Now we will get to spend the following 4 years being updated on how the tremendous Orlando Magic are the franchise of the future, thanks to short-sighted, greedy uni-dimensional Melo!
Hmmm, he scored 34 against the C's and we won a meaningless game by 20+. Seems like his attitude has darkened.

And for his next trick, MeloCancer is going to try and drive out a President of Basketball Ops right before your very eyes!

dk7th wrote:

smackeddog wrote:Great to get another win- loved Aldrich's game, and I liked Earl Clark too. Tyler was pretty bad tonight- seemed quite bumbling throughout.

DK- what do you mean we only beat the Celtics without Rondo? I thought you said injuries are an excuse?! Without Tyson, Amar'e, K-Mart and Bargs, we really aren't much better than the Cetics anyways aside from Melo.

JR has been strangely low key and dare I say it (jinx!) consistent for the past month or two- what the heck is going on?!

i repeat: who cares about a win or a loss at this point. if they miss the playoffs denver gets a pick and if they make the playoffs they get destroyed in round one just like most of melo teams.

the players know that so they are auditioning at this point.

please don't tell me i must not be a fan for seeing the situation this way.

I want us to make the playoffs and I don't want to watch us hand over a top pick the nuggets- why the heck would any knick fan want to see that?! I wish you'd post more on non-melo subjects- I know how you feel about Melo, everyone does at this point- time to shake up your game plan DK!

dk7th wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

dk7th wrote:

smackeddog wrote:Great to get another win- loved Aldrich's game, and I liked Earl Clark too. Tyler was pretty bad tonight- seemed quite bumbling throughout.

DK- what do you mean we only beat the Celtics without Rondo? I thought you said injuries are an excuse?! Without Tyson, Amar'e, K-Mart and Bargs, we really aren't much better than the Cetics anyways aside from Melo.

JR has been strangely low key and dare I say it (jinx!) consistent for the past month or two- what the heck is going on?!

i repeat: who cares about a win or a loss at this point. if they miss the playoffs denver gets a pick and if they make the playoffs they get destroyed in round one just like most of melo teams.

the players know that so they are auditioning at this point.

please don't tell me i must not be a fan for seeing the situation this way.

I want us to make the playoffs and I don't want to watch us hand over a top pick the nuggets- why the heck would any knick fan want to see that?! I wish you'd post more on non-melo subjects- I know how you feel about Melo, everyone does at this point- time to shake up your game plan DK!

hey i participated in the game thread so that's a start. i spoke about other players than melo but with 35.5% usage rate last night he was the focus more than a third of the time!

mreinman wrote:DK talked about THJ and Cole as well but his agenda going in was to point out Melo's bad shots and unfortunately, there were many of those.

He had a TS% of 59 which is excellent. However, if can tweak his game to not take those shots and to share more with his teammates, the sky is the limit for him.

If only someone could make him see/believe that. Hhhhhmmmm, I think I may just know a guy who can convince him.

TS% last night was great, no question. but as i said later his usage was high and his assist rate low, ending up way over an acceptable ratio. that will never translate to winning in the playoffs. NEVER

mreinman wrote:

dk7th wrote:

mreinman wrote:DK talked about THJ and Cole as well but his agenda going in was to point out Melo's bad shots and unfortunately, there were many of those.

He had a TS% of 59 which is excellent. However, if can tweak his game to not take those shots and to share more with his teammates, the sky is the limit for him.

If only someone could make him see/believe that. Hhhhhmmmm, I think I may just know a guy who can convince him.

TS% last night was great, no question. but as i said later his usage was high and his assist rate low, ending up way over an acceptable ratio. that will never translate to winning in the playoffs. NEVER

No argument here. Nobody wants him to pass more than me. Even when the double comes, he just turns the other way and chucks. Does he realized that there is now an open man?

i just want to give props to bonn1997 because he has pointed out that the TS% stat is really an individual stat and does not correlate seamlessly with winning. the key is: are you ALSO being a good teammate and for melo last night the answer is "NO." this is where usage and assist rate come to bear.

for me everything i see is informed by the ultimate goal of a title or at least a conference finals appearance. history has shown that melo's game does not translate effectively to warrant holding him in such high esteem like many still do.

you need individual efficiency and at the same time you need to properly share the ball.
you need to defend the position.

it's the only way!

mreinman wrote:

dk7th wrote:

mreinman wrote:

dk7th wrote:

mreinman wrote:DK talked about THJ and Cole as well but his agenda going in was to point out Melo's bad shots and unfortunately, there were many of those.

He had a TS% of 59 which is excellent. However, if can tweak his game to not take those shots and to share more with his teammates, the sky is the limit for him.

If only someone could make him see/believe that. Hhhhhmmmm, I think I may just know a guy who can convince him.

TS% last night was great, no question. but as i said later his usage was high and his assist rate low, ending up way over an acceptable ratio. that will never translate to winning in the playoffs. NEVER

No argument here. Nobody wants him to pass more than me. Even when the double comes, he just turns the other way and chucks. Does he realized that there is now an open man?

i just want to give props to bonn1997 because he has pointed out that the TS% stat is really an individual stat and does not correlate seamlessly with winning. the key is: are you ALSO being a good teammate and for melo last night the answer is "NO." this is where usage and assist rate come to bear.

for me everything i see is informed by the ultimate goal of a title or at least a conference finals appearance. history has shown that melo's game does not translate effectively to warrant holding him in such high esteem like many still do.

you need individual efficiency and at the same time you need to properly share the ball.
you need to defend the position.

it's the only way!

His Win Shares in NY have been superb!

The main issue is that streaky force shooting may work against weaker teams and defenders but he still does the same crap against the top defenders. That's why his shooting pct against them is terrible.

Phil needs to get him to buy into the team concept.

Nobody can argue against the fact that he is a top 5 talent playing down to top 15.

i don't look at win shares to be frank, even though i know you are being ironic.

carmelo anthony is a regular-season player and his talent and skills simply don't translate to winning in the playoffs. a lot of it has to do with his severe limitations as a defender, let alone the facilitating aspect on offense. he is way below par in these areas.

he lacks craft, guile, will, poise. and as you have duly pointed out, for example, where are the head and ball fakes?

i will say this: i laugh at people who say "he is paid to be a scorer." what utter horse****! you pay a player to WIN