Frustrated with his lack of shots Knicks guard Latrell Sprewell is lobbying for a bigger piece of the offensive pie, Marc Berman of the New York Times is reporting.

While Sprewell questioned whether Chaney's new motion offense accentuates the individual scoring skills of himself and Allan Houston, Berman writes that part of the blame can squarely be placed on Sprewell himself, who to this point has been too unselfish in giving up the ball.

'A perfect example was in Wednesday's Orlando loss. He sprinted upcourt in the final 10 seconds with the club trailing by one point. Instead of taking it himself into the lane, he dished to Kurt Thomas far from the hoop,' writes Berman.  Being one of the focal points of the team it is up to Sprewell or Houston to take over in situations like this, to lead their team to victory and earn their large pay checks.

Sprewell is claiming he is ready to start taking more shots, but he'll need his coaches help if he really is going to be effective. Gone are the isolation plays for Sprewell and Houston, and now in its place is a motion offense which promotes cutting and ball movement.

Asked if he should be taking more shots, Sprewell said, "Probably. We need to figure out how. But the one thing is, if teams are doubling and trapping me, as long Kurt [Thomas] and other guys are getting good quality shots, I don't mind. I'm not saying I have to get 25 shots a night. I don't know if it's me being more aggressive, or calling more plays [for me], or what have you. But I'd like to see the numbers go up a little bit."

"We're doing some of it, but we may have to go back to doing it more," Sprewell said, referring to the old Knicks play where he'd post up. "Coach wanted to run more of a motion-type offense and, in my opinion, it's get the best players the ball, let them make decisions and put the game on them."