yellowboy90 wrote:RonRon wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:It is not all Felton's fault a lot of that is on the bigs to hedge on the Pg. Felton was actually passing up shots to make the extra pass and got lucky those passes were not turnovers. As he continues to comeback he needs to get Amar'e more involved and divide the post ups between Amar'e and Melo. Melo needs to play off the ball and play off of Amar'e. THey have shown signs both ways and need to keep growing.To me it's not the isolation/post ups that are the problem it is the lack of movement on the weak side that is more the problem. They need to make cuts and and set screens to take advantage of the defense tilting the D.
great post, would like to add it shouldn't be Felton's job to make Amare/Melo happy
His job is to get the Knick's the highest % shots, utilize all players on the floor as threats, and attack our opponents defense
It is all about sacrifice for the sake of the team and in the end it is about the W's and consistency rather than the result of the play
Whether it is with PnR, penetration, post up, screens on and off the ball, playing off each other's abilities, and attacking the opponents DEFENSE TOGETHER
You are right it is not about making those two happy but getting those guys touches create touches for others. What will hopefully we will continue to get is those drives off the PnR that leads to open spot ups because you can't help off of Amar'e or Melo which leaves Shump, Jr, Kidd, and the return of Novakain open. I did like what I saw mid third qtr and into the 4th there was movement on the weakside.
Also, the late 4 qtr looked a lot like LA's did without the movement and with Kobe making the past. Melo to many times get blinders on once he makes his move to score. He is good at kicking out or finding the open man but he needs to do a better job passing of the move once the D has collapse like the Net game. SOme of that goes back to the lack of movement but other times its him having blinders.
Yep, Melo has *Kobe syndrome* "give me the ball and I will try to score somehow"
Ironically, Kobe has been doing the complete opposite, exactly what Dantoni wanted Melo to do, although *Kobe has much better all round skills, handle/pentration, and IQ to do so*
At least I have seen much less of jab, jab, jab, jab shoot
I do not mind if they do it once awhile and when the shot clock is running out but they NEED to try to execute a better shot when they have the time/opportunity to do so
Even Clyde always recognizes this, it is simple BB IQ, the 1v1 without ball movement/player movement is something we relied too much on and leads to fast break opportunities on the other end as well
My point of bringing up the "making Melo/Amare happy" is because Felton always uses those words to describe his role on the team
This is not high school or the art of happiness, that should not be his mindset
These are grown men with their contract's set already *outside of JR Smith*, their mindset is suppose to be to get the W, not achieve as many stats as they can
It is Felton's job to set the team up, utilizing all players on the floor to attack as a unit, and set it up for whoever is hot/open
It is a great luxury to have players like JR Smith and Melo that can get their shot off, but ONLY if it is NEEDED, not and should NEVER be the 1st option to go to
Problem is they have so much confidence in their ability to score that they cannot separate the difference between a high % shot and a low % shot, with the importance of positioning for offensive boards/shot clock. We play so much better as a unit when we play off each other and move the ball, rather than no continuity
JR Smith tends to waste a lot of time dribbling at times, while going no where, and knowing in the back of his head he can do the step back jumper, but in this whole process, he wastes the shot clock which limits the time to actually make a play for a good shot
He is one of the only players on the entire roster that actually has the ability to penetrate once he catches the ball but by doing wasted dribbles, the defense recovers
Smith must either just penetrate and dish it back out if the shot is not there, or simply move the ball to the open man
It seems JR Smith has been trying too hard to break his recent shooting slump and not letting the game come to him like he did early in the season
We don't need hero ball and it is horrible execution while Woodson is not holding Melo and Smith accountable in which they will repeat these bad plays
Watching Smith and Melo alternate these type of moves hurts my eyes, while they go on cold runs, absolutely kills TEAM chemistry, and other players cannot get in rythme
Again, they both have the realize/recognize that it is a poor decision, low % shot, what our opponents DEFENSE wants us to do as they conserve stamina, and hurts team chemistry
This I believe should be on Woodson and the responsibility of the PG
This is what Jeremy Lin brought to the table vs Felton, he was very much willing to give the ball up to attack the opponents DEFENSE when someone was open, and make the DEFENSE work/use some energy
