That's system based. Or, in this case especially, systemic coaching.
We were one of the more predictable/monotonous/unprepared teams in basketball on the offensive end. Typically, I've been basically labeled as petulant for saying so. Over that 2 month period in which Melo was a Knick, literally nothing was done to create any symbiosis between him and Stoudemire. Nothing. In the first 5 games there was. Until MD's sans-Nash, erroneous offence took hold and ruined it.
You are the only person, other than myself, who has actually brought up this fact.
I, on the other hand, do not point the finger at Melo. Nor do I at STAT.
We had the ingredients, just not the technology.
* Waits for the faithful to ramble about injuries and the adjustment period. I get it, it's fair, and can't go without being considered. 7 new players - yada, yada, yada.
Doesn't change the fact that we ran 3 plays: ISOs - which made up half our points - , Spaced 3 pointers and the P&R. Revolutionary.