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Blah I think they probably should fire D'antoni, I just wanted to ignore that part of your statement and rant about how much I hate Melo.Originally Posted by ATGD7154xBBxMZ
Son if you just want to put this all on Melo and ignore a coach that can't establish a good offensive system or get players to play the way he's coaching them to they'll gladly receive you in the NBA season thread. If Karl and Pringles can't get Melo to play within the system then they're not good enough coaches to lead a team with star players on it to the next level. It's as simple as that.Originally Posted by 10027
It's not ENTIRELY on Melo but it's a pretty damn high percentage on him.Originally Posted by ATGD7154xBBxMZ
We're probably gonna keep losing until we see Detroit at home.
You didn't address what I said at all. How are you trying to put this entirely on Melo being selfish when the coach ran no plays for STAT the entire 4th at a time when we even had the lead? He took no shots in the 4th and got fouled once. What does that have to do with Melo?
Melo was shooting bad all game. He only started making shots with the last 3 min left. So I can understand feeding him the ball then. That has nothing to do with the other 9 minutes of the quarter where no plays were run for STAT. That is entirely on Pringles and his ineptitude to run a balanced offensive system. If he can't do uptempp/SSOL he does bs.
I seem to remember Pringles running one hell of a balanced offensive system last year before the Melo trade. I also seem to remember how relieved and happy George Karl was when he got rid of the guy. No coach wants to run an offense where one of your key cogs does not know how to pass or move the ball or play within the flow of the game (Okay I can imagine a guy like Mike Brown doing ok by just loading up the defense and running a hideous offense where you just let Melo play 1 on 1 all game, but I wouldn't want to watch it).
If you saying Melo doesn't know how to pass
But your second statement is wrong man, it's up to GMs to build chemistry just as much as it's up to coaches. I would think you'd recognize that as a Knicks fan after the Isaiah era.