Just joined the community here. Hope to find here better interaction then in Germany. I love the Knicks ,but to love them hurts, there is no explanation necessary I think;-)….

What about the current coaching search situation? Who would be the fit for us. I read a lot here, and there are many against Mark Jackson, but I think, he should be the choice. He knows NY, what the ppl are starving for. I think to get the Knicks feeling of the 90s back, is that what we all want, hard D first!!! Thats Knicks ball!!!

About the Playoffs, seems that the Warriors will run easiyl into the Finals and that they are back on track. The east is a bit open, between 76rs, C`s (I still hate Paul Pierce lol), and Toronto.

LBJ is not from earth, but one alone can´t win all Series in the East. I think his chapter is done in CLE. But don´t know, if he wants to win another Rings, he must join Houston, maybe 76rs (don´t think so) In LA (no Rings possible) as well all other targets.

I am still kind of sad, that we didn´t get it done in Melo´s pime in NY. He is a Roleplayer now, if he joins a contender. And if the Bananaboat crew wants to player together, it is Houston!

but if he improved his 3pt shooting and started passing more… which he was starting to do with derek fisher… then he would have aged fairly gracefully….

Nope, still wouldn’t happen. Because Melo still would have to accept he’s too slow and old to be a starter on a championship contender, and that isn’t happening. Some older players can accept that like Paul Pierce. Others like Melo or Kobe will never do it.

Stop trying to explain player decline with stupid fucking concepts like “fit” and “synergy” when Occam’s Razor is right there in front of your nose in the form of “athletes are worse when they’re old.”

My argument is the opposite though. I am amazed you came to this conclusion from reading my post. Durant didn’t decline last season, he had one of his most efficient seasons ever as a player and I am willing to bet that it had a lot to do with not having to accommodate Westbrook’s game.

But that’s the point, yeah, he could have done all that. Wade could also have learned how to shoot 3s after 15 years in the league.

It’s just that there’s never been any indication at all that Melo was either worried about developing those skills or even interested in becoming more of a role player instead of the #1 superstar type. I never wanted him to fail as a Knick, I just thought it was plainly obvious that he thinks of himself as a mega star and would never be willing to change his game. His outright refusal to come off the bench in OKC just made it even more obvious.

Pierce adapted when Garnett and Allen arrived when he was younger than Melo is now and had less mileage on his body due to staying longer in college and playing a lot less playoff games / team USA stuff etc, but he really didn’t change much. His statistical profile is nearly identical from the years before, his usage just dropped quite a bit and he started shooting a bit better.

i don’t think he has superstar potential… he’s probably something like a glenn robinson which probably equates to what you might be imagining for him…. but i do think there’s some room for him to be more than that because he scores with decent volume at decent efficiency and that’s generally very hard to find…

but a 32% 3pt shooting and shooting them more with a declining ft rate and declining secondary numbers is gonna doom anyone…. but guys like melo can age in a variety ways… good small forwards can flicker out quickly… like james worthy… or extend out for awhile like paul pierce….

what you generally need are strong secondary skills and great outside shooting in order for that to happen…. melo just never delivered on that.. but if he did he would have been pretty decent for awhile…