I truly believe this team can be salvaged somewhat *as is*. I started the season thinking we can win a championship--but I was wrong. However I think some of the big blunders that came to reality can be rectified.

Problems as I see them

A-Bargs--he was a bad fit for this team he does not play smart or hard enough/highly inconsistent
B-Shumpert--simply NOT an NBA starter. You need a reliable SG in the NBA--Shumpert can stay if we do not get value(as in 1st round pick) but he is on the 2nd unit
C-JR Smith. IF JR can stay out of trouble and stay on his game--he is a quality SG. He was hurt and got himself suspended which cost him 50%+ of this season physically and mentally. I think hes in a good place now.
D-Felton--He is not a good defender and hes an inconsistent PG performer--this is likely an area of change.
E-Chandler--hurt for part of the season Plays well in many games disappears in others--will have to see what type of potential compensation is out there for him
F. We used the bench poorly this year--that is on the coach

Keepers Hardaway JR Carmelo JR Smith Cole Aldrich Jeremy Tyler Amare Stoudemire a few others we have to wait and see what could come back to us--if it makes sense for us.

With Melo in the post position it would make better use of his skills as a passer and scorer. Our role players would be cutting to the basket, which they don't do enough right now. Then you could also use either STAT, Tyler or even Bargs in the post as well and run the same thing with Melo on the weak side looking to catch and shoot or get into a 2 man with a guard. It's a way to get everyone involved and less predictable. More player motion will make it harder for teams to defend the Knicks. Since we don't really have many options until 2015 this is about the best we can hope for. No more Woody Ball.

Former Bulls center Stacey King thinks Knicks could benefit from triangle offense
Originally published: March 16, 2014 8:11 PM
Updated: March 16, 2014 8:36 PM
By BARBARA BARKER barbara.barker@newsday.com

What could Phil Jackson's triangle offense do for Carmelo Anthony? The sky is the limit, according to Stacey King, the former Chicago Bulls center who won three rings playing in the triangle in the early 1990s.
"Carmelo is at the same stage Michael Jordan was at before Phil put in the triangle," said King, who currently works as a color commentator on Bulls telecasts. "Right now, the Knicks' offense is get the ball to Carmelo and have four guys standing around. The triangle would take so much pressure off of him. He wouldn't have to do everything."
Though there has been no formal announcement, Jackson is expected to be named to head the Knicks' basketball department Tuesday, according to multiple sources. Though Jackson will not be on the bench, King believes he will bring in his own people and, along with them, the triangle offense that he used to win 11 NBA titles with the Bulls and Lakers.
The triangle offense was developed by Tex Winter at Kansas State. Winter was hired by Bulls general manager Jerry Krause to teach the triangle to Jordan in the 1980s, but coach Doug Collins really didn't have much use for the offense. When Jackson joined Collins' staff in 1987, he and Winter became close, and when Jackson took over for Collins in 1989, he decided to put in the triangle.
The major feature of the triangle offense is, well, a triangle created by a center who stands in the low post, a forward on the wing and a guard in the corner. The other guard stands at the top of the key and the weak-side forward is on the weak-side high post.
King said the offense is not easy to learn. "You have to have a high basketball IQ and you have to have players who are willing to make sacrifices," he said. "You practice all these movements and motions in practice and there are times you get kind of bored of it. But then you get in a game and all of a sudden it's like, 'That's why we practiced this so many times.'
"You don't call plays in the triangle. You just get in it. That's what makes the triangle unguardable.''
Anthony, called the Knicks' decision to hire Jackson "a power move" after their win over the Bucks on Saturday. He said he has yet to talk to Jackson and, like most players, doesn't know much about the triangle offense. "Phil knows what to do and how to build teams and how to win, that's the most important thing," he said. "When you know how to win, whether you're a coach or whether you're in the front office, that stands out."
King, who ran the triangle when he was a coach in the CBA, said one of the most important aspects to making it work is having the right kind of center. "The triangle must have a center who can hold the post and can read and react and make the right passes," he said, adding that he thinks Tyson Chandler and Amar'e Stoudemire would be able to contribute in the system.
King believes the Knicks have the athletes to make the system work, though they will need to make some tweaks.
"Right now, you have a bunch of guys who have just been playing off their athletic ability,'' he said. "They haven't been required to play in a structured system. With Amar'e, he had the pick-and-roll in Phoenix. Carmelo has always just been roll out the ball for 30. And J.R. Smith just shoots the ball. It's going to be different in the triangle, but I think it will make them better."

http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/former-bulls-center-stacey-king-thinks-knicks-could-benefit-from-triangle-offense-1.7410004

I tend to agree with this concept. I'm all for any offense that by design is TEAM oriented and teaches smart BB as opposed to ISO and DIY BB as we've been forced to watch too much of. Also I LOVE the idea of limiting our awful PG's effect on the offense. They no longer have to make the tough decisions or be particularly special offensively. We often live or die by Felton having a good game. If he isn't aggressive and hitting shots we're done. The Triangle totally removes the PG from the equation for the most part. It also makes limited guards like Shump and Mury more useful. We can gain their defense without having to worry about them creating plays. It sounds perfect for the players we have.

King was named the head coach of the CBA's Rockford Lightning in 2001. The team reached the CBA championship game in 2002 with King as coach.[4]

Bonn1997 wrote:

playa2 wrote:I'm waiting to hear what the knicks haters say about this new era of THE KNICKS UNDER PHIL JACKSON LEADERSHIP !

I sure JRod, papa, and Fish will find this thread eventually

How could you leave out TKF ?

Uptown wrote:I posted this in another thread but thought it was more appropriate here.......I Was thinking about Shump's role now that PJax is aboard and how he might be rejuvinated. I can see Shump auditioning for the Ron Harper/Brian Shaw role of big combo guard next year being that the cap will limit us in what we can do. Shump really needs to work on his handle, mid range jumper and pace, but he has the physical tools to play that position...

Was thinking the same thing about Ron Harper. It took a couple of seasons for Harper to gel with the offense after joining the Bulls. Shump is also having his own issues on offense, but I never thought he would be so allergic to the rim.

I could see Jackson keeping Shump as a reserve. Shump has to learn how to make a defender go the wrong way when he gets near the rim. Until he learns that he won't live up to his high potential.

I don't see this as a shift in philosophy. I still see Jimmy D jamming his fingers in all the MSG pies the second his petulant nature rears its head