- Dec 19, 2007
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Melo needs to go ring chasing. He deserves it.
I wish for Melo to retire as a Knick, but Melo deserves a ring.
I wish for Melo to retire as a Knick, but Melo deserves a ring.
Official 2017 Knicks Offseason thread, Phil Jackson gone
- Thread in 'Sports & Training' Thread starter Started by pr0phecy718,
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- Dec 7, 2006
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Melo is one of my favorite players, and i want him to retire a Knick. i also want him to wing a ring, unlike AI. unfortunately, he's never going to win anything in NY. the only real shot he has is if he joins Bron.
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I see what he's trying, move Rose to the two and have Lee anchor the 2nd team which works in stretches, but we need a better PG and our defense still sucks.
Funny even dudes like Barkley who where big critics of this in the past are suggesting this (though he did the same thing). As a Knicks fan I'm on board, scrap, do a proper rebuild and give Melo a chance at something better, he's earned it. Do it Cleveland, keep a super team in the East.
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- Dec 7, 2006
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he is better than KP...
- Aug 10, 2003
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the thing is phil wants him out and not dolan... remember dolan had a conversation with melo before the trade and traded the whole farm to get him... he even thanked lala at the press conference... this is basically like the boogie situation with george karl where some people want him gone but ownership decides to keep him... and i dont see a realistic trade that would benefit both us and melo unless theres a way we can do the 3 way trade someone said where we get brooklyn pick from boston, melo to the cavs and love to the celtics but i dont know how that works contracts wise...
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Defense is mostly off effort, not skill.
- Nov 15, 2007
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If defense was just as simple as "trying" than someone like Melo or Amar'e or Rose wouldn't be such horrible defenders. It is most definitely a skill, NBA defense is very hard to learn and incredibly complex.
Effort is a skill as well I'd argue.
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Boston doesn't have the cap space to absorb Love's contract without trading players to us
- Jun 1, 2006
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As long as Jaylen Brown is part of the package
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- Jan 5, 2009
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I just did that exact trade while playing on ESPN . LOL
- Sep 6, 2012
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Phil has essentially ruined melos career. Blew up the only semblance of a core we had got nothing in return while he just rambles to the media tooting his own horn. Most overrated person in basketball arguably sports.
- Nov 20, 2007
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Calling something a skill doesn't mean it's hard to learn.
Skills are just learned abilities. Its not like talent where it's completely innate.
Thing is to learn a skill, especially defensive skills, you have to be focused and dedicated. It also helps if you learn them when you're younger, you know when you're more athletic and have the energy.
This becomes clearer and easy to do when an aging Melo, young KP, and Phil running things isn't enough to attract free agents to make the team better. No way Phil was creating a team that could win it all before Melo's contract expires/retirement. All he did was manage to unload some of the trash that was here while bringing in some of his own.
Skills are just learned abilities. Its not like talent where it's completely innate.
Thing is to learn a skill, especially defensive skills, you have to be focused and dedicated. It also helps if you learn them when you're younger, you know when you're more athletic and have the energy.
It's pretty clear Phil inherited players he didn't want and the is working on addressing that while he builds the team he builds he wants.
This becomes clearer and easy to do when an aging Melo, young KP, and Phil running things isn't enough to attract free agents to make the team better. No way Phil was creating a team that could win it all before Melo's contract expires/retirement. All he did was manage to unload some of the trash that was here while bringing in some of his own.
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This team held the wizards to 13 points in the 4th. This team can play defense.
They need to fire Rambis and get someone who can get them to play defense for 48 minutes
They need to fire Rambis and get someone who can get them to play defense for 48 minutes
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- Dec 25, 2003
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Trade me anywhere.
I really can't take it anymore. This team might legitimately be taking years off my life.
I really can't take it anymore. This team might legitimately be taking years off my life.
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this team reminds me of the Raiders. our defense is terrible, but they buckle down in the 4th and Derek Carr completes the comeback. we don't have a Derek Carr though...
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Lol so he basically traded trash for different trash instead of building up what we had because of his personal preferences
His job isn't to be a b-ball snob to the media it's to building a winning team. He hasnt done his job bottom line dude just wants to be heard and get attention.
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that's literally what he did though...
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I see a lot of similarities between the Knicks and Jets, especially over the years.
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FAX. Dudes forgetting who our front office is.
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i was explaining this last night to my homie... we watching the game and the knicks is down by 14... i told him " i seen this game 200 times before" he says tf you talmbout... i say the knicks will knick it by making a marvelous comeback down by 4 with 2 mins to go and from there its a toss up on who wins.. but most likely we will lose... we watch the game and it plays out exactly the way i said it... lol,, i told him different players different year same team....its feels good when we win so ill continue to watch... but you know when its a close game your just waiting for that L... its comical how different and dramatic they make it look
i honestly think this organization is cursed... somebody call the santaria lady from uptown to bless the garden cause that **** is cursed.....
put the east all stars on the knicks and they will be a .500 team
- Aug 10, 2003
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its true though even during the zeke/marbury era we would make a great comback just to lose in the end.... its like why do we have to lose the whole game then all of a sudden compete in the end for a comeback? why not just play with effort the whole game 
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We were on the right track last season.
Improved from 17 to 32 wins. Signed an above average center (who's also a good fit next to our 2 best players) to an affordable contract. Signed a fine backup big for $4M a year. Took calculated risks signing Afflalo & DWill to 1 year deals. I get why Phil traded for Rose but even with him we're not close to a championship. No need to break up a team that was showing signs of life.
I really wanted us to keep building on that team instead of bringing in a whole new squad for what feels like the 5th time since Melo's been here. The first step towards winning is continuity. There's no way to establish a winning culture if there's 8-10 new guys every season.
