The Knicks have become a force in the NBA with Carmelo Anthony playing out of his mind...stop me if you've heard something like this before. Only a couple of weeks ago the same could have been said with the substitution of Jeremy Lin for Carmelo Anthony and even before that with Amare stoudemire. All three of them have rarely been on the court together because of injuries but when they are...the Knicks do not look like the same dominating team as they look when one of them is running the show. Head Coach Mike Woodson has said he plans on inserting Stoudemire back into the starting lineup as soon as he is healthy and that statement lead to some groaning amongst Knicks fans. Why change a winning formula? A lot of people and anaylist beileve that Stoudemire's return role should be limited to running the second team off the bench so both Melo and him aren't "stepping" on each others toes. Mike Woodson needs to find a way to use and maximize the talent of all his players because a healthy Lin, Melo, Stoudemire and other key pieces like Shumpert, Chandler and JR, the Knicks can be almost unstoppable.
Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/knicks/2012/04/amare-stoudemire-will-step-right-back-into-knicks-starting-lineup-as-soon-as-hes-clea
I think its the constant injuries. Once Amare,Tyson and Lin are back at 100%,they'll be an amazing team.
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