mrKnickShot wrote:nixluva wrote:mrKnickShot wrote:nixluva wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Why because he wanted to get his star players going who were having their worst seasons of their careers under Dantoni who refused fo adjust? Novak had plenty games under woodson where he factored in getting the win. Fans were "Euphoric" for a reason
Why would D'Antoni have to change what he was doing when the team was winning with defense and team offense before Melo came back and trashed everything???
What was the strength of schedule in those games that he was winning? Playing Charlotte every night and beating them does not make you good.
Oh sorry I forgot! We lost to Charlotte - Never mind.
Why don't you also mention that STAT and Melo weren't playing and we didn't yet have Baron or JR. It didn't matter who we were playing when with Melo we had been losing to any team good or bad. The thing is that the strength of schedule shouldn't matter at all if we have Melo playing like he did the very day that MDA resigned. If Melo isn't acting like a little girl for 10 games the Knicks would've wont the Atlantic. There's no joke or clever line you can write that will change that fact. The team was always playing good D this year and during Linsanity the defense actually got better and it only went down hill when Melo came back. You also forget that Melo himself stated that he had not been playing hard all year and had made up his mind to play with a new found energy the day MDA resigned.
Thats because you have trouble understanding gansta talk. Let me translate:
"I can't believe how hard Mike is pushing us in practice and in the games - we all are forced to play much harder than we were accustom to with a coach who never even talked to us. I am impressed with coach Woodson"
So when Melo came back, what were their losses?
NJ - Deron made Lin look dumb and he was pissed - Melo's first game back from injury - Lin 7-18, JR 2-8, Novak 3-10, melo 4-11
@Miami - figured out that if you trapped Lin, he pretty much gives you the ball and can't make any plays. Teams quickly followed suit
@Boston - thanks MDA for losing us this game that changed our season. MDA got killed by Hubie brown this game
@Dallas
@SA
@Mil (the knicks were amazing offensively!! shot 55 pct / 41 pct from 3, scored 114!! however in typical MDA fashion gave up 119 points) RUN RUN RUN RUN
@Chicago
Phi - Lin 5-18 with 6 TO's - Melo took 13 shots (5-13 - 22 pts and 9 rebounds and 11 for 12 from the line!) (and your JR took 13 shots (4-13) he was phenomenal)
Keep posting your silly talking points and even sillier diagrams but you can't change history
You do realize that Woody had not even had one practice with the team before Melo decided to play like he got shot with Steroids. Dude went from moping around like a neglected step child to suddenly defending like his life depended on it.
Obviously, it was all just Mike D'Antoni's fault.Not really, but that's the assumption by some after the Knicks have gone 3-0 with three double-digit wins after D'Antoni resigned and assistant Mike Woodson took over. Thing is, the team is essentially still running the D'Antoni pick-and-roll system and playing basically the same style. Except they're playing better.
Why? I guess the obvious answer would be that they're playing harder. Or at least that's pretty much what Carmelo Anthony implied, speaking mostly about himself. Via Newsday:
“I think in the last three games, my focus was to have an energy that I haven't had so far this season, especially on the defensive end,” he said. “Everybody on this team knows, everybody in the world knows I can score the basketball. It's not that important to me.”
Awesome. So Melo wasn't trying for D'Antoni, but he is now for Woodson. I guess maybe that's a credit to Woodson for motivating Melo, but it shouldn't take a coaching change for Anthony to play hard. He's making a whole lot of money and his team is losing. He's supposed to be the best player, supposed to be the leader. It shouldn't take something as dramatic as a coaching change for him to play hard. Basically, Melo is admitting he quit on D'Antoni.
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/17923408/carmelo-anthony-pretty-much-says-hes-playing-harder-for-mike-woodsonSo you're saying that Melo was busting it and basically lied on himself when he later said he decided to play with a new found energy that he hadn't had all year.
Also Woody was here ALL YEAR so if the team wasn't performing on D what the F was he doing and why doesn't he get any blame for what was mostly his responsibility to focus on getting the players to defend.
5/11/2012 2:30 AM