Year after year the same guys write the same columns about how great Anthony is and how somebody else has to learn to accommodate him. All that changes is who the somebody else is who must change in deference to Anthiny's greatness. What a prima Donna. Why write such nonsense about Anthony? I have no idea. Somehow in some strange universe it proves the bona fides of the writer but not in the basketball universe. What a loser.
Just more dream scenarios. Let's talk reality: Anthony is due $26 million next year and $27 million the year after. NO TEAM is willing to pay that price. He will be around to finish his contract, and that means another two years before the Knicks can start to rebuild.
I read a very interesting article on meeting dynamics a few years ago, pointing out that we tend to equate contributions to meetings by how much people talk, rather than by the content of what they say, which is why certain people dominate intercourse, restate ground already covered, or grab and run with someone else's ideas - which in turn contributes to the general perception of meetings being a drain on corporate resources, rather than a necessary exercise in communication and coordination.
What was particularly interesting is the example they used to set the stage - Carmelo Anthony. He scores a lot, and that's the figure we tend to judge players by, but he does so by taking a *lot* of shots, and his shooting percentage isn't all that good. Every shot he takes is one someone else doesn't, and a significant number of his attempts are at the expense of a better shot which could be achieved by better ball movement. That in turn reduces the incentive for "moving without the ball" to get an open position. As Adirondax points out, and Golden State massively exemplifies, and Phil Jackson undoubtedly knows, the best team basketball requires a different approach from Carmelo's.
What was particularly interesting is the example they used to set the stage - Carmelo Anthony. He scores a lot, and that's the figure we tend to judge players by, but he does so by taking a *lot* of shots, and his shooting percentage isn't all that good. Every shot he takes is one someone else doesn't, and a significant number of his attempts are at the expense of a better shot which could be achieved by better ball movement. That in turn reduces the incentive for "moving without the ball" to get an open position. As Adirondax points out, and Golden State massively exemplifies, and Phil Jackson undoubtedly knows, the best team basketball requires a different approach from Carmelo's.
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Carmelo isn't going anywhere! James Dolan needed a marquis "attraction" for the Garden without consideration of winning team chemistry! The Knicks are stuck with him in his waning years. He's too expensive to be a bench player elsewhere. All this talk of improving the team this year is ridiculous! The real damage will be in the under-development of Porzingis! His talent will likely be wasted like Ewing was. Dolan doesn't care about winning as much as putting on a "show" to fill 41 home sold out regular season games. Phil has no hand to play here.......
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Impatience is a great detriment. Anthony, Porzingis and hermangomez are an imposing front line. Let them play and develop. Rose shows flashes; the Knicks need a more consistent shooting guard; keep Carmelo!
I agree the main plot is Anthony but what is the big picture? I really do not know.
The President is still arguing about Carmelo's committment and his will to become a winner player which leads to the fact that there are no team in NBA that has the intention to hire Carmelo. More than that the success of Houston Rockets demonstrates that Mike D'Antonii, one of the former Knicks's coach was right about Carmelo too.
So at the moment I think that have more patience is the only thing worths to do. Worse than now it is almost quite impossible.
The President is still arguing about Carmelo's committment and his will to become a winner player which leads to the fact that there are no team in NBA that has the intention to hire Carmelo. More than that the success of Houston Rockets demonstrates that Mike D'Antonii, one of the former Knicks's coach was right about Carmelo too.
So at the moment I think that have more patience is the only thing worths to do. Worse than now it is almost quite impossible.
If you thought chuckers did not drain the energy out of a team, you have never played five on five full court basketball. If the chucker also did not put out on defense, why might the rest of the disheartened team. And if management showed how much it valued team play and the hit the open man philosophy by making the chucker the team's highest paid player, it would have laid the foundation for failure as long as that player was on the team. If one of the members of one of the most famous teams in NBA history were being asked to abandon the very essence of his understanding of good, winning basketball by "working with" such a pig-headed player, what would you say the odds are of that working out. If Jackson cannot save the knicks by trading Anthony, the best he can do is save his basketball soul by resigning. If he does not, he is living in basketball hell, because he knows he sold out for the money.
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Hard to feel sorry for Melo. He resigned with the Knicks so he could get the most money. Looks good on him now playing for such a mediocre team. Who wants to read about him every day?
Hall of Fame? Really? He's put up stat lines because he won't share the ball and his teams are generally awful.
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OK, if the only team interested in Melo is LA then do this:
Deal Anthony AND D. Rose to the Clippers in exchange for Blake Griffin and JJ Reddick and maybe 2nd round pick (or 2?)
Done deal.
See? That wasn't very hard.
Deal Anthony AND D. Rose to the Clippers in exchange for Blake Griffin and JJ Reddick and maybe 2nd round pick (or 2?)
Done deal.
See? That wasn't very hard.
"Anthony, who would probably thrive alongside Jordan, Griffin and Paul, may be a flawed superstar, but it is hard to see how the Knicks would get better in the short or long term by making any deal that did not bring back one of those three players"
Really the question should be "Can they get any worse?" I love Melo, but his time in NY has passed and it will not get easier. Sometimes the fit isn't there, maybe due to management , maybe the player, but its clear to all that its not working. Would love to see him go somewhere and make a difference. Hey Melo, life is short go somewhere and make an impact. Leave the loser Dolan.
Really the question should be "Can they get any worse?" I love Melo, but his time in NY has passed and it will not get easier. Sometimes the fit isn't there, maybe due to management , maybe the player, but its clear to all that its not working. Would love to see him go somewhere and make a difference. Hey Melo, life is short go somewhere and make an impact. Leave the loser Dolan.
Losing Melo=building a team that plays like a team. It would be tough for this season, but, as good as Melo is, his style of play breaks a team's rhythm, the DNA of good basketball.
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Lock for the Hall of Fame??!! Oy, how times have changed!!
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Griffin, Paul and Jordan are among the best theesomes in the NBA. Before Griffen's knee injury, the Clippers had the best record in the league. Not only did their top three have extraordinary talent, they had chemistry from playing years together. Adding Anthony to the mix is potentially divisive. The Clippers' problem is not with their starters, but with their bench. Trading away the bench for a prominent starter would make little sense, if anything, they need a point guard to fill in for the injured Paul.
One of the teams that could well use Anthony is the Thunder, who lost Durant. Anthony and Westbrook could be a lethal combination, The Thunder roster might well be open to the Knicks along with a first round draft pick and one other. If the Knicks are willing to trade for the future, center Sabonis, and shooting guard Oladio, both in their early twenties, along with a first round draft choice (and their own first rounder) would put them in far better position than they are now.
One of the teams that could well use Anthony is the Thunder, who lost Durant. Anthony and Westbrook could be a lethal combination, The Thunder roster might well be open to the Knicks along with a first round draft pick and one other. If the Knicks are willing to trade for the future, center Sabonis, and shooting guard Oladio, both in their early twenties, along with a first round draft choice (and their own first rounder) would put them in far better position than they are now.
The Knicks will not have a chance to improve until this talented player is gone. .
Enough time has elapsed to see that he does not make the players around him better, and he is a "coach killer". .
For all of his ability- and I've been watching him since he won the NCAA title as a Freshman at Syracuse, I believe he will look back at his career, and rue what might have been. .
What a mistake (besides the Noah contract) for Jackson to tie the success of his tenure to him. .
Good Luck!
Enough time has elapsed to see that he does not make the players around him better, and he is a "coach killer". .
For all of his ability- and I've been watching him since he won the NCAA title as a Freshman at Syracuse, I believe he will look back at his career, and rue what might have been. .
What a mistake (besides the Noah contract) for Jackson to tie the success of his tenure to him. .
Good Luck!
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Winning in the NBA is tough.
Winning with 'Melo even tougher.
Jeremy Lin proved with a modest cast of NBA characters you can beat a fair number of teams pretty consistently. But it all depends on the ball moving to the open man, and everyone committing to the shared goal of, above all else, winning.
This is what the Raps, Dubs, Celtics, Cavs and other NBA teams do.
It's not rocket science.
Winning with 'Melo even tougher.
Jeremy Lin proved with a modest cast of NBA characters you can beat a fair number of teams pretty consistently. But it all depends on the ball moving to the open man, and everyone committing to the shared goal of, above all else, winning.
This is what the Raps, Dubs, Celtics, Cavs and other NBA teams do.
It's not rocket science.
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Lin was a true point guard. Knicks don't have one. Rose isn't a guard interested in finding the open man just boosting his numbers for next years contract. Its not rocket science, Jackson destroyed this team. Noah for how long and how much and he does what these days? The Cavs won the title with two guys Jackson thought wasn't good enough for the Knicks. The triangle? That is popular where in the NBA these days? Jackson saddles coaches with a philosophy that is out dated. Jackson should coach so when the coach gets blamed, it will be him that is sent packing.
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The teams that make the most passes per game include Charlotte, the Sixers, the Lakers, and the Mavs. None of them are above .500. You can pass the rock all you want, but you aren't going to win without players who can score.
Again?? This guy is going to hold the entire NBA up for hostage (3 or 4 teams trade) once more for a trade like he did when he was hale bent on getting out of Denver 7 years ago? Is it worth it ??
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