The triangle offense worked well when Phil Jackson was a coach for the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan, and the Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant, but it’s been critiqued a lot on its use with the New York Knicks. Many people felt it just wouldn’t work with this team, but Jackson has been dedicated to keeping it, and improving the Knicks use of the infamous offense. Jackson was asked it Carmelo Anthony can fit in the triangle, and he made it clear that Melo can.
“Carmelo a lot of times wants to hold the ball longer than — we have a rule: If you hold a pass two seconds, you benefit the defense. So he has a little bit of a tendency to hold it for three, four, five seconds, and then everybody comes to a stop,” Jackson said in an interview with CBS Sports Network that aired Tuesday. “That is one of the things we work with. But he’s adjusted to [the triangle], he knows what he can do and he’s willing to see its success.”
“He can play that role that Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant played,” Jackson said. “It’s a perfect spot for him to be in that isolated position on the weak side, because it’s an overload offense and there’s a weakside man that always has an advantage if the ball is swung.”
It is a little funny that Jackson is saying Melo can play the role MJ and Kobe played but he has to work on being a ball hog. It kinda sounds a little like an oxymoron. But, both Anthony and the Knicks are playing well so far this season.
Anthony is averaging 23.5 points (43.6 percent shooting), six rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. At 12-9, New York is three games over .500 for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
source: ESPN
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