Comments on: Heat Checkmate

By: PutInRolando

PutInRolando — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:46:34 +0000

Thanks for your terrific writing. You’ve made me laugh during many dark days this season.
Knicks will never compete and win with Melo. He’s an ABA gunner, born too late for his era, and he’s never going to change. Trotting back on defense will always be his style. His teammates will always know he is a sucking black-hole, and they will never play inspired ball with him as their “leader.” It’s no fun to play with that type of teammate, and, while he can be fun to watch at times, he will leave Knicks fans grimacing at the end of tough games and early playoff losses.

By: BKQuick1

BKQuick1 — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:13:50 +0000

What a season! As it is now the conclusion of my first year as a subscriber/reader of this site, I must applaud all the contributers! You guys made an often frustrating season a bit more bearable.

I’m still confounded by all the Melo hate expressed here. Did anyone expect him to singlehandedly beat Boston last year (a team with a so called B3, actually 4 including Rondo) or succeed as the only consistent offensive threat this year against Miami (another team with a legitimate 3 all star caliber players)? No Shump, a wounded Stoudamire, no Lin, no Davis, a wounded Jeffries, a seemingly tired as hell Chandler, Bibby as your starting pg and it’s Melo’s fault we couldn’t beat arguably the best team in the league???? Seriously????

I know Melo has his flaws and I wish he played with more Jordan, Koby, Garnett or even Ewing type fire, put forth more consistent effort on D and the boards (although we all know that Stoudamire is an even greater culprit in this regard) but given what he was surrounded with at the end, I just have a hard time faulting the guy for all that ails my Knicks right now.

By: Jim Cavan

Jim Cavan — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:34:57 +0000

Thanks you guys. We had a blast writing the recaps, and are thrilled they helped ease the pain somewhat.

Onward and upward!

By: New Guy

New Guy — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:23:27 +0000

But you did perfectly sum up 14 months worth of internet arguing in one succinct post!

By: New Guy

New Guy — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:22:35 +0000

Call me a Capulet.

By: 2FOR18

2FOR18 — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:38:46 +0000

The funny thing is that with all of the arguments between the Montagues and the Capulets, there’s probably not much difference in terms of what we all expect next year – probably a 4 seed and a 2nd round exit.
The Montagues say “that’s better than the past 12 years, yay”; the Capulets say “is that all there is after going through the great purge to get us 2 max players? Great, let’s party.”

By: New Guy

New Guy — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:30:04 +0000

The Honorable Cock Jowles: He’s saying that it was more obligatory professional-sports flattery than an accurate representation of the series’s difficulty, which is ammo for Melo-haters, not ruruland. You can’t say, “So Melo’s not too hard to stop after all, huh?” after losing a five-game series by a margin of 70 points.

You got it. Not that I want to give anyone ammo, or stoke the flames of that argument again (I don't). It just seemed an odd thing to cite as support for his position. I recall the Celtics making similar gracious comments. And I imagine there is a long list of coaches/teams who beat Carmelo Anthony in the first round and had nice things to say about him.

By: New Guy

New Guy — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:24:35 +0000

Doug: I’m not sure if I understand what you’re trying to say.

Receiving gracious flattery from the teams that vanquish you in the first round speaks more to Owen's point (that you won't win a title w Melo) than RuRu's (that you can). It IS false chatter. They DID stop him. You can be smug and say "false chatta" when we actually win a series and the coach says: "we couldn't stop that guy." Not when the opposing team just dismantled your offense most of a five game series, and politely throws you a bone after.

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:21:33 +0000

After winning a five-game series by 70 points total. It would be "unsportsmanlike."

By: The Honorable Cock Jowles

The Honorable Cock Jowles — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:20:42 +0000

Doug: I’m not sure if I understand what you’re trying to say.

He's saying that it was more obligatory professional-sports flattery than an accurate representation of the series's difficulty, which is ammo for Melo-haters, not ruruland. You can't say, "So Melo's not too hard to stop after all, huh?" after losing a five-game series by a margin of 70 points.