Uptown wrote:fishmike wrote:jrodmc wrote:fishmike wrote:Marcala12 wrote:it's like the Melo haters feel obliged to go at it 200% when Melo is playing his best basketball. Who cares if prime Garnett was slightly better than Melo? That being the case certainly isn't a knock on Melo.
yea... here's some perspective. Your a poster on sports forum who hates your teams best player and have spent the last couple of years dogging him to anyone that will listen all over the internet, and after in pouring word after word you might *just* have convinced someone on the internet that Melo might be a slight notch below a guy whos been MVP and is a first ballot HOF player.Yea... good job DK-TFK... keep fighting the good fight
Hey, fish, leave tkf's little brother alone. 
And have you noticed how Somberly quiet it gets in here when some douchebag cancer franchise record holding selfish smiling doesn't make anyone better Knick has a few nights shooting 50% from the field?
Melo wasnt NOT great here right after the trade. He struggled to fit in, and we saw more than a few moments Melo went out and things took off (Linsanity). He didnt gel with a few players, didnt gel with the coach who tried to put him in a few roles none of which worked. He followed up big games with horrible ones and he shot us out of games in that first Boston series as well.As you remember I was quite displeased with him considering the price tag.
But
I watched, and watched and watched.
The Knicks got better, and last year they hit a win total not seen since 33 patrolled the paint, and did so built around an innefficient chucker who doesnt defend, is an average rebounder and alienates teammates (tongue and cheek.. yea).
Ive watched Melo game after game and he brings it. He plays his ass off. He hates losing.
Its not my job to convince fans that Melo is great. Thats HIS job, but for phucks sakes at some point you have to open your eyes. If your waiting for Melo to lead us to some deep playoff runs thats fair, but if you dont ack that this guy has been a top flight player for us your just not being honest. I get the knocks, and thats fine.. but what these other donkees are doing are simply littering all these threads with the same redundant crap over and over again. It strikes me as strange behavior. Even for a Knick fan
This is one of the most honest posts I've seen on this site in some time....I certainly remember when you weren't very fond of Melo because I've gone back and forth with you several times.....The fact that you 'as you say' "opened your eyes" shows that you were not posting with an agenda. Too bad the same can't be said about some others....Strange behavior indeed.....
I try not be knee jerk... I try to be wait and see but during all those horrible Isiah, Larry Brown, etc, etc years I was dying to just see this team rebuilt. Walsh came in and wasnt perfect but he gutted the roster, drafted some decent talent and things were getting good. We had a young core with Amare (who was playing like a true star) and max cap space. Sky seemed like the limit. Then we overpaid for a guy who couldnt win a playoff game and took 50 shots a game.
But there is more to Melo than that, and JVG used to talk about how bigtime NBA player could impose their will on a game and Melo can do that. Ive seen enough of Melo head to head vs. the elite players of the NBA to see clearly he belongs among them. Yes his game has holes, but if your lucky enough to have a player as good as Melo your MO should be to build around those.
Im still not ra ra ra Melo is god, but the garbage I hear from TFK and DK is just that. Calling a guy "Meloser" when he's one of like 5 NBA players who have never had a single losing season, or "he should only be paid $10-12mm a year" type comments. Stupid and insulting to anyone who doesnt have a personal agenda against this guy.
At least Bonn (disagree as I may) can say why he doesnt like MElo's game (inefficient) but these other guys.. they are like 8 year olds. I keep waiting to hear "I know you are but what am I"
I love the Knicks. I casually followed the NBA as a youth but I fell in love with the Knicks of the 90s. The year they went to the finals I was 20 and was diagnnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma (cancer). I spent that year lying around a whole lot while I was getting destroyed by chemo and radiation. Im 6'3 and weigh about 195. That year I dropped to 137lbs. I looked like a concentration camp refugee. When your that sick you focus on one day at a time and whatever keeps you going. Know what kept me going more than anything? The Knicks. I watched every minute. I developed quiet an emotional attachment to them, and as brutal as that game 7 loss was that was a great ride.
So while I want a title run, I also understand there is a process, and Im damn glad to see the Knick simply playing good ball and being in it again. As you know Im hardly a koolaid drinker, but I can be won over and lost over... slowly. Melo has done it right way. He's played his arse off, yielded Knick wins and his play is noticed around the NBA. All star starter, scoring title, 3rd in MVP voting... sure, you can tear apart any one of those, but when you look at the big picture this is a pretty impressive player. I hope we can build something better than what we have.
"winning is more fun... then fun is fun" -Thibs
1/31/2014 12:59 PM
