long time guy wrote:
Carmelo has taken a bum rap for the Knicks struggles and conversely Lin has received too much of the credit. The Knick resurgence under Lin occurred during a period in which they had the easiest schedule in the league (check the schedule) As soon as the schedule and level of point guard improved Lin was exposed. Carmelo Anthony is taking heat because of last year's decision regarding impending free agency. At least he allowed Denver an opportunity to receive something in exchange for exiting the team. Everyone is quick to jump on the doesn't make the team better garbage but does anyone remember what Denver was prior to him joining the team. Is anyone paying attention to what Denver is now. The Knick have not drastically improved under him but it is too early to throw the towel in on them. As it was way too early for D'Antoni to hand the team over to a b-rate guard one step removed from the D-League. It's funny how Woodson has figured out the error of D'Antoni's ways and the Knicks are playing better ball with Anthony leading the way. The Anthony detractors however are still holding to the fallacious consensus that he is hurting the team
You seriously need to listen to what this thread about.
The point is that Carmelo has done nothing to have a strategy of "Just get the ball to Carmelo and let him do what he does". It hasn't ever been a winning formula. He puts up good numbers, and he's a really good player, but it just hasn't worked. Stop comparing him to Lin. Lin just happened. We have a major body of work on Carmelo that shows that he can't just put a team on his back and make them among the elite of the league. His style has put up some impressive numbers but his teams haven't been impressive. Is that just bad luck? Maybe. Is that because of his style? Maybe.
The point is that Goff seems to think that just getting the ball to Carmelo is a roadmap for success in the league. When has that ever been true?
Once again it sounds like championship or bust to me. Brick defenders please unite. I know this is the part of the show where you feign disinterest. Sort like not watching the Bernstein show yet feeling a need to comment anyway. Always done in true non-sequitor like fashion as a means of distracting.