3G4G wrote:Hersports85 wrote:3G4G wrote:Hersports85 wrote:Durant is being criticized for his down the stretch play EVERYWHERE today. But I guess on Ultimate Knicks, the only person you can criticize is Melo. LOL go figure. How many times did Lebron get murdered for the same exact thing the year before last? Nothing wrong with saying that Durant need Westbrook or that he has to perform better down the stretch and that has nothing to do with Melo nor does it take away from Durant's game.
My God... man up! Can't have a discussion about basketball without the same talking points being thrown around. Ok ... we get how you feel, add something else to the discussion.
I'm one of those who have criticized him and my criticism goes back to his overall state of mind. He comes off a little fragile IMO. He's still a better player than Carmelo. But if this makes the pillow a little fluffier at night I guess I understand.
He is a better player, I don't think anyone denied that. Nor did I even bring Melo into the discussion, matter of fact I think it was Brent Barry last night who was the first to say - Melo would get killed for this - something along those lines.
Anyway, OKC Vs Mem has nothing to do with what the knicks are doing. I just stated that Durant need help and has to perform better and people have a problem with those statements. It's always an agenda on this board. And a lot of jumping on team bandwagons.
Maybe it's the opposite, maybe some others need their pillows a little fluffier because I have no problem sleeping at night. It's just basketball ... nothing about it is personal for me because I don't personally know these players.
It's just a serious problem when you can't talk about how a player need to improve without someone taking a shot at Melo or how they don't like how our team is built.
Well to be more accurate this thread of late has been about stamping down Durant to prop up Melo. There is nothing wrong with being an efficient player. No one said being efficient=Chips.
I think if fans took their Melo love out of this thread..OKC has a little but of the same problems this series as we're having with the Pacers. The overall performance of role players has been lacking, the noticeable difference is Durant has carried his weight for the most part with exception to late game execution...... while Melo is struggling to find a groove through the games period.
I completely agree. However, despite other players performing horribly, both Durant and Melo could have won a game for their team by performing better, whether down the stretch or in crunch time.
Melo - Need to put together a complete game of shooting better, rebounding and passing.
Durant - does this for most of the game, but in the last 2 games, he has "choked" in the 4th and OT. Those 2 missed freethrows and jumper in game 3 when the score was tied killed their chances.
Bottom line, both performances ended in losses for each one ... They have to perform on the level or somewhat close to Lebron when those role players fail to step up
