I think with melo, fish has to play the game of averages by setting up melo to do his magic surrounded by people he can pass too and make the open shot ex. gallo, AA, KP, Rolo.

Then fish has to be alert when melo starts to force the offense by himself by replacing him with a line up that can hold on the fort as melo tries to rest or recover his composure. So this line up would be more about ball rotation, quality shots and gritty defense. ex. Grant, KoQ (hopefully he recovers from his slump), Dwill, jose.

NYG wrote:We may have or we may not have got the best with melo but one thing's for sure melo is the best we have at the present moment. And it doesn't look like he's not trying, I think he's trying his best the way he knows and the way he sees it.

I think with melo, fish has to play the game of averages by setting up melo to do his magic surrounded by people he can pass too and make the open shot ex. gallo, AA, KP, Rolo.

Then fish has to be alert when melo starts to force the offense by himself by replacing him with a line up that can hold on the fort as melo tries to rest or recover his composure. So this line up would be more about ball rotation, quality shots and gritty defense. ex. Grant, KoQ (hopefully he recovers from his slump), Dwill, jose.

This will be the best strategy but I cannot see Fish having enough authority to go there.
I like Fish as a leader but Melo is a bit too much for him.
This where Phil should get down to business... he was there with Mike and Kobe.
But I start questioning if Phil real intentions are to integrate Melo into Knicks future or rather get read of him.
Phil may still observing it and prob undecided himself. Only time will tell.
But for now this is sad reality and it is hard on the eye.

I really wonder why he abandoned the set up he had in the pre-season with grant/gallo/early/Dwill/KoQ and now i think that with calderon regaining his shooting and AA's performance they will be adequate in the front court.

Also pre-season KoQ is probably just as effective as KP in the first unit so fischer can explore with set ups that put KP as one of the main options for offense in the second unit.

As for questions regarding what could have and could have been, i think it's kind of useless thinking about it now and I think Phil knows that. Phil can only do so much within his role. And So far the way I see it Phil has been doing the right things - drafting KP, and grant bringing in quality players in RoLo, afflalo, DWill (come on, he did show flashes of his ability) and KoQ ( I want good old rugged KoQ back ).

Also I think Phil believes that melo still has the potential to make the knicks good again.

So it's really up to melo if he can transcend his limitations and do what it takes to win, that includes relearning and re inventing his game and promote the development of all potential of his team mates.

Kemet wrote:Melo 4th quarter scoring performance has been in the lower levels of scoring since Melo went to the WCF.
This season Melo 4th quarter performance has not won us any games.
Star players that want to shoot the ball on every offensive possession are the reason opponents take double diget leads on them when the star player miss 5 or more straight shots.
Hint: The Rockets Harden missed 13 straight shots and the Mavs took a 20 point lead, Felton scored 23 pts in the Mavs beating the Rockets.

This is star syndrome I am talking about. The Disease. Especially is the star player is on decline.
There is no simple cure. So get used to it....

crzymdups wrote:I think Melo's pressence has helped KP immeasurably. He takes a ton of attention off KP, particularly from fans who always need to blame someone for a loss. But also from NBA defenses.

Do you think KP is afraid of this pressure? I think he actually will embrace it.
Not all young and not so young players are mentally weak.