FrenchKnicks wrote:

matt wrote:Just finished. US won by 156-73, and yes Melo played only 14 minutes. Insane

Is it really insane to think that a selfish player like Melo would take so many shots in such a short period of time ? Not really...

Now he scored most of the shots he took against a weak opposition, but that just shows you he's still and will always be the same player.

14 minutes my man. It's almOst impossible to be selfish in 14 minutes and have that kind of output.

Give it up.

I wish Melo would save some of this for October, December and April.

Melo is an NBA all star. Watching him light it up against 3rd world countries holds less excitement than watching Majec Lampe dominate the summer league. Nobody on this forum has every said Melo isnt a good player. Dude can play

misterearl wrote:The Ugly American

fishmike - Watching him light it up against 3rd world countries holds less excitement than watching Majec Lampe dominate the summer league.

Way to go. The Olympics offer a prime opportunity to insult your global neighbors.

Nigeria sits on some of the best quality oil reserves in The World.

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Monday) is a as vibrant and modern as it gets.

Does anyone else not see that as simply running up the score and embarrassing your opponent? I mean... once your up 50 maybe you walk it up and drain the shot clock?

In baseball the equivelent to what team USA is doing would be like stealing bases when your winning 15-0 in the 8th inning. Coach K should be ashamed.

Ugly American indeed Earl... is this interesting for people to watch?

fishmike wrote:

misterearl wrote:The Ugly American

fishmike - Watching him light it up against 3rd world countries holds less excitement than watching Majec Lampe dominate the summer league.

Way to go. The Olympics offer a prime opportunity to insult your global neighbors.

Nigeria sits on some of the best quality oil reserves in The World.

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Monday) is a as vibrant and modern as it gets.

I dont have insult my global neighbors, team USA did it for me.

Does anyone else not see that as simply running up the score and embarrassing your opponent? I mean... once your up 50 maybe you walk it up and drain the shot clock?

In baseball the equivelent to what team USA is doing would be like stealing bases when your winning 15-0 in the 8th inning. Coach K should be ashamed.

Ugly American indeed Earl... is this interesting for people to watch?

"We didn't play LeBron [James] and Kobe [Bryant] in the second half, and with Carmelo shooting like that, we benched him," Krzyzewski said. "We didn't take any fast breaks in the fourth quarter, and we played all zone. You have to take a shot every 24 seconds, and the shots we took happened to be hit.
"I take offense to this question because there's no way in the world that our program in the United States sets out to humiliate anyone."

in Judo and boxing, wrestling...it would be embarrassing if a guy was so good that they showed mercy, and then end up losing because they didn't want to embarrass the opponent....

Go hard and destroy, and then kiss and hug afterward.

Gymkata wrote:

fishmike wrote:

misterearl wrote:The Ugly American

fishmike - Watching him light it up against 3rd world countries holds less excitement than watching Majec Lampe dominate the summer league.

Way to go. The Olympics offer a prime opportunity to insult your global neighbors.

Nigeria sits on some of the best quality oil reserves in The World.

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Monday) is a as vibrant and modern as it gets.

I dont have insult my global neighbors, team USA did it for me.

Does anyone else not see that as simply running up the score and embarrassing your opponent? I mean... once your up 50 maybe you walk it up and drain the shot clock?

In baseball the equivelent to what team USA is doing would be like stealing bases when your winning 15-0 in the 8th inning. Coach K should be ashamed.

Ugly American indeed Earl... is this interesting for people to watch?

"We didn't play LeBron [James] and Kobe [Bryant] in the second half, and with Carmelo shooting like that, we benched him," Krzyzewski said. "We didn't take any fast breaks in the fourth quarter, and we played all zone. You have to take a shot every 24 seconds, and the shots we took happened to be hit.
"I take offense to this question because there's no way in the world that our program in the United States sets out to humiliate anyone."

Chuck, Im like the happiest dude I know. No idea why you would think Im miserable.

Team USA aside, is there a better player in the Olympics than Melo? Might put Parker and Gasol in a similar class but you cant make any reasonable arguement that those guys are better than Melo. When your bench player is heads above the other teams starters your gonna see some ugly scores.

It was cool when first dream team destroyed everyone, because there was a message to be sent there. I just dont think these matches are that interesting. Win = ho hum. Lose = epic disaster.

Watching that little Gabby girl kick was cool!