Knicks · The Rolo effect (page 2)

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:Rolo has bad hands and you cannot run the offense thru him.

The triangle needs a player that can play the elbow and make good passes. I think Seraphin has some ability to do it. Lopez is not that player.

Seraphin is too trigger happy; you can't run offense through him. KO has a higher IQ; he would do well if he is entrusted to play the position without prejudice

Knicks1969 wrote:

GoNyGoNyGo wrote:Rolo has bad hands and you cannot run the offense thru him.

The triangle needs a player that can play the elbow and make good passes. I think Seraphin has some ability to do it. Lopez is not that player.

Seraphin is too trigger happy; you can't run offense through him. KO has a higher IQ; he would do well if he is entrusted to play the position without prejudice

how do you know?

blkexec wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

blkexec wrote:

EnySpree wrote:Face it he sucks.

But he has a way of making it seem like he's dominating inside. Boxing out and sealing up the defense with zero stats to prove it.

he was given credit for helping Aldridge have his best season in Portland. Can he be given the same props for helping Kristaps out there?

How can we make things work with him around?

The problem is you can't surround Melo with slow foot players. KP is solid, but at 7'3 he's considered slow foot.....Same with Rolo and Calderon. AA is getting up there in age and injuries, so he's almost in that same category. We continue to put players around Melo will similar faults as Melo.

If Melo is not a transistion, above the rim, up and down type...........then you build a team around Melo to counter his faults. Once again, we havne't learned from the Melo and Stat pairing. Melo and Rolo is a bad combination.....both are slow and take up space. Neither of them moves around well, and they always want the ball. Melo can't throw a rock in the ocean right now.....Rolo never could.

The problem is Fisher and company only thought about defense, when creating the starting unit, because Melo is a career volume scorer. Well, that strategy has failed so far. If the team is contructed on Melo's hit or miss shot, we are doomed to fail. If this team depends on KP scoring 20 a game.....we are doomed to fail. And right now, thats how this team is constructed.

It should be contructed around the energy guys, who will open the court for the others.....DWill and Grant have up and down speed, that matches other teams athletes. Use their energy to open the floor for Melo and KP.

Sorry dude; KP is not slow footed::)

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14...

Lol yea he's not slow footed what so ever for 7'3 ... Can any 7foot plus be expected to guard the opposing pg ... No .would most get crossed over in that play yea all centers would .. I don't see any pf or centers with faster feet then KP ... None, KP would be the fastest center in the league hands down

fitzfarm wrote:

blkexec wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

blkexec wrote:

EnySpree wrote:Face it he sucks.

But he has a way of making it seem like he's dominating inside. Boxing out and sealing up the defense with zero stats to prove it.

he was given credit for helping Aldridge have his best season in Portland. Can he be given the same props for helping Kristaps out there?

How can we make things work with him around?

The problem is you can't surround Melo with slow foot players. KP is solid, but at 7'3 he's considered slow foot.....Same with Rolo and Calderon. AA is getting up there in age and injuries, so he's almost in that same category. We continue to put players around Melo will similar faults as Melo.

If Melo is not a transistion, above the rim, up and down type...........then you build a team around Melo to counter his faults. Once again, we havne't learned from the Melo and Stat pairing. Melo and Rolo is a bad combination.....both are slow and take up space. Neither of them moves around well, and they always want the ball. Melo can't throw a rock in the ocean right now.....Rolo never could.

The problem is Fisher and company only thought about defense, when creating the starting unit, because Melo is a career volume scorer. Well, that strategy has failed so far. If the team is contructed on Melo's hit or miss shot, we are doomed to fail. If this team depends on KP scoring 20 a game.....we are doomed to fail. And right now, thats how this team is constructed.

It should be contructed around the energy guys, who will open the court for the others.....DWill and Grant have up and down speed, that matches other teams athletes. Use their energy to open the floor for Melo and KP.

Sorry dude; KP is not slow footed::)

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14...

Lol yea he's not slow footed what so ever for 7'3 ... Can any 7foot plus be expected to guard the opposing pg ... No .would most get crossed over in that play yea all centers would .. I don't see any pf or centers with faster feet then KP ... None, KP would be the fastest center in the league hands down

you guys :-) hands down? Did you go through all the centers? Of course he is not the fastest. Inch for inch maybe?

ChuckBuck wrote:Love KP, but I don't think he could beat Dwight Howard or Andre Drummond in a pure foot race.

I think that he definitely could beat those two.

Ezeli, Horford, Koufos, Amir Johnson, Stein?

While most teams space the floor with at least 3 players standing behind the arc so you can drive or kick out, the stupid ass triangle has almost every player standing 15 to 18 feet from the basket, so anyone driving to the hole is bound to meet 3 defenders in the paint, and if you happen to get a kick out, it's for a low % 18 footer. That's only if the ball handler didn't get stripped, or the pass didn't get picked off.

Any casual fan can see Rolo looks so uncomfortable with what they want him to do

knicks1248 wrote:Are you guys giving an ounce of thought to the horrific spacing.

While most teams space the floor with at least 3 players standing behind the arc so you can drive or kick out, the stupid ass triangle has almost every player standing 15 to 18 feet from the basket, so anyone driving to the hole is bound to meet 3 defenders in the paint, and if you happen to get a kick out, it's for a low % 18 footer. That's only if the ball handler didn't get stripped, or the pass didn't get picked off.

Any casual fan can see Rolo looks so uncomfortable with what they want him to do

Nope. None of us have even realized that this is happening. HOLY CRAP HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING?