Juice wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

Juice wrote:

ATrain wrote:

Juice wrote:I thought Melo told us earlier NO MORE BULLY BALL?

seriously, what did you expect with the amount of time left?

Pull up J or bank shot, then he probably gets the Superstar call. I mean he's only been called for charging like 2-3 times before that drive plus a couple travels. Pull up Melo, understand the situation. Remember he's supposed to be the closer. This happened before too to Melo against the Spurs at home being called for a charge drawn by Ginobli. I guess he hasn't learned.

Come on man. You take it to the rim and put the pressure on the refs. I prefer him not to take a Mr Softie jumper when the lane is wide open.

What part about him being called for charging plays prior to aren't you grasping? He had the guy trailing him pull up if he's looking for fouls A LA bait Billups but you can't go Karl Malone in that case when a guy was located in the area to draw the charge.

honestly, melo had started in the air when samuels slid under him. I would be perfectly fine if they eliminated offensive fouls for help defenders... just take that out of the rule book.. it is a BS call.. also when a guy passes the ball off and runs into a guy, calling that a fould is also BS.....

AnubisADL wrote:

Juice wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

Juice wrote:

ATrain wrote:

Juice wrote:I thought Melo told us earlier NO MORE BULLY BALL?

seriously, what did you expect with the amount of time left?

Pull up J or bank shot, then he probably gets the Superstar call. I mean he's only been called for charging like 2-3 times before that drive plus a couple travels. Pull up Melo, understand the situation. Remember he's supposed to be the closer. This happened before too to Melo against the Spurs at home being called for a charge drawn by Ginobli. I guess he hasn't learned.

Come on man. You take it to the rim and put the pressure on the refs. I prefer him not to take a Mr Softie jumper when the lane is wide open.

What part about him being called for charging plays prior to aren't you grasping? He had the guy trailing him pull up if he's looking for fouls A LA bait Billups but you can't go Karl Malone in that case when a guy was located in the area to draw the charge.

If he pulled up and gets stripped/blocked from behind or bricks the shot then what would you say. Driving strong to the basket means a higher percentage shot and the likelihood of drawing a foul.

Im pretty sure 8 out of 10 times that call goes Melo's way.

I think it's bad basketball but Billups does it all the time players run up his back and he gets fouled. I doubt Parker blocks his shot from behind trailing him but then again Melo the Superstar was getting his ish pushed in all night mixed with bunny hopping so maybe you're on to something.....

tkf wrote:

Juice wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

Juice wrote:

ATrain wrote:

Juice wrote:I thought Melo told us earlier NO MORE BULLY BALL?

seriously, what did you expect with the amount of time left?

Pull up J or bank shot, then he probably gets the Superstar call. I mean he's only been called for charging like 2-3 times before that drive plus a couple travels. Pull up Melo, understand the situation. Remember he's supposed to be the closer. This happened before too to Melo against the Spurs at home being called for a charge drawn by Ginobli. I guess he hasn't learned.

Come on man. You take it to the rim and put the pressure on the refs. I prefer him not to take a Mr Softie jumper when the lane is wide open.

What part about him being called for charging plays prior to aren't you grasping? He had the guy trailing him pull up if he's looking for fouls A LA bait Billups but you can't go Karl Malone in that case when a guy was located in the area to draw the charge.

honestly, melo had started in the air when samuels slid under him. I would be perfectly fine if they eliminated offensive fouls for help defenders... just take that out of the rule book.. it is a BS call.. also when a guy passes the ball off and runs into a guy, calling that a fould is also BS.....

The NBA needs to address a lot of things and I think they will this summer. I think the point you made is valid but needless to say it's been called this way for such a long time. If offensive players can decide game with cheap calls and being serenaded to the line well defensive players/plays should be afforded the same. It's gotta be both ways. When the NBA failed to address the flopping issue I think we all saw it was a sign of bad things to come. It's ironic to see a Superstar not get a Superstar call isn't it? This was a time you'd prefer the Superstar call be made right?

For the record although Melo had tons of costly errors tonight he was the furthest reason as to why we lost. He played an overall well rounded game.

CrushAlot wrote:

93BUICK wrote:Byron has a douchey personality but got to the finals twice and the N.O. team w CP3's first big year was well coached too-
But if/when gets replaced the only clear upgrades are Phil Jax and Popovich- unless you believe in Adelman or Rick Carlisle
I can't see Byron being a Knick coach- I just can't!

I think Scott has been blessed by having extremely talented point guards run his team. When he was in nj his substitutions were almost on the second every game. There was the famous incident where his assistants set him up to prove he didn't watch tape. He is famous for his naps and golf outings and both probably have gotten him fired in the past. I don't want either D'Antoni or Scott in NY and I don't think either is a good coach.

The question is will this team ever gel??

tkf wrote:

Juice wrote:

tkf wrote:

Juice wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:

Juice wrote:

ATrain wrote:

Juice wrote:I thought Melo told us earlier NO MORE BULLY BALL?

seriously, what did you expect with the amount of time left?

Pull up J or bank shot, then he probably gets the Superstar call. I mean he's only been called for charging like 2-3 times before that drive plus a couple travels. Pull up Melo, understand the situation. Remember he's supposed to be the closer. This happened before too to Melo against the Spurs at home being called for a charge drawn by Ginobli. I guess he hasn't learned.

Come on man. You take it to the rim and put the pressure on the refs. I prefer him not to take a Mr Softie jumper when the lane is wide open.

What part about him being called for charging plays prior to aren't you grasping? He had the guy trailing him pull up if he's looking for fouls A LA bait Billups but you can't go Karl Malone in that case when a guy was located in the area to draw the charge.

honestly, melo had started in the air when samuels slid under him. I would be perfectly fine if they eliminated offensive fouls for help defenders... just take that out of the rule book.. it is a BS call.. also when a guy passes the ball off and runs into a guy, calling that a fould is also BS.....

The NBA needs to address a lot of things and I think they will this summer. I think the point you made is valid but needless to say it's been called this way for such a long time. If offensive players can decide game with cheap calls and being serenaded to the line well defensive players/plays should be afforded the same. It's gotta be both ways. When the NBA failed to address the flopping issue I think we all saw it was a sign of bad things to come. It's ironic to see a Superstar not get a Superstar call isn't it? This was a time you'd prefer the Superstar call be made right?

For the record although Melo had tons of costly errors tonight he was the furthest reason as to why we lost. He played an overall well rounded game.

yea, I agree, but melo did what you are supposed to do in that situation.. you beat your man, you go to the rack... suprised he didn't get that call...

But as you said, this team has other problems, and our guards defense is a huge problem.. TD did a horrible job defending scrubs like sessions..

as far as our big man situation.. we need another big to help amare out.. I mean really, letting a clown like samardo samuels think he belongs on this level is a joke.. to have him poking his chest out vs us is inexcuseable!!!

As I was concerned will Brown get into the PECKING ORDER? Man I hate this coach. Fans keep calling our GM/Pres moves great ones yet they're usually last resort options on his part utilizing them. I do not and never have understood the Effries love affair and I hope all those who were endorsing the move can see how flawed it is. Look Effries may be 6'11" but he isn't a center. We saw it for 2yrs here he wasn't one. Why are we trying to fool ourselves into thinking he is one while all 29 NBA teams knows he isn't a center and probably relish playing us while he's on the floor. There's less than 20gms left what is D'AnToni waiting on to see in players he never will?

This year is so close to such a waste. We were on a very good track and it's unfortunate we cracked. Meanwhile Moz is getting DNP'd and AR is getting PT being more productive than a couple of our starters the past 2gms.....UNREAL!

Don't worry guys Nixluva will straighten this all out for D'AnToni and send everything over to the team via email to get Amar'e and Melo right

WOW!