Now in hindsight -- Who won the Carmelo Anthony trade? Nuggets or Knicks

[alexander_37]

Lin's defense hasn't been great, I've watched almost every HOU game.

Vasquez lit him up the other day. Lin gambles alot and has quick hands so he gets alot of steals (2.5spg), but overall his man to man defense isn't good, and he has trouble staying in front of his man.

NINETY NINE DEFENSIVE RATING, Lin is one of the better defensive point guards in the league.

[NYKNYGNYY]

They got felton ..who played like **** for them now he's back in ny playing great
Gallo never lived up to hype
Mozgof Idk i havnt heard his name
And Wilson chandler is great imo

I think knicks even tho we waisted our amnesty on billups ...not only did we get melo but now tyson came here cus of melo and I'm sure Jr coming here had something to do with it ..

Fact is if you have a star more stars and great role players are to follow ....

[bringinwood]

Thats why we beat the #1 ranked Spurs. Stop your hating. But then I realize that you're a Rockets fan, so your opinion doesnt matter anyway.

Im glad my boy Lin robbed you guys of 25 million

are you really bragging about an early season victory against an opponent thats matches up well for you guys ???

Wow, NY is desperate for something to hold onto...

NY isn't a title contender and Melo has shown himself to be lazy and selfish throughout his career...

Advantage Denver

[Beltrans Mole]

Both teams got what they wanted and both teams are very competitive. Why does there always have to be a clear-cut winner? I'd say it's basically an even trade. The Knicks do have Melo and you win with stars in this league, so if anyone has the edge in the trade it's the Knicks.

[JiffyMix88]

You should be banned for clicking on threads you dont like just to tell us that you dont like them.....

for one its not that i dont like it its the fact that there is already a bunch of threads about the knicks and y would you bring this up 6 games in the year?

For my opinion any team without Carmelo just got better so Denver still wins

[alexander_37]

I admit Melo is playing the best defense of his career. But it is still average - slightly above average at best.

[Mr. Koobs]

Well Lin has a better Drtg and 3.5x the steals :/ and almost the same amount of blocks

Sure they beat the Heat and the Spurs. The Heat played an aweful game Wade only took 10 shots and Bosh shot under 30%. You can't expect that every time... in a playoff series the current Knicks do not stand a chance.

I don't care how many games the Knicks win.

I don't care how many good teams they beat.

*sticks my fingers in ears*

La La La...

You can't make me respect them.

Isiah Thomas...

No D 'Antoni...

Malik Rose...

Eddy Curry...

I don't care what you say, the Knicks suck. And they always will.

La La La...

[Hawkeye15]

NINETY NINE DEFENSIVE RATING, Lin is one of the better defensive point guards in the league.

meh, defensive rating isn't a good number to look at. Elite defensive teams inflate individuals defensive ratings. I have only watched Lin in around 3 games, and he is playing like I expected him to, though it would be nice to see his long 2 percentage get back to above average.

Looking at Melo's numbers, he isn't playing any better offensively at all this year, and his assist percentage is right back to normal. Defensively, he has been better however, but that can be said of the system working in NY currently.

Again, an NBA season is full of peaks and valley's for both teams. If you NY fans don't think a valley is in your future, be prepared for disappointment.

[nycericanguy]

NINETY NINE DEFENSIVE RATING, Lin is one of the better defensive point guards in the league.

So its not a small sample size only when it helps your argument? Cool...gotcha.

[alexander_37]

meh, defensive rating isn't a good number to look at. Elite defensive teams inflate individuals defensive ratings. I have only watched Lin in around 3 games, and he is playing like I expected him to, though it would be nice to see his long 2 percentage get back to above average.

Looking at Melo's numbers, he isn't playing any better offensively at all this year, and his assist percentage is right back to normal. Defensively, he has been better however, but that can be said of the system working in NY currently.

Again, an NBA season is full of peaks and valley's for both teams. If you NY fans don't think a valley is in your future, be prepared for disappointment.

The Rockets are an elite defensive team?

Drtg proves the whole " he gambles for steals and gets burned " argument invalid.

[JohnStarks94]

The two best players in that trade are melo and felton and we have both.. Seriously now stop.. We beat mia no love, beat the same team twice in a row no love.. U would think after takin out spurs we would get some.. Now thats called envy.. Stop the hate, even chuck gave us props.. I sware if i could be in the room with some of these knick haters.. Tomahawk to the face

[alexander_37]

So its not a small sample size only when it helps your argument? Cool...gotcha.

Oh but it is a fine sample size to say the contract is bad and he is bad .

[nycericanguy]

Oh but it is a fine sample size to say the contract is bad and he is bad .

um i said that?

Ive always said Lin will be solid, but HOU had better options right in house than paying $8.3m for Lin.

[Hawkeye15]

The Rockets are an elite defensive team?

Drtg proves the whole " he gambles for steals and gets burned " argument invalid.

And please explain why the Rox give up 3.2 points per 100 possession more when he is on the floor. My point is, Defensive rating has too many variables outside an individuals contributions to be taken above many other metrics.

[JohnStarks94]

Besides ray i dont even remember the players we gave up for melo... I forget and the played for ny..!