Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2017.12.21)

By: thenamestsam

thenamestsam — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 23:08:54 +0000

I really wish someone like Shaq or Kareem made their way to the NBA again. I’d like to see what would happen to the style of the game we play today if someone that could totally dominate inside wreaked havoc like those guys could and you couldn’t play small ball without giving up 40 and 16.

While I agree it’s a fascinating one to ponder I think it’s worth noting that the end of illegal defense has changed so much. The ability to zone up really early makes straight post-ups way less effective as an offensive strategy. It not only makes the entry passes much harder but means that double teams arrive much earlier than they used to if you choose to double on the catch. I think teams would be able to (somewhat) effectively stop them from getting 40 that way, the question is how much they’d get killed by open 3s out of the post.

Shaq was always a surprisingly good passer (Kareem was before my time), but I really think they’d have to do a lot more of it in the modern game. Trying any form of straight up 1 on 1, whether it’s a post up or isolation is just so much less effective now than it used to be with every team overloading the strong side.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 22:52:01 +0000

I’m pretty confident, if he’s not 100% done physically, that Parker will be a valuable player. I would be fine with taking a gamble on him for Melo, the only real issue is having to pay him this year without seeing much. I’m happy with how it went eventually.

By: GoNyGoNyGo

GoNyGoNyGo — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 22:37:30 +0000

It all has worked out so far. Instead of Jabari Parker we have Kanter and McDermott. Phil is chewing on shrooms in Montana, while Melo is helping OKC tank. All good things. I no longer care about last year.

What I care about is BEATING THE CELTICS TONIGHT!

By: djphan

djphan — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:52:46 +0000

i am probably in the minority but i would have gladly taken parker for melo…. there are worse things to bet on than a talented 21 yo…

By: thenoblefacehumper

thenoblefacehumper — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:39:47 +0000

Carmelo Anthony seems like a better person than Phil Jackson, but they were both woefully bad at their jobs as members of the New York Knicks and us being rid of both of them is no small reason we’ve had relative success this year.

By: TheOakmanCometh

TheOakmanCometh — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:29:29 +0000

The bottom line is that the Knicks were caught in a power play between an egomaniac who was really bad at his job and an apathetic player who was kind of bad at his job. And what a coincidence, the team sucked.

By: TheOakmanCometh

TheOakmanCometh — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:26:09 +0000

That Begley article left me with the impression that Melo is a generally good dude and a good teammate. Unfortunately he’s got a big ego as a basketball player and didn’t like Phil telling him he wasn’t good enough, so he rebelled. Phil, whose ego is the size of Saturn, didn’t like being challenged and the relationship spiraled from there.

By: DRed

DRed — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:19:58 +0000

I think you can blame Melo for not passing more and for not playing any defense at all last year because he was pouting. Otherwise it’s not his fault he took way more money than he was worth.

By: rama in the JING

rama in the JING — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:09:27 +0000

It is possible that both Melo and Phil are to blame.

By: Totes McGoats is so G he pours Pepsi in a Coke bottle

Totes McGoats is so G he pours Pepsi in a Coke bottle — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 20:42:57 +0000

If the team president asks you to meditate each day either because it has worked for him with great players in the past or because he’s a crackpot hippie stoned on hash all the time, you sit down, take it seriously, meditate, and set a good example as a leader. Nodding off and turning it into a joke is one small example of why Karl has talked badly about him, D’Antoni quit or got fired because of him, and Phil finally concluded that he was mistaken about him initially and was rumored to be wiling to buy him out and get nothing in return just to get him the hell off the team.

When the Cavs were playing poorly because of spacing and other issues and didn’t have enough punch on the bench, Wade went to the team and said he thought they would be better off if he came off the bench.

When a journalist in OKC recently asked Melo whether the team might be better off with him coming off the bench (an idea that many smart basketball people think might be better), Melo laughed at him.

He’s a LOSER!

With that Begley article, and stars sacrificing for just a chance to win, it makes Melo look VERY BAD. You’ll get no argument from me on the loser sentiment. I mean..he just looks awful in that light. His actions haven’t felt winner-ish, except the surface reactions to the Phil thing.