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发帖数: 1111 | 1 http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/frustrated-melo
Frustrated Melo wants Knicks to work harder
Carmelo Anthony had little interaction with his teammates during Monday
night's 104-99 loss to Chicago, raising questions about Anthony's ability to
fit in with his teammates.
Anthony was visibly upset when he didn't like a shot a teammate took and
when he didn't get the ball on a post-up late in the game. He also sat on
the bench by himself while the Knicks huddled between the third and fourth
quarters.
After the game, Anthony said he always sits out of the huddle and expressed
frustration with the Bulls "outhustling us, outworking us." The Knicks, who
play the Blazers Wednesday night at the Garden, were outrebounded 22-9 on
the offensive glass.
Anthony is shooting 40 percent from the floor this season, the lowest
percentage of his career.
No one on the Knicks was blaming Anthony for the team's recent struggles.
But one Knicks player who did not want to be identified shook his head in
disgust when asked about Anthony not being a part of the team huddle and
acknowledged that things in the locker room are getting bad.
There was a lot of talk about Anthony's ability to fit in with the Jeremy
Lin-led Knicks, who won five straight games without Anthony in the lineup.
The team thrived on Lin being able to run the pick-and-roll and with solid
defense.
Since Anthony's return, the Knicks have struggled on both ends of the floor,
going 2-8 with six straight losses. They are 18-24 overall.
The trade deadline is Thursday. It was believed the Knicks may do something
minor and not shake up a roster that has gone through many changes already
during this lockout-shortened season.
The Knicks have assembled a talented and deep roster, but many of the
players are offensive-minded and need the ball to succeed. There has been
plenty of talk lately about players needing to sacrifice and buy in for the
Knicks to be successful. "I don't think it matters what five guys you put
out there," Tyson Chandler said after Monday night's loss. "The five guys
you put out there have to play hard on both ends. That's what it's going to
take."
When Chandler was asked if there were guys not doing that, he responded, "I'
m not going to get into that."
The six-game losing streak matched the Knicks' longest of the season and
Anthony said Monday he's not worried about the team fragmenting.
"We've been in the situation before earlier in the season," Anthony said. "
We've come together, fought through it. Right now times are tough. I'm not
going to get through it by myself. Nobody is going to get through it by
themselves. We need everybody."
Anthony was asked if he could have done anything differently.
"Go out there and try and give it my all," Anthony said. "Give a little more
effort." | l***o
发帖数: 1111 | 2 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/sports/basketball/anthonys-re
Anthony and Knicks Can’t Play Together
As they steeled themselves late Monday for a grinding, gripping final 12
minutes in Chicago, the Knicks broke into two factions along the bench. At
one end, a swarm of players gathered around the coaching staff. At the other
, Carmelo Anthony sat stoically, a towel over his shoulders, alone.
“I do that every game,” Anthony would say later, smiling.
Anthony knew he would be on the bench to start the fourth quarter, as he
often is. It was perhaps not that vital for him to join his 14 teammates in
the huddle. Yet in the context of the Knicks’ current struggles, the
imagery was striking, and telling.
The Knicks are not a unified team. On one side is Anthony. On the other is
everyone else.
It is evident in Anthony’s body language, in his teammates’ postgame
remarks and in the minor wrinkles of the box score. It is most glaring in
the win-loss ledger, which has been inverted since Anthony rejoined the
lineup.
The Knicks were 7-1 without Anthony last month (including a victory over
Utah in which he played only six minutes). They have lost 8 of 10 games
since he returned.
For two weeks, the Knicks played a fluid, joyful game in which everyone
thrived and pulled for one another. The joy has faded, pushed aside by
tension and resentment and a six-game losing streak.
The causes are varied, and Anthony is not solely to blame. But multiple
people with ties to the team cite a growing divide between Anthony and his
teammates that is threatening to derail the season.
Anthony is breaking plays and demanding the ball in isolation, then snapping
at teammates when they fail to get it to him. It happened late Monday, when
Anthony called for the ball in the post, then smacked his hands in anger
after Landry Fields went elsewhere. More often, Anthony saves the criticism
for more private moments, on the bench or in the locker room.
Anthony wants the Knicks to play through him, as every team has throughout
his career. He is, by is own admission, uncomfortable in an offense in which
he is not the primary ball-handler. That role is now capably filled by
Jeremy Lin and Baron Davis.
“He wants 20 shots a game,” a person with ties to another Knicks player
said of Anthony. “He has had a scorer’s mentality his whole life.”
Yet the team that Anthony rejoined in late February no longer needs a 20-
shot-a-game player. The Knicks have scoring options in Amar’e Stoudemire,
Tyson Chandler, Steve Novak, Iman Shumpert, Fields and Lin — the group that
spearheaded the seven-game winning streak last month. They have since added
more scoring in Davis and J. R. Smith. They are at their best when everyone
is involved.
That is the philosophy that Coach Mike D’Antoni preaches daily, one that is
echoed by Stoudemire after nearly every defeat.
“All of us, every single player, has to buy into it, and give the coach a
chance for his strategy to work,” Stoudemire said after Sunday’s loss to
the Philadelphia 76ers. “If we don’t, then see what happens.”
These critiques and speeches about “sacrifice” are always unspecific and
carefully worded, but it is understood that they are intended for Anthony,
the only Knick talented enough to repeatedly break plays and get away with
it.
The fact is, Anthony is not performing at a level that warrants more shots
or self-indulgent play. He is shooting a career-low 40 percent from the
field. The Knicks are 2-11 this season when he has 20 or more attempts.
For the past 10 games, the Knicks have been demonstrably worse when Anthony
plays. With Anthony on the court, the Knicks are scoring at a rate of 97.7
points per 100 possessions. When he is on the bench, that rating soars to
109.8.
The contrast is just as sharp on defense: the Knicks give up 107.1 points
per 100 possessions with Anthony on the court, 95.1 with Anthony on the
bench. His personal differential, a minus-9.4 rating, is the worst on the
team in that 10-game stretch.
Nor is Anthony fulfilling his presumed role as a clutch performer. He
misfired repeatedly down the stretch in Chicago, adding to a string of
fourth-quarter failures this season. He intentionally fouled Kyle Korver and
sent him to the line on a key possession in the final minute, with the
Knicks down by 4, after the players had been instructed to simply play
defense.
This is not an issue of whether D’Antoni’s coaching or his system suits
Anthony, or whether Anthony likes D’Antoni. The question is whether Anthony
is willing to subjugate his game for the greater good, as his teammates are
demanding.
If not, he risks losing more than just his team’s respect. Fans who swooned
over Anthony 13 months ago are booing him during introductions. Columnists
are dissecting every comment, every shot attempt and every sideline gesture.
The Knicks are 12-20 with Anthony in the lineup this season, and 25-34 since
he put on the uniform.
Carmelo Anthony wanted the Knicks. He demanded the trade that cost them four
starters and multiple draft picks, and the $65 million extension that came
with it. Anthony wanted the New York spotlight. Now he must accept the glare
. | T***c
发帖数: 17256 | 3 靠，泰森哥这是不点名打脸啊
小斯挺爽的，现在有安胖背黑锅，他自己俨然“哥也是7连胜中人”的派头，lol | q****i
发帖数: 562 | 4 哈哈。确实有这个味道。
【在 T***c 的大作中提到】
: 靠，泰森哥这是不点名打脸啊
: 小斯挺爽的，现在有安胖背黑锅，他自己俨然“哥也是7连胜中人”的派头，lol
| T*******i
发帖数: 4992 | 5 看来这个赛季没戏了
【在 T***c 的大作中提到】
: 靠，泰森哥这是不点名打脸啊
: 小斯挺爽的，现在有安胖背黑锅，他自己俨然“哥也是7连胜中人”的派头，lol
| e***t
发帖数: 14386 | 6 其实昨天第四节fields/lin也确实有问题
刚才看了一眼melo生气之后的几个球
两个致命篮板其实都是fields控制范围的
一个是跟林抢到一块去了
一个也是有点没盯到自己负责的人
to
expressed
【在 l***o 的大作中提到】
: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/sports/basketball/anthonys-re
: Anthony and Knicks Can’t Play Together
: As they steeled themselves late Monday for a grinding, gripping final 12
: minutes in Chicago, the Knicks broke into two factions along the bench. At
: one end, a swarm of players gathered around the coaching staff. At the other
: , Carmelo Anthony sat stoically, a towel over his shoulders, alone.
: “I do that every game,” Anthony would say later, smiling.
: Anthony knew he would be on the bench to start the fourth quarter, as he
: often is. It was perhaps not that vital for him to join his 14 teammates in
: the huddle. Yet in the context of the Knicks’ current struggles, the
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