TMS wrote:i love what he's saying, but as a leader he has to realize that accountability starts with him... he needs to step up his own game if he expects other guys to follow suit... & so does Ray Felton... it takes more than just telling your teammates to step it up to be a leader... u gotta start by stepping it up yourself Amare.

what he said about the loser's mentality is what's plagued this franchise for the past decade... there's always excuses, finger pointing, no one accepting accountability for themselves... no matter if it's Isiah, Donnie Walsh, Mike D'Antoni, Amare Stoudamire, Clyde Frazier or anyone else addressing the problems, nothing ever seems to change... we're freakin' cursed i tell you!

It's no curse. We just need better floor spacing and more three point shooting and a point guard who find players on a pick and roll. Or maybe we just need a coach like Rick Adelman who always seems to find success adjusting to the skills of the players on his roster.

CrushAlot wrote:I think there was nothing wrong with what he said. He is right. He is the hardest working guy on the team and has been praised for his work ethic and preperation. He is the star of the team, the alpha dog. He is not only the best player on the team but he is the leader and the driving force because the coach is not that kind of person. He has had to take on a Messier type role and he has done it. It isn't fair to him and he is right to speak up about the lack of effort and apparent apathy that the franchise has.

i don't think there was anything wrong w/what he said either, but he's also a part of the problem right now... i can see him trying his best but he's also forcing up shots & committing bad turnovers this year... a big part of that is our PG's inability to get him the ball in space, but that doesn't excuse the mistakes he's making on the court either... his shooting % is way below his career average this season & part of the reason is that he's out shooting 3's & forcing up shots into double teams... as captain of the team i love the fact that he's speaking up, but i didn't hear much accountability in his words for his own mistakes this season... there is an obvious lack of chemistry between him & Ray Felton, & that is an issue that both those guys need to get to work on before they expect anyone else to step up their games... accountability starts with the guy you see in the mirror.

AnubisADL wrote:Guys are playing lazy though. Guys seem to be floating around. Fields seems to be the only guy other than Amare playing at a high energy level consistently.

JohnWallace44 wrote:Guys defending Gallo are making me lose my lunch on this board. He is a major reason, if not the reason that the Knicks are 3-7.

If Gallo, and to a larger extent, the team cannot shoot better than 30% from deep then we're not going to sniff the playoffs. Its simple math. We're built to hit the trey at a better than average clip. If we can't do that, then we lose, lose and lose some more.

They aren't built to hit the three they are built to take the threes. Just because they make a few threes that doesn't mean they are good at hitting threes. This team is not a three point shooting team, the system is all wrong. Gallo should not be a three point shooter. He should be down in the blocks posting up, dropping points getting the ball at the top of the key and creating for a shot or his teammates. Same with Chandler he should be doing the same thing. Threes should come in the flow of the game it should never be the end all be all for a team, that is the problem with the Knicks they rely on lazy basketball and as you can see if the three isn't falling the team looks lazy out there.

Knicksfan wrote:Meanwhile in D'Antoni's mind:

“Obviously nobody wants to lose and everybody is pressing,” coach Mike D’Antoni said. “The reality is we’re 3-7 and we’ve got a game on Tuesday. So you just try to figure out what’s going wrong, how can you get a little bit better, who to play in the rotations and hit it on Tuesday. At this point that’s all we can do.”

Maybe I have it against him already, but this sounds like a guy that doesn't care anymore. He will come back next day, do the same thing he did before and see what happens next game. In other words, "whatever".

I am starting to come around to this way of seeing MDA, too. He doesn't inspire the team, he doesn't inspire the fans, and he almost seems to be in over his head. He has a gimmicky system that depends on an elite play maker and not much else. He doesn't make substitutions at the right time, he doesn't control momentum with the limited tools a coach has, and he doesn't put any fire in the bellies of men.

I am willing to give him 20 more games to turn things around. After Dec. 15th, I want roster changes starting at the top.