TripleThreat wrote:jrodmc wrote:There must be some pychological study out there that proves the direct tie from LinLove to MeloHate; or vice versa.
Since Lin left, things have only gotten worse.
Linsanity was the last time the Knicks played true team basketball and had clear rock solid leadership with a future in the locker room.
The Knicks would have simply been better off keeping Lin, Chandler, Jeffries and Novak and trading off Melo. The entire trajectory of the franchise would be different.
The entire Calderon problem is an offshoot of the decision to push Lin off the roster. Of course some of you are going to push the CAA induced media narrative that Lin was a selfish contract hungry mercenary. Never mind he signed the only deal in front of him, which the Knicks told him to pursue ( if they valued him and wanted him, should have signed him without all the pomp and circumstance and risk) That Knicks front office execs were in hiding to avoid getting handed the offer sheet to start the time clock on it was pathetic.
The Knicks found something, albeit via almost dumb luck, that worked for them. It only lasted a few weeks because Melo came back, Melo dogged it until Pringles got clipped, because he couldn't handle the Lin spotlight.
Melo has gotten virtually everything he wanted from the Knicks. And where has it gotten this franchise?
Every positive aspect of the Linsanity situation has been shipped off. And have the Knicks gotten better or worse?
It's not MeloHate, nor is it LinLove, it's Knicks Loyalty. I'm loyal to the Knicks, not Melo. Melo behaves in a manner like he's above the team, above doing the dirty work needed to win, above doing the things required of a "franchise player"
I don't "hate" Melo, I'm just not going to sit here and excuse his behavior, and try to rationalize it like some of you. He's a coach killer, selfish no defense low BB IQ chucker who simply says stupid thing after stupid thing in the press while showing off his latest hat. Right now he's risking further injury, if he's truly hurt at all, just to make it to the All Star game simply for his branding. Great for Melo's branding, but is it great for the Knicks investment in the next four years of him?
Maybe there should be a psychological study done to explain why some folks are ok setting the bar so goddamn low in regards to their loyalty to the Knicks.
Do you really need a 70 year old geriatric first time GM making 60 million plus a first time coach making 25 million to basically tell you that you need to play team basketball to win? The Knicks could have had that if they just left things alone with Lin, accepted they got a gift from the basketball gods, to fill a position of need, at no cost to acquire, who gave them leadership and international appeal and galvanized team basketball and made players around him better.
The Knicks could have saved a hell of a lot of front office money, saved a hell of alot of team assets and have been playing the game the right way since Linsanity started. And if the team won or lost, they would have played team ball, playing the right way, playing tough in a way that Knicks fans could be proud of every night.
2/10/2015 9:56 PM