Felton being back will hopefully bring back his PnR game at least. An average play might consist of high screen and roll, with Novak/other shooter camped on the strong side with Melo Iso on the weak, TC would be weak side just near the baseline I would say. I think sets like that might take advantage of our teams strengths. An alternative would be an up-screen (not sure if that's the term) for TC with Amare as the weak side player.
You are right though, Amare has very little to offer in terms of creating his own shot, what he did create last season was a bunch of offensive fouls.
I like your thinking! Whether or not Mike Woodson implements a screening game for Amar'e at the capacity it would take to help him out as much as he'd like is another thing, however. Most people have agreed that having Ray back will help STAT, but I think Ray having Chandler setting picks will help Ray more.
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hard. And if I were throwing lobs, I know who I'd prefer to be receiving them. If I were trying to lose my man on a pick, I know who I'd want to be setting that pick: Tyson, The Mad Bison, Chandler. If STAT's jumper is on however, Ray's got options galore as a penetrating guard, and he'll have to have his shot, including a running floater like Tony Parker's, hitting at a good clip. Another add to the extensive X Factor list with Amar'e's name on it.
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All considered, Tyson is the better player at setting picks. As I said before, STAT's gonna have to set, pop and roll with equal precision and physicality to Tyson, just to get the looks he wants, and the confidence Ray, Kidd, Prigs and Woodson want out of him.
See, I feel defensively we don't even need him to be a shot blocker, he needs to stay on his guy and at most just alter shots, TC is the guy that's smart enough to know when to leave his player to block a shot. Amare is not going to learn this stuff now so the Knicks need to make defense very simple for him. "Amare, see that one guy there? See the basket. Go stand between them". There's also the conversation/theory that having the stat sheet filled with blocks isn't always a good thing. If those blocks are just going out of bounds or back to the opposition, you're not really gaining anything. Altering shot + getting the board is more important and that's what he should do.
Could not agree more. Nicely said.
16 and 11 is not reaching at all, especially considering he'll probably still be seeing some time at the 5. 16 points is 6FGs and 3 or 4 trips to the line. Those are really conservative numbers and you're right, we should expect that to be higher. Give just about ANYONE in the NBA 30 minutes and they should be able score 6 times and hit some FTs.
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Getting back to the original topic a little bit though, I agree with you that he would need MORE than 2 post moves. I probably mispoke and meant at the least, a baby hook off either hand would be a start.
I don't know just how much time he'll be seeing at the 5 with Camby back, dude. He was an atrocity there last year.
I think 16 and 11 is hopeful to be honest. Much higher chance of say.......22 & 7 - more points and less caroms. I'd prefer the 16 and 11 any day.
We're hoping for a lot, you and I. Seems ridiculous that we're pining for all of these changes out of one of the league's highest paid players, doesn't it?
Thanks for replying, Sage. Doesn't happen enough on here. On ya' Ozi.