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CrushAlot wrote:Good for Melo, Rolo, and Jose. Pretty sad that it came to that though.

Right. I still think that Phil gave Rambis a certain number of wins he would need to get the full time head coaching job and Rambis was doing whatever he could to get to that number.

CrushAlot wrote:Good for Melo, Rolo, and Jose. Pretty sad that it came to that though.

Seriously? This had to come from our vets, not Rambis/Phil? WTF??

martin wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

crzymdups wrote:This is leadership from Melo.

“Don’t get me wrong, I know I still would like to be out there just playing and competing but at this point, if we can build guys like Jerian [Grant] and Langston [Galloway] and D-Will [Derrick Williams] and K.O. [Kyle O’Quinn] and jut giving those guys an opportunity that they probably wouldn’t have or haven’t had in the past I think is good for them. I think it’s good for the morale of the team, I think it’s good for their confidence because sometimes in situations like this you can as a player lose your confidence and that’s something we don’t want,” Anthony acknowledged.

I'll tell you what though, i'm just about done with L.Galloway and his horrible play on both ends of the court. JJ Barea was going around him with ease last night and his shooting is brutal.

same, I was going to start a thread on that. He had a horrible summer league and then lit the first month or so on fire with his shooting. Hasn't been the same since and IMHO has regressed. Wouldn't want him on the team next year.

It's really sad, but I agree. Had high hopes, but he definitely regressed especially on defense.

Finestrg wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Good for Melo, Rolo, and Jose. Pretty sad that it came to that though.

Seriously? This had to come from our vets, not Rambis/Phil? WTF??

yeah, actually its how teams work. Vets want to play they should play. Sometimes there are bonuses attached to minutes, games or stat compiled. Also, Vets might want to win and its disrespectful to be replaced by rookies HAVE NOT EARNED THOSE MINUTES AHEAD OF THE VET!!!!!

So if the Vet is cool with it, then it should be done. It might have been floated to the Vets and its their decisions. Thus, publically you can say it was them.
Anger sells, don't buy it.

martin wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

crzymdups wrote:This is leadership from Melo.

“Don’t get me wrong, I know I still would like to be out there just playing and competing but at this point, if we can build guys like Jerian [Grant] and Langston [Galloway] and D-Will [Derrick Williams] and K.O. [Kyle O’Quinn] and jut giving those guys an opportunity that they probably wouldn’t have or haven’t had in the past I think is good for them. I think it’s good for the morale of the team, I think it’s good for their confidence because sometimes in situations like this you can as a player lose your confidence and that’s something we don’t want,” Anthony acknowledged.

I'll tell you what though, i'm just about done with L.Galloway and his horrible play on both ends of the court. JJ Barea was going around him with ease last night and his shooting is brutal.

same, I was going to start a thread on that. He had a horrible summer league and then lit the first month or so on fire with his shooting. Hasn't been the same since and IMHO has regressed. Wouldn't want him on the team next year.

I was an early supporter of his, and he started off well this year, but I've been very disappointed with his "progress."

He's regressed, IMO, as the season has gone on. He's had some good moments, but has not shown the dependability you need to see from a guy in his position.

He is not shooting with the success he's shown at times in the past, he's making poor decisions with the ball, and his D has not been good enough to make us overlook his offensive issues.

Don't know what happened to him, or if there is something going on that we are unaware of, but he seems to be playing himself off the roster, which is sad, because he's shown potential at times.

Edit: Should we be looking at the coaches for not developing his game? We've seen spotty results from Grant, too. Is this another black mark against the system of ball we play, since we've rarely had good guard play since going to the Triangle?

WaltLongmire wrote:

martin wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

crzymdups wrote:This is leadership from Melo.

“Don’t get me wrong, I know I still would like to be out there just playing and competing but at this point, if we can build guys like Jerian [Grant] and Langston [Galloway] and D-Will [Derrick Williams] and K.O. [Kyle O’Quinn] and jut giving those guys an opportunity that they probably wouldn’t have or haven’t had in the past I think is good for them. I think it’s good for the morale of the team, I think it’s good for their confidence because sometimes in situations like this you can as a player lose your confidence and that’s something we don’t want,” Anthony acknowledged.

I'll tell you what though, i'm just about done with L.Galloway and his horrible play on both ends of the court. JJ Barea was going around him with ease last night and his shooting is brutal.

same, I was going to start a thread on that. He had a horrible summer league and then lit the first month or so on fire with his shooting. Hasn't been the same since and IMHO has regressed. Wouldn't want him on the team next year.

I was an early supporter of his, and he started off well this year, but I've been very disappointed with his "progress."

He's regressed, IMO, as the season has gone on. He's had some good moments, but has not shown the dependability you need to see from a guy in his position.

He is not shooting with the success he's shown at times in the past, he's making poor decisions with the ball, and his D has not been good enough to make us overlook his offensive issues.

Don't know what happened to him, or if there is something going on that we are unaware of, but he seems to be playing himself off the roster, which is sad, because he's shown potential at times.

Edit: Should we be looking at the coaches for not developing his game? We've seen spotty results from Grant, too. Is this another black mark against the system of ball we play, since we've rarely had good guard play since going to the Triangle?

I've always thought that progress is a combination of both player and coaches. A player can make progress without too much coaching, a player can make tremendous progress with the right coaching; coaches can be successful with some players and have zero success on another player with that same effort.

From rookies or young guys, I want to see an inkling of progress from season to season and to a lesser degree month to month. Even if it is sporadic, it means either the player is doing the right things at practice or on his own time or the coaching staff has a plan for player and is instructing and putting it to use. I see that with Grant, KP, (and Melo, Rolo) nothing from Gallo, DWill, KOQ.

martin wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

crzymdups wrote:This is leadership from Melo.

“Don’t get me wrong, I know I still would like to be out there just playing and competing but at this point, if we can build guys like Jerian [Grant] and Langston [Galloway] and D-Will [Derrick Williams] and K.O. [Kyle O’Quinn] and jut giving those guys an opportunity that they probably wouldn’t have or haven’t had in the past I think is good for them. I think it’s good for the morale of the team, I think it’s good for their confidence because sometimes in situations like this you can as a player lose your confidence and that’s something we don’t want,” Anthony acknowledged.

I'll tell you what though, i'm just about done with L.Galloway and his horrible play on both ends of the court. JJ Barea was going around him with ease last night and his shooting is brutal.

same, I was going to start a thread on that. He had a horrible summer league and then lit the first month or so on fire with his shooting. Hasn't been the same since and IMHO has regressed. Wouldn't want him on the team next year.

I Don't think he's going to be in the NBA next season, after the first month, he had like 1 good game every 15 games.

He better have a "LIGHTS OUT" summer league or he's done