smackeddog wrote:dk7th wrote:smackeddog wrote:dk7th wrote:Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysMelo has been getting all the heat in regards to Denver not progressing in the playoffs. What Happened. They still loss.
they just aren't as good with gallinari out. gallinari is a sneaky good player in that you don't realize that he's good until he isn't there. it's why he is so divisive but there is no denying that the nuggets struggled without him during the season this year and last year.
Didn't you tell me when the Knicks were struggling earlier this season that "injuries are an excuse"?
i can't answer you honestly when you take a statement i may have made out of its context. what was the context and who did it concern?
you can trust me that if you do the research i will own up to what i said and admit being a hypocrite if it's truly warranted.
i don't have the ability to research old posts on this forum for some reason. s there a search function?
It might not have been you (looking for the exact post is too time consuming), but I think it was- I think we were talking about the Knicks and I said Felton was injured and Amar'e had been injured etc, and you (or whoever it was) said that injuries were an excuse. And then I said that injuries are a fact not an excuse.
Of course injuries have an impact. With a healthy Gallo, Denver probably beats the Warriors (the games were very close). Sometimes teams can overcome injuries, but it doesn't alter the facts that they'd do better at full strength.
well i didn't think it was me who said that, but if i did mention "injury" it may have been in relation to a guy "playing hurt," not an "injury" per se. when you are injured you can't or shouldn't play at all and that has an impact on the team, especially gallinari in denver.
you play hurt you have to adjust your game. felton was playing with a hurt hand for instance. his pinky was injured, yes, but it did not prohibit him from playing, so he "played hurt." he kept shooting anyway. i remember that i quoted mr. frazier saying "you've got a broken finger on your hand-- don't shoot!"
knicks win 38-43 games in 16-17. rose MUST shoot no more than 14 shots per game, defer to kp6 + melo, and have a usage rate of less than 25%