nixluva wrote:HofstraBBall wrote:nyknickzingis wrote:crzymdups wrote:nixluva wrote:crzymdups wrote:nyknickzingis wrote:crzymdups wrote:Our starters are shooting 27-41!!!! dammit. Time for some strategic tankery.
Still think Triangle or the system is the problem?
We just need to move the ball
Melo came with a passing mindset early as did Rose
All game we have moved the ball exceptionally wellJust a shame they rarely play with this mentality
So I guess Melo isn't the problem anymore either, huh?
I think we've said from day one that if Melo gets back to being DadMelo that it's a much different story. Rose has been much more in the flow of the offense lately too. Ball Movement and some effort on D is all we've been asking for.
I thought they were selfish, terrible pieces of trash and this whole season was their fault and the franchise was doomed until they left?
This only shows what has been obvious from day 1
KP needed Rose and Melo to play like this all the time
Doesn't matter system or anything
Melo n Rose their mentality has not been like this most of the season
And KP has not played this much within 20 feet, all year.
GEEZ can we stop already with the nonsense. Melo and Rose were not doing what they should be for the majority of the season. No one is making this up it's quite clear with statistics and the EYEBALL TEST. It's how they should've played since day one. Doesn't matter if it's PnR or Triangle or both. It's about Ball Movement.
I don't know since they are Knick fans if either has ever seen a good team with star veterans on it the last 15 years so our memories suck. Maybe Kidd? But he wasn't a star when he came to us. I followed Boston and Miami quite a bit during their runs. The veteran stars are what make or break your team. In our situation, two veteran stars got together and completely played selfish ball most of the season. Rose was a piece of crap for what he did with the AWOL thing, Melo with his whole butt hurt mentality that Phil said the most honest thing. Phil didn't trash Melo. Phil actually complimented Melo by saying "He can play same role Kobe and Jordan did". He told Lisa Leslie that Melo breaks a rule they like to have to pass the ball within 2 seconds. That's not some big hit piece. The hit pieces and jabs came after Melo began to play right in to the media's hands with that story and act as if Phil was taking some big shot at him. Once the team began losing, Phil did step out of line and tweet that Ding article. That was uncalled for and so was Rosen's piece (but Rosen does say many things Phil disagrees with).
I fully believ that had Melo and Rose made ths same sacrifices in their games and playing style that Lebron/Wade did or KG/Pierce did when they got together the Knicks are 8 to 10 wins better right now. However I am in hindsight happy. Rose would have gotten a big fat 100-120$M contract from us. Melo becomes even more invested in the Knicks doing more in the now moves.
Now we're going to rebiuild. Top 6 lottery pick most likely. Maybe at lowest 7th, highest maybe 4th. We're going to do the things we've needed to do for a while.
And yet another outstanding game by Willy and KP. The opposing team's commenatore were in awe of how good those two were and we have a good portion of our fanbase that still clings onto Rose and Melo for dear life. As if the Marbury Francis Amare years of misery weren't enough. Enough with his ego declining overpaid vets. Rebuild. KP and Willy is a GREAT start.