Sorry dude but you made up a hypothetical about Rondo which did not make any sense as you tried asserting he would be chucking up 3's just because he is in this system.
You are right, you being new has nothing to do with your understanding and I never claimed it did. I was mentioning about you being new since I did not want to start a fight with you or give off an impression like I'm a dick. Your lack of understanding about our system, Amare's game and the role of the PG in this system is what tells me you have yet to accumulate the knowledge to have a real debate on this topic. I'm not trying to offend you but I can't really debate someone who has these wild misconceptions about the topic at hand. It would be too tiring to first explain the nuances just to bring you up to a point where we could have a debate.
Oh and no, Amare is not a post up player period. It has nothing to do with being on the Knicks. He simply is not a post up player ever in his career. Can he occasionally post? Sure. Could he develop that game? Maybe. That said, he is a face the basket mid range jumper and finisher.
His FG% is down and he is talking more jumpshots but that is not a design of the system or coach it is a design of not having a PG giving him the ball in the right spots. Again, if it was the system or coach then he would have had the same exact issues under D'ant his first go round. Please at least try to grasp this simple fact. If you are going to learn one thing from this thread it should be this since it's such a fundamental concept and the heart of our struggles. If Amare and Felton could come close to Amare/Nash this team would be kicking ass.
Sorry dude but you made up a hypothetical about Rondo which did not make any sense as you tried asserting he would be chucking up 3's just because he is in this system.
Now you're beginning to understand. That is exactly my contention. He'd be shooting 3's because thats what the coach wants. Everybody on the team shoots three's like they're good at it. AR, Chandler, Amare they all shoot them with NO HESITATION. This is a FACT...
You are right, you being new has nothing to do with your understanding and I never claimed it did. I was mentioning about you being new since I did not want to start a fight with you or give off an impression like I'm a dick. Your lack of understanding about our system, Amare's game and the role of the PG in this system is what tells me you have yet to accumulate the knowledge to have a real debate on this topic.
Our system is predicated on getting OPEN JUMP SHOTS. Preferably 3's. Tell me I'm wrong. Amare's game is as a finisher and a POST PLAYER. STAT just really developed a SEMI-CONSISTENT jump shot in the last 1-2 years. WHAT exactly was he doing before this? POSTING UP. I think your confusion is that he has to be a back to the basket ball player to post. THIS ISNT THE CASE. He received the ball in the post when he was with the Suns at which point he turned and faced the basket and defender. One, Two dribbles he was at the rim.
Oh and no, Amare is not a post up player period. It has nothing to do with being on the Knicks. He simply is not a post up player ever in his career. Can he occasionally post? Sure. Could he develop that game? Maybe. That said, he is a face the basket mid range jumper and finisher.
Its so sad that you really dont know the history of the player you say you know so well. Amare never ever took this many jump shots per game in his career. Watch a game from the Lakers/Suns playoff series from last year. Watch how many times he posted up.
His FG% is down and he is talking more jumpshots but that is not a design of the system or coach it is a design of not having a PG giving him the ball in the right spots.
So if the point guard cant run the system properly wouldnt you think its time to try something different? Seems we had the same problems with Duhon. He's now gone. Why not just try to create a system that utilizes the current players on the teams STRENGTHS?