Its over knicks fans!!

LeFlume said:
Naah come on guys. It's too early to jump ship. We're still very much a float and we're just one game behind Indiana for the second spot in the East. In the light of the new pope. Have some faith fellas :gony:
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I agree, we're still 3rd in the conference. You would think that with all this doom and gloom that we missed the playoffs. The guys have 3 more games this road trip and need to win 2/3 to keep that 1.5 game lead on the Nets, lose all 3 and it might be time to say the sky is falling.
 
I think, with Stat, Melo, Tyson out, we will be lucky to have home court adv. in the first round. Forget about second place.
Secondly, if we continue playing stupid iso, selfish bball, with no ball movement, no effort on D, we are out after the first round, and it does not matter who is the opponent.
Finally, Mister Woodson is a big problem. As someone said in this thread, he is a players coach but in a bad way.
It looks like this group of guys needs someone like Popovich, or a green baret general who is not going to take any BS from any player.
 
jimkcchief88 said:
You really have to love fickle NY KNICK so-called fans....This thread starter-hater cried and cried" we don't need Melo; he hurts the team; he's selfish; we should't have made the trade...." blah, blah, blah. Guess what???? You jinxed the team and MELO is back in NY getting his knee drained. YOU GOT YOUR WISH, NOW SHUT-UP AND WATCH!!!! You guys asked for less Melo and deeper rotations...You got your wish....MELO has to get healthy for the playoffs...So your gonna get all the Copeland/Prigs/Camby/Thomas/K-Mart that you wanted because Melo/STAT/CHANDLER are out. So just SHUT-UP and enjoy what you asked for. The next 3 games are on national tv for all of us out market fans that can't or won't shell out for the league pass. Once we get top the playoffs, all bets are off and everyone starts with the same record. All we need is a ticket to the dance and we still sitting pretty:)
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Hey listen buddy I have to put up reading your one sited mello loving messages and I have said nothing smart ellic to you so if you don't like what I have to write then don't respond.You talk about some of us being half hearted knick fans son the ONLY player you care about is mello and thats it.You don't care about the the NY Knicks teams all you care about is Mello.We has fans on this board want to win with a WHOLE team not just with one player like you are thinking.You sound like you are a young kid b/c you don't want to do nothing except for starting a argument with other posters.I started this topic for conversation b/c incase you don't know thats what a messageboard is for....... I have done nothing to you and you have been on me for the past two weeks with your smart ellic remarks.If thats the kind of person you are then don't and I mean DON'T even read my posts b/c I want to talk about basketball in a CIVAL manner not argue like you want ALL THE TIME.
 
in 99 Knicks had Larry Houston Sprewell all there was same age but they were faster and played much better but JVG made diffrences. They hit @ heat as 8seeded team

T-Hardaway was Lebron as Pg PJ Brown and Mashburn with Majerle were same killers as Allen Wade but they were fighting 4 seasons . Now i see nothing only Melo and something from JR.

Knicks can hit @ Celtics Hakws Bucks. East record are pretty even from 5-7. Everything is possible. But winning is needed.
 
dont compare contract from other franchise to Knicks. They could even pay more. Nuggets have same coach for almost 10 years Knicks have just brainless coaches

Current Nuggets have 1 of best PG and one of fastest.

Knicks gave up too much for MELo and signing gradpas


+ just look @ msg site knicks section MELO looks devastated this guy looks almost like crying

JR says "we dont come out we have to compete"

and when i am lookin into Novak i dont know if this guy is caring about winning or loosing when only his job is shoot 3s.


Breen says few times Nuggets using 3-7 secs to play fastbreak when Knicks wasting this time for dribbling
 
Add Gallo: $9mil + Lee: $10mi with Chandler 13 mil that would have been three good players for the knicks.
 
jimkcchief88 said:
You really have to love fickle NY KNICK so-called fans....This thread starter-hater cried and cried" we don't need Melo; he hurts the team; he's selfish; we should't have made the trade...." blah, blah, blah. Guess what???? You jinxed the team and MELO is back in NY getting his knee drained. YOU GOT YOUR WISH, NOW SHUT-UP AND WATCH!!!! You guys asked for less Melo and deeper rotations...You got your wish....MELO has to get healthy for the playoffs...So your gonna get all the Copeland/Prigs/Camby/Thomas/K-Mart that you wanted because Melo/STAT/CHANDLER are out. So just SHUT-UP and enjoy what you asked for. The next 3 games are on national tv for all of us out market fans that can't or won't shell out for the league pass. Once we get top the playoffs, all bets are off and everyone starts with the same record. All we need is a ticket to the dance and we still sitting pretty:)
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So the people on forums jinxed Melo? lol. You have to be one of the worst posters on KO I've ever seen.
Its the people who criticize Melo thats the reason why Melo is playing poorly right? Not because he's a selfish player or doesn't play defense/hustle?
 
We have to start with Dolan. He's one of the worst GMs in the league, the man doesnt care about championships, he just cares about making his money. We need to get his ass outta NY for us to have any chance to contend.
 
Like I was telling a friend (and I think I posted on here too), this team, even when they were playing well, are not chip contenders. Neither are the Nuggets, so I don't wanna hear about what could have been with a roster full of "pretty nice" players.

The formulas are set. Proficient post player(s) + phenomenal wing player(s) = ability to get 16 wins after the final game of the regular season; or you can go the other route, and have two top-5 talents on one team, with the roster filled out with gritty defenders, rebounders, and 3-pt specialists.

So I agree, it's horrid to see the team going thru what they're going thru...but lets be real, this team was gonna be sitting at home in late May/June right along with the other teams that can't cultivate easy shots in a slower paced, playoff, series against the same team you already played 3 times in the last 7 days.

Swinging the ball and shooting was only going to work until the shots stopped falling. Melo and JR are really the only two dynamic finishers off of the dribble, so if you close out on Kidd/White/Novak/even Felton sometimes, you get that one-dribble rhythm shot that's still clanking off the rim.

STAT or (STANK, as I affectionately call him) was playing beyond well, I liked the extra firepower he provided, but he was absolutely no help to the starting 5(obviously). We need a low post presence in the starting 5. If you noticed the few times STAT was in the post, and Melo was operating on that side of the court, the D played them straight up. No double on Melo, STAT had his guy sealed, and there was no "stopper" to load that side of the court. Only problem is that if STAT is playing against someone who can guard the post, it's advantage defense, so had he stayed healthy...that wouldn't have helped.

This is the reason why there really is very little parity in the NBA. Almost every season you have the "Cinderellas" and the "darlings of the season. They play lights out, then get smashed in the playoffs by Duncan/Parker/Ginobli--Kobe/Pau/Bynum--Wade/Shaq/Alonzo--KG/Pierce--Kobe/Shaq. When the Knicks need to slow it down, to eat up some shot clock, limit possessions, win game after April 17...who were they ever gonna go to?

This Knicks team at it's absolute best wasn't as good as the 60+ wins LBJ Cavs teams, or even the Bulls the last few years (not counting the Bulls last year). But with their defensive prowess, MVPs, and inability to get easy shots when the defense dictated a slower pace by scoring with high% shots, and getting back...what happened to those teams?

Our half court offense is HORRID by design, and by personnel. Same reason why the Nuggets, Warriors, Pacers (unless Granger has a miraculous recovery), and Bulls, even with a 100% Rose, are going home.

This is EXACTLY why I said the Knicks needed to do their best to try to get Pekovic this past offseason, and I would have made a move for Milsap at this trade deadline. Folks were telling me that I was insane for wanting Nikola on this team over STAT because "he's not a big name" or some ****, but that dude owns the low block when he's on the court. It's his....get the **** outta his way, or at least that's the way he plays. Imagine that operating on the same side of the court with Melo over there, plus Tyson is on the other side of the lane...you'd need 6 guys to defend all of that.

So our options are, have another player sprout into a top-5 caliber player overnight, have a player develop a comfortable post game where he has natural counter moves, and is lethal....not learning the post and trying to master the footwork at the age of 30....make a savvy move and acquire something that thrusts the team in the right direction.

Or just settle for a really good regular season team, that's always drafting 20-27, but no rings.
 
Basically, it comes down to can your team be schematically stopped, or is the only hope to get them "out of their rhythm" and pray.

Right now, you can easily load the side of court where Melo is, make him move the ball, promote perimeter shots, and if they don't fall then the Knicks are out of options. Teams don't respect Felton's shot enough, so they're not stepping up on the PnR, and he has nowhere to go in the half-court and you can't throw lobs all game, especially when a big is looking at you, daring you.

This team has been super mediocre since like Dec 15th. The NBA catches up. It's more than how hard you play, it's do you have the right pieces and the proper strategy. If you're playing a game of chess, I don't care how hard you try, how much you care and want it, you can give all the effort in the world...but you're gonna lose if you have a board full of pawns, a castle, and one bishop and your king.
 
VeryGundy said:
But when Lee was let go, most of this board thought Stat was the better choice.
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Not me .. I was a David Lee Fan-Favorite .. Lee was multi-tastical in positions and systems (uptempo or halfcourt set), plus had a bigman passing-game. I defended Lee's poor defense with his numerous amount of defensive-rebounds.

I accepted Stat's uptempo transition game over Zach Randolph halfcourt-set game (Melo & Zach would make great teammates, both play slow-ball and cant score on a fastbreak).

The Knicks 23 point loss to Denver uptempo transition game is something the Denver Nuggets never did or had with Melo as a Nuggets.
Melo's best high scoring performance does not fit into the new Denver Nuggets transition system that beat us by 23 points. The Denver Nuggets that beat us had better ball movement, better passing skills, and confidence in sharing the ball (3 to 5 touches before the shot), plus Denver always had 3 players moving without the ball on every offensive play, even when they went into SSOL transition.

How come coach Karl could not run that same uptempo transition system during his 5 seasons coaching Melo?
How come coach Woody does not run the uptempo transition system he ran in Atlanta with Joe Johnson & Josh?
We all watched Dantoni DNP practically the entire roster for two straight seasons and not get fired, what did it take to get Dantoni fired? my bad! what made Dantoni resign?
 
nuckles2k2 said:
Like I was telling a friend (and I think I posted on here too), this team, even when they were playing well, are not chip contenders. Neither are the Nuggets, so I don't wanna hear about what could have been with a roster full of "pretty nice" players.

Or just settle for a really good regular season team, that's always drafting 20-27, but no rings.
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If we sustained and played the way we began, I think we could have been considered legit contenders. And I too had a problem with winning by the 3 (duh).

I see things (the mistakes) in a more long-term and short-term way. If we were going to build on a formula then lets agree the formula has a Superstar usually a legit scorer; low post defense and rebounds (bigs), three point shooter(s), and someone to control the flow (PG) (depth too). Your analysis (that I enjoyed) neglected to mention the Mavs where I think the argument could be made that we were modeled after currently (in theory). But to digress...

The long-term mistakes took place years ago:

Hiring D'antoni who didn't and doesn't appreciate bigs (a necessary ingredient to go from good to great).

This lead to a slew of mismanaged and misevaluated players that we had and yet to come. I say this because who knows what would have happened since. We can start with Marbury who was benched because he got into an shouting match in a preseason game vs Boston. He was hype, came back looking strong, the rest is history.

Then there's Jordan Hill. I heard Hahn mention this list of could've had(s): Jennings, Holiday, DeRozen, Lawson, Teague, Collison, Gibson, etc... and it saddens me as the formula includes a PG who is solid. Yet we let D'Antoni convince us that Nash was the only one who would suffice despite both never winning a chip.smh :thumbsup:

I have to agree with signing STAT but I can argue that using the amnesty on Billups to get Tyson was also partly a mistake. The mistake there was STAT already hurt his back (I'm leery of knees and backs) and the opportunity arose and the coach we had (which later turns out to be a blessing) didn't know how to use him. Again pointing to big bodies but this time it's about use.

Chandler's use became obvious when coach D'Antoni had no choice but to play Lin. Lin knew no other way than to play conventional regardless of D'Antoni SSOL (LOSS) system; drive and dish. This lead to us going inside and basically featuring Chandler on offense with Melo out. It also indicated that we still had team players willing to pass the rock just like pre Melo. This begins our short term errors.

You take off the D'ANtoni lens and the player valuation (evaluation) changes. Woodson being conditioned under D'Antoni, obviously valued Melo, but like his predecessor devalued Lin and Chandler (offensively). I agree Lin needed defensive help but we saw how Shump made up for that. I say the error here is not managing Lin properly to maximize his worth.

Then just as in the past, coach is forced to make adjustments due to injury. But recall STAT was a starter so any change should have been temporary. He bumps knees and has an MRI on one knee and not the other. Mistake.

Then like in the past coach falls in love with small ball; Melo at the 4; three's galore. He too goes against conventional wisdom and negates and neglects using our big(s) in the post and devalues defense. Now Brewer who was slumping (even though he gave us more than expected... off an injury) is first sat in favor of less than desirable replacements then traded. This was after it was obvious we could overcome our three point bonanzas and little to no rebounding with our team defense. Which is mind numbing because the FO and coach basically systematically reduced our power with their self defeating decisions.

Lets do the math. IF everyone pre Brewer trade were healthy, and I said name the best most reliable defenders on the Knicks who would you name? TC, Shump, Wallace, Brewer, and to a degree Kidd. Well IF we stick to the formula, and had we learned our lesson going 18-5, we would see that IF we surround Melo with some defense and shooters off the bench we could compete. So who did we have healthy? TC/one + Brewer/two. Thats it... we had two reliable defenders and one Shump coming back. If the plan was to replace Brewer, even with Brewer off-the bench we would have maintained defense at the two.

The MAVS formula had a reliable defender at the 2. Hello? And one was already hurt.. hello? Is there any wonder what happened to the defense.

After that the problems for 2 months now have been cyclical IMO. Melo gets hurt is no surprise. JR shooting us in and out of games. Have you heard any announcers say that JR and the Knicks are undisciplined and need to drive the ball more? Why hasn't coach dictated this? He was checking dudes now he looks dumbfounded. It should be Play his way or else... or is this his way? Shouldn't a good coach realize when something has developed and cultivated it, especially if it was working? Wouldn't you adjust your formula and try to adhere to the same principles that got you this far?

I see how we squandered many opportunities to not be "a top four team" but to over achieve and compete on a consistent basis. I see a coach who has made bad worse by not planning. Fail to plan, plan to fail.

A competitive team, not a 63 point, undisciplined, devoid of leadership team. That's the most we could ask for. Make the best decisions given the options to put us in a position to win, like acquiring Martin as soon as a Camby and Wallace go out with overuse injuries; don't wait. I have documented that coach is losing this team.

Whoever is a leader, including coach, needs to step up now.
 
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Ghostowl said:
So the people on forums jinxed Melo? lol. You have to be one of the worst posters on KO I've ever seen.
Its the people who criticize Melo thats the reason why Melo is playing poorly right? Not because he's a selfish player or doesn't play defense/hustle?
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Yep; JINX:)
 
WVKnickfan said:
Hey listen buddy I have to put up reading your one sited mello loving messages and I have said nothing smart ellic to you so if you don't like what I have to write then don't respond.You talk about some of us being half hearted knick fans son the ONLY player you care about is mello and thats it.You don't care about the the NY Knicks teams all you care about is Mello.We has fans on this board want to win with a WHOLE team not just with one player like you are thinking.You sound like you are a young kid b/c you don't want to do nothing except for starting a argument with other posters.I started this topic for conversation b/c incase you don't know thats what a messageboard is for....... I have done nothing to you and you have been on me for the past two weeks with your smart ellic remarks.If thats the kind of person you are then don't and I mean DON'T even read my posts b/c I want to talk about basketball in a CIVAL manner not argue like you want ALL THE TIME.
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Yep and we all have to listen to you whine cry about how one of the elite players in the NBA sucks in your opinion. Steals your thunder Melo is out so now what are you going to complain about???? Our coach??? How about the uniforms??? How about our cheerleaders lol???
 
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