I have never understood why the media has made this guy a star? At the best he is a shooter that shoots a lot and has a low shooting percentage. At the worst he is a guy who not only does not care about winning, but creates a poisoned environment in the Knick locker room. (remember how he railroaded Jeremy Lin out of town). My guess is that he sets a terrible example in practice and the not so unknown secret is that top players will not play with him because it will be his way or the highway. But again, how did the media ever sell this guy as a star?
The day Anthony signed with NY Knicks is the day the NY sportswriters began to grease the skids to get rid of him. We hear the same drumbeat about Phil Jackson. What a bunch of ankle biters.
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"He has tried to stay upbeat through five years, but the happy smile wanes with the playoffs nearly out of reach, and the decision to stay or go becomes as understandably torturous as that snap judgment in San Antonio to pass or shoot."
Poor thing. Trying to stay up eat. Basketball is just something that has happened to him for five years. He apparently had nothing to do with what happened to the team for those five years.
Where would the poor thing be without his army of enablers who fear his happy smile might wane and cateri to his self involvement?
Poor thing. Trying to stay up eat. Basketball is just something that has happened to him for five years. He apparently had nothing to do with what happened to the team for those five years.
Where would the poor thing be without his army of enablers who fear his happy smile might wane and cateri to his self involvement?
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To pretend that Anthony is achieving some manner of epiphany is simply silly - he made his bed as a selfish - shoot first - damn the teammates - no defence playing - ball-hog many years ago.
Jackson should have traded his ego two seasons ago - he is cancer.
Jackson should have traded his ego two seasons ago - he is cancer.
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Trade Anthony to an acceptable contender, get what you can for him and move on. KP is the Knicks' future and Rambis' future should be determined solely by his ability the maximize the gifted rookie's incredible potential.
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Actually, Carmelo Anthony's career trajectory is more reminiscent of Charles Barkley than anyone else. Both were / are great basketball players. Neither were able to carry their teams single-handed.
News Flash:
No single player can or ever has carried a team single handed. Perhaps the single best basketball player not named Julius Erving was Michael Jordan. Neither of them were able to win an NBA championship without three factors:
1. Team players who complemented their offensive and defensive schemes.
2. A coach who understood how to rotate their players for the best match-ups in offensive and defensive schemes that meshed with their players' talents.
3. A GM and organizational structure that emphasized good draft choices wherein character mattered as much as raw talent. San Antonio is clearly the poster child here, but the Lakers of Jabbar & Magic, the Celtics of Russell, Havlicek and Bird eras, and the Auerbach Knicks of Clyde, Willis, the Pearl, DeBuschere and Bradley all come to mind.
Phil Jackson and James Dolan are the reasons why the Knicks are in the shape they're in.
One last point. NBA players, not specifically Carmelo Anthony, are almost all great athletes and basketball players who make gazillions of dollars. Good for them. But, if they want to win championships, they need to go to teams that demonstrate winning chemistry at the three levels mentioned earlier.
News Flash:
No single player can or ever has carried a team single handed. Perhaps the single best basketball player not named Julius Erving was Michael Jordan. Neither of them were able to win an NBA championship without three factors:
1. Team players who complemented their offensive and defensive schemes.
2. A coach who understood how to rotate their players for the best match-ups in offensive and defensive schemes that meshed with their players' talents.
3. A GM and organizational structure that emphasized good draft choices wherein character mattered as much as raw talent. San Antonio is clearly the poster child here, but the Lakers of Jabbar & Magic, the Celtics of Russell, Havlicek and Bird eras, and the Auerbach Knicks of Clyde, Willis, the Pearl, DeBuschere and Bradley all come to mind.
Phil Jackson and James Dolan are the reasons why the Knicks are in the shape they're in.
One last point. NBA players, not specifically Carmelo Anthony, are almost all great athletes and basketball players who make gazillions of dollars. Good for them. But, if they want to win championships, they need to go to teams that demonstrate winning chemistry at the three levels mentioned earlier.
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This ny knicks tema is not a playoff one.
Next season might see another improvement but this team will still
Not be a top tier playoff team either.
By that time, the injury plagued Carmelo will be 33 and with 43 year old knees.
If the Knicks could swing a deal where they can get a couple of early picks
And start to build around the big man, Porzingas that would be on the road
To being a serious team.
Oh, let Jackson go back to LA.
Next season might see another improvement but this team will still
Not be a top tier playoff team either.
By that time, the injury plagued Carmelo will be 33 and with 43 year old knees.
If the Knicks could swing a deal where they can get a couple of early picks
And start to build around the big man, Porzingas that would be on the road
To being a serious team.
Oh, let Jackson go back to LA.
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“It’s because it’s something he’s not used to,” Jose Calderon". Not used to losing? Are you serious? Oh there was that one season at Syracuse when he won the NCAA. That was great. There is also his fine PPG average in NBA. BUT he is very used to losing and smiling. Hard not to smile at $23 Million a year? Just like Dwight Howard? Not knocking Melo he is fine player and at times great player. But not used to losing?
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Carmelo Anthony has been a part of the first half of last year and the first half of this year. The Knicks have been terrible, despite the fact that Anthony has incredible talent. No team is going to absorb his salary considering these facts and the fact that he just had major surgery.
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...Anthony will have pardoned himself for the original sin of forcing the Knicks to unload a bundle of resources on Denver when he might have signed as a free agent for the following season and cost the Knicks nothing.
I respectfully disagree. Mozgov, Galinari, Chandler, and Felton are role players at best (Gailnari is oft-injured). The true tragedy has been a combination of luck (Stoudamire going from MVP candidate to over the hill almost simultaneously upon Anthony's arrival; a failure to land free agents) and their horrific use of draft picks.
I respectfully disagree. Mozgov, Galinari, Chandler, and Felton are role players at best (Gailnari is oft-injured). The true tragedy has been a combination of luck (Stoudamire going from MVP candidate to over the hill almost simultaneously upon Anthony's arrival; a failure to land free agents) and their horrific use of draft picks.
Dolan-Anthony-Capitalism vs Jackson-Porzingis -Collectivism.
That is the battle for the future of the Knicks.
Only if Jackson is permitted this off- season by his Knicks master, Dolan, to rid the team of the soul killing "Me"lo playing style and commence forward around the "We"/European style team oriented Porzingis, can we begin to dream about "Love-ing our Knicks again, like many of us did of those beloved ball sharing, team defending, 1970's TEAM's that Phil Jackson was, and many of us felt, "we" were part of.
That is the battle for the future of the Knicks.
Only if Jackson is permitted this off- season by his Knicks master, Dolan, to rid the team of the soul killing "Me"lo playing style and commence forward around the "We"/European style team oriented Porzingis, can we begin to dream about "Love-ing our Knicks again, like many of us did of those beloved ball sharing, team defending, 1970's TEAM's that Phil Jackson was, and many of us felt, "we" were part of.
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The offense has been better this year because they consistently pass the ball instead of dribbling it for no reason. The defense has still been poor--the Knicks know that Calderon and Anthony do not guard anyone. At least Anthony stands around near the basket so he can get rebounds--but the last time he boxed anyone out was when he boxed James Dolan out from listening to Donnie Walsh about waiting to sign Anthony as a free agent after that season. No one mentions that for all of Anthony's skill at shooting uncontested jumpers and driving to the basket, he still takes many, many poor shots a game (such as shooting immediately on catching the ball, without getting his bearings), and misses almost all. No star player wants to come here to play with Anthony--only a team needing a shooter to put them over the top would want him, like Cleveland or perhaps Boston. So if Phll Jackson really understands what we think he does, Anthony's ticket out of town is punched. He just has to buy in.
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