dk7th wrote:martin wrote:dk7th wrote:martin wrote:dk7th wrote:martin wrote:dk7th wrote:CrushAlot wrote:dk7th wrote:Dagger wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Dagger wrote:Melo is dumb. Dumb player. Go somewhere else in the offseason. He will never learn. That is all.
This is why TKF and dk are not banned for those wondering
Okay, but I don't only say negative things about him. He's been carrying the team most of the season. But he does not play smart basketball.
"carrying the team" what does this mean?
how can a dumb player carry a team? carrying a team to a thirty-ish win season?
maybe he should not have said "i want to test free agency" before the season started... that way he would not have had to "carry the team."
That's it. No other variables involved in why the team sucked this year. Thanks for clarifying.
well i didn't clarify but i will now.
"i want to test free agency" translates to: i am not 100% committed to my team
the main issue this season was the lack of spirit and energy.
no it doesn't, it translates to "I should not have opened my mouth". Slip of tongue for sure and I am pretty sure he regrets it.
well then explain why the team's energy has not been there this season.
Leadership from top down including ownership. Firing of Grunwald. Chris Smith signing. Lack of vet players like Kidd, Sheed, KT. Injuries and suspensions (JR, Chander, Amare). CAA inspired trades. Losing games. This ain't that hard.
It seems to me you want to blame the lack of the team's energy on 1 guy's interview that I am sure no other teammate really cared about.
valid points but his comment further contributed to a miasma. he contributes to the cultural problem at msg because he is the face of the team. and you can't be "sure" that his comment did not affect his teammates. it's human nature.
and you can't be sure of anything either, especially the opening of "i want to test free agency" translates to: i am not 100% committed to my team or anything about energy or his teammates.
Players in the league are teammates with guys who are newly signed, about to be free agents, openly declared guys who want to be free agents, etc. If you want to march down the path that teammates are affected by the potential moves of other guys on the team, it's a slippery slope and EVERY team will be affected in the same way and it kinda negatives the overall impact of any player on any team.
this isn't just another player it's the putative franchise player. the most important player has the biggest responsibility and the biggest influence.
Melo made 1 comment about being a free agent - liking the idea of being free agent in general, not specifically this coming summer or end of contract - and it was either an obvious comment that he would probably take back or just slip of tongue in an off guard moment. Since then he has reiterated about a million times that he wants to stay in NY, retire a Knicks player, etc.
You are making a number of big assumptions, starting with the fact that other players on team would be affected this year by what Melo would maybe want to do next year or the year after. Heck, why don't we just say that from now on all players that play with Melo will be affected cause eventually he may be a free agent at some time. It's no wonder Dolan has some draconian media policies - it's fanboys who live and breathe by every single non-significant thing that's written nonchalantly in the middle of 1 article and then echo'ed in the chambers of NYPost, NYDaily and other fairly vapid sports "news" journalist articles.
Yay. Cling to it if you want.
