gut feel than anything else but I do think Lin will be spending lots of time in Woody's doghouse.

AnubisADL wrote:You do realize Martin was being facetious right?

My post had nothing to do with what Martin wrote, I meant to quote s3231.

gunsnewing wrote:Say Novak was able to get off a few more shots would that really make a difference? Would that cure Tysons Flu. Would that have kep shump from tearing his acl? Would that have kept Amare from punching a fire extinguisher. Would that have kept Baron from tearing every part of his knee? Melo wasnt great but be has a pass this time because Lebron gave him fits defensively. I think people are being too hard on Woodson. This was on the players. Oh and it didnt help that JR shot 30%. Jeffries with a busted knee was also useless.

Jmpasq wrote:Please tell me who else should be Shooting the Ball.

Jmpasq wrote:U guys are ridiculous. Do u seriously not see how under manned this team is against Miami. Yeah but its Woodson and Smiths fault. Not the fact the other team is the best defensive team in the NBA and the Knicks cant match up athletically

Perhaps you can curl up and get to sleep at night pretending that it doesn't matter HOW you play against a better team, but the truth is that when you play a top team you need to execute to perfection. You need to have an actual plan on how to score the ball and to get the defense to do what you want rather than take only what they give him all game. Case in point is Melo taking a ton of jumpshots. That's what the Heat wanted!!! This way they keep him off the Free Throw line, which they did in the final game.

What you want to do then is space the Heat out and keep the lane open for penetration using PnR, back cuts, give and go plays etc. You want plays where you're threats are moving and the defense can't just camp in an area and settle in. I've been watching what Woody has done to the offense and it's devolved into a make it up as you go offense, which is what he always ran in ATL. Heavy ISO doesn't require a lot of moves and counter moves.

Woody coaches LAZY offense and always has. I was HOPING AND PRAYING that he would leave most of the offense in tact so that the rest of the team would have a chance to be involved and to create shots for guys that can't just get their own shots or to create better attempts at the basket for STAT and Tyson. Woody didn't do anything and so the Knicks never really had a chance to win this series. That's a coaches job!!! Give your team the best chance possible to win and even against a better team you might just pullout a tough win at the right time. If you set up some real plays, JR doesn't get to take so many shots. If you just leave it up to him he'll take'em.