Before anybody jumps on me for hyping up this Jeremy Lin story, let me preface it by saying I've wanted Carmelo Anthony off of the Knicks for the entire season. I'm not stupid, if you ask me who the best pure scorers in the NBA are, 100 times out of 100 I'm putting Carmelo in the top 5. The guy is an unbelievable scorer and makes shots that few in the history of the league could ever make. He may very well be the best isolation player in the NBA and I trust him to take the last shot in any game, any time, anywhere.
However, he is not a good fit for the Knicks; or any team for that manner. Using the team concept of the word offense, he's a black hole; stagnating every other person on the floor, no movement...he's a vacuum. Before Jeremy Lin went Linsane, I wanted the Knicks to trade Carmelo for a point guard, I thought a good deal would have been Carmelo to the Nets straight up for Deron Williams. This trade would have benefited both teams.
Amare is going to fit in perfectly with Lin. It'll be similar to playing with Nash, add to that, if you isolate Lin and Amare on one side of the court running pick and rolls and have Chandler playing opposite down low with Novac spotting up for a corner three it is a perfect offense; you don't even need a 5th player. So how is Carmelo going to fit into this offensive scheme? I have no idea, I'm interested to see how it goes down. I give Carmelo two weeks from his return to see how the Knicks operate with him on the court. If they start losing again, fuck him, trade him. Get a good rebounder or a good 6th man. Send him to Dallas, get Lamar Odom and a draft pick, and let Carmelo ruin the Mavericks offense. However, if Carmelo can work with Lin and possibly get a triangle offense going with Lin, Amare, and Carmelo the Knicks can be an unbelievably effective offensive team. Either way I am truly excited about the Knicks right now; most excited I've been about this team since I watched them lose to the Spurs at the Garden in the 1999 finals.
p.s. Clearly this Jesus stuff is the real deal.
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