newyorknewyork wrote:

arkrud wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

arkrud wrote:

fishmike wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:

arkrud wrote:It is all about opinions... our reality is only exists in our mind.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/melo-no-longer-interest-guts-seize-olympic-moment-article-1.2743338

Ebenezer Samuel, really...? Now that Melo has made a statement, is he supposed to be subject to criticism of every reporter in the country for not fighting every waking min for this cause? He at least made a statement and he said it needed to be done together. So now this idiot chooses to vilify him when he himself hasn't done anything.

Melo -- “While I don’t have a solution, and I’m pretty sure a lot of people don’t have a solution, we need to come together more than anything at this time. We need each other. These politicians have to step up and fight for change. I’m calling for all my fellow ATHLETES to step up and take charge.”

How many athletes stepped up after the super friends made a statement...?

Like the 4 of them can decide to move the All-Star game...smh.
The league listened to the voice of the athletes and I am sure some of that had influence on Adam Silver announcing to move the All-star game.

It's very easy for this idiot reporter to sit behind a desk and criticize Melo (since that's clearly the tone of the report as opposed to a plea) for something that's not Melo's fulltime job.

Why doesn't this reporter take those statements to a local politician and see what measures are being taken towards change if he's really sooooo interested in it, as opposed to writing multiple articles criticizing Melo for not taking enough action. Or go after other prominent athletes (especially white ones) who have failed to make any sort of loud public statement on the topic. Here's looking at you Bradys and Mannings of America.

He's the same guy that went after Jeter I think when Ali passed.

I looked at his content. Its trash. Nothing but his opinions and a desperate attempt to shock. Nobody cares about what this dummy has to say working for the Enquirer of sports

Melo did the talk but who will do the work?
Who will propose the legislation for handling police brutality and authority and insist on it going to congress?
And who will step up to protect the victim with civil law suites against police/governments to get sizable compensations and keep the issue in the eye of the public opinion as long as possible?
Who will finance this efforts?
Why millionaires athletes cannot do this?
Too much work? Too much damage to the possible endorsements? To much trouble? To much real money to spend?

On a day when yahoo and the LA Times have articles out praising Melo for his leadership we are going to focus on Melo not being enough of a social activist? Did he run over your cat or something? The article that you cited was written by a guy that went after Derek Jeter when Muhammad Ali died. However, in his current piece he praises Melo but wants him to do more. The author appears to be trying to make a name for himself by being provocative. I know at least one publication went after him for his trashing of Jeter. Maybe this stuff gets him more clicks and puts his name out there more. His Jeter article sucked. Is anyone a gamer that has read his video game reviews? Has he written anything decent?

I do not care about this article and his author.
I have legit questions about people talking about this issue and nothing being done or even proposed to tackle it.
So much noise with nothing to show for it.
Is really anybody interested in solving this or just cry and vane about it?
And this is the latest finding about Melo's native Baltimore:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/09/us/baltimore-justice-department-report/index.html
Perfect time for him to start working on it here. Put some bridges between minorities and police.
Make powers use force with the back thought about public eye on them and much more.

I know he set up a meeting in LA and then donated money to Challengers boys and girls club. Would like Melo and other wealthy entertainers to develop a network though to find, develop and fund politicians that will actually have interest in creating the needed change locally. Develop banks that will offer necessary loans for development, private schools that will properly educate youth etc. And use influence and star appeal to get the necessary support.

Melo isn't MLK though, he is an entertainer and supposedly good businessman with some money.

Yep... it will be great if they will do something in this lines.

jrodmc wrote:

Dagger wrote:Fantastic game by melo tonight vs. Australia, a man among boys, carrying a team of all-stars that mostly didn't show up. It's amazing how much he's changed from 2004 to now, I expect great things this year from him.

Yeah, it's really such a shame he can't lead. Wow, and did that stat line even look slightly efficient, too? What the eff was that about?