CrushAlot wrote:

JamesKPolk wrote:It's okay to say the defense sucks...because it does. People were doing the same thing when we were pulling out wins and playing no D. And then we started losing games and people suddenly noticed we sucked on D. This is no different.

I'm happy with the win but beyond that there's nothing to be happy about. This team needs to stop playing awful (not bad, but awful) defense to start games and being down by big deficits to garbage teams. That has nothing to do with the ups and downs of a regular season. It's a disturbing trend that needs to stop now. End of story.

The first quarter was disturbing but I disagree about nothing to be happy about. Melo was playing amazing on both ends of the floor. Melo is playing at a different level then he ever has in ny. Camby looks better every game. I was starting to worry about Kidd but he had a great game tonight. Amare looked better and was putting forth the effort on d. JR had another good game and it was a win. Magic did a lot better than I thought in the d12 trade.

Defensively, you cannot be happy about the performance. Everything you mentioned was offense-related. I'm talking defensively - overall - we have not been good for a while besides the Spurs game. We need to stop being lazy and sloppy on that end, especially to start games. It is happening nearly every game now.

gunsnewing wrote:I want to praise Melo at every turn. Just don't want anyone to think I have a man crush on him like some

It's cool, you don't have to hide in the back of the gymnasim at prom like a fat girl, you can dance alittle when Melo goes for forty.

*oh this my Jam*

JamesKPolk wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

JamesKPolk wrote:It's okay to say the defense sucks...because it does. People were doing the same thing when we were pulling out wins and playing no D. And then we started losing games and people suddenly noticed we sucked on D. This is no different.

I'm happy with the win but beyond that there's nothing to be happy about. This team needs to stop playing awful (not bad, but awful) defense to start games and being down by big deficits to garbage teams. That has nothing to do with the ups and downs of a regular season. It's a disturbing trend that needs to stop now. End of story.

The first quarter was disturbing but I disagree about nothing to be happy about. Melo was playing amazing on both ends of the floor. Melo is playing at a different level then he ever has in ny. Camby looks better every game. I was starting to worry about Kidd but he had a great game tonight. Amare looked better and was putting forth the effort on d. JR had another good game and it was a win. Magic did a lot better than I thought in the d12 trade.

Defensively, you cannot be happy about the performance. Everything you mentioned was offense-related. I'm talking defensively - overall - we have not been good for a while besides the Spurs game. We need to stop being lazy and sloppy on that end, especially to start games. It is happening nearly every game now.

Knicks have been inconsistent and at times bad on d. But tonight they played good d when they needed to especially in the fourth when they pulled ahead.

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Anji wrote:And I hope you bums are seeing what Coach meant when he said he wanted Melo in better shape. The guy doesn't sit in the second half and still has to carry the team to the finish.........bitches.

Bums? Everyone wanted melo in better shape. In fact i thought that if melo lost weight he would be even better player and i was right since he is a top mvp candidate now

The Man was injured last season and was gassed when he had to play 40 minutes plus/the whole second half of games coming down the stretch.

Looking at Melo this year, it was something I noticed and felt like posting.

Calm down Bro, take it easy Bro.

JamesKPolk wrote:

Anji wrote:

JamesKPolk wrote:

Anji wrote:And I hope you bums are seeing what Coach meant when he said he wanted Melo in better shape. The guy doesn't sit in the second half and still has to carry the team to the finish.........bitches.

Isiah Thomas still needs to be defended somewhere. Maybe you can go and help out.

Oh boy, one liner jerkoff Greekfan trying to bring back the Isaiah zingers.

Hey, I had to endure insults from you about how great Isiah and Balkman were. Non-stop insults and trolling about how I was an idiot for not believing.

I guess you can't take what you dish out.

Look at yourself in the mirror before you call other people bums.

I root for the knicks, sorry you had to "endure" people being fans.

CrushAlot wrote:Was vucevic taken the pick before shump? I remember the Knicks were interested in him.

I pretty sure we wanted him.

Greek you are the longest standing D-bag I have had the misfortune of knowing. Can't wait to see your next user name you try to start over with.

JamesKPolk wrote:Nope, I had to endure your insults because you simply are a dbag poster who can't post without insulting people incessantly because they don't share the same views as you. The worst part is you call people out about Melo and can't even admit that you were wrong - completely wrong - on past issues. You just choose to ignore them and act like the past is the past.

I root for the Knicks too. If I didn't I wouldn't be here all these years. I bleed orange and blue. But I don't go around cursing people who think Isiah or Balkman or whoever sucks.

But anyway, no need to derail the thread much longer. You can return to your shtick of insulting people who don't/didn't agree with you.

You are definitely a diehard fan but you have been a bit polarizing. I remember some guy posting on the forum that he called you out and wanted you to go to Poughkeepsie to fight him. I live upstate and laugh every time I come back home when I drive past signs for Poughkeepsie.

JamesKPolk wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

JamesKPolk wrote:Nope, I had to endure your insults because you simply are a dbag poster who can't post without insulting people incessantly because they don't share the same views as you. The worst part is you call people out about Melo and can't even admit that you were wrong - completely wrong - on past issues. You just choose to ignore them and act like the past is the past.

I root for the Knicks too. If I didn't I wouldn't be here all these years. I bleed orange and blue. But I don't go around cursing people who think Isiah or Balkman or whoever sucks.

But anyway, no need to derail the thread much longer. You can return to your shtick of insulting people who don't/didn't agree with you.

You are definitely a diehard fan but you have been a bit polarizing. I remember some guy posting on the forum that he called you out and wanted you to go to Poughkeepsie to fight him. I live upstate and laugh every time I come back home when I drive past signs for Poughkeepsie.

Are you talking about bobs? He's been banned from here more than me. That guy is a little off his rocker. He went above and beyond this forum. He started stalking me via email and other websites threatening to kill me. With the way the internet is it's actually pretty scary. You don't know what mentally unbalanced people you're dealing with.

The thing with me is I like to speak my mind and I do not let go of past slights easily. Guys have insulted me in the past, disappeared and then re-appeared again after they were proven wrong and then act like it never happened. I don't forget that easily. I also have mellowed out, though. If this was 3-4 years ago I would have gone on a tirade in this thread. I think years of losing just makes you a different fan. So in a weird way I appreciate going through that. It not only made me a better fan but a better person too. I exercise way more patience and I try to understand people's point of views.

But it still irritates me when other people chide their own fans for being critical where it is absolutely fair to be critical. Nobody is saying anything that is wrong. They are complaining about lackluster defense. Our own coach complained about that. It's okay to be critical of your own team as long as it's a fair criticism and you can back up your points.

Overall I'd say I'm a different poster. You live and learn. Some people don't change and think the others around them are at fault (you can already identify one poster in this thread) but I am able to admit my mistakes, learn from them and move on. If I go back and look at some of my old posts I cringe. I ask myself why I would act that way or say something like that when it wasn't warranted. I was undisciplined but I was very young. You learn something everyday and controlling my emotions was definitely a learning process. I'm still happy to be here despite it all. I don't post as much as I would like but I am still grateful to be part of a great forum of passionate Knicks fans.

That was the guy. Sorry to hear that it went so far.