NBA Notes: Carmelo Anthony, Knicks Have Deeper Problems Than Triangle
By Ben Watanabe on Tue, Nov 11, 2014
Carmelo Anthony desperately needs a new milliner, but not nearly as desperately as he needs a coach who can put together a real offense.
Monday?s 91-85 loss to the Atlanta Hawks was a microcosm of the New York Knicks? problems:
The more Anthony gets his, the less likely it seems the Knicks are to win.
It?s even led to Knicks president Phil Jackson getting into a little tiff with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who made the rather innocent (and highly accurate) observation that the Knicks might be ?still learning? Jackson?s triangle offense.
?I wasn?t so humored by the commissioner actually jumping in on top of that, too,? Jackson told reporters, via the New York Daily News. ?He doesn?t need to get in to that. There?s enough focus on the triangle. It?s not anything. It?s a system. It?s simple basketball.?
?Simple basketball? has produced a 2-6 record and the league?s worst per-game scoring offense. Anthony?s own scoring is down to 20.3 points per game, but the criticism directed at him hasn?t tapered off. The book on him in his 12th NBA season has been written ? that he gets points, not wins.
Let?s not forget that Anthony was once pretty good at one time, under a Hall of Fame-worthy coach in George Karl who challenged the star to do more than score. There was even the long-forgotten hot take, from when Anthony led the Denver Nuggets into the playoffs as a rookie, that Anthony was the winner, and LeBron James was the stat-stuffing loser. When he?s engaged, Anthony is an excellent rebounder for his position, and he can be an efficient scorer when he?s not playing 1-on-5.
Thus far, though, coach Derek Fisher hasn?t shown much reason to inspire confidence that he can make any of those things happen.
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Melo is a scoring star .. not a super-star.
AI were a Super-Star, he lead Philly and Melo into having 50 win seasons.
Billups were a Super-Star, he lead Detroit and Melo into having a 50 win season.
Kidd were a Super-Star, he had plenty 50 win season in his career.
Allan Houston was a super-star to (only) James Dolan
Melo is a super-star to (only) James Dolan
By Ben Watanabe on Tue, Nov 11, 2014
Carmelo Anthony desperately needs a new milliner, but not nearly as desperately as he needs a coach who can put together a real offense.
Monday?s 91-85 loss to the Atlanta Hawks was a microcosm of the New York Knicks? problems:
The more Anthony gets his, the less likely it seems the Knicks are to win.
It?s even led to Knicks president Phil Jackson getting into a little tiff with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who made the rather innocent (and highly accurate) observation that the Knicks might be ?still learning? Jackson?s triangle offense.
?I wasn?t so humored by the commissioner actually jumping in on top of that, too,? Jackson told reporters, via the New York Daily News. ?He doesn?t need to get in to that. There?s enough focus on the triangle. It?s not anything. It?s a system. It?s simple basketball.?
?Simple basketball? has produced a 2-6 record and the league?s worst per-game scoring offense. Anthony?s own scoring is down to 20.3 points per game, but the criticism directed at him hasn?t tapered off. The book on him in his 12th NBA season has been written ? that he gets points, not wins.
Let?s not forget that Anthony was once pretty good at one time, under a Hall of Fame-worthy coach in George Karl who challenged the star to do more than score. There was even the long-forgotten hot take, from when Anthony led the Denver Nuggets into the playoffs as a rookie, that Anthony was the winner, and LeBron James was the stat-stuffing loser. When he?s engaged, Anthony is an excellent rebounder for his position, and he can be an efficient scorer when he?s not playing 1-on-5.
Thus far, though, coach Derek Fisher hasn?t shown much reason to inspire confidence that he can make any of those things happen.
......................................
Melo is a scoring star .. not a super-star.
AI were a Super-Star, he lead Philly and Melo into having 50 win seasons.
Billups were a Super-Star, he lead Detroit and Melo into having a 50 win season.
Kidd were a Super-Star, he had plenty 50 win season in his career.
Allan Houston was a super-star to (only) James Dolan
Melo is a super-star to (only) James Dolan