holfresh wrote:The dude wants to win .....
.... As long as he doesn't have to even try on defense
..... As long as he gets his max dollars, choking out the team from getting more help on the roster
....... As long as it doesn't interfere with "forcing" his way to NY, gutting them of asset to help build a team around him
....... As long as it doesn't require him to bite his tongue and stop saying stupid/anti team things in the press
....... As long as he's not holding himself accountable to show up year after year in elite condition
Most of the people who criticize Melo on this board do so SPECIFICALLY. They point out VERY SPECIFIC THINGS. Melo's biggest ball lickers on this board either ignore those points or try to obscure them.
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I'll call headquarters, tell 'em.
Sensitivity training it is.
This could open up another whole can of worms.
Well, you know what, Jer? Worms have rights too.
God, Laura, this **** doesn't mean anything around here, okay? I call Tommy a mick, he calls me a spic.
Sean calls Mike a stupid guinea-- Hey! I know, I know.
You're not stupid.
The point is this.
We all use every ethnic and personal slur in the book against each other.
- You name it, we say it.
- It's true.
Cock breath.
- Shithead.
- Ass wipe.
- Numb nuts.
- Ball face.
- Shit for brains.
- Dip****.
- Pussy.
- Prick.
- Dick.
- Scumbag.
- Dick face.
- Uh, ape ass.
- Ape face.
- Pencil dick.
- Tight ass.
- Needle dick.
- That's not even getting into any of the gay stuff.
- Well, that's debatable.
Yeah, but nobody's been emotionally affected by the words we just used.
Right? Yeah.
What were those things you were saying about the ape things? Look, we're getting off the point here, okay? The point is, when I run into a burning building, I don't go in with the Bible in my back pocket or with God at my side.
I run in with a couple of pieces of steel in my hand and you guys-- all of you guys.
And if we're lucky enough to make it back here alive, part of the job is sitting down and owning up to the mistakes you made.
Like the probie today-- He screwed up and he owned up.
That's the deal.
You can't legislate courage.
You can't run down to headquarters and buy yourself a big bag full of balls.
There's no judge on Earth who can order you to give enough of a **** about other people that you go running into eight floors full of flame.
It takes guts.
You let Lou down, he called you a twat.
Get over it.
The real issue is, next time we're in a fire, are you gonna be where you're supposed to be-- watching somebody else's back, okay? Twat, cwat, bitch or twunt-- Do your job the right way, people'll call you names you wanna hear.
DO YOUR JOB THE RIGHT WAY, PEOPLE'LL CALL YOU NAMES YOU WANT TO HEAR.
DO YOUR JOB THE RIGHT WAY, PEOPLE'LL CALL YOU NAMES YOU WANT TO HEAR.
DO YOUR JOB THE RIGHT WAY, PEOPLE'LL CALL YOU NAMES YOU WANT TO HEAR.
DO YOUR JOB THE RIGHT WAY, PEOPLE'LL CALL YOU NAMES YOU WANT TO HEAR.
Holfresh, in a community full of men, does this concept actually need to be explained to you. Are you so pathetic and so ignorant of the basics of how a team or teamwork operates that you fail to actually understand this simple concept?
MELO, DO YOUR JOB THE RIGHT WAY, PEOPLE'LL, INCLUDING FANS, THE PRESS AND PEOPLE IN THE NBA WILL CALL YOU NAMES YOU WANT TO HEAR.
No one is asking Melo to save the world. People are asking that Melo do THE BARE MINIMUM EXPECTED OF A PROFESSIONAL NBA PLAYER. And if you want to force your way into the NY limelight and demand to be the Alpha Dog and drive off any other chance for leadership on the roster, then you must lead.
Holfresh, if you want to call yourself an NBA fan, fine. If you want to call yourself a Melo fan, fine. But if you want to call yourself a Knicks fan, don't even bother. Because you'd rather defend Melo's behavior, that costs the Knicks as a team and costs them wins, than see the Knicks win period. In my book, that makes you a traitor. I might disagree with Briggs or RonRon or nixluva or whomever. I might find them to be jerks or think they have no idea how to build an NBA team. They might hate me back. But at least they operate with loving the Knicks and wanting the Knicks, as a team, to win. At least there's that. For whatever difference I have with them, at least they aren't traitors. When any player doesn't play the right way, doesn't do right by his team, he spits on his franchise, his sport, his fans and his host city. When Melo doesn't play the right way, he's spitting on you, but you seem to love it. But maybe it's what a traitor deserves.
When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates. And the name on the front is a hell of alot more important than the one on the back. - Herb Brooks
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