Lin will be fine in Houston, put 4 shooters that move the ball, constant movement, with a C that sets screens, and play off his abilities to penetrate/finish/
Players that cut, run, have HIGH IQ, share the ball unselfishly, space the floor, and they will be rewarded.
Linsanity, did not have Melo/Amare in them, and we played beautiful basketball.
Lin no longer has to play off Melo's "ISO move, jab jab, jab, shoot"
Houston can play off Lin's ability to penetrate, space the floor, and constant movement.
Dragic and Lowry both were very successful playing with the same coach/system, even though I believe Dragic and Lowry >>> Lin.
Lin makes players around him better, while Melo does not, plain and simple.
Melo is one of the most over reated players in the league that is not efficient at all.
Without adding different elements to his game, he is suited to play the 6th man role similar to JR SMITH in a forward position, scoring in bunches with horrible shot selection.
Lin will miss the energy that MSG provided him with, as many of us will miss his talents.
Lin is over paid but when it comes down to it, he is 25m for 3 years like Omar Asik, while Melo and Amare make nearly as much in 1 year alone.
I would have kept Lin, moved JR Smith and Melo for openning throwing their team mate under the bus, for a cohesive unit in a heart beat.
Melo for Gereld Wallace/Kris Humphries, possibly a pick, would have solved the 3rd year 15m as Hump's contract expires in year 2.
JR Smith especially if Nets included a 1st round pick, for another player like Brandon Rush or James Johnson.
Many bash Lin for his small sample during Linsanity but Melo and Amare were unable to lead us to victories vs teams that were heading to the lottery.
We played the best basketball during that stretch, thus Linsanity, while Melo will be consistently inconsistent.
The same people praise the diva for his 18-6 stretch but leave out all the losses and inconsistency through out his career here in NY.
I don't care what number's Melo puts up during his the playoff as a Knick, the result could not have been any worse, without trading for him.
Felton was traded for a 1st round pick and Andre Miller, in addition to our own 1st round pick, 2 2nd round picks of GS, in addition to the the salary cap of Eddy Curry that we could have used to sign another play. I would much rather have Wilson Chandler/Gallo/Iggy, than Melo. Stop comparing Gallo to Melo, because we gave up much more for diva.
AR, Mosgov, Brewer, Koufous, some players that we also gave up or should have kept, recieved for our package....
Trading for Melo, we not only loss assets, players, draft picks, killed chemistry, and the salary cap that we could have used to sign a player in FA.
Losing the amnesty?
It is the ENTIRE package, assets, cap space, draft picks, flexability
we got back Felton, but what about the 1st round pick he was traded to Portland for, what about the 2nd picks/draft rights, we loss, cash/JJ, we loss to acquire him back?
Because of all this, we have a limited window with 3 players that do not mesh well together, with bunch of over the hill vets.
Denver >>>> Knicks, today, yesterday, and for the future, end of story.
As for not drafting Faried over Iman, it is a horrible comparison.
We did not know of the amnesty, during the draft, Faried is a 6-6 PF, would he really work with as Amare/Faried... come on, be real.
It is unforunate that Iman had such a big surgery that sets him back, unable to improve in the off season and is a 2 year set back to his growth.
Without the injury, who knows if he would be closer to Westbrook/Rose and the very least of Spree by year 2, instead of trying to get back in shape/healthy for this year.