Uptown wrote:dk7th wrote:Uptown wrote:dk7th wrote:this is how a Sh!T cloud forms:grunwald fired, mills hired
"i want to have the experience of being a free agent"-- melo
"i want to retire a knick (but i want max money)"-- melo
"i expect a title this season"-- dolan
melo calls a players-only meeting
Typical agenda posting by you...Not saying we dont have front office/ownership issues, but please explain how Melo's comments directly effected the following this afternoon:
Shump 1-5
Felt 3-10
Smith 1-9 4 TO's
Stat 1-5
BTW, the players only meeting was called just before the Bobcats win...Oh, my bad we beat the Bobcats because Pat Ewing was coaching
should melo have kept his piehole shut? yes or no?
Regardless, his comments have zero effect on this roster. So if Melo didn't say anything, all of a sudden Ray Felton becomes an elite pg? Does JR Smith take better shots? Does Shump develop at a faster rate? Does Amare miraculously heal? Does Woodson call more halcourt set plays? Maybe he stops switching on all screens? Maybe Chandler doesn't get hurt if Melo kept his fat mouth shut....
it's about MORALE.
melo's words have hurt the team's MORALE.
firing grunwald hurt the knicks MORALE.
dolan's edict hurt the knicks MORALE.
the symptom is playing without the right energy but the underlying cause is a lack of MORALE. they are a dispirited and underperforming group because of the words that were said.
what was said cannot be unsaid!
knicks win 38-43 games in 16-17. rose MUST shoot no more than 14 shots per game, defer to kp6 + melo, and have a usage rate of less than 25%