Carmelo Anthony Appreciation Thread

[Thugger HBC]

I get what you're saying.

I think Melo's FG was acceptable, he was shooting around .42-.43 which was decent, the other that was shooting well was Cope but he didn't get to play much iirc.

Nobody else was shooting well in that series maybe feeding his teammates more would be better maybe not but judging from the talents we had back then I don't think so, personally.

Our role players were not good, I don't disagree there.

I'll put it like this, when Melo shot at or above that %, we had a chance to win. ironically, melo shot the best in game 6 in the entire playoffs and that was the one we lost.

But I don't really put that series loss just on game 1. it simmered from the previous series. That one should not have gone 6. We needed that rest and should have put the old dudes on Boston away.

It was a trainwreck right before the Pacers series, JR doing JR thing with his elbow and Kenyon all black was an embarrassment, those 2 almost cost us the Celtics series, I'm surprised we played pretty decent against the Pacers after that.

Game 6 was a one man show game though, that block was amazing and miraculous and the refs weren't helping either.

It was so close IMO though winning game 6 wouldn't guarantee that we'll win game 7 but the momentum were surely
Be swinging our way.

We weren't losing game 7. Indy wasn't good enough to take two road wins.

[Houston99]

Good bye melo. Maybe I'm being a little to harsh but I didn't like Melo. He was selfish, he was not a leader, never wanted to adjust his game meaning he ran that ISO play which I hate with a passion. So I am happy he is gone and we actually got something decent for it. Kanter is going to be solid for us. Him and KP will be a front court to mess with in the east.

[HarthorneWingo]

how did we trade him and the threads gets worse. and someone complained about me being off topic. the nerve.

What's there to appreciate?

Shutup.

How about you answer my question?

[battabing10]

that team was built for the regular season not the playoffs. that 54-28 was a great example of rs inflation. it was fun to watch in spots.

for instance, not turning the ball over is no substitute for defense. melo's usage was an absurd 38% that season, which is unsustainable. his efficiency/TS% plummeted from a very good 56% in the regular season to 51% then 48%. you can get away with woodson iso-melo in the rs but not in the playoffs.

[N Y K]

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[N Y K]

[MrProb]

that team was built for the regular season not the playoffs. that 54-28 was a great example of rs inflation. it was fun to watch in spots.

for instance, not turning the ball over is no substitute for defense. melo's usage was an absurd 38% that season, which is unsustainable. his efficiency/TS% plummeted from a very good 56% in the regular season to 51% then 48%. you can get away with woodson iso-melo in the rs but not in the playoffs.

eh...? lower FG% in the playoffs is expected of everyone.

And it was close in that series, with a little better individual talent or supports, we could have turn that series around.

[BallSacBounce]

It's complicated. Hey, he wanted to come here and stay here. Have to give him that! The trade overpay was on management. Just say no fer chrissakes. I wish him well. Time to move on.

[N Y K]

It's complicated. Hey, he wanted to come here and stay here. Have to give him that! The trade overpay was on management. Just say no fer chrissakes. I wish him well. Time to move on.

pretty solid interpretation of it all.

[N Y K]

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[BallSacBounce]

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[HarthorneWingo]

that team was built for the regular season not the playoffs. that 54-28 was a great example of rs inflation. it was fun to watch in spots.

for instance, not turning the ball over is no substitute for defense. melo's usage was an absurd 38% that season, which is unsustainable. his efficiency/TS% plummeted from a very good 56% in the regular season to 51% then 48%. you can get away with woodson iso-melo in the rs but not in the playoffs.

eh...? lower FG% in the playoffs is expected of everyone.

And it was close in that series, with a little better individual talent or supports, we could have turn that series around.

No it wasn't. Melo shot under 30% from 3 and 43% from 2 for the playoffs that year. His overall FG% was 40% with an eFG% of 43%. His PER was 20 (he was on the decline even then!). We made Roy Hibbert look like Bill Russell that series.

That team sucked. We were lucky to get by Boston that year. Except for the beginning and the end of the season, we were a mediocre team. 20-21 .. or something like that.

[dakomish23]

Trying to trash the best season the team has had in decades, all because you don't like the way a guy plays, is lame.

But Melo looking bad has taken priority to many of his detractors over this organization being successful.

"Real fans".

[dakomish23]

was OKC fans booing durant while he was on the court? answer that question and come back to me.
this same dudes that are **** on melo in this very thread, are the same ones that boo'd melo and ewing. or even appluaded them for doing so. NO ONE is going to come here if yall keep doing the same bull sh*t to every good player we get.

all of this plays a part in players coming here. it's not only the **** management we've had for the past decades. that is all im saying

this is exactly what im talking about

pat had an issue with fans doing that for the past 12 years, and the summer before he said that quote, they signed allan houston.

and then ewing requested a trade a couple years later. we stay running players out of town

[dakomish23]

Great scorer with flaws who the Knicks never really built properly around to highlight the pros and cover the cons. Closest they came was with the over the hill gang that one year. Too bad all those guys were too old to have more than one or two years with Melo.

Specificaly Kidd. That dude almost always made the right play.

Not a coincidence that he was on the floor during a lot of the comebacks we had that season.

[Stannis]

With these Ewing-Melo comparsions, it's hard to come in here and not turn this into a de-appreciation. One was drafted here, played forever here, played defense, took crap teams to the playoffs all the time, got his jersey retired. The other just came here for his brand, played defense like it was a chore, and was a cancer. Then this one played victim and made the NY fans and Knicks management look like the bad guys.

Ewing got some heat, but he had a right to speak out on it. He didn't request to come to NYC and rival the greatest dynasty in NBA history. He was one unlucky dude.

Melo demanded to come here and bullied the lockerroom. His mentality and work ethic were not made for winning teams. He'd get lit up by guys like Carlos Delfino. Fans have every right to speak out against him. There really wasn't much to apperciate and like.

[JBreezeNY]

With these Ewing-Melo comparsions, it's hard to come in here and not turn this into a de-appreciation. One was drafted here, played forever here, played defense, took crap teams to the playoffs all the time, got his jersey retired. The other just came here for his brand, played defense like it was a chore, and was a cancer. Then this one played victim and made the NY fans and Knicks management look like the bad guys.

Ewing got some heat, but he had a right to speak out on it. He didn't request to come to NYC and rival the greatest dynasty in NBA history. He was one unlucky dude.

Melo demanded to come here and bullied the lockerroom. His mentality and work ethic were not made for winning teams. He'd get lit up by guys like Carlos Delfino. Fans have every right to speak out against him. There really wasn't much to apperciate and like.

Y'all can't just avoid this thread?

Don't like him? iite cool, y'all had 7 seasons to trash the man, if people in here want to exaggerate about Melo fu*k it let them.

Coming in here with fake reasons about clarifying things just to throw in a last hit piece about Melo is lame.

It's an appreciation thread anyone in here doesn't like how he played with the Knicks make an Unappreciation thread and vent there. Goddamn y'all on some other sh*t.

[sushibear]

With these Ewing-Melo comparsions, it's hard to come in here and not turn this into a de-appreciation. One was drafted here, played forever here, played defense, took crap teams to the playoffs all the time, got his jersey retired. The other just came here for his brand, played defense like it was a chore, and was a cancer. Then this one played victim and made the NY fans and Knicks management look like the bad guys.

Ewing got some heat, but he had a right to speak out on it. He didn't request to come to NYC and rival the greatest dynasty in NBA history. He was one unlucky dude.

Melo demanded to come here and bullied the lockerroom. His mentality and work ethic were not made for winning teams. He'd get lit up by guys like Carlos Delfino. Fans have every right to speak out against him. There really wasn't much to apperciate and like.

Amen brotha, I couldn't have said it better myself.

[FutureKnicksGM]

With these Ewing-Melo comparsions, it's hard to come in here and not turn this into a de-appreciation. One was drafted here, played forever here, played defense, took crap teams to the playoffs all the time, got his jersey retired. The other just came here for his brand, played defense like it was a chore, and was a cancer. Then this one played victim and made the NY fans and Knicks management look like the bad guys.

Ewing got some heat, but he had a right to speak out on it. He didn't request to come to NYC and rival the greatest dynasty in NBA history. He was one unlucky dude.

Melo demanded to come here and bullied the lockerroom. His mentality and work ethic were not made for winning teams. He'd get lit up by guys like Carlos Delfino. Fans have every right to speak out against him. There really wasn't much to apperciate and like.

Any more **** you going to make up?

[IllmaticHandler]

Dope ****.