While bringing in a new Head Coach that will hold players accountable and that is NOT afraid to call out the mental errors of Melo/JR Smith and whoever
One that will develop and play younger players/rookies that allows us to push the tempo that we need instead of play veterans that lack the speed/size/athleticism and abilities vs contending teams
A coach that would do a better job utilizing its rotations and preparing EVERYONE to manage the minutes while emphasize TEAM ball on offense with ball movement/player movement, use of screens both on and off the ball, running/executing plays, and NOT just a spread out offense/ISO offense
On defense, it needs tweaks, Woodson's philosophy, of always helping in every position and SWITCHING whenever the offense once us to switch with a pick, is ridiculous
It works at times when you have a HIGH BB IQ team that plays hard, a few LOCKDOWN DEFENDERS in addition to having a team with good speed/quickness/athleticism/size but we don't have such players, in fact they are slow and not mobile, which makes the rotation/ability to recover much harder
With the comments of Amare, Chandler, and Iman, it is quite obvious that the team does not believe in Woodson's system and is not happy
Melo will always want the ball in his hands and want to initiate the OFFENSE as other's stand around and do nothing, and play "hero" ball
It is not about making Melo happy, it is about about making Melo concentrate on doing other things besides scoring and giving the effort to do so
There is no point in getting a PG if his job is to dribble up then give the ball to Melo, as the other 4 players stand around and watch
Unless we are getting a Cp3 type player (Melo will not respect the PG and demand the ball at all times) and he will not look to run plays and force the offense to be initiated through him with NO DECEPTION
Melo must realize he must play different when he changes from SF/PF and depending on the strengths of who he is defending
He need's a coach with a team to limit his freedom because he simply is not the "legend" he thinks he is, and should learn how to make players around him better
This is not a stab at Melo, it is mean to be a stab at Woodson's lack of system, flaws on OFF and DEF, inability to make adjustments that work, and always favoring some players and not giving other's players a chance when the same guys continue to struggle
Till we do so, it doesn't matter who we draft or who we add with our limited funds, so I hope this is something Grunwald and management considers about with the East getting healthy and improving with more flexibility/cap space/ and get better with development vs our over the hill plays and low IQ core
6/3/2013 10:19 AM