technomaster wrote:Fields generally plays his best (offense) when Carmelo isn't on the floor with him. Makes sense if they have as little overlap as possible.I have a hard time judging Landry's defense - I agree that he doesn't seem to make other teams twitchy when he's nearby. He's more of a team defender who sticks his hands in when appropriate - not one that will hawk you when dribbling or take chances on the passing lanes.
It does seem pretty clear that the Knicks offense is very stagnant and jerky (hard saying that when you score 110+). The D is clearly extremely problematic. The Knicks can't seem to stop anyone regardless of position.
Seems as if there's a lot of thinking going on. Chandler constantly barking probably bugs his teammates.
His offense to me is bad whether Melo is on the court or not. A shooting guard who can't create a shot for himself is useless. Also his jumper is not a true jumper..it's a set shot which needs lots of space and time to get off. Shump is more successful because he has a true jumper. He has no go to moves, Misses easy layups and less than 10 ft jumpers routinely, forces when he doesn't need to.
His man to man defense is pretty bad. He can't seem to stay in front of any two guard or get around picks quick enough to disrupt the great shooters off picks.
I do think he can be a useful part of a second unit.
Also he's forgotten about the little things in the game that made him somewhat successful last year like rebounding, hustle and diving at rim for easy put backs and layups. Dantoni has him camped at 3 point line the whole game which is not his strength.