On the NBA's offensive scale of frigid to fiery, New York Knicks scoring forward Carmelo Anthony grades out as inflammable.
The 30-year-old is as lethal as point producers come at this level, a 6'8", 235-pound machine with three-point touch, a powerful post game and a vast array of weaponry at all areas in between.
But the Knicks need more than Melo. As this franchise traverses its seemingly unending road to relevance, its first scheduled stop is a familiar one: respectability. There are too many defensive gaps to hope for anything higher, and even this checkpoint could prove hard to reach if the Knicks can't reignite their supporting cast.
Alarm sirens blared throughout the Big Apple amid last season's 37-win debacle. There were defensive, coaching and character concerns raised along the way, but too little attention was given to the one area that may well have cost this franchise its playoff ticket: offensive execution.
There's a reason the struggles at that end of the floor were easily to overlook. New York's defense was disastrous (106.5 points allowed per 100 possessions, 24th overall), while its offense c ...
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