arkrud wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

fishmike wrote:After last night's game? Anyone? You know the one where the ESPN guys asked him what the keys to his success were this season? KP said really two things were key for him... anyone catch that?

The Feed2all feed I was watching froze after he said something about benefiting from his 2 years in the Spanish league and I did not see the need to refresh it to see the end of the interview.

So this was only a rhetorical question?? I never answer such questions...much too manipulative, IMO.

More suited for a speech or sermon, than a thread, I would think.

The best answer would have been Fisher and Sasha...now that would have turned some heads.

As long as he doesn't give credit to a Supreme Being for his success after every good game he has, I'm not that concerned about his answers.

He seems to be well schooled as far as interviews...it will be interesting to see if any interviewers can get him to say something bulletin board worthy during his career. He's very Jeter-like or David Wright-like in how he fields questions.

You have to understand the mentality.
I grow up in Latvia and was leaving among Latvian nationals 33 years.
They are very calm people and not emotional at all.
It is all slow out there. The nature is calm. All is flat.
The weather is almost same most of the year - 255 days of rain (more drizzle than rain which can go for weeks).
Long nights in the winter and long days in the summer.
Nothing going on socially most of the time.
The education, especially non-technical is stellar.
Arts are blossoming - paintings, poetry, music, crafts are all over.
Violence seems odd and remote.
People are not intruding in each other space physically and mentally. Its considered a bad taste.
What you see from Kristaph looks completely ordinary and normal to me.

Unlike many players today, KP knows how to be diplomatic and modest. I'm not surprised at all by his comment. Maybe it's true, maybe just diplomacy. Either way, the kid has a good attitude.

nyknickzingis wrote:It's not P.R.

Porzingis is all about winning. You can see his look when the team loses. Melo still throws in some laughs. Porzingis is fire. He hates to lose. He doesn't care if he has good games and the team loses. You hear it in the interviews. He wants the team to win and do better.

Why the Melo love by KP? Melo has been fantastic with KP. I commend Melo. I get on Melo when he plays selfishly and starts laughing when the team is losing. That stuff has always bothered me about Melo. However with KP he has been fantastic. He treats him as a 2nd option and so do Jose/Sasha and many of our other players. Melo who is a proven star in this league, who may want out of this NY situation, still looks out for KP on a consistent basis. Playing with Melo has made KP's game easier to establish. Defense focuses on Melo, and KP can do things with more freedom that way.

Melo has his flaws but I'd love to keep him till he retired if his contract was at 15 million a year. It's his price tag that drives me bonkers. The only reason I'm open to a trade is his price tag. Huge price for a declining player.

CrushAlot wrote:^^^^One thing to be concerned about with Melo is he is on pace to play almost 3,000 minutes this season.

Btw, I doubt he hits 3000 minutes this season. he's never done it, and he isn't even close to it this season.

CrushAlot wrote:

knickscity wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:^^^^One thing to be concerned about with Melo is he is on pace to play almost 3,000 minutes this season.

Those minutes has a lot to do with his rather solid numbers in the Spring...less minutes and he doesn't come close to it. I never really understood the fan rationale of not wanting these guys to play as much. They are the star, the bulk of the salary is in their pockets. They should be playing the minutes. if would be different if Melo was 34 or 35 racking up these minutes. But a primer player should play.

Btw, I doubt he hits 3000 minutes this season. he's never done it, and he isn't even close to it this season.

He is on pace to break the 2900 mark right now.

HofstraBBall wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:Chucky is such a clown. I think it's funny how he's never right about anything but thinks he is. lol

You got any facts to debunk me?

Fact #1, Melo has zero Finals appearances, let alone rings.

Fact #2, Melo has zero MVPs, zero ALL NBA FIRST TEAMS, and zero ALL NBA DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAMS

Fact #3, Melo has a losing record as a Knick and hasn't made the postseason in 3 seasons. They have a 7-14 postseason record with Melo wearing a Knicks jersey, and they only won 1 playoff round the 5+ seasons he's been here.

Fact #1 Chuck over 150k posts on a fan forum board, Melo over 150 million in the bank.
Fact #2 Melo future NBA Hall of Famer, Chuck future forum troll hall of famer.
Fact #3 Melo resides in Penthouse, Chuck resides in Mom's basement.
Fact #4 Chuck was hoping to run away with Lin before Melo broke his heart and ran him out of town.
Fact #5 Chuck ruining this fan site by trying to change every thread into a fanatical Melo rant.

We can see why you hate him.

Try to debunk that?