The perfect compliment would be a guy who shoots the 3 well, rebounds his position decently, plays defense, can handle the ball, and most importantly, gets to the line so that he can get points without take 20 shots a game. You know, somebody like Danillo Gallinari.
I was with you until that didn't end with "You know, somebody like Wilson Chandler." Lets not revise history so thoroughly as to pretend Gallo played defense!
That's in no way a revision of history.
His "trying" and Melo's "not trying" led to 2.5 DWS for Melo last year and 1.2 for Gallo.
I didn't mention Melo at all in that post. In fact, in this very thread I'm one of the few people who has defended Melo's defensive abilities. But, okay.
Sorry--read your post of "making an effort" as inferring that Melo doesn't. Carry on.
No worries. I don't know a single Knicks fan who hasn't been a bit testy over the last week or so. This team makes me want to light things on fire.
Herrrrrrrrb!
I guarantee the front office has no plan in place. They'll ride out the rest of this season, miss the playoffs, and get shot down by Phil Jackson, Jerry Sloan, and settle on their fourth choice. Either that, or Dolan will just bring back Isiah tomorrow. It seems like anytime the organization is in any sort of flux, that's the first call Dolan makes.
Howard will jump the river to Brooklyn in a second once gets his chance this summer.
He did his best with George Karl, but LaLa's desire to be in NYC prevented that feud from running its course.
And most 'STARS' play within a teams defense at the least and usually attempt to make some effort to play within a teams offense.
Definitely a good team to get the new era started with. Portland is in the midst of their own mutiny at the moment, and McMillan wont last much longer.
It's not the Ivy League, let them take out their frustration. They even put in Bibby for 7 minutes, not sure you can ask much more than that from pros.
You and Bartlett were definitely right about this. It's had a really serious effect, very quickly. In fact, given some of the quotes I've read, I think I misinterpreted the view the players had of D'Antoni. Even Amare seems to be on board. I still have some doubts about Woodson's offense, but he's definitely provided a spark to a team that needed one badly.
Actually D'Antoni learned to play basketball in West Virginia, where he grew up and then starred at Marshall. He then went to the the NBA where he played in Kansas City for Bob Cousy (among others). Later he played in the ABA.
Yes, I know. My Continental insult was purely rhetorical, not really based in fact.
For the record, they're still running D'Antoni's system. Woodson seems to be slowly incorporating some new sets, but from what I've seen at least 85% of the sets are still D'Antoni sets. Also, Jeffries trapped on the screen and roll pretty much every time he was on the court under D'Antoni, too.
I don't think we know the whole story with Douglas, either his shoulder is hurt or he has crippling mental issues, because there is no other excuse for a healthy 26 year old to fall off a cliff like he did. I would certainly like to see him play before Bibby, but people still don't seem to understand how integral Shumpert getting 25-30 minutes is to this team. In games that he's missed or played under 19 minutes, NY is 2-8, 19-16 when he gets 19 minutes or more.
Philly is one of the best defensive teams in the league (I think statistically they are actually 1st), they force you into ugly games.
Yeah, I had that thought too. I'm ready to pull the plug on the Jerome Jordan era, and always thought Turiaf would be a great energy/post defender off the bench.
I hadn't thought of that, actually, but I think that March 1st was the date that traded/newly signed players were eligible to move again. Regardless, he's headed elsewhere anyhow.
Fair point on the re-acquisition. I like Jorts too--decent post defender and spot up shooter, but I just don't trust him yet in a big spot. Jordan is D-league fodder--has no idea where he's going and gets consistently pushed around. Maybe in a year he's a borderline rotation guy, but not now.
