Is that it has allowed Porzingis in his very early part of his career, very unexpectedly, to be this team's 2nd option. While he isn't there on a consistent basis, if Melo had a star guard next to him right now, the two of them would be dominating the plays and the team may have been a few wins better and pushing the playoff 8th or 7th spot, but Porzingis may not have had the same opportunities he has had this season. There's many games where KP winds up with a ton of shots, when he is still a developing player. This is in large part because of the limitation in what Sasha, Calderon, Jose, Grant and Gallo can bring.

I know many want to criticize Phil for how he built the team and the Triangle, but it's allowed KP to really become a special rookie. The Knicks have been somewhat competitive in comparison to last year and also gotten Porzingis far more minutes to develop and a big role in the offense. He's 2nd on the team in both shot attempts and points per game. I promise you if Porzingis were playing on a team with a star point guard and Melo, he'd be more effecient, but his catches and shot attempts would be much more of the cut/roll/wide open spot ups type. This team looks for Porzingis, and treats him as a big part of the team. Sasha, Jose, Melo, they all know he's the 2nd option. Rambis has even moved Afflalo to the bench and since then Porzingis has been allowed even more of a spurt in his offensive production.

In the short term not having a star guard has hurt us in wins and losses. In regards to Porzingis, his development and the longterm, I think a few years from now we'll look back at this season and both KP and us Knick fans will say "Thank heavens he played with unselfish veterans like Sasha, Jose, Melo who took him under his wing".

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Is that it has allowed Porzingis in his very early part of his career, very unexpectedly, to be this team's 2nd option. While he isn't there on a consistent basis, if Melo had a star guard next to him right now, the two of them would be dominating the plays and the team may have been a few wins better and pushing the playoff 8th or 7th spot, but Porzingis may not have had the same opportunities he has had this season. There's many games where KP winds up with a ton of shots, when he is still a developing player. This is in large part because of the limitation in what Sasha, Calderon, Jose, Grant and Gallo can bring.

I know many want to criticize Phil for how he built the team and the Triangle, but it's allowed KP to really become a special rookie. The Knicks have been somewhat competitive in comparison to last year and also gotten Porzingis far more minutes to develop and a big role in the offense. He's 2nd on the team in both shot attempts and points per game. I promise you if Porzingis were playing on a team with a star point guard and Melo, he'd be more effecient, but his catches and shot attempts would be much more of the cut/roll/wide open spot ups type. This team looks for Porzingis, and treats him as a big part of the team. Sasha, Jose, Melo, they all know he's the 2nd option. Rambis has even moved Afflalo to the bench and since then Porzingis has been allowed even more of a spurt in his offensive production.

In the short term not having a star guard has hurt us in wins and losses. In regards to Porzingis, his development and the longterm, I think a few years from now we'll look back at this season and both KP and us Knick fans will say "Thank heavens he played with unselfish veterans like Sasha, Jose, Melo who took him under his wing".

If we had that star guard it might take some shots away from KP but it would of given him much more chances to work on his post game/inside game which is where he needs the most work anyway so not having that star guard isn't a good thing. His outside shot is just fine and isn't going anywhere so i don't thing your argument is that great really.