knickscity wrote:

subzero0 wrote:

knickscity wrote:The league is aware of it and has no issues....

“There are no prohibitions against having audio equipment in the arena,” an NBA spokesman said.

According to a league source, the decision to employ the microphones was made to protect the combustible Anthony from another “he said-he said’’ dispute by having an audio record of what’s said on the court. The carefully calibrated mics transmit audio feeds into recorders in trucks on the Garden loading docks.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/d ... GDmhUWaHuI

Imagine if your boss at work had super sensitive microphones trained on you every second while you were on the job. Yea, that is the perfect environment to feel comfortable in.

I already have that, dont be surprised but most jobs do.

I don't why people eat this garbage up.

Anji wrote:

knickscity wrote:

subzero0 wrote:

knickscity wrote:The league is aware of it and has no issues....

“There are no prohibitions against having audio equipment in the arena,” an NBA spokesman said.

According to a league source, the decision to employ the microphones was made to protect the combustible Anthony from another “he said-he said’’ dispute by having an audio record of what’s said on the court. The carefully calibrated mics transmit audio feeds into recorders in trucks on the Garden loading docks.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/d ... GDmhUWaHuI

Imagine if your boss at work had super sensitive microphones trained on you every second while you were on the job. Yea, that is the perfect environment to feel comfortable in.

I already have that, dont be surprised but most jobs do.

That's a bad comparison, unless your job is performing in a public area where you are being taped anyway.

I don't why people eat this garbage up.

That's interesting and I always wondered about whether or not there were mics all over the place, like lecture hall and at work,

What industries do you guys think are most often 'mic'd up'?

3G4G wrote:

knickscity wrote:The league is aware of it and has no issues....

“There are no prohibitions against having audio equipment in the arena,” an NBA spokesman said.

According to a league source, the decision to employ the microphones was made to protect the combustible Anthony from another “he said-he said’’ dispute by having an audio record of what’s said on the court. The carefully calibrated mics transmit audio feeds into recorders in trucks on the Garden loading docks.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/d ... GDmhUWaHuI

Who said it was a problem with the league? Once again it only sets up Carmelo to the extent you have to hear and know what comes out his mouth which I'm sure isn't Sesame Street caliber.

lol @ the edit jobs that would proceed from this.

We already know Melo yells "Oh Shyt!" everytimes he goes for a layup or rebound in traffic.

Probably averages a league high 3.5 "Oh Shyts!" a game.

knickscity wrote:

subzero0 wrote:

knickscity wrote:The league is aware of it and has no issues....

“There are no prohibitions against having audio equipment in the arena,” an NBA spokesman said.

According to a league source, the decision to employ the microphones was made to protect the combustible Anthony from another “he said-he said’’ dispute by having an audio record of what’s said on the court. The carefully calibrated mics transmit audio feeds into recorders in trucks on the Garden loading docks.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/d ... GDmhUWaHuI

Imagine if your boss at work had super sensitive microphones trained on you every second while you were on the job. Yea, that is the perfect environment to feel comfortable in.

I already have that, dont be surprised but most jobs do.

Wow they record you? I feel sorry for you man.

At the same time he looks like a major Tool of Dolan's

gunsnewing wrote:I think Dolan is doing a good thing and receiving unfair criticism in the media. Hopefully it prevents players from penetrating Melo's skin which we already know is thin. Especially now that teams will attack Melo's weakness. Makes sense why Dolan will record the Bulls game after the Celtics.

I just hope Dolan doesn't expect the league to do anything about the trash talking. Trash talking is not against the rules

This is kind of confusing. You're saying that Dolans doing this is the hopes that players will stop trash talking Melo. You then acknowledge that trash talking is not against the rules. The players surely know this. How would that help then?

LONDON -- Carmelo Anthony has no problem with New York Knicks owner James Dolan recording his conversations on the basketball court.

The team's owner ordered technicians at Madison Square Garden to install microphones at either end of the court for last Friday's game against the Chicago Bulls in the wake of the recent incident involving Kevin Garnett that led to Anthony's one-game suspension.

League sources have told ESPN that the move was undertaken to protect Anthony, rather than "spying" on him.

And the player involved insists he has no problem with Dolan's decision.

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"I got an owner that looks out for me," Anthony said at the Knicks practice on Wednesday in London.

"You can't beat that for an owner to try to protect their players, to protect his players. It just shows how much loyalty Mr. Dolan has."

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8849408/carmelo-anthony-new-york-knicks-happy-support-owner-james-dolan

So that's that the player has spoken and he appreciates it, no issue, no embarrassment, that's all there is.

but it's all about Melo's mentality, which has been exposed again,

this guy all the talent in the world but he gives me nightmares as a fan, because I fear that the cracks will really start to come apart in the playoffs

IronWillGiroud wrote:Lol,

not to rag on Melo,

but does anyone see anything wrong with this?

imo, the right mindset would be to say "I don't need anyone looking out for me, I handle mine"

but Melo is actually welcoming this nanny treatment, smh

This is entertainment, these guys aren't warriors on a battlefield, they are actors reading a script.

knickscity wrote:

IronWillGiroud wrote:Lol,

not to rag on Melo,

but does anyone see anything wrong with this?

imo, the right mindset would be to say "I don't need anyone looking out for me, I handle mine"

but Melo is actually welcoming this nanny treatment, smh

Nah, didn't see an issue before, don't see one after.

This is entertainment, these guys aren't warriors on a battlefield, they are actors reading a script.

if you don't see an issue with Melo in this situation, then you too are of the same mindset as Melo,

It's entertainment but the entertaining is derived from battle, literally. sports is war where the contestants go home with their lives, the same qualities that make a good soldier make for a good pro baller.