Being a Knicks fan this year it seems all I have had is heartbreak; from the first game we beat the Celtics, to just going on a tear in the losing column every game after. I really thought D'Antoni was this offensive genius with given the amount of talent we had and his supposed offensive brain power we would be between 1st-3rd in the standings all year. It must have been the kid in me wishing for a new bicycle at Christmas time only to be disappointed with socks and underwear. So where does this team go from here? Supposed rifts in the locker room but I don't believe that. Aren't these the same guys who tweet about going to the movies and out to eat like they're still in college? Melo wanted out of his hometown? (No not Baltimore) I don't believe that one either. How could one want to leave the greatest city in the world?
It just boggles my mind how the coach couldn't get this group of guys to believe in his system; 'Melo can't be that detrimental to this team. I believe it had to be the fact that D'Antoni didn't want 'Melo and once it happened he was determined to prove his point. I'm not saying he stopped trying to win, I'm just saying he stopped trying hard. I mean come on; you had no point guard for a third of the year, why were you still trying to use the pick and roll every play. A wise man once came up with the triangle offense and used it to win not one, not two, but eleven Larry O'Brien trophies. It's ok to be a copycat Mike, as long as your'e winning!
So all of us knick fans are now supposed to put our hopes hearts and dreams in the defensive genius Mike Woodson. Hell I'm all for it. Isn't the cardinal rule a great defense is the best offense? I guess well just have to wait and see about that.
-Robert Levy
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