Report: Melo ‘chewed out’ Kristaps Porzingis over praise of triangle offense

power12 · Post #1 » by **power12** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 12:59 pm

https://www.si.com/nba/2017/06/29/knicks-carmelo-anthony-kristaps-porzingis-triangle?utm_campaign=sportsillustrated&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_facebook_si

Knicks stars Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis got into it late last season after Porzingis spoke positively of the triangle offense, the New York Post’s Marc Berman reports.

Anthony has repeatedly voiced his displeasure with Phil Jackson’s preferred offensive system, which the team has used off and on over the past few seasons. When the Knicks began focusing again on the triangle in March, Porzingis was pleased.

“We’re starting to learn it now the way we should and we should have been playing from the beginning of the season,” he said. “So we’re a little behind. Hopefully, I don’t know when, we can start using it properly and making some impact playing it. I like the triangle. My whole first season, we played nothing but the triangle so I know it pretty well.”

Porzingis’s endorsement of the triangle didn’t sit well with Anthony.

“Melo really chewed him out, lit into him,” one source told Berman.

The triangle was a major point of contention for some Knicks players, Melo in particular. Jackson brought in Derek Fisher because he thought his former point guard would be able to introduce the system. When Fisher was fired, reportedly in part because he did not run enough triangle, he was replaced by Kurt Rambis, another triangle acolyte. Rambis was then retained as a member of Jeff Hornacek’s staff and tasked with teaching the triangle.

Anthony won’t have to worry about the triangle next season. Even if he doesn’t leave the Knicks via buyout or trade, Hornacek seems unlikely to continue using the offense his old boss forced him to.

Jellybeans · Post #2 » by **Jellybeans** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:06 pm

KP said that like 6 month ago

Post #3 » by **duetta** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:06 pm

This is a report, not a fact. But if true, it would suggest that somebody is a cancer.

matchman · Post #4 » by **matchman** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:10 pm

We will see. If Melo really puts politics above basketball or team cohesion, then yes it is a proof of him being a cancer.

But if not, it is just a mud shot by Phil's gang, again politics over basketball or team cohesion.

Rotten Apple · Post #5 » by **Rotten Apple** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:17 pm

Y'all love that cancer word.

Phil gone, let it go, just let it go already.

IllmaticHandler · Post #6 » by **IllmaticHandler** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:19 pm

Why do cats feel the need to always be late with the info and then make a thread about it when it was reported and posted already.

thebuzzardman · Post #7 » by **thebuzzardman** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:19 pm

Tron Carter · Post #8 » by **Tron Carter** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:30 pm

IllmaticHandler wrote:Why do cats feel the need to always be late with the info and then make a thread about it when its was reported and posted already.

they just wanna recycle the same posts to bash dude

MadGrinch · Post #9 » by **MadGrinch** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:33 pm

so what .

kristaps can like an offense and melo can disike an offense , they are friends and can disagree

Kinglee · Post #10 » by **Kinglee** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:35 pm

Lmao. This is hilarious. Keep reaching, guys. Eventually y'all going to land ya punch lmao...Or "Melo fans" will keep avoiding these swings like Floyd Mayweather.

Seriously, guys. Let it go. Melo and KP are pals, you sound like little kids "oh don't befriend him KP". Let it go

Post #11 » by **dakomish23** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:36 pm

"one source told Berman."

I hope Melo did chew him out. I hope the convo went "you're a 7-3 unicorn who should be playing C in a spread out offense to maximize what you bring to the table. PJax doesn't care about you or your development. He cares about his legacy and wants to prove his system was just as important to all those championships. Wake up!"

Kinglee · Post #12 » by **Kinglee** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:36 pm

Besides WE ALL HATE THE OFFENSE. Every player on the team done bashed the ****. Who cares if one likes it and the other doesn't, majority vote wins and everyone even players on other teams, every analyst, and most importantly our own players HATE THE STSTEM!

Carmelo and others on the team been said they want to play fast. Let them play fast!

Post #13 » by **dakomish23** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:40 pm

MadGrinch wrote:so what .

kristaps can like an offense and melo can disike an offense , they are friends and can disagree

Billy Goat · Post #14 » by **Billy Goat** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:40 pm

Kinglee wrote:Besides WE ALL HATE THE OFFENSE. Every player on the team done bashed the ****. Who cares if one likes it and the other doesn't, majority vote wins and everyone even players on other teams, every analyst, and most importantly our own players HATE THE STSTEM!

Carmelo and others on the team been said they want to play fast. Let them play fast!

How many wins do you expect next year since we've "ditched" the triangle? What's the new magic offense that's going to make Melo not suck?

Post #15 » by **DOT** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:42 pm

Billy Goat wrote:
Kinglee wrote:Besides WE ALL HATE THE OFFENSE. Every player on the team done bashed the ****. Who cares if one likes it and the other doesn't, majority vote wins and everyone even players on other teams, every analyst, and most importantly our own players HATE THE STSTEM!

Carmelo and others on the team been said they want to play fast. Let them play fast!

How many wins do you expect next year since we've "ditched" the triangle? What's the new magic offense that's going to make Melo not suck?

Also, talking about how every player hates the triangle when the article is about how KP likes the triangle

Post #16 » by **dakomish23** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:42 pm

Tron Carter wrote:
IllmaticHandler wrote:Why do cats feel the need to always be late with the info and then make a thread about it when its was reported and posted already.

they just wanna recycle the same posts to bash dude

Pretty soon they're going to bring up the "Lin would of won championship" argument

Billy Goat · Post #17 » by **Billy Goat** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:43 pm

K-DOT wrote:
Billy Goat wrote:
Kinglee wrote:Besides WE ALL HATE THE OFFENSE. Every player on the team done bashed the ****. Who cares if one likes it and the other doesn't, majority vote wins and everyone even players on other teams, every analyst, and most importantly our own players HATE THE STSTEM!

Carmelo and others on the team been said they want to play fast. Let them play fast!

How many wins do you expect next year since we've "ditched" the triangle? What's the new magic offense that's going to make Melo not suck?

Also, talking about how every player hates the triangle when the article is about how KP likes the triangle

Triangle became an easy scapegoat for lackadaisical chuckers like KP and Melo to get their way and the dumb ass owner bought it...again.

MaseInYourFace · Post #18 » by **MaseInYourFace** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:44 pm

Melo only advocates for the Melo offense.

Bill Pidto · Post #19 » by **Bill Pidto** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:47 pm

Melo is so clearly a cancer, which is the reason Phil turned on him and tried to go as far as buying him out after giving him a NTC. Also the reason the Knicks continue to consider a buyout.

But we knew Melo was a rotten tumor before we heard this story.

And lol @ the paranoid Melo sympathizers who are claiming this is a lie planted by Phil's camp. The source may have been someone close to Phil, but it ain't a lie. And it's proof Melo drove the wedge further between KP and Phil, which some of you idiots will say is a good thing, but it ain't.

Anyway.. yes, Phil is gone. Now Melo is next. GTFO

Tron Carter · Post #20 » by **Tron Carter** » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:51 pm

Bill Pidto wrote:Melo is so clearly a cancer, which is the reason Phil turned on him and tried to go as far as buying him out after giving him a NTC. Also the reason the Knicks continue to consider a buyout.

But we knew Melo was a rotten tumor before we heard this story.

And lol @ the paranoid Melo sympathizers who are claiming this is a lie planted by Phil's camp. The source may have been someone close to Phil, but it ain't a lie. And it's proof Melo drove the wedge further between KP and Phil, which some of you idiots will say is a good thing, but it ain't.

Anyway.. yes, Phil is gone. Now Melo is next. GTFO

that's wrong. phil trying to get dolan to eat 54 mill is one of the many reasons he got canned wtf are you talking about?

the knicks are still trying to trade melo but they aren't buying him out and why would they when he's most likely to opt out after this upcoming season?