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Blazin Sports Report
Monday, March 12, 2012
What's wrong with the Knicks?
Ok we all fell in love with Linsanity as it was around and then Carmelo came back and everything changed, now people are wondering, what's wrong in New York? Well in my opinion the thing that's wrong with this New York team is that Linsanity can't exist with Carmelo Anthony on the court, this year. Now you have to remember because this is a shortened season there's no time to learn from one another in terms of playing together and getting everything down with your teammates. but here's the thing, When Jeremy Lin was balling out of control, the ball was always in his hands running, the pick and roll and attacking the basket, he was the primary scorer, and the team gelled because everything flowed with consistency. Now when you look at a D'Antoni coached team there has never been a go to scorer for people to play off of, this is where Melo comes in. In Phoenix it was Nash, Amare, and Marion. The thing with Marion is he played off ball and just gave you results, now it Lin, Amare, and Melo.Change the point guards but add a scorer and the system goes awry, why, because D'Antoni can't draw up plays for Melo he just says we isolate off of him. The solution is simple, players have to learn to move without the ball while Lin is handling it, he's shown that he can make the right pass, to cutting teammates, but when Melo is on the floor no one is moving around. When I look at this Knick roster it reminds me of the Atlanta Hawks teams of a few years back, when Joe Johnson was the focal point, he'd get the ball and everyone would sit idly by and wait for him to make a play. Well when Melo gets the ball everyone is watching Melo and waiting for things to happen, what they need to do is watch Lin and let him make things happen, otherwise we can see the Bucks sneak in and send the Knicks packing, and Goin Fishin.
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