FoeDiddy wrote:Dantoni is a scrub lol..end of story..rip to his knick career.

+1

Anyone that doesn't give due dap to these Knicks is blind.

Even bringing up linsanity at this point cheapens the actual gameplan and identity implemented.

This is an actual team, no domninant personalities. It's team defense, move the ball, hit the open man.

All coached philosophies.

I keep seeing "this is a better roster" from people that bashed it all summer.

This is the oldest team in the league.

Most additions either had off years last year, coming off surgery or weren't even in the league last year.

There should be nothing but love going forward and no more : paragraph rants to defend being wrong.

Embrace these Knicks. Lets all just be fans. :-)

nixluva wrote:

babyKnicks wrote:Come on nixluva...give it up. Dantoni and Lin. History. Woodson a much better coach. Suddenly its the roster?

Back to ignore you go!

You shouldn't just jump into a convo that you don't understand. No one ever said Woodson isn't a better coach for this team. All I really ever say is that MDA is not a bum and if given an opportunity with a good roster that is more suitable to what he likes to do, he'll be successful. This team is tailored to Woody's style WAY more than it ever was for MDA. When have we ever had this much talent and with this much of a match for the coach during MDA's run? You guys have to at least get realistic about all of this. MDA wasn't struggling to get this team to defend or play well as a unit when he finally had Lin and a bunch of guys that wanted to listen.

Melo and MDA didn't jive, so this wasn't the place for MDA. End of story. Just stop with the crap about MDA not being this or being that. Dude has shown he can win big in this league and he NEVER had this many capable bigs or depth at PG on any team he coached. Woody is a lucky man to have been given this opportunity with a very nice roster full of players that excel on D and don't need teaching. Let's not forget how young most of MDA's roster was at times here. This is just a much different team now. This team is built to win right now and that's great for a change.

It's time for you to look in the mirror and heed your own advice... GIVE IT UP.

You keep saying the rosters are different and keep ignoring the 18-6 run last year with the SAME ROSTER.

Stop hanging on, apologize to everyone for being so anti knick all summer and embrace.

There is no going back, only going forward.

Same roster, dantoni was not as good as Woodson.

That's all you need to know.

Also, Woodson had both amare and Lin gone and was 18-6.

Stop reaching and just admit that Woodson is waaaaaay better than dantoni ever was for the Knicks.

Ignoring Woodson's coaching pedigree is disrespectful.

He took a talented Atlanta hawks team deep in the playoffs. About as far as dantoni took the waaaaaay more talented suns team (they had 2 time MVP Nash).

He's learned under Larry brown and was a coach on the championship pistons team under Larry brown. (Does dantoni have a chip?)

Just stop. Please. You are ruining the 4-0 run for all of us with your chucking and diving.

Stop.

melo trending to the same mediocre TS% of around 54-55% is not a good sign.

full strength SA, MEM, and IND will be a good measure of this team.

dk7th wrote:the knick offense is pretty much unwatchable but hey they're winning so that covers over a multitude of sins... for now.

melo trending to the same mediocre TS% of around 54-55% is not a good sign.

full strength SA, MEM, and IND will be a good measure of this team.

at the end of the day all that matters is that we won but i am also saying lets temper the shortsightedness a bit-- the offense looked pretty chaotic.

gunsnewing wrote:Last I checked Knicks have been without Amare, Shump and Camby

camby played a bit last night. they will be a lot better when shump returns no doubt- with the caveat that he retain his lateral quickness post-surgery.

stoudemire in the starting lineup is very problematic.

it's hard to get enthused about this team until we have seen another 20-25 games. 10-12 years of butt-ugly will do that to you.

dk7th wrote:the knick offense is pretty much unwatchable but hey they're winning so that covers over a multitude of sins... for now.

melo trending to the same mediocre TS% of around 54-55% is not a good sign.

full strength SA, MEM, and IND will be a good measure of this team.

*Fast forward 4 games*

How am I supposed to get excited about beating Orlando? And SA? Duncan's a fossil! Memphis must have loaded up on fried chicken and let us win. Indy was without Granger! This is the worst 8-0 team ever!

...

You play who's on the schedule, when they're on the schedule. We've done that, and we've handed all of these teams with current winning records double digit losses.

We too busy making excuses for the other teams to enjoy our own wins? Oh, and get well soon Shump/STAT!

dk7th wrote:the knick offense is pretty much unwatchable but hey they're winning so that covers over a multitude of sins... for now.

melo trending to the same mediocre TS% of around 54-55% is not a good sign.

full strength SA, MEM, and IND will be a good measure of this team.

So let me get this straight, This ugly offense that you speak of is ranked 3rd in the entire league in scoring, and are averaging 22 ast per. On the flip side, we lead the league in defense (87 pts per)and are the only undefeated team in the league, and you still find the need to criticize and be negative. Dont know you personally, but your post screams that either you are not a fan, or you are just here to flame and rile others up. Again, that's what I get from your posts.

Regardless of the thread title, you always find a way to take a shot at Melo, despite the fact that he has been the main cog to the teams success. Not to mention, outside of the mercurial JR Smith, he is the only legit offensive threat that we have with Stat out, and still we are managing to rank third in scoring.

dk7th wrote:the knick offense is pretty much unwatchable but hey they're winning so that covers over a multitude of sins... for now.

melo trending to the same mediocre TS% of around 54-55% is not a good sign.

full strength SA, MEM, and IND will be a good measure of this team.