ephus:
First, let’s celebrate this win.With Melo on the floor, the Lakers were not able to stay in the same universe as the Knicks.

Second, ‘Melo is a beast right now.He is an impossible cover.Please be healthy.

Third, Ray Felton was being challenged by the Lakers to carry the offense in the second half.Part of the problem was that the Knicks were not initiating their offense until the shot clock got to :12, because they were trying to slow the game down.When the chips were down late, Felton got two great assists by lobbing to Chandler and finding JR Smith for the open 3.He is a strong finisher, and needs to take the ball all the way to the hoop more often – not settle for the 14? jumper.

Fourth, Knicks clearly have roles for Shumpert and Amar’e.STAT can PnR when Chandler is off the floor.It will work really well with Rasheed stretching the defense.Shumpert can provide strong on the ball defense against players like Kobe – which was needed last night.

stat’ biggest oddensive contribution…. running the p and r with prigs at the top of the key will eliminate the 4-6 pick and pops a game that leads to sheed 3′s from the top of the key. i will say, dspite their low pct, i will miss thise sheeds hoists. they are entertaining

ruruland:
How cool is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF8Q5bwCLyE

why was melo wearing tight girl’s shorts for this workout?

flossy:
Said it before, and I’ll say it again: 38 minutes is way too many for Jason Kidd.It would really be nice if Felton didn’t need another PG out there to hold his hand for, let’s see… almost the entire game.

Oh please, Felton has helped Kidd enormously by moving him off of the ball and keeping him having to guard quicker ones. Kidd hasn’t had a turnover rate below 20% in seven years and now he’s averaging a career low. His job (which he’s been amazing at) is to stand at the three point line and make passes/shots against rotations caused by either Melo or Felton’s penetration. And when this doesn’t happen you get games like Chicago- Kidd was 2-7 with two assists and three turnovers. There’s no way in hell Kidd could do what Felton is doing in terms of constant motion/running multiple pnrs anymore- his legs would fall off in a week.

I also wanted to know who was 2nd option on Dallas championship team. Jason Terry was 2nd leading scorer with TS 0.604 and 17.5 ppg. Dirk of course was top dog with a 0.609 TS and 27.7ppg. So no surprises that your top 2 scorers had elite numbers during playoffs.

At the end day, when and if Knicks play Miami hopefully in the ECF, we need both Melo and Stat to shoot elite numbers. Otherwise, if your telling it’s Felton, I wouldn’t give Knicks more then 5% chance to win the series.

jon abbey:
well, Felton is in nine of the top 10 5 man units for NY so far this year, and has the third best on court/off court net on the team (behind Melo and Chandler, just ahead of Kidd):

http://www.82games.com/1213/1213NYK2.HTM

http://www.82games.com/1213/1213NYK.HTM

Well, his passing and ball control have been excellent this year. And Tyson Chandler has bailed him out about a hundred times already. Still, .473 TS% is pathetic for someone who has been unsustainably hot for 3, and kind of horrifying considering he takes 16 (!!!) shots per game. How can someone average 16 FGA attempts and less than 2 FTA per night in good conscience?

JK47:
Ray Felton is 4-21 for the season on FGA from 10-15 feet.That’s a .190 shooting percentage.For the entire season.So the 14-footer is not part of his game at all.He’s also shooting an alarmingly bad .320 on shots from 3 to 9 feet.So on shots from 3 to 15 feet he is 20-71 for a .282 FG%.

His 3-point percentage is progressing rapidly to the mean as well; he’s shooting .326 from 3PT over his last ten games and that includes the 6-10 performance in the Miami game.

I hope he can figure something out, because this has been the most inept season of his career in terms of shooting the ball, and that’s saying a lot.Probably my least favorite Ray Felton stat is that he’s averaging 16 FGA per game for a team that plays at the 24th fastest pace in the league.You have to love the way he’s protecting the ball and running the offense, but a .473 TS% on 26.9 USG% is extremely wack.

Yup. News flash, folks, Raymond Felton sucks at shooting. Always has and probably always will. He is in no way, shape or form an acceptable second option on offense for a team that wants to contend for a title. Our offense does depend on him taking a certain volume of shots, but not as many as he is taking. I think we’ll know whether this is a passing phase or a permanent condition if he continues to take more FGA/36 than Amar’e once STAT is back in the rotation.

http://www.82games.com/1213/1213NYK2.HTM

http://www.82games.com/1213/1213NYK.HTM