Melo only had 6 points last night in the loss to the Mavericks.
Linsinity has died down and the Knicks are struggling to find their identity. There should never be a game were Melo doesn’t have double digits, so there is definitely a problem.
The question is who is causing it?
‘Melo isn’t entirely sure of his place in the new alignment, something his coach admits is a struggle for everyone at the moment, and Anthony says it’s been tough to adjust to not having the ball in his hands so much.
Anthony scored 6 points in a 2-of-12 disaster and sat and watched the second unit nearly steal a win over the defending champion Mavericks. As a capper, Anthony bolted the locker room early, heading for the bus, saying to a reporter, “Not tonight.” Fifteen minutes later, Melo returned to the locker-room area to speak to a small group of writers and admitted adjusting to the new alignment has him confused on the court.
The Knicks fell to the Mavs, 95-85, last night to go 2-4 since Melo returned to a new structure created by Jeremy Lin, whose emergence stoked a 7-0 spurt with Melo missing most of those games with a groin injury. “I think any time you go from the early part of the season and having the ball and distributing and now waiting for it to come to me, it’s quite an adjustment for myself,” said Anthony.
What Melo is really saying, is he is struggling with not having the ball in his hands the majority of the time. If Melo is the superstar he and the Knicks claim he is, he needs to figure out a way to adjust.
He has a tendency to pout (glad he came back into the locker room because he has pulled that running out on media stunt before) and gets frustrated when he isn’t the center of attention.
Melo’s way wasn’t working, so he needs to get with the program, because the Knicks will be looking at another 1st round sweep unless the man they traded half the team for, proves his worth.
