Knicks · Melo: 'We have what we have' (page 1)

After some words that I'm pretty sure Melo wishes he could take back, he says some things I find it encouraging like not wanting to always being the focal point of the offense. Also like that he will play SF next season. Less wear and tear.

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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Carmelo Anthony believes the triangle system will alleviate some of the pressure on him to carry the New York Knicks but he admits he will have to wait until president Phil Jackson can find the team more help.

While Anthony believes he will benefit from Jackson and coach Derek Fisher's system, the Knicks star knows that this current roster can use some more talent.

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AP Photo/Mike GrollCarmelo Anthony is seeing the benefit of the triangle system.

"For this season, right now, we have what we have," Anthony said when asked if he feels he has the help he is looking for. "We're going to deal with that. That was a big discussion with me and Phil -- that was one of my things."

During free agency, Anthony told Jackson that he wanted and needed help. Anthony spurned the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers to re-sign with the Knicks to the tune of five years, $124 million.

He put his trust in Jackson that the Knicks president will be able to find him more help when the team has cap space next summer.

"I didn't want to have to do it night in and night out," Anthony explained. "I wanted some nights when somebody else can pick up the load. Right now, with the way we're playing [in training camp], I don't have to do everything. But we haven't played one game. ... So we'll see what happens."

The Knicks star does think that the triangle will help him win while alleviating the burden of carrying the load like he has in the past.

"It will be less pressure on me," Anthony said of playing in the system. "I can see that now in training camp. I feel that. I can see what we're able to do with the little bit of time we've been together this week. I see other guys' roles and how they're implemented into the system and what they're capable of doing."

"I think it'll be easier," he added. "It's still going to be a dogfight [this season], but I think it'll be a little bit easier where everybody is not keying in and focusing on me every single time down the court. Now you put the pressure on everybody else, have to guard their man and there's movement. It's a good thing."

Anthony does think that this current roster has enough power forwards and that he will play small forward this season in the triangle after playing a lot at the four in the last two seasons.

"We got too many," he said of the power forwards on the Knicks roster. "I don't need to go down there and battle. For what?"

"If it comes down to it, I'll go back there, but I doubt it," Anthony added. "They're going to move me down there. ... I think in this system more than anything playing on the wing is where I like to be -- playing in the post is where I like to be -- and the way we play we're all over the court, so you never know where you're going to get the ball."

The key will be making sure he isnt the primary and only feature of the offense.

But make no mistake Melo said the same thing last two years...he didnt want to burden the scoring load and didnt particularly wasnt to play power forward.

GustavBahler wrote:After some words that I'm pretty sure Melo wishes he could take back, he says some things I find it encouraging like not wanting to always being the focal point of the offense. Also like that he will play SF next season. Less wear and tear.

"I didn't want to have to do it night in and night out," Anthony explained. "I wanted some nights when somebody else can pick up the load.

Should have learned to develop trust

Over the yrs in your teammates

And inspire them to do more

I guess after 13yrs and shooting to your

Hearts content it starts sinking in

knickscity wrote:The key will be making sure he isnt the primary and only feature of the offense.

But make no mistake Melo said the same thing last two years...he didnt want to burden the scoring load and didnt particularly wasnt to play power forward.

Yep exactly what I was thinking. That didn't work out too well for him either.

knickscity wrote:The key will be making sure he isnt the primary and only feature of the offense.

But make no mistake Melo said the same thing last two years...he didnt want to burden the scoring load and didnt particularly wasnt to play power forward.

That's true, glad he said it again. Looking who we had at PG, Shump's long slump, Tyson's disappearing act, Prigs aversion to layups, Woodson's strategy of clear out and dump the ball to Melo in late game situations (and nothing else) that's what we got. Calderone, should help in that dept, regardless of what offense we're running, and hopefully some of our new additions, draft picks, can do the same. Also, if Shump can start living up to his potential (big if) we should at least be more competitive

F500ONE wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:After some words that I'm pretty sure Melo wishes he could take back, he says some things I find it encouraging like not wanting to always being the focal point of the offense. Also like that he will play SF next season. Less wear and tear.

"I didn't want to have to do it night in and night out," Anthony explained. "I wanted some nights when somebody else can pick up the load.

Should have learned to develop trust

Over the yrs in your teammates

And inspire them to do more

I guess after 13yrs and shooting to your

Hearts content it starts sinking in

As for not trusting his teammates, Im pretty sure I was one of the first if not the first person on this board to point that out so I agree with you. There were times however as a Knick when his teammates did absolutely nothing to earn that trust and Melo carrying the load was the only way we won games. We'll see what happens next season.

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:The key will be making sure he isnt the primary and only feature of the offense.

But make no mistake Melo said the same thing last two years...he didnt want to burden the scoring load and didnt particularly wasnt to play power forward.

That's true, glad he said it again. Looking who we had at PG, Shump's long slump, Tyson's disappearing act, Prigs aversion to layups, Woodson's strategy of clear out and dump the ball to Melo in late game situations (and nothing else) that's what we got. Calderone, should help in that dept, regardless of what offense we're running, and hopefully some of our new additions, draft picks, can do the same. Also, if Shump can start living up to his potential (big if) we should at least be more competitive

No matter who is on the court, all these players are NBA caliber. Even if they arent producing at the moment a player still has to empower trust in the teammates they have. An open miss imo is usually better than a constested miss depending on the shooter. of course.

GustavBahler wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:After some words that I'm pretty sure Melo wishes he could take back, he says some things I find it encouraging like not wanting to always being the focal point of the offense. Also like that he will play SF next season. Less wear and tear.

"I didn't want to have to do it night in and night out," Anthony explained. "I wanted some nights when somebody else can pick up the load.

Should have learned to develop trust

Over the yrs in your teammates

And inspire them to do more

I guess after 13yrs and shooting to your

Hearts content it starts sinking in

As for not trusting his teammates, Im pretty sure I was one of the first if not the first person on this board to point that out so I agree with you. There were times however as a Knick when his teammates did absolutely nothing to earn that trust and Melo carrying the load was the only way we won games. We'll see what happens next season.

Wholeheartedly disagree other way around

The team trusted him to close out games

Past 2 seasons, never giving up in his ability to do so

The results were catastrophic failure

What were the stats again Melo in the clutch

Wasn't this part of his calling card while in Denver

Also what he did in Denver can't be transposed

As if he's done this for the Knicks///// see above

He's put in almost status quo

For Melo standards while here

knickscity wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:The key will be making sure he isnt the primary and only feature of the offense.

But make no mistake Melo said the same thing last two years...he didnt want to burden the scoring load and didnt particularly wasnt to play power forward.

That's true, glad he said it again. Looking who we had at PG, Shump's long slump, Tyson's disappearing act, Prigs aversion to layups, Woodson's strategy of clear out and dump the ball to Melo in late game situations (and nothing else) that's what we got. Calderone, should help in that dept, regardless of what offense we're running, and hopefully some of our new additions, draft picks, can do the same. Also, if Shump can start living up to his potential (big if) we should at least be more competitive

No matter who is on the court, all these players are NBA caliber. Even if they arent producing at the moment a player still has to empower trust in the teammates they have. An open miss imo is usually better than a constested miss depending on the shooter. of course.

There were plenty of times last season when they didn't look NBA caliber. Don't believe its black and white. When your teammates are bricking left and right and time is running short, someone has to step up. There were times when I thought Melo froze out certain struggling teammates too soon, but there were also times when they were useless as far as offense was concerned, had ample opportunities to get going, and Melo had to do something to keep us in the game. Don't believe that Melo taking over a game was a bad thing in every instance.

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:The key will be making sure he isnt the primary and only feature of the offense.

But make no mistake Melo said the same thing last two years...he didnt want to burden the scoring load and didnt particularly wasnt to play power forward.

That's true, glad he said it again. Looking who we had at PG, Shump's long slump, Tyson's disappearing act, Prigs aversion to layups, Woodson's strategy of clear out and dump the ball to Melo in late game situations (and nothing else) that's what we got. Calderone, should help in that dept, regardless of what offense we're running, and hopefully some of our new additions, draft picks, can do the same. Also, if Shump can start living up to his potential (big if) we should at least be more competitive

No matter who is on the court, all these players are NBA caliber. Even if they arent producing at the moment a player still has to empower trust in the teammates they have. An open miss imo is usually better than a constested miss depending on the shooter. of course.

There were plenty of times last season when they didn't look NBA caliber. Don't believe its black and white. When your teammates are bricking left and right and time is running short, someone has to step up. There were times when I thought Melo froze out certain struggling teammates too soon, but there were also times when they were useless as far as offense was concerned, had ample opportunities to get going, and Melo had to do something to keep us in the game. Don't believe that Melo taking over a game was a bad thing in every instance.

Trust should never waiver, should melo's teammates not trust him in the clutch since in that aspect he's been "briocking"?

F500ONE wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:After some words that I'm pretty sure Melo wishes he could take back, he says some things I find it encouraging like not wanting to always being the focal point of the offense. Also like that he will play SF next season. Less wear and tear.

"I didn't want to have to do it night in and night out," Anthony explained. "I wanted some nights when somebody else can pick up the load.

Should have learned to develop trust

Over the yrs in your teammates

And inspire them to do more

I guess after 13yrs and shooting to your

Hearts content it starts sinking in

As for not trusting his teammates, Im pretty sure I was one of the first if not the first person on this board to point that out so I agree with you. There were times however as a Knick when his teammates did absolutely nothing to earn that trust and Melo carrying the load was the only way we won games. We'll see what happens next season.

Wholeheartedly disagree other way around

The team trusted him to close out games

Past 2 seasons, never giving up in his ability to do so

The results were catastrophic failure

What were the stats again Melo in the clutch

Wasn't this part of his calling card while in Denver

Also what he did in Denver can't be transposed

As if he's done this for the Knicks///// see above

He's put in almost status quo

For Melo standards while here

Part of the problem was Melo leading the league in minutes, or coming in second. By the time the 4th quarter came around he didn't have enough left in the tank. It didn't help that Woodson's only play late in the game was clear out and dump the ball to Melo, not even any misdirection to keep the defense guessing. If his teammates had stepped up more at times last season he wouldn't have had to log so many minutes. Like I said, I agree that Melo took too much on his plate at times, but there were also times when it was necessary, like when a lead was becoming insurmountable and Melo was sharing the rock but his teammates weren't doing anything with it.

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knickscity wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:The key will be making sure he isnt the primary and only feature of the offense.

But make no mistake Melo said the same thing last two years...he didnt want to burden the scoring load and didnt particularly wasnt to play power forward.

That's true, glad he said it again. Looking who we had at PG, Shump's long slump, Tyson's disappearing act, Prigs aversion to layups, Woodson's strategy of clear out and dump the ball to Melo in late game situations (and nothing else) that's what we got. Calderone, should help in that dept, regardless of what offense we're running, and hopefully some of our new additions, draft picks, can do the same. Also, if Shump can start living up to his potential (big if) we should at least be more competitive

No matter who is on the court, all these players are NBA caliber. Even if they arent producing at the moment a player still has to empower trust in the teammates they have. An open miss imo is usually better than a constested miss depending on the shooter. of course.

There were plenty of times last season when they didn't look NBA caliber. Don't believe its black and white. When your teammates are bricking left and right and time is running short, someone has to step up. There were times when I thought Melo froze out certain struggling teammates too soon, but there were also times when they were useless as far as offense was concerned, had ample opportunities to get going, and Melo had to do something to keep us in the game. Don't believe that Melo taking over a game was a bad thing in every instance.

Trust should never waiver, should melo's teammates not trust him in the clutch since in that aspect he's been "briocking"?

They probably would have gotten an earful from Woodson and been benched. It was his call to give Melo the ball late in games in spite of his shooting pct. I was all for giving someone else a chance to hit the game winner, said it plenty of times last season. Even Melo who relishes late game opportunities wanted Woodson to draw up something other than the same predictable play.

knickscity wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:The key will be making sure he isnt the primary and only feature of the offense.

But make no mistake Melo said the same thing last two years...he didnt want to burden the scoring load and didnt particularly wasnt to play power forward.

That's true, glad he said it again. Looking who we had at PG, Shump's long slump, Tyson's disappearing act, Prigs aversion to layups, Woodson's strategy of clear out and dump the ball to Melo in late game situations (and nothing else) that's what we got. Calderone, should help in that dept, regardless of what offense we're running, and hopefully some of our new additions, draft picks, can do the same. Also, if Shump can start living up to his potential (big if) we should at least be more competitive

No matter who is on the court, all these players are NBA caliber. Even if they arent producing at the moment a player still has to empower trust in the teammates they have. An open miss imo is usually better than a constested miss depending on the shooter. of course.

There were plenty of times last season when they didn't look NBA caliber. Don't believe its black and white. When your teammates are bricking left and right and time is running short, someone has to step up. There were times when I thought Melo froze out certain struggling teammates too soon, but there were also times when they were useless as far as offense was concerned, had ample opportunities to get going, and Melo had to do something to keep us in the game. Don't believe that Melo taking over a game was a bad thing in every instance.

Trust should never waiver, should melo's teammates not trust him in the clutch since in that aspect he's been "briocking"?

Just wondering who your trust never waivered in last year. That was a brutal group last year on the court.

CrushAlot wrote:

knickscity wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:The key will be making sure he isnt the primary and only feature of the offense.

But make no mistake Melo said the same thing last two years...he didnt want to burden the scoring load and didnt particularly wasnt to play power forward.

That's true, glad he said it again. Looking who we had at PG, Shump's long slump, Tyson's disappearing act, Prigs aversion to layups, Woodson's strategy of clear out and dump the ball to Melo in late game situations (and nothing else) that's what we got. Calderone, should help in that dept, regardless of what offense we're running, and hopefully some of our new additions, draft picks, can do the same. Also, if Shump can start living up to his potential (big if) we should at least be more competitive

No matter who is on the court, all these players are NBA caliber. Even if they arent producing at the moment a player still has to empower trust in the teammates they have. An open miss imo is usually better than a constested miss depending on the shooter. of course.

There were plenty of times last season when they didn't look NBA caliber. Don't believe its black and white. When your teammates are bricking left and right and time is running short, someone has to step up. There were times when I thought Melo froze out certain struggling teammates too soon, but there were also times when they were useless as far as offense was concerned, had ample opportunities to get going, and Melo had to do something to keep us in the game. Don't believe that Melo taking over a game was a bad thing in every instance.

Trust should never waiver, should melo's teammates not trust him in the clutch since in that aspect he's been "briocking"?

Just wondering who your trust never waivered in last year. That was a brutal group last year on the court.

Quite a bit of that group is still here....but honestly I knew the team would regress before the season started due to the lack of veteran prsence mostly. Those same concerns remain this year as well along with the lack of quality talent. We'll see soon enough.

knickscity wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

knickscity wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

knickscity wrote:The key will be making sure he isnt the primary and only feature of the offense.

But make no mistake Melo said the same thing last two years...he didnt want to burden the scoring load and didnt particularly wasnt to play power forward.

That's true, glad he said it again. Looking who we had at PG, Shump's long slump, Tyson's disappearing act, Prigs aversion to layups, Woodson's strategy of clear out and dump the ball to Melo in late game situations (and nothing else) that's what we got. Calderone, should help in that dept, regardless of what offense we're running, and hopefully some of our new additions, draft picks, can do the same. Also, if Shump can start living up to his potential (big if) we should at least be more competitive

No matter who is on the court, all these players are NBA caliber. Even if they arent producing at the moment a player still has to empower trust in the teammates they have. An open miss imo is usually better than a constested miss depending on the shooter. of course.

There were plenty of times last season when they didn't look NBA caliber. Don't believe its black and white. When your teammates are bricking left and right and time is running short, someone has to step up. There were times when I thought Melo froze out certain struggling teammates too soon, but there were also times when they were useless as far as offense was concerned, had ample opportunities to get going, and Melo had to do something to keep us in the game. Don't believe that Melo taking over a game was a bad thing in every instance.

Trust should never waiver, should melo's teammates not trust him in the clutch since in that aspect he's been "briocking"?

Just wondering who your trust never waivered in last year. That was a brutal group last year on the court.

Quite a bit of that group is still here....but honestly I knew the team would regress before the season started due to the lack of veteran prsence mostly. Those same concerns remain this year as well along with the lack of quality talent. We'll see soon enough.

Yeah but JR isn't coming off of a surgery and neither is Shump. Stat isn't coming off of three knee surgeries. Both JR and STat looked good late in the season but there was nothing there for most of the year from most of the team. Pablo has always been capable but either wasn't in or wouldn't shoot. Not sure that Shump becomes a trusted teammate on offense this year but I think there are new guys and guys that have been here that are healthy that should provide a lot more then was on the court last year.

GustavBahler wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:After some words that I'm pretty sure Melo wishes he could take back, he says some things I find it encouraging like not wanting to always being the focal point of the offense. Also like that he will play SF next season. Less wear and tear.

"I didn't want to have to do it night in and night out," Anthony explained. "I wanted some nights when somebody else can pick up the load.

Should have learned to develop trust

Over the yrs in your teammates

And inspire them to do more

I guess after 13yrs and shooting to your

Hearts content it starts sinking in

As for not trusting his teammates, Im pretty sure I was one of the first if not the first person on this board to point that out so I agree with you. There were times however as a Knick when his teammates did absolutely nothing to earn that trust and Melo carrying the load was the only way we won games. We'll see what happens next season.

Wholeheartedly disagree other way around

The team trusted him to close out games

Past 2 seasons, never giving up in his ability to do so

The results were catastrophic failure

What were the stats again Melo in the clutch

Wasn't this part of his calling card while in Denver

Also what he did in Denver can't be transposed

As if he's done this for the Knicks///// see above

He's put in almost status quo

For Melo standards while here

Part of the problem was Melo leading the league in minutes, or coming in second. By the time the 4th quarter came around he didn't have enough left in the tank. It didn't help that Woodson's only play late in the game was clear out and dump the ball to Melo, not even any misdirection to keep the defense guessing. If his teammates had stepped up more at times last season he wouldn't have had to log so many minutes. Like I said, I agree that Melo took too much on his plate at times, but there were also times when it was necessary, like when a lead was becoming insurmountable and Melo was sharing the rock but his teammates weren't doing anything with it.

Maybe he should have trusted his

Teammates to close out games

Since he put in yeoman's work for the 2 1/2 qrts

Glad to know we've been paying him lavish salary

For 4 and half yrs to only do 1 thing he's supposedly

Best Pure at 60% of the time he's on the court

Woodson was drawing up the same plays

2012-2013 to 2013-2014

Play darts without the blindfold on is my advice

GustavBahler wrote:After some words that I'm pretty sure Melo wishes he could take back, he says some things I find it encouraging like not wanting to always being the focal point of the offense. Also like that he will play SF next season. Less wear and tear.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/...

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Carmelo Anthony believes the triangle system will alleviate some of the pressure on him to carry the New York Knicks but he admits he will have to wait until president Phil Jackson can find the team more help.

While Anthony believes he will benefit from Jackson and coach Derek Fisher's system, the Knicks star knows that this current roster can use some more talent.

[+] EnlargeCarmelo Anthony
AP Photo/Mike GrollCarmelo Anthony is seeing the benefit of the triangle system.

"For this season, right now, we have what we have," Anthony said when asked if he feels he has the help he is looking for. "We're going to deal with that. That was a big discussion with me and Phil -- that was one of my things."

During free agency, Anthony told Jackson that he wanted and needed help. Anthony spurned the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers to re-sign with the Knicks to the tune of five years, $124 million.

He put his trust in Jackson that the Knicks president will be able to find him more help when the team has cap space next summer.

"I didn't want to have to do it night in and night out," Anthony explained. "I wanted some nights when somebody else can pick up the load. Right now, with the way we're playing [in training camp], I don't have to do everything. But we haven't played one game. ... So we'll see what happens."

The Knicks star does think that the triangle will help him win while alleviating the burden of carrying the load like he has in the past.

"It will be less pressure on me," Anthony said of playing in the system. "I can see that now in training camp. I feel that. I can see what we're able to do with the little bit of time we've been together this week. I see other guys' roles and how they're implemented into the system and what they're capable of doing."

"I think it'll be easier," he added. "It's still going to be a dogfight [this season], but I think it'll be a little bit easier where everybody is not keying in and focusing on me every single time down the court. Now you put the pressure on everybody else, have to guard their man and there's movement. It's a good thing."

Anthony does think that this current roster has enough power forwards and that he will play small forward this season in the triangle after playing a lot at the four in the last two seasons.

"We got too many," he said of the power forwards on the Knicks roster. "I don't need to go down there and battle. For what?"

"If it comes down to it, I'll go back there, but I doubt it," Anthony added. "They're going to move me down there. ... I think in this system more than anything playing on the wing is where I like to be -- playing in the post is where I like to be -- and the way we play we're all over the court, so you never know where you're going to get the ball."

LMAO

and the hits just keep coming.

dk7th wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:After some words that I'm pretty sure Melo wishes he could take back, he says some things I find it encouraging like not wanting to always being the focal point of the offense. Also like that he will play SF next season. Less wear and tear.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/...

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Carmelo Anthony believes the triangle system will alleviate some of the pressure on him to carry the New York Knicks but he admits he will have to wait until president Phil Jackson can find the team more help.

While Anthony believes he will benefit from Jackson and coach Derek Fisher's system, the Knicks star knows that this current roster can use some more talent.

[+] EnlargeCarmelo Anthony
AP Photo/Mike GrollCarmelo Anthony is seeing the benefit of the triangle system.

"For this season, right now, we have what we have," Anthony said when asked if he feels he has the help he is looking for. "We're going to deal with that. That was a big discussion with me and Phil -- that was one of my things."

During free agency, Anthony told Jackson that he wanted and needed help. Anthony spurned the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers to re-sign with the Knicks to the tune of five years, $124 million.

He put his trust in Jackson that the Knicks president will be able to find him more help when the team has cap space next summer.

"I didn't want to have to do it night in and night out," Anthony explained. "I wanted some nights when somebody else can pick up the load. Right now, with the way we're playing [in training camp], I don't have to do everything. But we haven't played one game. ... So we'll see what happens."

The Knicks star does think that the triangle will help him win while alleviating the burden of carrying the load like he has in the past.

"It will be less pressure on me," Anthony said of playing in the system. "I can see that now in training camp. I feel that. I can see what we're able to do with the little bit of time we've been together this week. I see other guys' roles and how they're implemented into the system and what they're capable of doing."

"I think it'll be easier," he added. "It's still going to be a dogfight [this season], but I think it'll be a little bit easier where everybody is not keying in and focusing on me every single time down the court. Now you put the pressure on everybody else, have to guard their man and there's movement. It's a good thing."

Anthony does think that this current roster has enough power forwards and that he will play small forward this season in the triangle after playing a lot at the four in the last two seasons.

"We got too many," he said of the power forwards on the Knicks roster. "I don't need to go down there and battle. For what?"

"If it comes down to it, I'll go back there, but I doubt it," Anthony added. "They're going to move me down there. ... I think in this system more than anything playing on the wing is where I like to be -- playing in the post is where I like to be -- and the way we play we're all over the court, so you never know where you're going to get the ball."

LMAO

and the hits just keep coming.

In the Music industry this is referred

To as the Reeeee-mixxxxxx!!!!!

I highlighted too because just the other day

He was quoted as saying he gets it done night in and night out

Although his mind was warring with his heart

GustavBahler wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:After some words that I'm pretty sure Melo wishes he could take back, he says some things I find it encouraging like not wanting to always being the focal point of the offense. Also like that he will play SF next season. Less wear and tear.

"I didn't want to have to do it night in and night out," Anthony explained. "I wanted some nights when somebody else can pick up the load.

Should have learned to develop trust

Over the yrs in your teammates

And inspire them to do more

I guess after 13yrs and shooting to your

Hearts content it starts sinking in

As for not trusting his teammates, Im pretty sure I was one of the first if not the first person on this board to point that out so I agree with you. There were times however as a Knick when his teammates did absolutely nothing to earn that trust and Melo carrying the load was the only way we won games. We'll see what happens next season.

yeah it must suck for melo to not have the tools to make others around him better, the proper conditioning to close out games, and the leadership skills necessary for leading a team. boo fvck1n hoo mr. 124 million

lets blame the coaches, lets blame the players.

is melo responsible for any of his failures, ever? what abut failings? does he have any?

geezus here we go again

F500ONE wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

F500ONE wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:After some words that I'm pretty sure Melo wishes he could take back, he says some things I find it encouraging like not wanting to always being the focal point of the offense. Also like that he will play SF next season. Less wear and tear.

"I didn't want to have to do it night in and night out," Anthony explained. "I wanted some nights when somebody else can pick up the load.

Should have learned to develop trust

Over the yrs in your teammates

And inspire them to do more

I guess after 13yrs and shooting to your

Hearts content it starts sinking in

As for not trusting his teammates, Im pretty sure I was one of the first if not the first person on this board to point that out so I agree with you. There were times however as a Knick when his teammates did absolutely nothing to earn that trust and Melo carrying the load was the only way we won games. We'll see what happens next season.

Wholeheartedly disagree other way around

The team trusted him to close out games

Past 2 seasons, never giving up in his ability to do so

The results were catastrophic failure

What were the stats again Melo in the clutch

Wasn't this part of his calling card while in Denver

Also what he did in Denver can't be transposed

As if he's done this for the Knicks///// see above

He's put in almost status quo

For Melo standards while here

Part of the problem was Melo leading the league in minutes, or coming in second. By the time the 4th quarter came around he didn't have enough left in the tank. It didn't help that Woodson's only play late in the game was clear out and dump the ball to Melo, not even any misdirection to keep the defense guessing. If his teammates had stepped up more at times last season he wouldn't have had to log so many minutes. Like I said, I agree that Melo took too much on his plate at times, but there were also times when it was necessary, like when a lead was becoming insurmountable and Melo was sharing the rock but his teammates weren't doing anything with it.

Maybe he should have trusted his

Teammates to close out games

Since he put in yeoman's work for the 2 1/2 qrts

Glad to know we've been paying him lavish salary

For 4 and half yrs to only do 1 thing he's supposedly

Best Pure at 60% of the time he's on the court

Woodson was drawing up the same plays

2012-2013 to 2013-2014

Play darts without the blindfold on is my advice

Woodson is the one who wanted Melo to close out games. Put that on the coach who made that his game plan, not the player who followed it. You're blaming Melo for logging more minutes than anyone in the league, save for one person, with a bad shoulder to boot, and faulting him for not providing peak performance for 4 quarters in spite of this. Nothing about his teammates who made that necessary. I have criticized Melo plenty of times, but all you do is throw darts at him regardless.

We get it you don't like him. Makes having a conversation with someone who believes that everything he does is wrong pointless. Just change your name when you wear out your welcome again, I guess.