Comments on: Who needs to adapt: Carmelo Anthony or Jeremy Lin?

By: staubenfeld311

staubenfeld311 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:22:46 +0000

One more thing- I did completely agree with you while Lin was in the midst of Linsanity that he should lead the Knicks not Carmelo. But after watching Melo play at his superstar capacity at the end of the season and throughout the playoffs, my view of Carmelo changed. You guys all saw that game against Chicago at home – how ridiculous of a performance was that? How could you not love that?When it came to playoff time he just did not have a point gaurd that could be a floor general and Amar’e didn’t show up besides in the Game 3 win. This was a very disappointing end to the season but lets not blame it all on Melo and say he shouldn’t lead our team any more.

By: staubenfeld311

staubenfeld311 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:48:26 +0000

To anyone that disagrees with me – Im not saying that Carmelo doesn’t need to be more of a team player – he definitely needs to adapt to a more fluid offense. But there is no doubt that he is the leader of the team and he needs to get his shots in. The stats this year are all inflated since they really never had a chance to work together. Carmelo can lead a team to a championship if he has a reliable supporting staff and we did not have that with all the injuries. So before anyone says that Carmelo needs to adapt to Lin, lets first see a little more game time before we come to any conclusions.

By: SamTaubenfeld

SamTaubenfeld — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 03:44:48 +0000

By: nbanuts

nbanuts — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:05:36 +0000

Knicks management team should think hard to sign players who can mesh well with their playing styles. J. R. Smith is another selfish player who does not move the ball even when he is cold. That kind of mentality hurts the team. Other than Lin, Knicks also has the problem to match Amare with Melo. Lin is in the spotlight right now because he has a decision to make as a restricted free agent. Knicks actually has lot of problems as a team. Look at Spurs! Good players work well together to win, win, and win ball games.

By: nbanuts

nbanuts — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:00:41 +0000

Who wrote this piece of crap? Does this person even understand the concept of team work in basketball? Melo should do some soul searching because it’s either his own glory at the team’s expense or a cohesive winning team play. Who should adapt to whom? That’s a ridiculous question – Does Knicks want a champion ring? If Lin is not the right piece of the puzzle, he should sign with another team where he can improve and thrive since Melo cannot go anywhere.

By: Tinstar77

Tinstar77 — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:41:08 +0000

It’s not about who should adapt to who, it should be every players adapting to the team system. Good ball movement and defense wins you Championships.

By: cdrmng

cdrmng — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:59:01 +0000

Let’s see: When Lin played over 20 minutes a game, the Knicks’ record was 16-10 (incl. 6-game losing streak where Melo admitted that he didn’t play with “energy”). When Melo played major minutes, the Knicks’ record was 29-33 (incl. playoffs). The goal is winning the game, not which player gets the ball or the best statline. There is a reason why Melo has the worst playoff records of any player who has played over 50 games. Chew on that before writing that Lin should adapt to the Meloball.

By: chakrewla

chakrewla — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:56:25 +0000

I knew right away this article would be anti-Jeremy Lin. To the idiot that wrote this article, Melo is all hype. Aren’t you forgetting Knicks were on a losing streak with him before Linsanity? And how about the embarrassing loss to the Heat where Knicks were shut down and scored under 70 with Melo? Get a life an stop hating on Lin.

By: Jojo1120

Jojo1120 — Tue, 29 May 2012 04:25:44 +0000

Tin Duncan has adapted. http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2012/05/25/offense-picks-and-rolls-with-duncan’s-ok/
Camelo Anthony needs to adapt too. Basketball game is about team work. As we can see that Melo’s one on one game did not get the Knicks too far this year.

By: astray71

astray71 — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:34:51 +0000

I might not know a lot about basketball since I rarely watch it, but in my opinion, Melo needs to adapt to Lin’s style. Everyone can argue all they want, but this is solely my opinion and will not change regardless of any debates.

Melo is one player. If he can grab 40 points in a game because he’s the leader, then good for him. But, where does that leave everyone else? Melo gives them a pass every few shots? One person carrying the Knicks is not how a team game is played. If he has a bad game one night and the Knicks are down by 10-20 points, you really can’t expect Lin to pick off where Melo left off and have him save the game.

Lin is a huge team player and a huge contribution to the Knicks offensive line. Whoever wrote the article even said it. “The Knicks offense looked stellar under Lin. They played together and the ball movement was at a all time high, making it very enjoyable to watch.” During his 7 game winning streak, he had high Assist numbers and that allowed everyone else in the lineup to get involved in the game.

Is it really arguable which player adapting gets more points overall? When Melo was leading the offense, he averaged 28.4 points. When Lin was leading, it’s all of Lin’s assist points PLUS Melo’s 16.9 points PLUS about half of Lin’s scored points.

All in all, Melo needs to learn that he does not and will not contribute to the Knicks as much as Lin does if he keeps playing the way he does. Lin just needs a little more experience, and I think he’ll be fine. People can rage at me all they want, but the Knicks play style was completely different when they each got their chance to lead.

By: AnnaLu1

AnnaLu1 — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:37:29 +0000

Don’t ignore that Melo isn’t like another super-star Shooters, he need so many shoots in one game to marm his scoring point. He always wastes so much time to get scoures.