Thoughts on the Knicks

[gladdyontherise]

Carmelo played fine in Denver with Chauncey Billups, of course Lin isn't as good as Chauncey was, but I think it's being way overblown about Carmelo 'needing' the ball in his hands all the time.

If things don't work out it's because they have a horrid coach, it's not gonna be the fault of Carmelo.

[gladdyontherise]

my prediction. Melo comes back and ruins the run for the knicks. If I was the GM, I would move Melo. He has only made the Knicks worse. When your 2 best players are out and you start winning 5 straight to be exact that shows you that something is not right ( Melo) isn't a good fit for the Knicks. He needs the ball to score, he doesn't play a 2 man game well like Amare and Chandler does and Melo is all about Melo. He isn't in NY to win but to boost his popularity. Don't get me wrong Melo is a great scorer but not a all around ball player. He plays no d at all. Did anyone notice like I did when the Melo trade happened the Knicks have a losing record with Melo since the trade and the Nuggets have a winning record? Knicks has no bench now but it may change when Davis is healthy and Shumpert plays a role of a 6th man. The lack depth at the front court position where they had it before the trade last year for melo. I just don't think Melo is the savior for Knicks fans and he has hurt that team more than anything. That's just my 2 cents. I just feel like the Knicks are a better team without Melo. Trade him for a star sf and role players and the knicks can make a deep playoff run. They already have a go to scorer in Amare. With Lin playing like he is and he keeps it up, they could make a deep playoff push or not make it at all. Depends on how well Melo is going to work back in the offense with Lin and Amare.

Or it shows you that they don't have a good coach and they hit a nice part of their schedule.

Let's not get it twisted, they played the vs the Nets (bad), at the Wizards (awful), vs the Lakers (decent), vs the Jazz (average), and at Minnesota (bad). Even bad can go on a 4 game win streak when they aren't playing anyone that good and when the best teams they play are at home.

New York media usually always blames the coach (even when they're a good coach) but for some reason Dantoni is getting a pass despite the fact he's an awful coach.