SocraticBallin22 wrote:It's almost Thanasis Garbage time! Wooo hooo!

Garbage time??? There's a whole lot of basketball still to be played before we get to garbage time.

CrushAlot wrote:

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!

Water under the bridge but Grunfeld showed his hand when he hired Woodson and gave Dantoni tony Douglas as his point guard. The Knicks had what should have been one of the best frontlines in the league and they were losing more than they were winning.

I'm just saying MDA asked MELO to play Point Forward and he should've been great in that role. It was his best assist season in NY before now. If MELO had bought in he would've succeeded in that role.

3Q - 7:08
NYK 74 PHX 49

yellowboy90 wrote:These 3s off the hand off are shots Jose would never take but should take because he is good enough to do. instead of shooting jose just goes into his super slow motion pump fake.

LOL! Yeah there are a lot of things Jose doesn't take advantage of.

yellowboy90 wrote:These 3s off the hand off are shots Jose would never take but should take because he is good enough to do. instead of shooting jose just goes into his super slow motion pump fake.

yes, yes and yes!

Kemet wrote:Was that Tyson Chandler

Yeah...or the artist formerly known as Tyson.

3Q - 5:08
NYK 77 PHX 56

nixluva wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

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!

Water under the bridge but Grunfeld showed his hand when he hired Woodson and gave Dantoni tony Douglas as his point guard. The Knicks had what should have been one of the best frontlines in the league and they were losing more than they were winning.

I'm just saying MDA asked MELO to play Point Forward and he should've been great in that role. It was his best assist season in NY before now. If MELO had bought in he would've succeeded in that role.