SocraticBallin22 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

SocraticBallin22 wrote:Can someone tell me what Melo was doing on that last possession?!? Please? You Melo sympathizers?

Holding the ball down 3 with 13 seconds to go and then driving to the basket late, down 3 and kicking out?

Melo lost us this game. 2 bonehead decisions in a row. He is a loser. You cannot win with him. OMFG

Lee had a wide open three...No.?

Are you kidding me? You don't hold the ball and dribble down 3 with 13 seconds left at home. You make a quick decision, so you can possibly get another possession. You don't dribble it out and then drive like a jackass down 3? He had no idea what he was doing. The ball should have been in Rose's hands, anyway. WTF? This assclown needs to go!

Rose? Yeah no. when was the last time Rose kicked it out? Melo drove to bring defender to him. Passed to our best 3pt. shooter. And he had the shot but passed.

holfresh wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:This is Melo's team. Melo as the man gets you this. I don't care. He'll hit 2 game winners and screw up 20 in the process but many will still love how he plays.

Rosen was spot on about him. Phil knows as well, but with the NTC it is what it is.

I am happy with the effort. I'm happy KP looked healthy and especially happy with his defense late in the game as a 5. That's the way to play, KP as a 5.

Horny coached a good game. Feel for him,

In the end, Melo has the Knicks by the balls until he waives that NTC or decides to defer share his control of the team. Just no way they should have been going to a cold Melo as much as they did in that 2nd half. I'm amazed how many seasons the Knicks have to watch this crap before it will change.

So now you don't want Melo to pass to the open man?

Why was Melo holding the ball? He has no concept of clock or situation. Down 3. 13 seconds. You drive quick for 2 or kick. Not pound the rock, man!

If we had a PG who could get to the rim, play some D, and average 7 assists, we could be a sleeper team. Jeff Teague would be a nice trade for Rose. Rose gets to go back to the midwest, closer to home, we get a legit PG. Don't know if its doable.

HofstraBBall wrote:

SocraticBallin22 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

SocraticBallin22 wrote:Can someone tell me what Melo was doing on that last possession?!? Please? You Melo sympathizers?

Holding the ball down 3 with 13 seconds to go and then driving to the basket late, down 3 and kicking out?

Melo lost us this game. 2 bonehead decisions in a row. He is a loser. You cannot win with him. OMFG

Lee had a wide open three...No.?

Are you kidding me? You don't hold the ball and dribble down 3 with 13 seconds left at home. You make a quick decision, so you can possibly get another possession. You don't dribble it out and then drive like a jackass down 3? He had no idea what he was doing. The ball should have been in Rose's hands, anyway. WTF? This assclown needs to go!

Rose? Yeah no. when was the last time Rose kicked it out? Melo drove to bring defender to him. Passed to our best 3pt. shooter. And he had the shot but passed.

And how about the play before that put us down 3? He took a long, contested jumper on the baseline, totally out of the offense, which caromed to Wall for a fast break dunk. Another dumb decision.

nyknickzingis wrote:This is Melo's team. Melo as the man gets you this. I don't care. He'll hit 2 game winners and screw up 20 in the process but many will still love how he plays.

Rosen was spot on about him. Phil knows as well, but with the NTC it is what it is.

I am happy with the effort. I'm happy KP looked healthy and especially happy with his defense late in the game as a 5. That's the way to play, KP as a 5.

Horny coached a good game. Feel for him,

In the end, Melo has the Knicks by the balls until he waives that NTC or decides to defer share his control of the team. Just no way they should have been going to a cold Melo as much as they did in that 2nd half. I'm amazed how many seasons the Knicks have to watch this crap before it will change.

The whole Melo brigade will try to make this about Lee missing the shot after Melo wasted the clock. Melo can do no wrong.

Melo has bad game and sits on bench a lot we win on the road at Boston
Melo breaks scoring record, we lose at home.

This ain't rocket science

Knicks confidence is shook. No one wanted to shoot that last shot.

I think overall they played better. But the close outs on threes are killing them.

Though I gotta say - do you think opposing teams get up to play the Knicks or something? I feel like they just don't miss at the garden. It's like every team in the league hits three after three against us. I watch other games around the league - guys miss better looks all the damn time. Against us? It's like the hoops at the garden are an inch wider for our opposition somehow.

holfresh wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:This is Melo's team. Melo as the man gets you this. I don't care. He'll hit 2 game winners and screw up 20 in the process but many will still love how he plays.

Rosen was spot on about him. Phil knows as well, but with the NTC it is what it is.

I am happy with the effort. I'm happy KP looked healthy and especially happy with his defense late in the game as a 5. That's the way to play, KP as a 5.

Horny coached a good game. Feel for him,

In the end, Melo has the Knicks by the balls until he waives that NTC or decides to defer share his control of the team. Just no way they should have been going to a cold Melo as much as they did in that 2nd half. I'm amazed how many seasons the Knicks have to watch this crap before it will change.

So now you don't want Melo to pass to the open man?

What Melo has to become to be a winning ball player is be more of a catch and shoot player, and make his shot or move within 3-4 seconds of catching the ball. This is how Golden State plays winning ball. This is how most of the better teams play. I am not Rose's biggest fan, but Rose makes his move quick. He isolates often like Melo, but the difference in Rose is that he goes straight to the basket and draws the defense in. I don't like the tunnel vision Rose can get when driving to the hoop, but the good is he makes the quick. Not stalling. Melo ball is always stalling.

At this point I don't even care. I was expecting this - a close loss. I liked we showed energy. We showed we cared even tired. 4th game in 5 nights. We're playing with intensity. Our offense was real good outside of the feed and watch Melo ball. We missed many 3 pointers that were open, I can live with those.

We need to keep playing this way, cut down the Melo iso ball. Melo can shoot 20 times a game but he needs to do them in catch and shoot, dribble off screen sets and pull ups, and quick turn arounds or post ups. No stalling. We run a great offense outside of this. Defensively I can't expect miracles but I'm seeing some life in this team. 19-25, and playoffs are not maybe looking good, but I have a good feeling about us if we keep playing this hard.

I'm even liking KP off the bench, but we need to run more plays for him. Our bench looks fantastic with KP, Lee, Jennings, Holiday.

If KP can come in and play 12 to 15 straight minute stretches off the bench, I'm fine with it. He looked really good energy wise today.