Post by raven on Dec 23, 2014 19:47:02 GMT
"Carmelo Anthony has been the spokesman for the Knicks the past couple of years and has had some memorable words about their struggles. But one of the team's most respected and least vocal players may have gotten right to the root of this team's major issue.
"Maybe we don't have enough talent to win," Pablo Prigioni said after the Knicks sank to 5-25 with Sunday's 118-108 loss in Toronto.
Prigioni, 37, has had a decorated career internationally and is one of the smartest players on the team. The Knicks have two more losses than the 76ers, who might have the least talent in the NBA. Philadelphia never pretended it could compete for the playoffs, but the Knicks thought they would. Phil Jackson said as much.
Yet the Knicks have the NBA's second-worst record, have lost 15 of 16 and will take a five-game losing streak into their Christmas Day game against the Wizards.
"I don't have the right answer or the explanation to know why we are in this situation," Prigioni said. "I'm a positive guy and I always think the next game is going to be better than the last game. And 30 games into the season and we are in a very bad position."
The championship runs that first-time president Jackson and first-time coach Derek Fisher experienced were supposed to help change the culture, and the triangle offense was going to take the load off Anthony and make the Knicks hard to guard -- no matter the talent level."
But none of that has happened. The triangle critics believe more than ever that it's not effective unless you have Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Kobe Bryant or Shaquille O'Neal."
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