raven wrote:Uptown wrote:raven wrote:Where is Chaos today now the Nuggests have beaten a laker team that included a domintating Bynum, with Gallo leading Denver in scoring and steals?Nowhere as usual.
Those threads are indeed useless.
Overhyping a player (ie: each time Melo scores over 30) or putting him under the ground each time he plays bad (ie: melo against GSW) is just as useless.
Players are human beings, prone to make mistakes.
Sometimes they play well, sometimes not.
Some of them have more talent than others.
Some of them work harder than others.
Some are divas, some are good teammates.
etc.
Most of time, biased narrow minded fans make biased narrow minded posts that lead nowhere except to some short term ego boost... The ''I told you so syndrome'' if you will.
Truth is most of time not plainted in blacks or whites, but more in shadows of grey.
Let's just try to enjoy the game for what it is, since we missed it so much over the last few months.
Go Knicks. Go Nuggets. Go every freaking team that play good ball.
And oh, **** the Nets, just because, you know.
It goes both ways, man. After the trade there were a ton of Knuggets threads and bring back Gallo threads which was a bit annoying. Not to mention, those we were against the trade also started threads where they were calling Melo a Diva, hated the idea that he smiled on the court (imagine a grown man smiling while playing a game, the nerve of him; somebody smack Magic Johnson on the back of his head!) and pretty much nit-picked and ragged on Melo. I agree, I think its time to let it go and move on...both ways. I root for the Blue and Orange. Melo wears blue and orange so I root for him. Gallo no longer wears Blue and Orange so I could care less what he does...
I think that there is a lot of misunderstanding on all that story.
For one, I was really mad when taht trade went down (still is) not because of Melo, who is an awesome talent and the best we got for ages, but for how much the franchise has paid to get him. And seeing how Mozgov defended bynum at times, and how Gallo without being a star can be a great player to have on your starting 5, I get a little worried we really overpaid.
All our eggs are in the same basket now, we're all in. We have to win now or we'll be ****ed again for years.
Thing is, the team to beat is miami and all rosters should be benchmarked to it.
And if you can't beat miami when you're all in, what's the point of allining?
So now, we're in ring or bust mode, there is no other path, wichh generate a lot of expectations from the fans and the media.
You have to pay the price for top tier talent. Had we nixed the deal and remained status quo, forget Miami, we would be competing with the Bucks and Sixers for thr 8th spot in the East. Gallo is a nice player to have in your starting 5 is akin to saying he's a nice complimentary piece. You dont beat the beat the Heat or compete for championships with complintary pieces.
We have players on our roster right now that can go head up with the Heats best. Melo not only gives Lebron fits, but has a winning record against him in the regular season. Amare is a better player than Bosh and can nulify his affectiveness and tyson Chandler gives us that plug in the middle that can bother the Heat who is not a jump shooting team but an attack the basket team. Not saying we are a better team than the Heat right now, but we certainly can compete with them on a level that the previous team could never dream of. BTW, Melo is 27, Amare, I believe is about 28 as is Chandler. We have star power and we are still young. We are all in, but in should last about 4-5 years...Its alot harder to land the star player than it is to find complimentary pieces. We were a team full if complimentary pieces for the last 8-10 years and it landed us outside of the playoffs every time. We have the star players so now its easier to plug the holes...
1/2/2012 2:08 PM
