CA7
Scoring Champ
CA7....u didnt have to cut the legs off of someone who agreed with u to a point.
Stat & Melo couldve won 65% of the Knicks games if the offense were controlled by the PG and coach decision making.
The 2011-12 season made it clear on what it will take to have Stat & Melo co-exist consistently in a rotation with floor-leader guards "Lin-Sanity and ??? ......either PG-Billups, or PG-Rose, or PG-Rondo, or PG-Rubio, or maybe PG-Nash (if Nash body could go 70 regular season games in the Eastern Conference which have twice the amount of contact than the western conference).
All the other NBA PG are either to weak to stand-up to Carmelo Anthony offensive-Ego, or dont have the body to go 70 games, plus a full postseason.
thats part of maturing as a player, the fact is Billups got Melo to play to the bets of his ability and Melo added that and led the Nuggets to a WCF where they were 2 inbound passes away from winning it and going to the Finals.
we need a veteran, Jeremy is not that but can be I dont know what he'll improve on next year, maybe Melo decides to just follow his lead on the court but when you got 2 potent scorers and other guys who need the ball you as the point guard have to understand how to incorporate everyone at the same time while still focusing on your best players.
Is Lin over hyped- we all agree yes, no doubt
Can he be the point guard to lead our team on the court- we dont know but from my point of view NO
why?- he over dribbles, takes bad shots, there's times he comes down, no passes and goes one on one, no one says anything. On fast breaks he'll miss Melo who can get an easy dunk to get rhythm going but no he looks him off and shoots it while other times finding Fields, Chandler, Novak etc.... A point guards last option should be to shoot. Also can he handle non-stop pressure, what if the Heat put LeBron on him, Rose couldn't do **** with LBJ defending him what do you think Lin can do, we dont know which is my point but if we can find a vet to play in front of him so he can learn from someone then we have something going.
if you think Melo has an offensive-ego then you're over-analyzing everything about him. Melo likes to pass, he's always reading the floor, hell if we had a consistent knock down 3-point shooter who teams couldn't just deny the ball too he'd average 4-5 assists per game. The point is I've never heard Martin, Billups, Smith, Nene, Afflalo, Camby, Birdman, Lawson, Carter, Balkman, Klieza, Jones or Miller complain about Melo's game. George Karl bitched about his defense I understand that but you, like the media, are doing nothing but blaming the best player which is natural. Nonetheless we need a point guard who both STAT and Melo can thrive off of and the jury is still out on Jeremy Lin and THATS A FACT