CrushAlot wrote:Not sure where the speculation, rumors, and assumptions came from about him not liking the offseason but he seems to have embraced Porzingis, his teammates, and a leadership role.

YUP! Also it's nice to see him playing well and not looking like he's favoring anything. He doesn't even had to kill himself like in the past with this team. He has lots of guys to take up the slack now. He's been working out with these guys for a while now and I can tell he trusts them. That's a huge development. Last time we saw that this team had a pretty good year. Hope that happens again.

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nixluva wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Not sure where the speculation, rumors, and assumptions came from about him not liking the offseason but he seems to have embraced Porzingis, his teammates, and a leadership role.

YUP! Also it's nice to see him playing well and not looking like he's favoring anything. He doesn't even had to kill himself like in the past with this team. He has lots of guys to take up the slack now. He's been working out with these guys for a while now and I can tell he trusts them. That's a huge development. Last time we saw that this team had a pretty good year. Hope that happens again.

I agree. Wally has good perspective though. He said that after a bunch of games Melo will feel that knee. Hopefully not. Wally was really impressed with how good he has looked ost surgery.

What I'm hoping for is that the rest of the team can play well enough to be able to cut Melo's minutes. He really shouldn't have to always log his normal minutes every night. I Think there will be a few nights where Melo can take it easy. He's also playing more in the flow of the offense and not forcing things, which should save his body.

StarksEwing1 wrote:I dont care if he is happy or not. As long as the knicks progress well this year then im happy

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CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:I dont care if he is happy or not. As long as the knicks progress well this year then im happy

A lot of posters spent the off season speculating he wasn't happy. Obviously that isn't the case and the team seems to be united and to have benefitted from the workouts Melo organized.

again who cares. If he is happy thats great. As long as he buys in and everyone goes well thats all that matters

Melo started the good vibes with his teammates this summer and they really look united and focused on winning. If Melo has a great season that only increases this team's potential for this season.

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CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:I dont care if he is happy or not. As long as the knicks progress well this year then im happy

A lot of posters spent the off season speculating he wasn't happy. Obviously that isn't the case and the team seems to be united and to have benefitted from the workouts Melo organized.

again who cares. If he is happy thats great. As long as he buys in and everyone goes well thats all that matters

He bought in when he signed his deal. All the speculation, assumptions,etc. this past offseason were over the top. A 13 page thread criticizing a guy that was on vacation with his family when he was off the clock was ridiculous. A 13 page thread speculating on what message Phil Jackson was sending to Melo was the most ridiculous thing I have seen in sports media.

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CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:I dont care if he is happy or not. As long as the knicks progress well this year then im happy

A lot of posters spent the off season speculating he wasn't happy. Obviously that isn't the case and the team seems to be united and to have benefitted from the workouts Melo organized.

again who cares. If he is happy thats great. As long as he buys in and everyone goes well thats all that matters

He bought in when he signed his deal. All the speculation, assumptions,etc. this past offseason were over the top. A 13 page thread criticizing a guy that was on vacation with his family when he was off the clock was ridiculous. A 13 page thread speculating on what message Phil Jackson was sending to Melo was the most ridiculous thing I have seen in sports media.

time to move on. He is happy fine lets concentrate on the season now

nixluva wrote:Melo had 4 assists and was efficient again. I'd love to see Melo up over 4 asts on the season. With this offense and this team he should be able to do that. He's come close to 4 asts a few times in his career. This is the year he could do it.

4 assists in limited mins i might add.

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CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:I dont care if he is happy or not. As long as the knicks progress well this year then im happy

A lot of posters spent the off season speculating he wasn't happy. Obviously that isn't the case and the team seems to be united and to have benefitted from the workouts Melo organized.

again who cares. If he is happy thats great. As long as he buys in and everyone goes well thats all that matters

He bought in when he signed his deal. All the speculation, assumptions,etc. this past offseason were over the top. A 13 page thread criticizing a guy that was on vacation with his family when he was off the clock was ridiculous. A 13 page thread speculating on what message Phil Jackson was sending to Melo was the most ridiculous thing I have seen in sports media.

You can do all the revisionism you want...does not mean you guys really know what happened, and I am more comfortable believing journalists whose livelihood depends on veracity, than players who don't want to accept the consequences when things they say in private go public because they surround themselves with a bunch of clowns.

Stuff happened...words were spoken...mistakes were made. Reliving now it again does not seem to accomplish anything, IMO.

There are also questions to ask yourself...

Is it possible that Anthony took to heart the hits he received and reacted in a positive way to what happened? I do know this, nothing the PR camp and the access players have seemingly had to a gym he has were not done last year, or any other year...were they?

Is it possible that he got over his initial disappointment with certain decisions by Jackson and took another look at things?

Is it also possible that he did not realize KP was actually a pretty good player, a likable guy, someone who is willing to learn from him, and maybe even a player who can help him achieve some of the goals he has yet to achieve as a BB player?

You don't hear Melo talking about this stuff now unless reporters bring it up, and he seems to be doing all the right things with his teammates these days, on and off the court.

I've been Mr. Positive Poster with little criticism of Anthony over the past month or so, and you know I've been tough on him numerous occasions, but I tend to like what he's done recently. I do reserve the right to be critical of him when I see things I don't like, though, even if these things don't matter to some of you.

At this point some of you seem to be pushing it, IMO. Easy enough to ignore the posters you don't like and just go with the flow. Just surprised that you would come up with a thread like this when we are presently in a happy happy joy joy period.

You obviously have the right to say whatever you want, but that is true for all of us, and I consider this to be the kind of provocative thread that you would react to strongly if it was done about Anthony.

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CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:I dont care if he is happy or not. As long as the knicks progress well this year then im happy

A lot of posters spent the off season speculating he wasn't happy. Obviously that isn't the case and the team seems to be united and to have benefitted from the workouts Melo organized.

again who cares. If he is happy thats great. As long as he buys in and everyone goes well thats all that matters

He bought in when he signed his deal. All the speculation, assumptions,etc. this past offseason were over the top. A 13 page thread criticizing a guy that was on vacation with his family when he was off the clock was ridiculous. A 13 page thread speculating on what message Phil Jackson was sending to Melo was the most ridiculous thing I have seen in sports media.

Why do you continue to bring this up? You are just opening up a can of worms. You're basically insinuating that multiple reporters made stuff up, and I'm not talking about opinion writers like Berman, or your favorite...Araton. You are even discounting many of the things Jackson said, some of which were undoubtedly designed to light a fire under Carmelo.

You can do all the revisionism you want...does not mean you guys really know what happened, and I am more comfortable believing journalists whose livelihood depends on veracity, than players who don't want to accept the consequences when things they say in private go public because they surround themselves with a bunch of clowns.

Stuff happened...words were spoken...mistakes were made. Reliving now it again does not seem to accomplish anything, IMO.

There are also questions to ask yourself...

Is it possible that Anthony took to heart the hits he received and reacted in a positive way to what happened? I do know this, nothing the PR camp and the access players have seemingly had to a gym he has were not done last year, or any other year...were they?

Is it possible that he got over his initial disappointment with certain decisions by Jackson and took another look at things?

Is it also possible that he did not realize KP was actually a pretty good player, a likable guy, someone who is willing to learn from him, and maybe even a player who can help him achieve some of the goals he has yet to achieve as a BB player?

You don't hear Melo talking about this stuff now unless reporters bring it up, and he seems to be doing all the right things with his teammates these days, on and off the court.

I've been Mr. Positive Poster with little criticism of Anthony over the past month or so, and you know I've been tough on him numerous occasions, but I tend to like what he's done recently. I do reserve the right to be critical of him when I see things I don't like, though, even if these things don't matter to some of you.

At this point some of you seem to be pushing it, IMO. Easy enough to ignore the posters you don't like and just go with the flow. Just surprised that you would come up with a thread like this when we are presently in a happy happy joy joy period.

You obviously have the right to say whatever you want, but that is true for all of us, and I consider this to be the kind of provocative thread that you would react to strongly if it was done about Anthony.

What matters is are you being a good employee? Doing your job? Doing more than your job? That's what your boss and company care about, not if your grumpy, or you told a buddy that those new TPS reports are pissing you off.

All summer basketball threads died like farts in the wind while "Melo is a no-show in Vegas" type threads got 10+ pages. It was a wankfest and any questions and concerns have been answered. The evidence is right there to see.

We should have some good basketball to watch. Much to the chagrin of some very folks who are very busy posting the same stuff over and over again. You are not one of them Im glad to say