Keep ducking. You said he had nothing to do with the 18-24 start followed by the 18-6 finish. I claimed that turnaround happened when Woodson took over and immediately gave Davis about twice the minutes as he was getting before. That is true. It simply is.
there's been no ducking on my part. though you've been continually ducking for months from other threads
😀. baron played like dog shit the entire season. the stats prove it, woodson benching davis in all 4th quarters proved it, knicks nation clamoring for bibby and stephon flippin' marbury to return proved it. the turnaround had absolutely nothing to do with baron "geo metro" davis. you're a liar and a pussy who doesn't have the guts to admit that.
😀😀😀 must be the 50th time i've stated this: you have zero credibility and have the worst analytical ability of anyone on this board behind dougp. the turnaround occurred solely because the knicks started playing defense, along with more playing time for novak and JR Smith. Lin and melo controlling the offense took them to a 6-1 record at the start of woodson's tenure, with lin dominating big road wins against the pacers (twice) and 76ers.
let's post this one more time because you ducked baron's shit play the first 100 times:
starting march 21st - baron's points/assists/turnovers:
vs PHI: 5/1/3
vs TOR: 5/8/4
vs DET: 5/2/4
vs MIL: 13/7/9
vs ORL: 11/6/2
vs ATL: 4/4/4
vs CLE: 6/5/1
vs IND : 6/3/0
vs ORL: 5/5/1
vs CHI: 2/4/1
vs CHI: 8/6/4
vs MIL: 5/3/5
vs WAS: 18/2/3
vs MIA: 3/4/5
vs BOS: 0/1/2
vs ATL: 13/10/4
vs LAC: 12/1/1
These stats aren't even worthy of the D-League
😀 It certainly explains why knicks fans/blogs were calling on bibby to replace baron. try and dispute it but the numbers are true.
I said the Knicks should give Davis more minutes and run the offense through Melo back when Linsanity was popular. Woodson came in and did just that and they played .750 ball. It isn't a huge revelation, and I nor Woodson deserve some accolade for what is simply the painfully obvious thing to do given the roster. Obvious to most people, though not all evidently.
baron doesn't even deserve 10 minutes a game, and woodson caught on by benching him in all 4th quarters the final month for playing like dog shit. the only reason he received more than 10 a game was due to lin's injury. LOL at you citing ".750 ball" when dog shit baron had absolutely nothing to do with those wins. here's lin and melo under woodson: .860 winning percentage. clearly, lin was the better choice using your ridiculous methodology. and LOL at you still advocating baron force feeding melo ball, which got them blown out of 3 straight playoff games until the heat took it down a notch in game 4. no need to even mention baron's invisibility there. hahaha.
Was he dropping 20-10 a night? No. He wasn't playing 35 minutes a night to begin with, nor did he need to put up those kinds of stats for the Knicks to be successful. What were his +/- numbers during that stretch?
baron couldn't play 35 minutes a game if his life depended on it. he's a bench warmer at best this point in his career. why you couldn't see that from the start of the season speaks for your intelligence. +/- means absolutely nothing as i pointed out in this thread,
which you've ducked for almost a month now:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=33354779&postcount=1214
Melo isn't a facilitator. It isn't up to him to get STAT shots. If he were working on reducing his shots in favor of getting STAT shots, he isn't being as effective as he can be. Melo the scorer is better and more valuable than Melo the distributor. Just like Durant, he shouldn't waste his time limiting his results to play a role he isn't suited for.
and that's the problem. melo is a one dimensional "scorer" that is easily shut down with good defenders on him or when a double team is thrown at him. the heat did both the first 3 games, and completely took him out of his game. it's no coincidence the hottest player in the last month of the season got shut down during this time. i didn't see as many doubles and frontings in games 4, and 5, which is when melo finally made a contribution. he had absolutely no business quitting/orchestrating a mutiny or demanding the ball run through him. that, plus the fact he's out of shape and had woodson call him out on it. you got your wish with baron davis starting, and look where that got the knicks. 3 straight blowouts with baron doing jack shit as usual. what's the point of having $20 mill amare on the floor when baron or melo won't even give him touches? LOL! one of your boys gets the blame, but nobody here is expecting you to man up to it.
