stars enable middle tier players. yes mr reinman.

Vmart wrote:LBJ is covering all their flaws that's what great ones do. Just as Kidd did.

Lebron's basketball intellect is on another level. Watch and enjoy.

misterearl wrote:Wrong. Shumpert dealt with injuries to his legs and, as a result, his game suffered.

Lebron makes others better. Here endeth the lesson.

You miss my point fully
Sure stars elevate others yeah yeh, blah ...i get that and agree,o
Lbj is another level superstar, and no one even Carmelo who isn't as unselfish as lbj , James a league of his sole own

Times and times again against weakest foes when Carmelo was down injured out last yr and the current yr,
When either Smith or Shumpert was on court healthy with no Carmelo neither took lead when Ny played other weak NBA teams

These guys died , their game was horrid and neither wanted no role to step up.
Yep Shumpert had tuff injuries and I am a fan of Iman.

But do not make injuries excuses for these knicks,

They both quit when superstar #7 was out and team needed help to beat weak east,
Never happened .. so don't spurt the spiel regarding glory on both ex knickerbockers

As if NH shouldn't traded then or get back max value
Both spun their butts out of Ny and now they playing great and world thinks the very best ..
For Smith and Shumpert.

They'd both quit and true knick fans see this

WaltLongmire wrote:

mreinman wrote:

Vmart wrote:LBJ is covering all their flaws that's what great ones do. Just as Kidd did.

he does not really cover their flaws, he makes them better and makes them believe that they are better.

you know that he will find you and he is not just chucking up shots while you stand around and watch.

stars enable middle tier players.

if the star is selfish then those middle tier players will look like scrubs.

I said something similar once before... I think James would be more than willing to just play "PG" and rarely look for his shot if the team could win that way.

As for JR, James also commands more respect than Smith game Anthony. Those 2 having played together for a number of years in Denver did not help, IMO.

When Woodson's ISO-ball was at its worst, you got the feeling that certain players felt they had to work for a shot when they got the ball, because otherwise they wouldn't get a chance to score.

mreinman wrote:

Vmart wrote:LBJ is covering all their flaws that's what great ones do. Just as Kidd did.

he does not really cover their flaws, he makes them better and makes them believe that they are better.

you know that he will find you and he is not just chucking up shots while you stand around and watch.

stars enable middle tier players.

if the star is selfish then those middle tier players will look like scrubs.

Yep yep yep. Bingo.

misterearl wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

mreinman wrote:

Vmart wrote:LBJ is covering all their flaws that's what great ones do. Just as Kidd did.

he does not really cover their flaws, he makes them better and makes them believe that they are better.

you know that he will find you and he is not just chucking up shots while you stand around and watch.

stars enable middle tier players.

if the star is selfish then those middle tier players will look like scrubs.

Yep yep yep. Bingo.

The above quote should be read and re-read every day

When you step out on the floor with what is one of the greatest players in the league today, I think that gives you confidence.

Basketball is the one sport where having the top player makes 4 scrubs look awesome. That can't happen in any other team sport.

And its why we should not trade back in this draft - we take BPA regardless if they have the same flaws/strengths as anyone on the roster (melo).

I miss Zach Randolph and Timofey Mozgov

Vmart wrote:I ain't gonna lie I miss Ariza more than Shump and JR. JR isn't professional we found that out he lets the team down when they need him the most. Shump is still a chump to me Phil gave him ample opportunity to take his game to the next level he couldn't do it. These are what you call role players. Right now LBJ has them in check and don't think the trade didn't get these two in line also. A little fear crept in and you have what you see today decent role players that are falling in line.

This is a good point. We are seeing them play after this trade which their value at career lows. And now they are with a future Hall of Famer on a playoff team, you can't screw up this opportunity.

Like JR said via Instagram, one man's trash is another man's treasure. +1 to them being role players finally with the appropriate roles. You don't cast Kevin Hart to play Othello.

Also JR has now quit partying so much now. I don't if it was he quit on the Knicks so much as nobody was having fun and he lost focus. Maybe that is another way to say he quit though... hard to get inside another person's head.