I believed this before Kobe every made a statement.

Melo Anthony will be fine.

Its amazing how the flock and NY Faithful have turned on Anthony even moreso than turning on coach
U.S.S general D'Antoni prior to Knicks current 6 game winning streak led by Jeremy 'Guthrie' Lin.

Anyhow here is the KOBE Link.
KOBE: MELO Does not need to adjust to Linhttp://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/11361/kobe-says-melo-will-not-need-to-adjust-to-lin
Melo held the ball is a much fault of players STOPPED moving & D'Antoni coaching to dump ball into
Anthony for isolation plays as much as Melo chucking up a shot. Especially taking jumper when NO ONE
else on Knicks had guts to play the way they're playing now.

Everyone has confidence now thanks to Lin, give MDA a tablespoon of credit.
Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudamire are smart guys somewhat and they'll pickup what Knicks has done.

Actually Kobe is right! The issue with Knicks will be between superstars Anthony, Amare & Coaching to merge this relationship
with their new sensation PG Lin.

Knicks are going in right direction and hopefully we can develop a bench before season end.
Still need another banger (PF/C) off the bench and scorer jumpshooter who high% making a shot.

TheGame wrote:Obviously, amare plays with Nash so he should have no problem adjusting and should look better than he has been. I think.Melo will look better too if he focuses on just scoring. All he has to do is run a few pick and pop plays and screens and move the ball more. The real issue is going to be on defense. Amare and Melo must make of a commitment on the defensive side if we are to remain successful.

Agreed
good point

your stars/superstars got to pick up slack with Defense

I know it seems I am taking Melo side and am. But he never been known for D' he actually plays pretty good D this yr much
better than last yr (knicks) and with Nuggets he got to do that with Knicks new pressure play but MELO will.

I am more worried with fragile knees Amare whom no one says is hurt or not.
Amare D' was a tad better last season and few games NY won with Amare last wk he picked it up. But Generally Amare has been WORST
of defender than Carmelo Anthony.

Especially his help D' to Tyson is almost missing MIA,

All in all Melo usually takes other SF/F best player (LBJ, Pierce, Deng, Durant)

Amare has been very bad most games this yr for Knicks defense & hopefully he will make the effort as soon as he's able to
at least mentally and emotionally (condolences to his loss sibling)... You can't imagine now what he's going through & his family.

CrushAlot wrote:Stephen A. said tonight that his sources told him that Carmelo lobbied to get Lin playing time (pre-injury) and that was why his minutes increased.

That's pretty interesting, though I generally take whatever that dude says w/ a grain of salt.

People will probably be quick to get impatient w/ Melo, but I think he'd honestly prefer to come off screens rather than control the ball. Like it or not, he is still going to get the ball in iso situations because he is a such a force and this will be key late in games and in the playoffs. He just better recognize when he's cold though and swallow some pride and pass the ball. Man I really hope they find some sort of happy balance and the chemistry remains strong among these guys.