newyorker4ever wrote:The crazy thing about this new Melo as some call him is that not only is he passing the ball but he's really good at it. He makes some great passes that you just wouldn't expect him to be able to make and the same with his defense, he's a pretty good defensive player, he's not great but he's good. All he needed besides Phil was players that he trusted to be able to make the shots. I can't wait until we actually get him another big name player or a couple of good players to see him take this team and himself to another level......you know, that level that Phil said he still had in him.

You know what I think? After the surgery, he spent a lot of time with Phil to help develop the cerebral part of the game. He and Phil watched a lot of films, and talked a lot about what Carmelo can do to improve his leadership abilities. Phil himself said that Carmelo was not done growing as a player and still had another level that he could reach

http://nypost.com/2014/03/19/phils-presence-may-help-knicks-keep-melo-for-long-haul/p

SupremeCommander wrote:the irony is would KP have the same numbers if the defenses weren't so per-occupied with Melo?

Did you see how vocal Carmelo was with Aflalo after a low pass to KP???? That dude is definitely in a different planet right now. I love the transformation and I pray that he can stay healthy to rejoice from all of his hard work

newyorker4ever wrote:The crazy thing about this new Melo as some call him is that not only is he passing the ball but he's really good at it. He makes some great passes that you just wouldn't expect him to be able to make and the same with his defense, he's a pretty good defensive player, he's not great but he's good. All he needed besides Phil was players that he trusted to be able to make the shots. I can't wait until we actually get him another big name player or a couple of good players to see him take this team and himself to another level......you know, that level that Phil said he still had in him.

Agree about his development being related to trust of teammates. Also, he approaches triple doubles pretty regularly of late. He just gets sat down before he can snag those last couple of dimes.