Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Monday, 8 April 2013
Star-MELO!!
Star-MELO!! Star-MELO!! Star-MELO!!
Yup I said it, Carmelo should officially change his handle to Star-Melo.
He's literally putting on an offensive clinic, torching opponents and showing the NBA what a franchise player looks like!
As a Knick fan is I've seen the love hate dynamic that other fans have with Melo, I've listen to the unwarranted attacks of radio show host and the ESPN "stat" guy about Melo's game and how much better all these other so-called "franchise" player are better.
All I got to say is "SHUT THE F--- UP!"
I believe that Melo was ranked 17th best player on an NBA player "power" chart. And I felt it was a fair if not conservative rating. But I've felt if you fall in the top 30 you should be in the conversation of a 1st option on a NBA team.
Carmelo came to NY not just to increase his stardom but to share the load, NY advertised that STAT was the super-stud he was in Phoenix and together he and Melo would be the 1 and 2 of a super-star dynamic duo and maybe add a Chris Paul to the mix and VIOLA we have a big 3.
It didn't happen that way... instead STAT has been injury prone and a chemistry nightmare and 20mil dollar a year salary cap albatross. So again Melo has to carry the load and he does it without complaining, he dose it while being lambasted by his critic and he does it all TAKING LESS MONEY THAN HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN ANYWHERE ELSE.
Man what a year the Knicks have had, book ended a sub-par middle season with a brilliant start and what looks to be an excellent finish, and Melo has given an old Knick fan something to cheer about going into the post season in over a decade.
Somehow the next year the Knicks need get younger. Some how dump the some salary (trade Amare to a team for a ton of players so that team can amnesty him and reduce their cap... Lakers maybe??).
And keep rotating guys around Melo until they get the magical formula the way Dallas did around Dirk. And maybe we have a shot for the next couple of years either way, Melo gives me a lot to cheer about.
And something Knick fans haven't had for a LONG TIME!!
Go Knicks!
-Sclub007
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Winning Ugly aka Who Shoots?... J.R.
The Knicks have erased the gloom and doom for at least a little while.
They're back to their winning ways using a combination of good shooting and cagey defense.
Like I said before, K-Mart can play and with his addition the Knicks get what they were sorely missing ...TOUGHNESS, intimidation, other that Tyson they really had no one in the middle that really made you pay for going to the hoop and the K-Mart signing is making dividends cause the Knicks won't lose anything when Tyson sits.
Ball movement is back (WHICH IS GREAT) and J.R. it in full blown attack mode. I guess now that Amare is on the shelf the only other place you can go is to Smith. And Smith's over all game is getting better and better he's gone from an iso "chucker" to a slasher finisher in the paint a foul drawing machine and level head guy that can make thing happen QUICKLY, where even if he takes an ill advised shot it doesn't feel as deflating as one that was held up for 20 seconds of the 24.
With the love getting spread this will help Melo, He won't have to play 40+ min a game and hopefully he's remain healthy ready for the play-offs.
Still feel the Knicks can be a dark horse and Woody will have to make role-plyer look like stars, but like I said if the Knicks make it to the 2 round Imma gonna pop my champaign and take it as a win... PROGRESS is PROGRESS!
Go Knicks!
-Sclub007
They're back to their winning ways using a combination of good shooting and cagey defense.
Like I said before, K-Mart can play and with his addition the Knicks get what they were sorely missing ...TOUGHNESS, intimidation, other that Tyson they really had no one in the middle that really made you pay for going to the hoop and the K-Mart signing is making dividends cause the Knicks won't lose anything when Tyson sits.
Ball movement is back (WHICH IS GREAT) and J.R. it in full blown attack mode. I guess now that Amare is on the shelf the only other place you can go is to Smith. And Smith's over all game is getting better and better he's gone from an iso "chucker" to a slasher finisher in the paint a foul drawing machine and level head guy that can make thing happen QUICKLY, where even if he takes an ill advised shot it doesn't feel as deflating as one that was held up for 20 seconds of the 24.
With the love getting spread this will help Melo, He won't have to play 40+ min a game and hopefully he's remain healthy ready for the play-offs.
Still feel the Knicks can be a dark horse and Woody will have to make role-plyer look like stars, but like I said if the Knicks make it to the 2 round Imma gonna pop my champaign and take it as a win... PROGRESS is PROGRESS!
Go Knicks!
-Sclub007
Thursday, 14 March 2013
The Fat Lady is singing...
Well it's official, the Knicks are done.
I'm not piling on, I'm a KNICKS FAN, but for it all to work the stars had to align and everything had to go right...
But it seems like everything has gone wrong.
1. STAT hurt and done for the season.
2. Wallace done and doesn't look like he;s coming back.
3. Melo Banged up (knees).
4. Chandler hurt now.
5. 3-point shooting cooling down.
6. NO Deus Ex Machina guy rising from the bench turning out all-star game.
I mean everything had to go right, for the Knicks and heck, things had to go wrong for the Heat and Pacers for the them to get out of the East but now...
It's over and the Fat lady is singing "Another one bites the dust"
Well, my spring looks like bike riding with my boys, fishing, gardening with the wife, camping early BUT NO deep playoff run for my Knicks.
Alas there's always next year.
THE BLAME GAME!
I'm not piling on, I'm a KNICKS FAN, but for it all to work the stars had to align and everything had to go right...
But it seems like everything has gone wrong.
1. STAT hurt and done for the season.
2. Wallace done and doesn't look like he;s coming back.
3. Melo Banged up (knees).
4. Chandler hurt now.
5. 3-point shooting cooling down.
6. NO Deus Ex Machina guy rising from the bench turning out all-star game.
I mean everything had to go right, for the Knicks and heck, things had to go wrong for the Heat and Pacers for the them to get out of the East but now...
It's over and the Fat lady is singing "Another one bites the dust"
Well, my spring looks like bike riding with my boys, fishing, gardening with the wife, camping early BUT NO deep playoff run for my Knicks.
Alas there's always next year.
THE BLAME GAME!
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
PodCast 2/26/2013 - guest appearances from the twins
Computer broke down, sick for god how many days but here we go. Another cast for you from a few wks back but with two special guest appearances. Take a listen.
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Friday, 8 March 2013
ISO - Metrics!
Can we all sit down and have a conversation about Iso-basketball?
Iso-ball is the what happens when a coach schemes up play where you give your best player the ball and clear everyone out so your guy can get a bucket one on one OR attract the more defenders to open up a spot up shooter/slasher.
It's not a bad call it usually happens to when your primary play breaks down and you need you a "star" to bail you out so you at least get out of the shot clock with a decent attempt.
BUT - what happens with Iso-ball is a guys eyes get bigger than their stomachs and the feel they can score on the world and it may just turn to "hero-ball"
| 1. | Hero Ball | |||||||
A style of basketball played by a person with average or mediocre talent who nonetheless believes he is the second coming of Michael Jordan. It involves lots of ball-hogging, mindless spinning and jumping, and taking a bunch of highly contested fadeaway jumpers that almost never go in.
Oh great, looks like fat Lenny has decided to play hero ball now that he's in the game.
-Urban Dictionary
But never the less the BEST PLAY in my opinion is the "rope a dope" you can iso all you want but at the end of the game every one knows where the ball is going and what that player is going to do with BUT instead of taking a lame turn around fade away, you pass the ball to a cutter going to the rim or an open spot up shooter and let them have an uncontested bucket!!!
It's THAT SIMPLE, once you shake the urge to go HERO and make that play you go LEGEND!!
I'm not bagging on anybody, but I'll say this. Do you just want to be a good team? or Do you want to be a GREAT TEAM!
-Sclub007
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Tuesday, 5 March 2013
The Problem in the PAINT!
One of the best things to happen to the Knicks in the last few days was, their loss to the Heat!
WHAT? A LOSS? = BEST THING??
Yup, the Knicks have been suffering from slow internal bleeding, and if they beat the Heat they'd feel good about themselves and never fix the problem.
The Knicks HAVE to solve the CARMELO / AMARE issue. OK guys read Tsung Su, talent has never been a problem ...managing that talent though?
Listen Woody this isn't the Tangram this isn't and ancient Chinese puzzle that only the masters can solve. This a simple case of the tried and true basketball philosophy of... Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside!!
It's that simple remember when Melo played in the Olympics? Remember all those open looks he got and he basically was draining everything like roto-rooter.
STAT efficiency has been off the charts he shoot well over 50% and his inside presence makes it hard on defenders to recover when the ball goes back out to the perimeter. What does that mean? OPEN LOOKS!!! And when Amare sits then Melo can work inside.
It's hard when your an interior player, once you hit the paint you feel like a shark that smells blood, you want to attack the rim, you want to score, it's instinct, but STAT, Melo have to figure out how to make that extra pass the must develop the spacing the foot work as a tandem!
One posts up one slashes to the rim, one catches deep in the paint the other spots up from the wing. The options are staggering but the execution TAKES PRACTISE!!
I'd sacrifice record for the practise it's a small step back to take a HUGE step forward. The Knicks have the luxury of a good start so if the lose a few with this experiment they'll still be in good shape to make the playoffs. And if it works, the team will have a MUCH higher ceiling than this one sits and the other one plays rotation.
Go Knicks!!
WHAT? A LOSS? = BEST THING??
Yup, the Knicks have been suffering from slow internal bleeding, and if they beat the Heat they'd feel good about themselves and never fix the problem.
The Knicks HAVE to solve the CARMELO / AMARE issue. OK guys read Tsung Su, talent has never been a problem ...managing that talent though?
Listen Woody this isn't the Tangram this isn't and ancient Chinese puzzle that only the masters can solve. This a simple case of the tried and true basketball philosophy of... Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside!!
It's that simple remember when Melo played in the Olympics? Remember all those open looks he got and he basically was draining everything like roto-rooter.
STAT efficiency has been off the charts he shoot well over 50% and his inside presence makes it hard on defenders to recover when the ball goes back out to the perimeter. What does that mean? OPEN LOOKS!!! And when Amare sits then Melo can work inside.
It's hard when your an interior player, once you hit the paint you feel like a shark that smells blood, you want to attack the rim, you want to score, it's instinct, but STAT, Melo have to figure out how to make that extra pass the must develop the spacing the foot work as a tandem!
One posts up one slashes to the rim, one catches deep in the paint the other spots up from the wing. The options are staggering but the execution TAKES PRACTISE!!
I'd sacrifice record for the practise it's a small step back to take a HUGE step forward. The Knicks have the luxury of a good start so if the lose a few with this experiment they'll still be in good shape to make the playoffs. And if it works, the team will have a MUCH higher ceiling than this one sits and the other one plays rotation.
Go Knicks!!
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
The 5% Rule!!
I didn't really know this until semi-recently but it makes sense as to why GM's do what they do.
It's not the greatest formula but C-Webb should have a title if it wasn't for a last sec. shot by Robert Horry of the Lakers to beat the Kings and take the west. It's easy to forget the "lucky shots" because the Lakers technically were the favorite but if C-Webb slaps that ball to the side out-a-bounds instead of the back court... Kings win a title and they go down in history as the 1-shot champion like the Mavs.
In the NBA it is said the you keep what you have have and run with it if you Have a 5% chance of winning a title. 5% sounds low but if you think about , when you establish east and west and who you have to go through to get there it's plausible that all you yo need is 5%.
I bet Dallas was a 5 per-center and not only did they need to beat out better teams in the west but they needed Miami to have a let down and VIOLA title!!
It's not the greatest formula but C-Webb should have a title if it wasn't for a last sec. shot by Robert Horry of the Lakers to beat the Kings and take the west. It's easy to forget the "lucky shots" because the Lakers technically were the favorite but if C-Webb slaps that ball to the side out-a-bounds instead of the back court... Kings win a title and they go down in history as the 1-shot champion like the Mavs.
"That's some ol' BULLSHIT" - Chris Webber (unofficially)
So why do I bring this up? Well early in the season I thought the Knicks were a 5 per-center but it fear due to age a fragility they may have fallen out of the 5%.
The Knicks ARE old and the age is showing up in there ability to stay healthy. With Wallace and Camby out they have NO interior defenders after Chandler and J-Kidd seems to running on fumes as the season goes on. to top it all off their rookie PG is 35 and not a scoring threat... DAMN reality is a bitch.
So what the hell should we do cause this AINT A LAUGHING MATTER! Melo needs a 2nd option a real deal money 2nd option and the Knicks need defense...D-Fence D-FENCE!! Do we still have Jared Jefferies number? Seriously.
Brandon Jennings could help BUT what are the Bucks going to take?
A risk could be dealing Chandler and Amare for Howard and a bad contract the Lakers want to dump. (Pau Gasol maybe?)
It's tough the the thing is the Knicks don't have a lot of long term contracts right now but the the old guys in 2 years are just going to be.... OLDER!!
Melo IS NOT AN ISLAND he can't do it alone STAT (love him) isn't the same player he use to be lastly HEALTH is an issue.
Getting Jared Dudley is a good idea BUT NOT for Shumpert sorry... But if you can get Jennings too I can see moving Shumpert, STAT, Prigioni, and maybe Smith...
WOW maybe the best move is the one you didn't make (I wish we still had Jefferies).
"I CAN STILL PLAY MOFO'S" - Kenyon Martin (unofficially)
-Sclub007
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Keeping it Melo
There's is absolutely no doubt that the Knicks were over achieving! I mean I predicted the Knicks to finish any where from 3rd to 6th in the East and I was hopeful that they could get out of the 1st round and maybe have an inspirational play-off run.
But the Knicks came out of the gate LIKE GANG BUSTERS... the exploded to a large lead in the East and held the No. spot for a while and are currently 2.5 games behind the Heat.
The Knicks have come back down to earth lately and it has the entire blogosphere BOOMING with so called analyst calling for trades or for Melo to change his game and become more like LeBron.
Listen... THERE'S ONLY ONE LEBRON, OK!! You can't copy that the mold is broken, Carmelo is one of only 10 players that you can build a franchise around, he's a lethal SCORER and his scoring is what a Mathematician a constant in thhe equation of building an NBA team you need constants.
You need a Scorer (S), you need a rebounder (R), you need defenders (D) and you need shooters (Sh), an assist man (A), and you need a sixth man an X-Factor (X).
So basically S+R+D+Sh+A+X= Championship!!
The Knicks have the Best scorer in the league, right if the formula proves anything it's you need guys to step and guys to know their roles.
Right now of the top 5 list the Knicks only have Melo in scoring and Novak in 3 point shooting.
So do the Math we need more ...rebounding, more assists, better defenders and a 2nd option!!
Melo is the constant worth a damn right now.
I feel in today's NBA to be a scorer there's a shame to it you can get 40 but you have to apologise for doing it, I know you want a complete game but you have to utilise what you have and it if what you have is the best scorer than give us the best rebounders, defenders and a 2nd and 3rd option that can score in the paint!!
There's still hope Camby (D) is injured and Wallace (D) & (S) is out but all in all we'll need chemistry a solid rotation and guys to buy into there roles.
Go Knicks!!
But the Knicks came out of the gate LIKE GANG BUSTERS... the exploded to a large lead in the East and held the No. spot for a while and are currently 2.5 games behind the Heat.
The Knicks have come back down to earth lately and it has the entire blogosphere BOOMING with so called analyst calling for trades or for Melo to change his game and become more like LeBron.
Listen... THERE'S ONLY ONE LEBRON, OK!! You can't copy that the mold is broken, Carmelo is one of only 10 players that you can build a franchise around, he's a lethal SCORER and his scoring is what a Mathematician a constant in thhe equation of building an NBA team you need constants.
You need a Scorer (S), you need a rebounder (R), you need defenders (D) and you need shooters (Sh), an assist man (A), and you need a sixth man an X-Factor (X).
So basically S+R+D+Sh+A+X= Championship!!
The Knicks have the Best scorer in the league, right if the formula proves anything it's you need guys to step and guys to know their roles.
Right now of the top 5 list the Knicks only have Melo in scoring and Novak in 3 point shooting.
So do the Math we need more ...rebounding, more assists, better defenders and a 2nd option!!
Melo is the constant worth a damn right now.
I feel in today's NBA to be a scorer there's a shame to it you can get 40 but you have to apologise for doing it, I know you want a complete game but you have to utilise what you have and it if what you have is the best scorer than give us the best rebounders, defenders and a 2nd and 3rd option that can score in the paint!!
There's still hope Camby (D) is injured and Wallace (D) & (S) is out but all in all we'll need chemistry a solid rotation and guys to buy into there roles.
Go Knicks!!
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