Comments on: That Was *)(^%^! Awful!

By: TXSCX1

TXSCX1 — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:23:14 +0000

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By: Knicknack

Knicknack — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:29:16 +0000

I remember when the no-lay-up rule was staple to Knick’s basketball. Remember the John starks headbutt, and there was no way Charles Oakley allowed you to stroll down the lane. And the Collins foul wasn’t as bad as any of the “old school” Knick fouls were.

What took place after the foul was unexceptable by all involved. You don’t see that type of action or reaction on the street courts because there aren’t any security guards on the court to keep you from getting killed.

I miss the days when a team would come into the Garden and fear driving the lane. We did this with a great defensive team, but still let you know that the lane had a toll and you will pay the price to drive this lane.

By: KnickerBlogger

KnickerBlogger — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:15:49 +0000

I’ve just deleted every comment with that word in it. Language like that is not acceptable here.

By: hoolahoop

hoolahoop — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:00:58 +0000

That’s classic. The Knicks don’t want to be disrespected in their own house.

Get rid of the malcontents and acquire guys who love playing basketball – the type that would play even if they weren’t getting paid.

By: Dan Panorama

Dan Panorama — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:53:10 +0000

Man, fuck Mardy Collins. What has this guy done to prove himself that lets him get any sympathy? What cred has he earned that he can draw on from playin 2 minues a game that he absolutely has to pull that flagrant-two BS in the last minute of a game to defend the knicks rep? Guy’s a bad seed and should have no future with the Knicks. If we don’t want to be embarassed by teams in the last minute we should WIN THE DAMN GAMES AND PLAY SOME DEFENSE.

Also Carmelo is a coward and will never fully live this down. His reputation as a fugazi is going to be floating around for the rest of his career. Oh, I’m sorry did I just snitch on the guy? I really should stop that.

By: cool hand

cool hand — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:37:49 +0000

Mardy’s foul was hard, and probably uncalled for. But I do not blame the brawl on him, in fact it was heartening to see a knick make that kind of statement. The nugs have been layin it up all night, let them sit on their ass.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:18:35 +0000

Think of it this way, if this was baseball, and the team was down by 15 runs, top of the 9th, and the other team is still bunting to get the runs across, I would expect any pitcher to buzz the next hitter. Is that worse than what Mardy did after JR just pulled off a 360? Nope. Sure they’re running up the score, but stop showboating in the process. Alex is right, it is an unwritten rule.

All in all, i hope mardy, jared, isiah gets 1-3, JR and nate to get 5-8 and carmelo to get at least 10-15. Fact is, when emotions are high after something like a flagrant foul, you can expect at least some kind of trouble. But sucker punching someone, is something the league, for whatever reason should hope never allow to happen again, because those things are really what would escalate a full scale brawl. Just imagine what if Jared actually got to carmelo.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:57:15 +0000

No, it’s not a black and white thing. If Michael Jordan, Magic, or David Robison was involved in a fight I wouldn’t call them a thug. It’s how you present yourself. Nate Robison acts like a thug and needs to go. Larry Brown warned us about Nate’s antics.

By: JK47

JK47 — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:54:49 +0000

Karl shouldn?t have pulled the classless move of having his starters in that late in the game.

I’ll say it again– you don’t like getting beat, try playing harder. Period. Crying about getting beat and committing cheap shot fouls just because the better team left their starters in is just weak. The Knicks are atrocious at home– the fans very well know the team stinks. Being petty and playing dirty isn’t going to make anybody “respect” this team.

If this was a tough, hard-nosed defensive team I could accept it. But they play no defense for 43 minutes, and then get all pissy when they get scored on? Come on. Isiah pulled a Buddy Ryan here, complete with the threat to Anthony before the flagrant happened. It was a punk move by a punk coach.

If you want a “tough” team, maybe you should avoid filling your roster with the softest players in the NBA. That’s the most surefire way to make sure good teams don’t show you up.

By: Duff Soviet Union

Duff Soviet Union — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:51:30 +0000

“And I never really understand why whenever something like this happens in the NBA the first thing out of peoples mouths is ?spoiled?, ?overpaid?, ?thug?, ?thuggery?, ?unprofessional?, ?disrespectful?, etc. Why don?t we hear this when it happens in baseball? Hockey players fight EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.” Gee, wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact that most NBA players are black and most hockey players are white, would it? No, that’s crazy. There’s no racism in America.