MinsHeartsReezy wrote:sidsanders wrote:MinsHeartsReezy wrote:mrKnickShot wrote:MinsHeartsReezy wrote:CashMoney wrote:IrishKnickFan wrote:ChuckBuck wrote:Ehh didn't read into it as a negative for Lin, but rather a shot to poison pill contracts and this new CBA in general. Let's be honest here, Lin making $5mill next season after only a 25 game sample, and JR Smith accepting less to stay in NY for $2.8mill is a travesty in itself for a proven SG vet that's been in the league 6 years already. That's not even counting the 3rd year $15mill that pretty much puts him in elite Point Guard territory without making a single all star game or playing a single playoff game. Same WTF category as Landry Fields and Omer Asik. Why did Lin have to reneg on the more than fair 4 yr contract and phuck the Knicks in the ass? Alas, Lin's no dummy and taking advantage of his 15 minutes of fame, but let's crucify Melo for stating the obvious that everyone's thinking.
He shouldnt saying anything. All he has to say is no comment
If he were to say no comment there would be 100 threads talking about how Melo doesn't want Lin back. Oh wait a minute......
LOL So true.
Even if he said no comment, he wouldn't have been any better off. People would read into how he said it, his tone, was he smiling, his body language... its RIDICULOUS alright.
The only real solution is to just not do interviews period.
At the end of the day I can't fault Melo for answering a question truthfully and with regard to how he was feeling at the time. I like people who answer questions directly, honestly and say exactly on their minds. I'd take one of those people over the manipulative and deflective kind. That's why I stick to science (facts) and not politics (BS).
Honest interviews are far from smart in NY
I agree with you that it is important to be tactful when expressing your opinion. However, if one is justified in one's opinion, and it is one's right to have an opinion, why should they be villainized?
If anyone should be at fault it's the media for misrepresenting the situation and subsequently the individuals who are eating it up without stopping to think or look into it for themselves.
for athletes (and many others), any thing you say can and will be used against you. it just makes more sense to say nothing. controversy creates $ for media outlets so the less you say, the less they can keep spinning, even if they keep pushing it.
I don't disagree with what you've said at all.
What I am trying to point out is:
1. When it comes to all things Melo and anything he does the saying "you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't," applies. He's never going to win everyone over.
2. You correctly point out that the celebrity or the source is where the media get's its material, however the people are what motivate the media to continue such practices as sensationalism because we are the ones propagating their messages and buying the magazines and paying for their services. We're the one's enabling them, the celebs just provide the material for them to interpret (or purposefully misinterpret). It's a vicious cycle. But it's not the celebs keeping them in business, it's us.
those folks who choose to participate in the madness, indeed. twitter and the like are reaaaaaally making things lame: fake accounts, poorly source data, poor context on given data...
for the celebs, given its ny, you have to be extra careful. nature of the beast. say nothing to your pals as well. all it takes is one of them to flap off and it starts all over.
7/16/2012 1:57 AM