Yahoo sports, and Isola want to sit Melo for knee surgery ....
Anthony?s Knicks stuck at 4-19, tied with Detroit for the most losses in the terrible Eastern Conference, Anthony may decide to scale it back a bit. He may decide to interrupt his season in order to undergo surgery on that troubled left knee.
From Frank Isola at the New York Daily News:
It is believed that if in fact surgery is needed Anthony could postpone the procedure until after the season but his most recent comments reveal a player who is concerned that his knee is not improving. Throughout his career, Anthony has shown a willingness to play hurt, including the finishing the playoffs two years ago despite suffering from a partially torn labrum in his left shoulder.
Anthony is not suspected to have a ligament or cartilage tear, which means the surgery could be a relatively minor one. It is true that sometimes cleanup treatments reveal further, unexpected damage and result in a debilitating microfracture procedure, but Anthony doesn?t have the sort of balky knee history that would leave one to suspect that things are worse than what Carmelo is letting on.
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Will the Knicks sitting Melo .... force rookie coach Fisher to start coaching a first-unit triangle lineup (Dally, Amare, Wear, Shump, Calderon as starters n finishers? Having a second-unit triangle lineup of Cole, J.Smith, Acy, THJ, and Prigioni.
The only way to teach/learn triangle are using the same 5 players in a "unit" to make mistakes, and each of the 5 players correct each other mistakes. That is not the way Fisher been coaching the past 23 games.
Fisher has been coaching just like our past 3 head-coaches (Isiah, Dantoni, Woodard) using a non-running 3 guard half-court offense where 90% of the shots are outside jumpers, and the team defense, and rebounds are pitiful.
Anthony?s Knicks stuck at 4-19, tied with Detroit for the most losses in the terrible Eastern Conference, Anthony may decide to scale it back a bit. He may decide to interrupt his season in order to undergo surgery on that troubled left knee.
From Frank Isola at the New York Daily News:
?At this point, it?s evaluating and seeing," Anthony said. ?Some days are better than others. It?s a matter if I want to continue to play on it and the pain threshold. The flip side to that is we are losing games. I hate it, I hate to sit on the sidelines and watch my teammates.
?At this point, sitting down with trainers and coaches and seeing what?s best for everybody. If it?s best for me to sit out, take some time to get it right, then that?s a decision we?ll have to make. But they?ll have to pull me out.?
It is believed that if in fact surgery is needed Anthony could postpone the procedure until after the season but his most recent comments reveal a player who is concerned that his knee is not improving. Throughout his career, Anthony has shown a willingness to play hurt, including the finishing the playoffs two years ago despite suffering from a partially torn labrum in his left shoulder.
Anthony is not suspected to have a ligament or cartilage tear, which means the surgery could be a relatively minor one. It is true that sometimes cleanup treatments reveal further, unexpected damage and result in a debilitating microfracture procedure, but Anthony doesn?t have the sort of balky knee history that would leave one to suspect that things are worse than what Carmelo is letting on.
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Will the Knicks sitting Melo .... force rookie coach Fisher to start coaching a first-unit triangle lineup (Dally, Amare, Wear, Shump, Calderon as starters n finishers? Having a second-unit triangle lineup of Cole, J.Smith, Acy, THJ, and Prigioni.
The only way to teach/learn triangle are using the same 5 players in a "unit" to make mistakes, and each of the 5 players correct each other mistakes. That is not the way Fisher been coaching the past 23 games.
Fisher has been coaching just like our past 3 head-coaches (Isiah, Dantoni, Woodard) using a non-running 3 guard half-court offense where 90% of the shots are outside jumpers, and the team defense, and rebounds are pitiful.