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Before the season started it was reported that Knicks owner James Dolan said he expected this Knicks team to win the NBA Championship. It wasn't on April Fool's Day so I think he was being serious. It's funny when billionaires, who surround themselves with yes men, think they know what they're doing. Please! This version of the Knicks isn't going to win the NBA title ever. When your best player and first, second and third offensive options are Carmelo Anthony, your team is in trouble. Especially when Anthony still hasn't learned to trust his teammates, of course with his shoddy teammates I can't really blame him. I'm waiting for one of Anthony's teammates to punch him one day for shooting so much.
On Tuesday night, November 20th Carmelo had another typical shooting night for him. He was 8 for 20 from the field and 8 for 11 from the free throw line. Although he took a combined 31 shots he only scored 25 points, once again failing the Meads Metric. The Meads Metric states that for every field goal or free throw attempt you have you should score at least 1 point. These are allegedly professional basketball players and some baskets count for 3 points. But the overrated Anthony once again failed the Meads Metric, it's pretty rare when Anthony can hit that minimum.
The Knicks dropped to 3-7 after losing to the not very good Pistons. The Knicks will fall to 3-8 tonight as the 9-1 Pacers are coming to town. New York has lost their last 5 games at home and have only won once at home so far. That's too funny, how ridiculous does Dolan's NBA title hopes look now? I realize there will be 71 games remaining once tonight's game is over. But a 3-8 record would be a lot to overcome for this one dimensional team. Does anyone think that the Knicks are going to get past Miami anyway? Um, no.
Anthony has a reputation as being a great scorer, but is he really? For one thing he's not a great shooter. He has to shoot a lot to score as many points as he does. Sure he's averaging 25.7 points a game, but he's not even shooting 43% this season. It's very rare when he hits 50% of his shots in a game. I've just never understood the amount of love for this overrated player.
I realize the Knicks are missing their heart and soul. They miss Tyson Chandler so much, especially his interior defense, rebounding and toughness. Those are 3 things we see very little of in Anthony's game.
Who else do they have on that team? J.R. Smith? Please. Smith a career 43% shooter is only shooting 28% this season. Hey but you got Raymond Felton shooting 38% so what could go wrong? Oh yeah besides a poor shooter, he's also injured. At least Andrea Bargnani is shooting 51% this season, but it's hard for another Knick to get a shot with Carmelo taking so many shots.
Please the Knicks have no chance of winning a NBA title. Dolan is as delusional as the Cowboys Jerry Jones. Just today Jones said that his puppet Jason Garrett will be back for 2014 no matter what happens this season. (What would happen to Jones self-esteem if he held a press conference and no one showed up?) Both teams have so much dysfunction that they remind me of each other. With a clueless owner it's hard for a team to be successful unless they hire the right people.
After Jimmy Johnson, Jones has rarely hired the right people. Jones likes to hire people who are a bit unknown. Then when those people are successful, Jones thinks he'll look like a genius. See how smart Jones looked after the Cowboys gave up on Wade Phillips. James Dolan isn't great at hiring the right people either, but at least he delegates some. Also Dolan doesn't call for a press conference every time he has a bowel movement. Dolan's coaching hires have been less than stellar though. He hired Mike D'antoni and then fired him. At first I thought Woodson was a bad signing, then I thought he might actually know what he's doing and now I'm not so sure. Dolan is a slightly better owner than Jones, of course that's saying very little. Jones thinks he's the right person for anything to do with the Cowboys. But as both have surrounded themselves with yes men it's doubtful that either will change or that their teams will ever win a title.
Both the Knicks and Cowboys will continue to fail until they have someone that truly knows how to run their franchises. Don't worry Knicks fans you'll get use to it someday, after awhile you just get use to laughing at your horrendous team.
I'll enjoy watching the Knicks get thrashed at home tonight and enjoy watching Roy Hibbert keeping Carmelo from the basket. James Dolan, what's your plan to save your soon to be 3-8 team? Maybe you can throw some more money at Stoudemire?
November 21st, 2013: I enjoyed watching the Knicks blow the game against the Pacers. The Knicks played hard and with heart, but did too many stupid things to get the win. (Like their NFL brethren, the Cowboys, it's amazing how many stupid things both franchises do.) It seems Iman Shumpert hasn't ever heard the saying to not foul the jump shooter. He fouled Paul George, who calmly went to the line and hit all 3 free throws to tie the game and force it into overtime.
The Pacers out scored the Knicks 14-4 in overtime until J.R. Smith hit a meaningless 3 pointer with the game all but over. Smith had a good shooting game by his standards, he shot 19 shots and only missed 11 of them. Shooting 42% in a game is a hot streak for Smith. One of the many dumb decisions the Knicks have made was resigning Smith.
Carmelo Anthony had yet another game that catches your attention until one breaks down his stats. Carfailo failed the Meads Metric again. He took a combined 38 free throws and field goal attempts and only managed 30 points. Read below to see how ESPN compares Carmelo to Allen Iverson. Ain't that the truth. Except that Iverson's 76ers reached the NBA Finals, something Carmelo's Knicks will never do. I have to give props to Anthony for one thing, he did grab 18 rebounds. For one game at least he came closer to living up to his contract than he usually does.
I love what ESPN says about Anthony: ESPN Fantasy Projection: "In many ways, Melo is the modern version of Allen Iverson. There is an endless debate about whether he truly understands the nuances of winning games through team ball, but there is no doubting his love for hogging the rock and hoisting a ton of shots. In other words, just like A.I., Melo is a beast in fantasy! He will continue to be a statistical force as a scorer, including plenty of 3s and a ton of FTs this season, too. The only drawbacks are a mediocre FG% at high volume (20-plus FGA per game), no hustle stats and a propensity for missing 10-15 games each season. He'll be highly motivated, though, since he can opt out and become a free agent at season's end." (Thanks to ESPN.com.)
The terrible Knicks fall to 3-8 on the season, and 1-6 at home, and next go on a 4 game road trip. I'd love to see the Knicks return home 3-12. I don't think it will happen, but that would be hilarious.
I think when Knicks fans talk about they want from Carmelo, they are expecting what Paul George gives the Pacers. Sorry but if I have to pick between those two players, I'm picking George every time. Like Anthony, George took a combined total of 38 free throws and shots from the field. He didn't meet the Meads Metric either but had 5 more points than Anthony. Anthony finished with 13 more rebounds, but George is more of an all around player. George also actually plays defense.
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